Stories from History

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by  Mabel Williams & Marcia Dalphin

JUNIOR CLASSICS
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VOLUME EIGHT STORIES FROM HISTORY
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Wilfred Jones
Slowly Kanana raised the lance. "I am Kanana, son of the
Terror of theDesert."
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Edited by MABEL WILLIAMS and MARCIA DALPHIN.
With Introduction by WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Former
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"Lconidas," from "Men of Old Greece," copyright, 1905, by Little, Brown & Company.
"The Greek Slave and the Little Roman Boy," from "Buried Cities," copyright, 1922, by
The Macmillan Company. "The Lance of Kanana," copyright, 1920, by George A. French;
copyright, 1892, 1932, by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company. "The Boy Viking, Olaf II of
Norway," from "Historic Boys," copyright, 1886, by G. P. Putnam's Sons; copyright, 1934,
by Geraldine Brooks. "Knighted by King Henry IV," from "Men of Iron," copyright, 1891,
by Harper & Brothers; copyright, 1919, by Anne Poole Pylc. "The Great Discoveries,"
"Napoleon," from "The Story of Mankind," copyright, 1921, 1926, by Horace Liveright,
Inc. "Christmas with Queen Bess," from "Master Skylark," copyright, 1891, 1897, by The
Century Company; copyright, 1897, 1924, by John Bennett. "The Mountain Man," from
"SilentScot," copyright, 1925, byTheMacmillan Company. "Salt-WaterTea," from "Johnny
Tremain," copyright, 1943, by Esther Forbes Hoskins. "Daniel Boone's Rifle," from "The
LongRifle,"copyright, 1930, 1931, 1932,by StewartEdward White. "DavyCrockettLegendi,"
from "Davy Crockett," copyright, 1934, by Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc. "The Tree of
Jade," from "The Pool of Stars," copyright, 1919, 1929, by The Macmillan Company.
"Emmeline," copyright, 1915, by Perry Mason Company; copyright, 1916, by Elsie Sing-
master Lewars. "Abe Lincoln's Books," from "Abe Lincoln Grows Up," copyright, 1928, by
Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc. "Louisa Alcott, War Nurse," from "Invincible Louisa,"
copyright, 1933, by Cornelia Meigs. "The Devil and Daniel Webster," copyright, 1937, by
Stephen Vincent Benet. "Thunderbird Limps Home," from "Here Is Your War," copyright,
i943> by Henry Holt and Company, Inc. "MacArthur Scores Again," from "The Courage
and theGlory," copyright, 1942, byJohn J. Flohcrty. "ASagaofWorld WarII," from "The
Raft," copyright, 1942, by Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
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CONTENTS
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Leonidas Jennie Hall i
The Greek Slave and the Little Roman Boy . . . Jennie Hall lo
The Lance of Kanana Harry W. French 20
lllustyutions by Wilfred Jones
The Boy Viking, Olaf II of Norway . . . Elbridge S. Broo\s 86
Knighted by King Henry IV HowardPyle loi
Illustration by Albert Diirer
Joan the Maid Andrew Lang 108
The Great Discoveries HendriJ^ Willem Van Loon 124
Illustrations by the Author
Christmas with Queen Bess John Bennett 137
Illustration by Reginald Birch
The Mountain Man Constance Lindsay Skinner 156
Salt-Water Tea Esther Forbes 173
Illustration by Tom Hall
The Story of Molly Pitcher AgnesReppUer 194
Illustration by H. I. Ford
Daniel Boone's Rifle Stewart Edward White 198
Map by Joseph E. Sandford
Davy Crockett Legends ConstanceRourf^e 210
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Napoleon Hendril^ Willem Van Loon 223
Map by the Author
The Tree of Jade CorneliaMeigs 233
Emmeline Elsie Singmast€r 248
Abe Lincoln's Books Carl Sandburg 300
Illustration hy James Dougherty
Louisa Alcott, War Nurse CorneliaMeigs 307
Illustration by Warren Chappell
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The Devil and Daniel Webster Stephen VincentBenet 323
Illustration by Tom Hall
Thunderbird Limps Home Ernie Pyle 340
MacArthur Scores Again John J. Flaherty 345
Portrait by Tom Hall
A Saga of World War II Robert Trumbull 359
Illustration by Tom Hall
(The sources of the stories in this volume will be found listed on page 380.)
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