"Absolutely the best set of all the history readers that have hitherto been published."—The Guardian.
THE STORY OF THE WORLD.
FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. (In Five Books.)
By M. B. SYNGE.
With Coloured Frontispieces and numerous Illustrations by E. M. Synge, A.R.E., and Maps.
BOOK I. ON THE SHORES OF THE GREAT SEA. 1s. 4d.
Colonial Edition, 1s. 6d.
The Home of Abraham—Into Africa—Joseph in Egypt—The Children of Israel—The First Merchant Fleet—Hiram, King of Tyre—King Solomon's Fleet—The Story of Carthage—The Story of the Argonauts—The Siege of Troy—The Adventures of Ulysses—The Dawn of History—The Fall of Tyre—The Rise of Carthage—Hanno's Adventures—The Battle of Marathon—King Ahasuerus—How Leonidas kept the Pass—Some