True Stories of Wonderful Deeds

True Stories of Wonderful Deeds, by Anonymous

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Title: True Stories of Wonderful Deeds Pictures and Stories for Little Folk
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: July 16, 2007 [EBook #22080]
Language: English
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True Stories of Wonderful Deeds
PICTURES AND STORIES FOR LITTLE FOLK
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
THE ROYAL OAK 2
BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE 5
NELSON AND HARDY 7
WATT AND THE KETTLE 9
QUEEN VICTORIA AND HER SOLDIERS 11
THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW 13
GRACE DARLING 15
DAVID LIVINGSTONE 17
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO 19
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE 22
THE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII 24
WAR 26
A BOY'S HEROIC DEEDS 28
A CAT'S EXTRAORDINARY LEAP 31
A BRAVE QUEEN 33
KING ALFRED AND THE CAKES 36
NOT ANGLES, BUT ANGELS 38
HEREWARD THE WAKE 40
CANUTE 42
THE BRAVE MEN OF CALAIS 44
WAT TYLER 47
BRUCE AND THE SPIDER 50
RICHARD AND BLONDEL 53
THE WHITE SHIP 55
JOAN OF ARC 57
AFLOAT WITH A TIGER 59
QUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS 63
WILLIAM CAXTON 67
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 69
THE "REVENGE" 73
THE PILGRIM FATHERS 75
GUY FAWKES 77
CROMWELL AND HIS IRONSIDES 79
THE SPANISH ARMADA 81
THE DEFENCE OF LATHOM HOUSE 84
THE OUTLAWED ARCHERS 86
ELIZABETH AND RALEIGH 88

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
KING CHARLES IN HIDING 1
KING CHARLES IN THE OAK 4
PRINCE CHARLES AT THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN 6
NELSON ON THE "VICTORY" AT TRAFALGAR 8
WATCHING THE BOILING KETTLE 10
QUEEN VICTORIA VISITS HER WOUNDED SOLDIERS 12
THE HIGHLANDERS ENTERING LUCKNOW 14
GRACE DARLING ROWS OUT TO THE WRECK 16
THE MEETING OF STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE 18
BRITISH SOLDIERS AT THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO 20
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE 21
AFTERMATH OF BATTLE�� 23
KING EDWARD VII AND QUEEN ALEXANDRIA 25
SPYING ON INDIANS�� 27
SAVED FROM THE FLOOD 28
QUEEN BOADICEA 32
QUEEN BOADICEA AND HER SOLDIERS 35
KING ALFRED FORGETS THE CAKES 37
THE ENGLISH PRISONERS AT ROME 39
HEREWARD AND HIS MEN ATTACK THE NORMANS 41
CANUTE ORDERS THE TIDE TO STOP 43
QUEEN PHILLIPA PLEADS FOR THE MEN OF CALAIS 45
THE MEN OF CALAIS ARE SPARED�� 46
WAT TYLER�� 47
YOUNG KING RICHARD QUELLS THE REBELLION 49
BRUCE WATCHING THE SPIDER 51
RICHARD LION HEART FIGHTING IN THE HOLY LAND 52
BLONDEL SINGS BENEATH RICHARD'S WINDOW 54
PRINCE WILLIAM RETURNS TO SAVE HIS SISTER 56
JOAN AT THE HEAD OF THE ARMY 58
AFLOAT WITH A TIGER�� 60
THE ROBBERS DISCOVER QUEEN MARGARET AND THE PRINCE 64
THE ROBBER BRINGS HELP TO QUEEN MARGARET 66
CAXTON IN HIS PRINTING SHOP 68
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY�� 69
MARTYRED FOR PRAYING�� 70
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND THE DYING SOLDIER 72
DEATH OF SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE�� 74
THE PILGRIM FATHERS ENTERING THE NEW WORLD 76
THE ARREST OF GUY FAWKES 78
CROMWELL LEADS HIS IRONSIDES TO BATTLE 80
DRAKE IS TOLD THAT THE ARMADA IS APPROACHING 82
THE LITTLE "REVENGE" FIGHTS FIFTY SPANISH GALLEONS 83
THE COUNTESS RECEIVES THE BANNERS 85
CLOUDSEY SHOOTS AN APPLE FROM THE HEAD OF HIS SON�� 87
RALEIGH SPREADS HIS CLOAK BEFORE ELIZABETH 89

[Illustration: King Charles in Hiding]

=The Royal Oak=
There is in Shropshire a fine oak-tree which the country people there call the "Royal Oak". They say it is the great-grandson, or perhaps the great-great-grandson of another fine old oak, which more than two hundred years ago stood on the same spot, and served once as a shelter to an English king. This king was Charles II, the son of the unlucky Charles I who had his head cut off by his subjects because he was a weak and selfish ruler.
On the very day on which that unhappy king lost his head, the Parliament passed a law forbidding anyone to make his son, Prince Charles of Wales, or any other person, king of England. But the Scottish people did not obey this law. They persuaded the young prince to sign a paper, solemnly promising to rule the country as they wished; then they crowned him king. As soon as the Parliament heard of this they sent Cromwell and his Ironsides against the newly-crowned king and his followers, and after several battles the Scottish army was at last broken up and scattered at Worcester.
Charles fled and hid in a wood, where some poor wood-cutters took care of him and helped him. He put on some of their clothes, cut his hair short, and stained his face and hands brown so that he might appear to be a sunburnt workman like them. But it was some time before