CONTENTS.
PAGE
HISTORY STORIES.
THE STORY OF THE NEGRO FORT 13
A WAR FOR AN ARCHBISHOP 26
THE BOY COMMANDER OF THE CAMISARDS 38
THE CANOE FIGHT 55
THE BATTLE OF LAKE BORGNE 67
THE BATTLE IN THE DARK 77
THE TROUBLESOME BURGHERS 88
THE DEFENCE OF ROCHELLE 99
THE SAD STORY OF A BOY KING 111
TWO OBSCURE HEROES 120
THE CHARGE OF THE HOUNDS 130
THE STORY OF A WINTER CAMPAIGN 140
YOUNG WASHINGTON IN THE WOODS 151
THE STORY OF CATHERINE 163
THE VIRGINIA WIFE-MARKET 175
BIOGRAPHY STORIES.
BOYHOOD OF DANIEL WEBSTER 185
THE SCULLION WHO BECAME A SCULPTOR 193
BOYHOOD OF WILLIAM CHAMBERS 200
HOW A BOY HIRED OUT, AND WHAT CAME OF IT 206
THE WICKEDEST MAN IN THE WORLD 212
A PRINCE WHO WOULD NOT STAY DEAD 228
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
_Breakfast and Battle_ 23
_Vladimir Besieging the City Containing his Archbishop_ 35
_Cavalier Personating the Lieutenant of the Count Broglio_ 47
_With a Single Blow he Knocked over the Indian with whom
Austill was Struggling_ 63
_Boarding the Gun-boats_ 73
_General Jackson at New Orleans_ 79
_The Burghers Prepare to Defend their City_ 95
_Richelieu Surveying the Works at Rochelle_ 103
_The Parting between King Richard II. and Queen Isabella_ 117
_Martin Preaching to the People on the Duty of Fighting_ 125
"_Just at the Moment when Matters were at their Worst, he
Rode up_" 137
_Capture of the Dutch fleet by the Soldiers of the French
Republic_ 149
_Washington as a Surveyor_ 157
"_She Went Boldly into his Tent_" 171
"_'To the End of the Twelfth Book of the Æneid,' answered
the 'Idle' Boy in Triumph_" 189
THE STORY OF THE NEGRO FORT.
During the war of 1812-14, between Great Britain and the United States,
the weak Spanish Governor of Florida--for Florida was then Spanish
territory--permitted the British to make Pensacola their base of
operations against us. This was a gross outrage, as we were at peace
with Spain at the time, and General Jackson, acting on his own
responsibility, invaded Florida in retaliation.
Among the British at that time was an eccentric Irish officer, Colonel
Edward Nichols, who enlisted and tried to make soldiers of a large
number of the Seminole Indians. In 1815, after the war was over, Colonel
Nichols again visited the Seminoles, who were disposed to be hostile to
the United States, as Colonel Nichols himself was, and made an
astonishing treaty with them, in which an alliance, offensive and
defensive, between Great Britain and the Seminoles, was agreed upon. We
had made peace with Great Britain a few months before, and yet this
ridiculous Irish colonel signed a treaty binding Great Britain to fight
us whenever the Seminoles in the Spanish territory of Florida should see
fit to make a war! If this extraordinary performance had been all, it
would not have mattered so much, for the British government refused to
ratify the treaty; but it was not all.
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PAGE
HISTORY STORIES.
THE STORY OF THE NEGRO FORT 13
A WAR FOR AN ARCHBISHOP 26
THE BOY COMMANDER OF THE CAMISARDS 38
THE CANOE FIGHT 55
THE BATTLE OF LAKE BORGNE 67
THE BATTLE IN THE DARK 77
THE TROUBLESOME BURGHERS 88
THE DEFENCE OF ROCHELLE 99
THE SAD STORY OF A BOY KING 111
TWO OBSCURE HEROES 120
THE CHARGE OF THE HOUNDS 130
THE STORY OF A WINTER CAMPAIGN 140
YOUNG WASHINGTON IN THE WOODS 151
THE STORY OF CATHERINE 163
THE VIRGINIA WIFE-MARKET 175
BIOGRAPHY STORIES.
BOYHOOD OF DANIEL WEBSTER 185
THE SCULLION WHO BECAME A SCULPTOR 193
BOYHOOD OF WILLIAM CHAMBERS 200
HOW A BOY HIRED OUT, AND WHAT CAME OF IT 206
THE WICKEDEST MAN IN THE WORLD 212
A PRINCE WHO WOULD NOT STAY DEAD 228
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
_Breakfast and Battle_ 23
_Vladimir Besieging the City Containing his Archbishop_ 35
_Cavalier Personating the Lieutenant of the Count Broglio_ 47
_With a Single Blow he Knocked over the Indian with whom
Austill was Struggling_ 63
_Boarding the Gun-boats_ 73
_General Jackson at New Orleans_ 79
_The Burghers Prepare to Defend their City_ 95
_Richelieu Surveying the Works at Rochelle_ 103
_The Parting between King Richard II. and Queen Isabella_ 117
_Martin Preaching to the People on the Duty of Fighting_ 125
"_Just at the Moment when Matters were at their Worst, he
Rode up_" 137
_Capture of the Dutch fleet by the Soldiers of the French
Republic_ 149
_Washington as a Surveyor_ 157
"_She Went Boldly into his Tent_" 171
"_'To the End of the Twelfth Book of the Æneid,' answered
the 'Idle' Boy in Triumph_" 189
THE STORY OF THE NEGRO FORT.
During the war of 1812-14, between Great Britain and the United States,
the weak Spanish Governor of Florida--for Florida was then Spanish
territory--permitted the British to make Pensacola their base of
operations against us. This was a gross outrage, as we were at peace
with Spain at the time, and General Jackson, acting on his own
responsibility, invaded Florida in retaliation.
Among the British at that time was an eccentric Irish officer, Colonel
Edward Nichols, who enlisted and tried to make soldiers of a large
number of the Seminole Indians. In 1815, after the war was over, Colonel
Nichols again visited the Seminoles, who were disposed to be hostile to
the United States, as Colonel Nichols himself was, and made an
astonishing treaty with them, in which an alliance, offensive and
defensive, between Great Britain and the Seminoles, was agreed upon. We
had made peace with Great Britain a few months before, and yet this
ridiculous Irish colonel signed a treaty binding Great Britain to fight
us whenever the Seminoles in the Spanish territory of Florida should see
fit to make a war! If this extraordinary performance had been all, it
would not have mattered so much, for the British government refused to
ratify the treaty; but it was not all.
STRANGE STORIES FROM HISTORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
CONTENTS.
PAGE
HISTORY STORIES.
THE STORY OF THE NEGRO FORT 13
A WAR FOR AN ARCHBISHOP 26
THE BOY COMMANDER OF THE CAMISARDS 38
THE CANOE FIGHT 55
THE BATTLE OF LAKE BORGNE 67
THE BATTLE IN THE DARK 77
THE TROUBLESOME BURGHERS 88
THE DEFENCE OF ROCHELLE 99
THE SAD STORY OF A BOY KING 111
TWO OBSCURE HEROES 120
THE CHARGE OF THE HOUNDS 130
THE STORY OF A WINTER CAMPAIGN 140
YOUNG WASHINGTON IN THE WOODS 151
THE STORY OF CATHERINE 163
THE VIRGINIA WIFE-MARKET 175
BIOGRAPHY STORIES.
BOYHOOD OF DANIEL WEBSTER 185
THE SCULLION WHO BECAME A SCULPTOR 193
BOYHOOD OF WILLIAM CHAMBERS 200
HOW A BOY HIRED OUT, AND WHAT CAME OF IT 206
THE WICKEDEST MAN IN THE WORLD 212
A PRINCE WHO WOULD NOT STAY DEAD 228
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
_Breakfast and Battle_ 23
_Vladimir Besieging the City Containing his Archbishop_ 35
_Cavalier Personating the Lieutenant of the Count Broglio_ 47
_With a Single Blow he Knocked over the Indian with whom
Austill was Struggling_ 63
_Boarding the Gun-boats_ 73
_General Jackson at New Orleans_ 79
_The Burghers Prepare to Defend their City_ 95
_Richelieu Surveying the Works at Rochelle_ 103
_The Parting between King Richard II. and Queen Isabella_ 117
_Martin Preaching to the People on the Duty of Fighting_ 125
"_Just at the Moment when Matters were at their Worst, he
Rode up_" 137
_Capture of the Dutch fleet by the Soldiers of the French
Republic_ 149
_Washington as a Surveyor_ 157
"_She Went Boldly into his Tent_" 171
"_'To the End of the Twelfth Book of the Æneid,' answered
the 'Idle' Boy in Triumph_" 189
THE STORY OF THE NEGRO FORT.
During the war of 1812-14, between Great Britain and the United States,
the weak Spanish Governor of Florida--for Florida was then Spanish
territory--permitted the British to make Pensacola their base of
operations against us. This was a gross outrage, as we were at peace
with Spain at the time, and General Jackson, acting on his own
responsibility, invaded Florida in retaliation.
Among the British at that time was an eccentric Irish officer, Colonel
Edward Nichols, who enlisted and tried to make soldiers of a large
number of the Seminole Indians. In 1815, after the war was over, Colonel
Nichols again visited the Seminoles, who were disposed to be hostile to
the United States, as Colonel Nichols himself was, and made an
astonishing treaty with them, in which an alliance, offensive and
defensive, between Great Britain and the Seminoles, was agreed upon. We
had made peace with Great Britain a few months before, and yet this
ridiculous Irish colonel signed a treaty binding Great Britain to fight
us whenever the Seminoles in the Spanish territory of Florida should see
fit to make a war! If this extraordinary performance had been all, it
would not have mattered so much, for the British government refused to
ratify the treaty; but it was not all.
PAGE
HISTORY STORIES.
THE STORY OF THE NEGRO FORT 13
A WAR FOR AN ARCHBISHOP 26
THE BOY COMMANDER OF THE CAMISARDS 38
THE CANOE FIGHT 55
THE BATTLE OF LAKE BORGNE 67
THE BATTLE IN THE DARK 77
THE TROUBLESOME BURGHERS 88
THE DEFENCE OF ROCHELLE 99
THE SAD STORY OF A BOY KING 111
TWO OBSCURE HEROES 120
THE CHARGE OF THE HOUNDS 130
THE STORY OF A WINTER CAMPAIGN 140
YOUNG WASHINGTON IN THE WOODS 151
THE STORY OF CATHERINE 163
THE VIRGINIA WIFE-MARKET 175
BIOGRAPHY STORIES.
BOYHOOD OF DANIEL WEBSTER 185
THE SCULLION WHO BECAME A SCULPTOR 193
BOYHOOD OF WILLIAM CHAMBERS 200
HOW A BOY HIRED OUT, AND WHAT CAME OF IT 206
THE WICKEDEST MAN IN THE WORLD 212
A PRINCE WHO WOULD NOT STAY DEAD 228
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
_Breakfast and Battle_ 23
_Vladimir Besieging the City Containing his Archbishop_ 35
_Cavalier Personating the Lieutenant of the Count Broglio_ 47
_With a Single Blow he Knocked over the Indian with whom
Austill was Struggling_ 63
_Boarding the Gun-boats_ 73
_General Jackson at New Orleans_ 79
_The Burghers Prepare to Defend their City_ 95
_Richelieu Surveying the Works at Rochelle_ 103
_The Parting between King Richard II. and Queen Isabella_ 117
_Martin Preaching to the People on the Duty of Fighting_ 125
"_Just at the Moment when Matters were at their Worst, he
Rode up_" 137
_Capture of the Dutch fleet by the Soldiers of the French
Republic_ 149
_Washington as a Surveyor_ 157
"_She Went Boldly into his Tent_" 171
"_'To the End of the Twelfth Book of the Æneid,' answered
the 'Idle' Boy in Triumph_" 189
THE STORY OF THE NEGRO FORT.
During the war of 1812-14, between Great Britain and the United States,
the weak Spanish Governor of Florida--for Florida was then Spanish
territory--permitted the British to make Pensacola their base of
operations against us. This was a gross outrage, as we were at peace
with Spain at the time, and General Jackson, acting on his own
responsibility, invaded Florida in retaliation.
Among the British at that time was an eccentric Irish officer, Colonel
Edward Nichols, who enlisted and tried to make soldiers of a large
number of the Seminole Indians. In 1815, after the war was over, Colonel
Nichols again visited the Seminoles, who were disposed to be hostile to
the United States, as Colonel Nichols himself was, and made an
astonishing treaty with them, in which an alliance, offensive and
defensive, between Great Britain and the Seminoles, was agreed upon. We
had made peace with Great Britain a few months before, and yet this
ridiculous Irish colonel signed a treaty binding Great Britain to fight
us whenever the Seminoles in the Spanish territory of Florida should see
fit to make a war! If this extraordinary performance had been all, it
would not have mattered so much, for the British government refused to
ratify the treaty; but it was not all.
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| Publisher: | SAP |
| Publication date: | 12/13/2011 |
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