A Child's History of the World

by V. M. Hillyer

With Many Illustrations by
CARLE MICHEL BOOG
AND
M. S. WRIGHT

D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY
Incorporated

New York London

1934

Copyright, 1924, by
The Century Co.

All rights reserved. This book, or parts
thereof, must not be reproduced in any
form without permission of the publisher.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

LIST OF STORIES

STORY		PAGE
1	How Things Started	[3]
2	Umfa-Umfa and Itchy-Scratchy	[10]
3	Fire! Fire!! Fire!!!	[16]
4	From an Airplane	[20]
5	Real History Begins	[24]
6	The Puzzle-Writers	[30]
7	The Tomb-Builders	[36]
8	A Rich Land Where There Was No Money	[42]
9	The Wandering Jews	[49]
10	Fairy-Tale Gods	[56]
11	A Fairy-Tale War	[64]
12	The Kings of the Jews	[70]
13	The People Who Made Our A B C’s	[74]
14	Hard as Nails	[79]
15	The Crown of Leaves	[84]
16	A Bad Beginning	[89]
17	Kings with Corkscrew Curls	[94]
18	A City of Wonder and Wickedness	[99]
19	A Surprise Party	[103]
20	The Other Side of the World	[109]
21	Rich Man, Poor Man	[114]
22	Rome Kicks Out Her Kings	[119]
23	Greece vs. Persia	[124]
24	Fighting Mad	[132]
25	One against a Thousand	[137]
26	The Golden Age	[143]
27	When Greek Meets Greek	[151]
28	Wise Men and Otherwise	[156]
29	A Boy King	[162]
30	Picking a Fight	[168]
31	The Boot Kicks and Stamps	[173]
32	The New Champion of the World	[177]
33	The Noblest Roman of Them All	[184]
34	An Emperor Who was Made a God!	[191]
35	“Thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory”	[197]
36	Blood and Thunder	[203]
37	A Good Emperor and a Bad Son	[210]
38	I — H — — S — — — — V — — — — —	[215]
39	Our Tough Ancestors	[219]
40	White Toughs and Yellow Toughs Meet the Champions of the World	[225]
41	Nightfall	[231]
42	Being Good	[236]
43	A Camel-Driver	[242]
44	Arabian Days	[250]
45	A Light in the Dark Ages	[257]
46	Getting a Start	[264]
47	The End of the World	[269]
48	Real Castles	[272]
49	Knights and Days of Chivalry	[278]
50	A Pirate’s Great Grandson	[284]
51	A Great Adventure	[292]
52	Tit-Tat-To; Three Kings in a Row	[297]
53	Bibles Made of Stone and Glass	[304]
54	John, Whom Nobody Loved	[311]
55	A Great Story-Teller	[316]
56	“Thing-a-ma-jigger” and “What-cher-ma-call-it”; or, A Magic Needle and a Magic Powder	[322]
57	THELON GEST WART HATE VERWAS	[327]
58	Off with the Old, On with the New	[333]
59	A Sailor Who Found a New World	[337]
60	Fortune-Hunters	[346]
61	The Land of Enchantment; or, The Search for Gold and Adventure	[354]
62	Born Again	[359]
63	Christians Quarrel	[365]
64	King Elizabeth	[372]
65	The Age of Elizabeth	[378]
66	James the Servant; or, What’s in a Name?	[384]
67	A King Who Lost His Head	[390]
68	Red Cap and Red Heels	[395]
69	A Self-Made Man	[402]
70	A Prince Who Ran Away	[407]
71	America Gets Rid of Her King	[412]
72		[420]
73	A Little Giant	[428]
74	From Pan and His Pipes to the Phonograph	[435]
75	The Daily Papers of 1854-1865	[443]
76	Three New Postage Stamps	[449]
77	The Age of Miracles	[454]
78	Germany Fights the World	[460]
79	Yesterday, To-day, and To-morrow	[465]