PREFACE
How Phidias Helped the Image-Maker Beatrice Harraden
The Fight at the Pass of Thermopylæ Charlotte M. Yonge
The Bravery of Regulus Charlotte M. Yonge
The Rabbi Who Found the Diadem Dr. A. S. Isaacs
How Livia Won the Brooch Beatrice Harraden
Julius Cæsar Crossing the Rubicon Jacob Abbott
Fearless Saint Genevieve, Patron Saint of Paris Charlotte M. Yonge
The Boy Viking—Olaf II of Norway E. S. Brooks
The Boy-Heroes of Crecy and Poitiers Treadwell Walden
The Noble Burghers of Calais Charlotte M. Yonge
The Story of Joan of Arc, the Maid Who Saved France Anonymous
How Joan the Maid Took Largess from the English Anonymous
Death of Joan the Maid Anonymous
How Catherine Douglas Tried to Save King James of Scotland Charlotte
M. Yonge
The Brave Queen of Hungary Charlotte M. Yonge
The Story of Christopher Columbus for Little Children Elizabeth
Harrison
A Sea-Fight in the Time of Queen Bess Charles Kingsley
A Brave Scottish Chief Anonymous
The Adventure of Grizel Cochrane Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Sunken Treasure Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Lost Exiles of Texas Arthur Oilman
The Boy Conqueror—Charles XII of Sweden E. S. Brooks
The True Story of a Kidnapped Boy as Told by Himself Peter
Williamson
The Prisoner Who Would Not Stay in Prison Anonymous
A White Boy Among the Indians, as Told by Himself John Tanner
Evangeline of Acadia Henry W. Longfellow
Jabez Rockwell's Powder-Horn Ralph D. Paine
A Man Who Coveted Washington's Shoes Frank R. Stockton.
A Famous Fight Between an English and a French Frigate Rev. W. H.
Fitchett
The Trick of an Indian Spy Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Man in the "Auger Hole" Frank R. Stockton.
The Remarkable Voyage of the Bounty Anonymous
The Two Boy Hostages at the Siege of Seringapatam Anonymous
The Man Who Spoiled Napoleon's "Destiny" Rev. W. H. Fitchett
A Fire-Fighter's Rescue from the Flames Arthur Quiller-Couch
How Napoleon Rewarded His Men Baron de Marbot
A Rescue from Shipwreck Arthur Quiller-Couch
Rebecca the Drummer Charles Barnard
The Messenger M. E. M. Davis
Humphry Davy and the Safety-Lamp George C. Towle
Kit Carson's Duel Emerson Hough
The Story of Grace Darling Anonymous
The Struggles of Charles Goodyear George C. Towle
Old Johnny Appleseed Elizabeth Harrison
The Little Post-Boy Bayard Taylor
How June Found Massa Linkum Elizabeth S. Phelps
The Story of a Forest Fire Raymond S. Spears