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The Junior Classics, vol 7

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The Junior Classics
A LIBRARY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
[Illustration: CATHRINE DOUGLAS THRUST HER ARM THROUGH THE EMPTY STAPLES From the painting by J P Shelton]
THE JUNIOR CLASSICS
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM PATTEN MANAGING EDITOR OF THE HARVARD CLASSICS
INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL. D. PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
WITH A READING GUIDE BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SINCE 1917[-1939]

VOLUME SEVEN
Stories of Courage and Heroism

CONTENTS

PREFACE
How Phidias Helped the Image-Maker Beatrice Harraden
The Fight at the Pass of Thermopyl? Charlotte M. Yonge
The Bravery of Regulus Charlotte M. Yonge
The Rabbi Who Found the Diadem Dr. A. S. Isaacs
How Livia Won the Brooch Beatrice Harraden
Julius C?sar Crossing the Rubicon Jacob Abbott
Fearless Saint Genevieve, Patron Saint of Paris Charlotte M. Yonge
The Boy Viking--Olaf II of Norway E. S. Brooks
The Boy-Heroes of Crecy and Poitiers Treadwell Walden
The Noble Burghers of Calais Charlotte M. Yonge
The Story of Joan of Arc, the Maid Who Saved France Anonymous
How Joan the Maid Took Largess from the English Anonymous
Death of Joan the Maid Anonymous
How Catherine Douglas Tried to Save King James of Scotland Charlotte M. Yonge
The Brave Queen of Hungary Charlotte M. Yonge
The Story of Christopher Columbus for Little Children Elizabeth Harrison
A Sea-Fight in the Time of Queen Bess Charles Kingsley
A Brave Scottish Chief Anonymous
The Adventure of Grizel Cochrane Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Sunken Treasure Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Lost Exiles of Texas Arthur Oilman
The Boy Conqueror--Charles XII of Sweden E. S. Brooks
The True Story of a Kidnapped Boy as Told by Himself Peter Williamson
The Prisoner Who Would Not Stay in Prison Anonymous
A White Boy Among the Indians, as Told by Himself John Tanner
Evangeline of Acadia Henry W. Longfellow
Jabez Rockwell's Powder-Horn Ralph D. Paine
A Man Who Coveted Washington's Shoes Frank R. Stockton.
A Famous Fight Between an English and a French Frigate Rev. W. H. Fitchett
The Trick of an Indian Spy Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Man in the "Auger Hole" Frank R. Stockton.
The Remarkable Voyage of the Bounty Anonymous
The Two Boy Hostages at the Siege of Seringapatam Anonymous
The Man Who Spoiled Napoleon's "Destiny" Rev. W. H. Fitchett
A Fire-Fighter's Rescue from the Flames Arthur Quiller-Couch
How Napoleon Rewarded His Men Baron de Marbot
A Rescue from Shipwreck Arthur Quiller-Couch
Rebecca the Drummer Charles Barnard
The Messenger M. E. M. Davis
Humphry Davy and the Safety-Lamp George C. Towle
Kit Carson's Duel Emerson Hough
The Story of Grace Darling Anonymous
The Struggles of Charles Goodyear George C. Towle
Old Johnny Appleseed Elizabeth Harrison
The Little Post-Boy Bayard Taylor
How June Found Massa Linkum Elizabeth S. Phelps
The Story of a Forest Fire Raymond S. Spears

ILLUSTRATIONS

CATHERINE DOUGLAS THRUST HER ARM THROUGH THE EMPTY STAPLES
How Catherine Douglas Tried to Save King James of Scotland
Frontispiece illustration in color from the painting by J. R. Skelton
HE SHOOK HIS CLENCHED FIST AT THE OBSTRUCTED SEA-STRAIT
The Boy Viking--Olaf II of Norway
From the drawing by Gertrude Demain Hammond
"FIGHT ON!" CRIED THE MAID; "THE PLACE IS OURS"
The Story of Joan of Arc
From the painting by William Rainey
THEN HE OFFERED A FERVENT PRAYER OF THANKS
A Story of Christopher Columbus

PREFACE

The stories in this volume are true stories, and have been arranged in chronological order, an arrangement that will aid the reader to remember the times to which the stories relate.
Almost any encyclopedia can be consulted for general details of the life stories of the interesting people whose names crowd the volume except perhaps in the cases of Peter Williamson and John Tanner, "The True Story of a Kidnapped Boy," and "A White Boy Among the Indians." Peter Williamson was kidnapped in Glasgow, Scotland, when he was eight years old, was captured by the Cherokee Indians in 1745, and (though the story does not tell this) he returned