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World's Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland

This is the seventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part VII include the stories from the Nibelungen saga of the Germans, masterpieces of the Dutch Painters and the famous apple-shooting episode from Schiller's drama William Tell. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for The shot of William Tell:
Walter: Stoofy / William Tell: ToddHW / Friesshard: Foon / Leuth: Jim Locke / Sacristan: Aaron White / Rosselmann: TJ Burns / Furst: alanmapstone / Stauffacher: Nemo / Melchthal: Eva Davis / Peasants: Sandra Schmit / Women: Monika M.C. / Harras: Frédéric Surget / Gessler: Tomas Peter / Bertha: Devorah Allen / Rudenz: Philip Watson / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for Tell's escape:
William Tell: Jim Locke / Fisherman: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia

Year of Publication: 1914Genres: War & Military Fiction , War & Military , Literary Fiction , Historical Fiction

Running Time: 17 hours 12 minutes 23 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Thusnelda in the triumphal procession of Germanicus, by Karl Theodor von Piloty (born at Munich, October 1, 1826. Died there, July 21, 1886), painting frontispiece Sonia	2:49
2	Germany Part I: In pagan times: Historical note Sonia	1:35
3	How the early Germans lived, by Caius Cornelius Tacitus Sonia	7:03
4	An appeal to Caesar (58 B.C.), by T. Rice Holmes Jim Locke	23:00
5	Herman, who freed the Germans from Rome (9 A.D.), by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker Sonia	5:55
6	Boniface and the oak of Thor (about 723), by the Right Rev. W. Pakenham Walsh Christina Close	9:20
7	Germany Part II: Emperors of mediaeval Germany: Historical note Kristine Bekere	2:59
8	How Charlemagne overcame the Saxons, by Dr. William Zimmermann Kristine Bekere	13:51
9	The Margrave Gero and the Vandals, by Theodor von Heyden (German artist, 1827), painting p. 36 Sonia	1:33
10	The election of Frederick Barbarossa (the red-bearded) (1152), by Cyrus Townsend Brady Foon	14:43
11	Frederick of the Red Beard and the Pope (1177), from the old chronicles Joseph Barbaccia	11:02
12	Frederick Barbarossa at the feet of the Pope, by Albert Maignan (France, 1844-1908), painting p. 48 Alan Mapstone	2:14
13	Barbarossa, by Friedrich Rückert Tomas Peter	2:10
14	Germany Part III: Stories of the Middle Ages: Historical note Sonia	1:40
15	How Siegfried won a bride for King Gunther, from the Nibelungenlied Jim Locke	22:20
16	Bishop Hatto and his mouse tower (about 968), by Robert Southey cathar maiden	5:04
17	The Lorelei, by Heinrich Heine cathar maiden	1:38
18	The little Faust tower of Munich, by Frantz Trautmann Jim Locke	23:15
19	Germany Part IV: Life in the fifteenth century: Historical note Foon	2:53
20	The great Hanseatic League, by Eva March Tappan Colleen McMahon	9:05
21	The walled cities of Germany, by Sabine Baring-Gould, with the collaboration of Arthur Gilman Colleen McMahon	8:35
22	German life in the fifteenth century, by Johannes Janssen Colleen McMahon	14:11
23	The contest of the master-singers, by August Hagen Jim Locke	23:26
24	John Gutenberg, inventor of printing (middle of the sixteenth century), by Eva March Tappan Jim Locke	6:30
25	Germany Part V: From the Reformation to the death of Frederick the Great: Historical note Alan Mapstone	3:27
26	Martin Luther as a boy (about 1500), by Mrs. Elizabeth R. Charles Jim Locke	19:34
27	The sacking of Magdeburg (1631), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Jim Locke	12:59
28	The giant regiment of Frederick William I of Prussia (between 1713 and 1740), by Thomas Carlyle Greg Giordano	11:39
29	The childhood of Frederick the Great (about 1720), by Thomas Carlyle Jim Locke	18:13
30	Frederick the Great and the First Silesian War (1740-1745), by Thomas Babington Macaulay Jim Locke	25:00
31	The round table of Frederick the Great at Sans Souci, by Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel (Germany, 1815-1905), painting p. 178 Foon	2:54
32	Germany Part VI: German authors and composers: Historical note Monika M. C.	2:19
33	Stories from the eighteenth century, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Jim Locke	12:45
34	Morning prayers in the Bach family, by Toby Edward Rosenthal (American painter, 1848), painting p. 190 Tomas Peter	2:20
35	Handel, the master of Oratorio (1685-1759), by L. B. Urbino Alan Mapstone	11:06
36	The unwritten overture of Mozart (1756-1791), by Heribert Rau ToddHW	17:36
37	A visit to Beethoven (1770-1827), by Richard Wagner Jim Locke	23:45
38	Germany Part VII: Two wars with France: Historical note April6090	2:30
39	The oath at the grave of Frederick the Great (1806), by Louisa Mühlbach (Klara M. Mundt) Greg Giordano	10:38
40	Why the philosopher's letter was not mailed (1806), by Louisa Mühlbach (Klara M. Mundt) April6090	9:58
41	The Queen of Prussia's ride (1806), by A. L. A. Smith cathar maiden	2:38
42	William of Prussia proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles, by Anton von Werner (Germany, 1843), painting p. 236 Alan Mapstone	2:33
43	The troubles of a correspondent in the Franco-Prussian War (1870), from "All the Year Round" Jim Locke	18:33
44	German wounded in the Gallery of Mirrors, Versailles, by Victor Bachereau-Reverchon (French artist, 1842), painting p. 248 Alan Mapstone	3:15
45	The watch on the Rhine, by Max Schneckenburger Alan Mapstone	3:17
46	Germany Part VIII: Modern Germany: Historical note cathar maiden	1:54
47	Bismarck in the Reichstag and at home (about 1880), by George Makepeace Towle Jim Locke	19:54
48	Student life at the German universities (about 1900), by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick Jim Locke	10:40
49	A day with the German Emperor (1898), by Maurice Leudet ChadH94	12:25
50	The German Fatherland, by Ernst Moritz Arndt Alan Mapstone	3:38
51	The Netherlands Part I: From the Roman conquest to the Reformation: Historical note Kristine Bekere	2:39
52	Besieging a Roman camp (54 B.C.), by T. Rice Holmes Kristine Bekere	14:31
53	The rebellion of Civilis (69 A.D.), by Caius Cornelius Tacitus Kristine Bekere	7:53
54	How Count William of Holland was made a knight (1247), from the old chronicles Jim Locke	5:54
55	How Philip van Artevelde was made Governor of Ghent (1386), by Sir John Froissart Kirstin De Falco	8:44
56	The childhood of Charles V: a reading by Erasmus, by Eduard Jean Conrad Hamman (Belgian painter, 1819), painting p. 302 Foon	3:03
57	The Netherlands Part II: How Holland won her freedom: Historical note Alan Mapstone	3:22
58	The ''beggars'' of Holland (1566), by John Lothrop Motley April6090	19:28
59	The siege of Leyden (1574), by John Lothrop Motley Philip Watson	22:15
60	The assassination of William the Silent (1584), by John Lothrop Motley Kirstin De Falco	19:46
61	Sir Philip Sidney and the glass of water (1586), by John Lothrop Motley Tomas Peter	5:06
62	How a turf-boat captured the city of Breda (1590), by G. T. Hoare Foon	9:24
63	The Netherlands Part III: The period of commercial greatness: Historical note Foon	2:48
64	How a mud-hole became a garden, by William Elliot Griffis Jim Locke	17:11
65	When the pilgrim fathers went to Holland (1608), by William Bradford Ruth P.	16:18
66	The surrender of Breda, by Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velasquez (Spanish painter, 1599-1660), painting p. 368 Alan Mapstone	2:29
67	The escape of Hugo de Groot (1621), by Frederick Spencer Bird Foon	18:08
68	The return of Spinoza (about 1653), by Israel Zangwill Jim Locke	10:26
69	The rival tulip-growers (1672), by Alexandre Dumas ToddHW	18:21
70	When William III of England came home to his fatherland (1691), by Thomas Babington Macaulay Jim Locke	15:29
71	The Netherlands Part IV: Little stories of Netherland artists: Historical note Foon	2:03
72	King Philip presenting Rubens to Velasquez, by Leon y Escosura (Spanish artist, 1834-1901), painting p. 406 Tomas Peter	2:03
73	Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), by Theodore Child Nella	5:51
74	Anton Vandyck (1599-1641), by Clara Erskine Clement Foon	8:58
75	Rembrandt's ''The Night Watch'', by Théophile Gautier Jim Locke	8:57
76	The Night Watch, by Rembrandt van Ryn (born at Leyden, 1607. Died in 1669), painting p. 414 Foon	2:24
77	Rembrandt in his studio, by Jean Léon Gérôme (French artist, 1824-1904), painting p. 416 cathar maiden	2:18
78	The Netherlands Part V: The Netherlands in recent years: Historical note Foon	2:45
79	The American Revolution in Holland, by Hendrik Willem van Loon Philip Watson	20:12
80	Contrary land, by Mary Mapes Dodge Foon	15:12
81	The festival of Saint Nicholas, by Mary Mapes Dodge Foon	19:06
82	In and out of a cab in Amsterdam, by F. Hopkinson Smith April6090	13:10
83	The beloved Queen Wilhelmina (born in 1880), by William Elliot Griffis Foon	12:31
84	Switzerland Part I: In earliest times: Historical note Scotty Smith	1:47
85	The siege of the Lake-Dwellers, by Sir Arthur Helps Scotty Smith	6:48
86	The flight of the Helvetians (58 B.C.), by Eva March Tappan Jim Locke	7:52
87	The Devil's Bridge over the Reuss, by H. A. Guerber Tomas Peter	7:09
88	Switzerland Part II: How the Swiss gained their freedom: Historical note April6090	2:22
89	The meeting at the Rütli (1307), by Heinrich Zschokke Rob Marland	6:19
90	The shot of William Tell (1307), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller ToddHW	22:32
91	Tell's escape (1307), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Sonia	4:28
92	Song of the Battle of Morgarten (1315), by Felicia Dorothea Hemans cathar maiden	5:01
93	The death of Winkelried (1386), by Walter Thornbury rumpledpoetry	5:43
94	Switzerland Part III: Stories from Swiss history: Historical note April6090	2:37
95	The Baron of Raron and the ''Mazze'' (fifteenth century), by J. Wilson Jim Locke	3:30
96	Peace or war ? (1474), by Sir Walter Scott Jim Locke	24:27
97	How the Swiss met Charles the Bold of Burgundy (1476) by Heinrich Zschokke Jim Locke	9:01
98	The milk porridge incident: a story of the Reformation, by Clarence Rook Jim Locke	4:54
99	The prison of Chillon, by Jacob Abbott Scotty Smith	12:03
100	The lion at Luzern, by Boyd Winchester Sonia	4:19
101	Switzerland Part IV: Stories of Alpine adventure: Historical note April6090	2:56
102	Swept down by an avalanche, by Heinrich Zschokke Devorah Allen	9:44
103	The slide of Alpnach, by L. A. Gilbert Availle	8:35
104	The first ascent of the Matterhorn, by Edward Whymper April6090	12:05
105	Tobogganing on a glacier, by John Addington Symonds Jim Locke	10:17
106	Switzerland Part V: Life in the mountains: Historical note Monika M. C.	1:57
107	Our borrowed scientists, by W. D. McCrackan Sonia	6:05
108	The tiny farms of Switzerland, by Boyd Winchester Devorah Allen	6:17
109	How Switzerland defends herself, by Clarence Rook Availle	13:51
110	How the Swiss built the greatest tunnel in the world, by Francis Fox Sonia	8:38