HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE
Once there was a war between the Roman people and the E-trus'cans who lived in the towns on the other side of the Ti-ber River. Por'se-na, the King of the E-trus-cans, raised a great army, and marched toward Rome. The city had never been in so gre... HOW NAPOLEON CROSSED THE ALPS
About a hundred years ago there lived a great gen-er-al whose name was Na-po'le-on Bo'na-parte. He was the leader of the French army; and France was at war with nearly all the countries around. He wanted very much to take his soldiers into It-a-ly... JULIUS CAESAR
Nearly two thousand years ago there lived in Rome a man whose name was Julius Cae'sar. He was the greatest of all the Romans. Why was he so great? He was a brave warrior, and had con-quered many countries for Rome. He was wise in planning and... KING ALFRED AND THE BEGGAR
At one time the Danes drove King Alfred from his kingdom, and he had to lie hidden for a long time on a little is-land in a river. One day, all who were on the is-land, except the king and queen and one servant, went out to fish. It was a very l... KING ALFRED AND THE CAKES
Many years ago there lived in Eng-land a wise and good king whose name was Al-fred. No other man ever did so much for his country as he; and people now, all over the world, speak of him as Alfred the Great. In those days a king did not have ... KING CANUTE ON THE SEASHORE
A hundred years or more after the time of Alfred the Great there was a king of England named Ca-nute. King Canute was a Dane; but the Danes were not so fierce and cruel then as they had been when they were at war with King Alfred. The great men... KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT
The 3 Questions. There was once a king of England whose name was John. He was a bad king; for he was harsh and cruel to his people, and so long as he could have his own way, he did not care what became of other folks. He was the worst king tha... MAXIMILIAN AND THE GOOSE BOY
One summer day King Max-i-mil'ian of Ba-va'ri-a was walking in the country. The sun shone hot, and he stopped under a tree to rest. It was very pleasant in the cool shade. The king lay down on the soft grass, and looked up at the white clouds sa... MIGNON
Here is the story of Mignon as I remember having read it in a famous old book. A young man named Wil-helm was staying at an inn in the city. One day as he was going up-stairs he met a little girl coming down. He would have taken her for a boy, ... OTHER WISE MEN OF GOTHAM
One day, news was brought to Gotham that the king was coming that way, and that he would pass through the town. This did not please the men of Gotham at all. They hated the king, for they knew that he was a cruel, bad man. If he came to their town... PICCIOLA
Many years ago there was a poor gentleman shut up in one of the great prisons of France. His name was Char-ney, and he was very sad and un-hap-py. He had been put into prison wrong-ful-ly, and it seemed to him as though there was no one in the wor... POCAHONTAS
There was once a very brave man whose name was John Smith. He came to this country many years ago, when there were great woods everywhere, and many wild beasts and Indians. Many tales are told of his ad-ven-tures, some of them true and some of the... SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT
More than three hundred years ago there lived in England a brave man whose name was Sir Humphrey Gil-bert. At that time there were no white people in this country of ours. The land was covered with forests; and where there are now great cities and... SIR PHILIP SIDNEY
A cruel battle was being fought. The ground was covered with dead and dying men. The air was hot and stifling. The sun shone down without pity on the wounded soldiers lying in the blood and dust. One of these soldiers was a no-ble-man, whom ever... SIR WALTER RALEIGH
There once lived in England a brave and noble man whose name was Walter Ra-leigh. He was not only brave and noble, but he was also handsome and polite; and for that reason the queen made him a knight, and called him Sir Walter Ra-leigh. I will ...

THE UNGRATEFUL GUEST THE SONS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR THE STORY OF WILLIAM TELL KING CANUTE ON THE SEASHORE SOCRATES AND HIS HOUSE A LACONIC ANSWER THE KINGDOMS THE STORY OF CINCINNATUS

ALEXANDER AND BUCEPHALUS SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT DOCTOR GOLDSMITH MAXIMILIAN AND THE GOOSE BOY THE ENDLESS TALE WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT PICCIOLA THE BLACK DOUGLAS