All Episodes

110 - How the Swiss built the greatest tunnel in the world by Francis Fox

109 - How Switzerland defends herself by Clarence Rook

108 - The tiny farms of Switzerland by Boyd Winchester

107 - Our borrowed scientists by W D McCrackan

106 - Switzerland Part V Life in the mountains Historical note

105 - Tobogganing on a glacier by John Addington Symonds

104 - The first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper

103 - The slide of Alpnach by L A Gilbert

102 - Swept down by an avalanche by Heinrich Zschokke

101 - Switzerland Part IV Stories of Alpine adventure Historical note

100 - The lion at Luzern by Boyd Winchester

099 - The prison of Chillon by Jacob Abbott

098 - The milk porridge incident a story of the Reformation by Clarence Rook

097 - How the Swiss met Charles the Bold of Burgundy 1476 by Heinrich Zschokke

096 - Peace or war 1474 by Sir Walter Scott

095 - The Baron of Raron and the ''Mazze'' fifteenth century by J Wilson

094 - Switzerland Part III Stories from Swiss history Historical note

093 - The death of Winkelried 1386 by Walter Thornbury

092 - Song of the Battle of Morgarten 1315 by Felicia Dorothea Hemans

091 - Tell's escape 1307 by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

090 - The shot of William Tell 1307 by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

089 - The meeting at the Rutli 1307 by Heinrich Zschokke

088 - Switzerland Part II How the Swiss gained their freedom Historical note

087 - The Devil's Bridge over the Reuss by H A Guerber

086 - The flight of the Helvetians 58 BC by Eva March Tappan

085 - The siege of the Lake-Dwellers by Sir Arthur Helps

084 - Switzerland Part I In earliest times Historical note

083 - The beloved Queen Wilhelmina born in 1880 by William Elliot Griffis

082 - In and out of a cab in Amsterdam by F Hopkinson Smith

081 - The festival of Saint Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge

080 - Contrary land by Mary Mapes Dodge

079 - The American Revolution in Holland by Hendrik Willem van Loon

078 - The Netherlands Part V The Netherlands in recent years Historical note

077 - Rembrandt in his studio by Jean Leon Gerome French artist 1824-1904 painting p 416

076 - The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Ryn born at Leyden 1607 Died in 1669 painting p 414

075 - Rembrandt's ''The Night Watch'' by Theophile Gautier

074 - Anton Vandyck 1599-1641 by Clara Erskine Clement

073 - Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640 by Theodore Child

072 - King Philip presenting Rubens to Velasquez by Leon y Escosura Spanish artist 1834-1901 painting p 40

071 - The Netherlands Part IV Little stories of Netherland artists Historical note

070 - When William III of England came home to his fatherland 1691 by Thomas Babington Macaulay

069 - The rival tulip-growers 1672 by Alexandre Dumas

068 - The return of Spinoza about 1653 by Israel Zangwill

067 - The escape of Hugo de Groot 1621 by Frederick Spencer Bird

066 - The surrender of Breda by Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velasquez Spanish painter 1599-1660 painting p 36

065 - When the pilgrim fathers went to Holland 1608 by William Bradford

064 - How a mud-hole became a garden by William Elliot Griffis

063 - The Netherlands Part III The period of commercial greatness Historical note

062 - How a turf-boat captured the city of Breda 1590 by G T Hoare

061 - Sir Philip Sidney and the glass of water 1586 by John Lothrop Motley

060 - The assassination of William the Silent 1584 by John Lothrop Motley

059 - The siege of Leyden 1574 by John Lothrop Motley

058 - The ''beggars'' of Holland 1566 by John Lothrop Motley

057 - The Netherlands Part II How Holland won her freedom Historical note

056 - The childhood of Charles V a reading by Erasmus by Eduard Jean Conrad Hamman Belgian painter 1819 pa

055 - How Philip van Artevelde was made Governor of Ghent 1386 by Sir John Froissart

054 - How Count William of Holland was made a knight 1247 from the old chronicles

053 - The rebellion of Civilis 69 AD by Caius Cornelius Tacitus

052 - Besieging a Roman camp 54 BC by T Rice Holmes

051 - The Netherlands Part I From the Roman conquest to the Reformation Historical note

050 - The German Fatherland by Ernst Moritz Arndt

049 - A day with the German Emperor 1898 by Maurice Leudet

048 - Student life at the German universities about 1900 by Mrs Alfred Sidgwick

047 - Bismarck in the Reichstag and at home about 1880 by George Makepeace Towle

046 - Germany Part VIII Modern Germany Historical note

045 - The watch on the Rhine by Max Schneckenburger

044 - German wounded in the Gallery of Mirrors Versailles by Victor Bachereau-Reverchon French artist 1842

043 - The troubles of a correspondent in the Franco-Prussian War 1870 from All the Year Round

042 - William of Prussia proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles by Anton von Werner Germany 1843 painting

041 - The Queen of Prussia's ride 1806 by A L A Smith

040 - Why the philosopher's letter was not mailed 1806 by Louisa Muhlbach Klara M Mundt

039 - The oath at the grave of Frederick the Great 1806 by Louisa Muhlbach Klara M Mundt

038 - Germany Part VII Two wars with France Historical note

037 - A visit to Beethoven 1770-1827 by Richard Wagner

036 - The unwritten overture of Mozart 1756-1791 by Heribert Rau

035 - Handel the master of Oratorio 1685-1759 by L B Urbino

034 - Morning prayers in the Bach family by Toby Edward Rosenthal American painter 1848 painting p 190

033 - Stories from the eighteenth century by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

032 - Germany Part VI German authors and composers Historical note

031 - The round table of Frederick the Great at Sans Souci by Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel Germany 1815-

030 - Frederick the Great and the First Silesian War 1740-1745 by Thomas Babington Macaulay

029 - The childhood of Frederick the Great about 1720 by Thomas Carlyle

028 - The giant regiment of Frederick William I of Prussia between 1713 and 1740 by Thomas Carlyle

027 - The sacking of Magdeburg 1631 by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

026 - Martin Luther as a boy about 1500 by Mrs Elizabeth R Charles

025 - Germany Part V From the Reformation to the death of Frederick the Great Historical note

024 - John Gutenberg inventor of printing middle of the sixteenth century by Eva March Tappan

023 - The contest of the master-singers by August Hagen

022 - German life in the fifteenth century by Johannes Janssen

021 - The walled cities of Germany by Sabine Baring-Gould with the collaboration of Arthur Gilman

020 - The great Hanseatic League by Eva March Tappan

019 - Germany Part IV Life in the fifteenth century Historical note

018 - The little Faust tower of Munich by Frantz Trautmann

017 - The Lorelei by Heinrich Heine

016 - Bishop Hatto and his mouse tower about 968 by Robert Southey

015 - How Siegfried won a bride for King Gunther from the Nibelungenlied

014 - Germany Part III Stories of the Middle Ages Historical note

013 - Barbarossa by Friedrich Ruckert

012 - Frederick Barbarossa at the feet of the Pope by Albert Maignan France 1844-1908 painting p 48

011 - Frederick of the Red Beard and the Pope 1177 from the old chronicles

010 - The election of Frederick Barbarossa the red-bearded 1152 by Cyrus Townsend Brady

009 - The Margrave Gero and the Vandals by Theodor von Heyden German artist 1827 painting p 36

008 - How Charlemagne overcame the Saxons by Dr William Zimmermann

007 - Germany Part II Emperors of mediaeval Germany Historical note

006 - Boniface and the oak of Thor about 723 by the Right Rev W Pakenham Walsh

005 - Herman who freed the Germans from Rome 9 AD by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker

004 - An appeal to Caesar 58 BC by T Rice Holmes

003 - How the early Germans lived by Caius Cornelius Tacitus

002 - Germany Part I In pagan times Historical note

001 - Thusnelda in the triumphal procession of Germanicus by Karl Theodor von Piloty born at Munich Octobe