HISTORICAL CONVERSATIONS

FOR

YOUNG PERSONS:

T

CONTAINING

1. THE HISTORY OF MALTA AND OF THE
KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN;

II. THE HISTORY OF POLAND.

BY

MRS. MARKHAM,

AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORIES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE."

LONDON:

Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS,

Stamford Street.

II.-History of the Island before it belonged to the Knights

of St. John

III.-Origin and History of the Order of the Knights of St.

John previously to their settling at Malta

IV. History of the Knights, from the time of their settle-

ment in Malta to the death of the Grand Master La

Valette

V.-Years after Christ, 1568-1771

V1.-From A.D. 1773, to the Taking of the Island by the

French in 1798

VII. From the taking of Malta by the French in June, 1798,

to the capitulation to the English in 1800

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HISTORY OF POLAND.

I.-General Description of Poland

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II. The first Dukes, to the Accession of Piastus

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VI. The Race of Jagello (concluded). Sigismond I.-

Sigismond II. (Augustus).

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VII.-Henry of Valois.- Stephen Battori

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CONY.

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VIII. The Kings of the House of Vasa. Sigismond III. 232

IX. The House of Vasa (continued). Uladislaus VI.-

XIV. From the Accession of Stanislas II. (Poniatowski)

XV. From the First Partition of Poland to the Third

XVI. From the Third Partition to the assumption of the

crown of Poland by the Emperor Alexander

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View from the upper end of the Great Harbour of Malta

Arch across the main road to Valetta, and a part of the

Aqueduct that supplies the city with water

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The Entrance to the Hospital at Valetta

Tartars

Charles XII.

Kosciusko

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