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CONTENTS

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[MIGHTY MEN OF LONG AGO]
[Moses, the Greatest Law-Giver, and the Meekest Man][1]
[David, the Giant-Killer King][6]
[Homer, the Hero Poet of Ancient Greece][10]
[Socrates, the “Grand Old Man” of Greece][15]
[Alexander, the Boy Who Conquered the World][20]
[Four Familiar Sayings of Julius Cæsar][24]
[HEROES OF THE MIDDLE AGES]
[The Christmas Crowning of Charlemagne][32]
[Alfred, the Greatest of the Saxon Kings][37]
[How William of Normandy Conquered a Kingdom][42]
[Lion-Hearted Richard and Wolf-Hearted John][47]
[Joan of Arc and the Lilies of France][52]
[FOUR LEADERS IN THE OLD WORLD]
[Shakespeare, the Greatest Maker of Plays][58]
[How Cromwell Changed Places with the King][61]
[Napoleon, the Corsican Boy Who Ruled Europe][65]
[Nelson, the Hero of Trafalgar][72]
[DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS]
[Columbus, the Map-Maker Who Found a New World][78]
[Magellan, the Man of the Straits][84]
[Cortes, the Conqueror][89]
[De Soto, a Gold Hunter in Southern Swamps][96]
[Sir Francis Drake, England’s First Great Sailor][102]
[Sir Walter Raleigh, the Favorite of Good Queen Bess][109]
[Henry Hudson, the Man Who Put Himself on the Map][115]
[La Salle and the Mouth of the Mississippi][120]
[Livingstone, the White Man of the Dark Continent][126]
[Peary, a Hero of the Great White North][137]
[COLONISTS AND PIONEERS]
[John Smith, the Captain of Many Adventures][145]
[Champlain, the Father of New France][151]
[Myles Standish, the Brave Little Captain of Plymouth][160]
[John Winthrop, a Puritan Maker of Massachusetts][170]
[Roger Williams, a Minister Who Lived the Golden Rule][176]
[Lord Baltimore, Calvert and Claiborne, the Three Fathers of Maryland][180]
[William Penn, the Founder of Pennsylvania][185]
[PATRIOTS OF THE REVOLUTION]
[Patrick Henry, the “Firebrand of the Revolution”][190]
[Nathan Hale, Who Spoke the Bravest Words in History][194]
[Lafayette, the Boy Hero of Two Worlds][201]
[The Immortal Reply of John Paul Jones][208]
[General Marion, the Carolina “Swamp Fox”][217]
[WINNERS OF THE WEST]
[Wolfe and Montcalm, the Rival Heroes of Quebec][224]
[Daniel Boone, the Great Indian Fighter of Kentucky][232]
[George Rogers Clark, the Young Hero with a Great Idea][240]
[Lewis and Clark, Two Adventurers in the Far West][247]
[David Crockett, the Hero of the Alamo][258]
[FAMOUS INVENTORS]
[How Eli Whitney Made Cotton King][266]
[“Fulton’s Folly”][270]
[How Morse Sent Letters by Lightning][274]
[Cyrus H. McCormick and the Story of the Reaper][279]
[Elias Howe and His Sewing Machine][282]
[Edison, the Wizard of Many Inventions][285]
[THE GREATEST AMERICANS]
[Benjamin Franklin, the Boy Who Was Diligent in Business][292]
[George Washington and His Mother][296]
[Alexander Hamilton, the Orphan Boy from the West Indies][301]
[Thomas Jefferson, the Father of Democracy][309]
[Andrew Jackson, America’s Most Popular Hero][315]
[Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Three Great Champions in Congress][320]
[The Kind Heart of Abraham Lincoln][327]
[Ulysses S. Grant, the General Who Hated War][332]
[The Noble Soul of Robert E. Lee][341]
[David Farragut, the Hero of Mobile Bay][346]
[The Strenuous Life of Roosevelt][352]
[Clara Barton, “the Angel of the Battle-Field”][358]
[Henry W. Longfellow, the American Children’s Poet][365]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[Franklin’s bookshop in Philadelphia][Frontispiece]
[Moses praying on Mount Sinai][5]
[David playing his harp before King Saul][9]
[Homer, the blind poet][11]
[Socrates takes the cup of poison from his judges][18]
[Alexander the Great at one of his luxurious banquets][23]
[The assassination of Cæsar][28]
[Charlemagne is crowned Emperor of the Western World at Rome][35]
[King Alfred divides his last loaf of bread with the poor beggar][39]
[King William wounded in single combat][45]
[King Richard forgives Bertrand de Gurdun][48]
[The victorious return of Joan of Arc to Orleans][55]
[Shakespeare among his friends in London][59]
[Oliver Cromwell visiting the poet Milton][63]
[Emperor Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo][70]
[Nelson receiving the sword of the Spanish admiral][74]
[Columbus pleading his cause before King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella][81]
[Ferdinand Magellan][85]
[Hernando Cortes][90]
[The capture of the city of Mexico by Cortes][93]
[De Soto on the bank of the Mississippi][100]
[Queen Elizabeth knighting Drake on board the “Golden Hind”][107]
[The boyhood of Raleigh][110]
[The discovery of the Hudson River][117]
[The ships of France at the mouth of the Mississippi][124]
[David Livingstone, the brave Scotch missionary][127]
[Peary in Arctic dress with his Eskimo dogs][138]
[Captain John Smith][145]
[The marriage of Pocahontas][149]
[When brave and courteous Champlain surrendered Quebec][158]
[The march of Myles Standish][163]
[Governor John Winthrop][170]
[The landing of Roger Williams][179]
[George Calvert, Lord Baltimore][181]
[William Penn][185]
[Penn’s treaty with the Indians][189]
[Patrick Henry delivering his celebrated speech][191]
[The last words of Captain Nathan Hale][199]
[General Lafayette wounded at the Battle of Brandywine][204]
[John Paul Jones commanding the “Bon Homme Richard”][215]
[General Marion, the Carolina “Swamp Fox”][218]
[The Marquis de Montcalm][225]
[The death of General Wolfe][231]
[Daniel Boone, the great Indian fighter of Kentucky][233]
[Colonel George Rogers Clark][241]
[Lewis and Clark on their expedition into the Far West][249]
[David Crockett, hero of the Alamo][259]
[Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin][267]
[Whitney’s first cotton gin][268]
[Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat][270]
[The “Clermont,” Fulton’s first steamboat][273]
[S. F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph][275]
[Morse’s first telegraph sounder][277]
[Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor of the reaper][280]
[McCormick’s first reaper][281]
[Elias Howe][283]
[Howe’s first sewing machine][284]
[Thomas A. Edison and one of his early dynamos][287]
[Washington’s farewell to his mother][299]
[The first meeting between Washington and Hamilton][305]
[The signing of the Declaration of Independence][312]
[General Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans][319]
[Clay, Calhoun and Webster, “The Statesmen of the Compromise”][321]
[The boy Lincoln reading by the firelight][328]
[General Ulysses S. Grant][333]
[Lee’s invasion of the North][343]
[Farragut in the rigging at the Battle of Mobile Bay][351]
[Theodore Roosevelt as Colonel of the Rough Riders][353]
[Clara Barton, “The Angel of the Battlefield”][360]
[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow][366]

MIGHTY MEN OF LONG AGO