Stories of Great Men

Author of Stories of Remarkable Women, Echoing and Re-Echoing, Those Boys, Dr. Deane's Way, Couldn't be Bought, Mrs. Deane's Way, What Fide Remembers, etc., etc.
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BOSTON LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY

Copyright, 1887, by D. Lothrop and Company.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT.


Where shall we begin? With A of course, but there are so many great men whose names begin with A, I don't know how to select. However, I might as well go back a good way in the world's history, and say Alexander the Great. Since he was so great that they added the word to his name, perhaps he ought to head the list. Though mind, he is not my idea of a great man, after all.
Who was he, what was he, and when did he live? Three questions in one, and questions which when well answered tell a great deal.
He was the son of King Philip of Macedonia, and was born at Pella three hundred and fifty-six years before Jesus came to this earth. His father was a strong brave soldier, and his mother was a strong fierce woman, and their son is said to have been like them both. When he was