Transcriber’s Note

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Verginius left his beautiful young daughter Verginia in the care of her nurse

THE
STORY OF ROME

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
TO THE DEATH OF AUGUSTUS

TOLD TO BOYS AND GIRLS BY

MARY MACGREGOR

AUTHOR OF ‘THE STORY OF FRANCE,’ ETC.