Thirty more famous stories retold /

Presents thirty well-known stories involving such figures as Romulus and Remus, Christopher Columbus, Johann Gutenberg, King John, Hannibal, Balboa, Archimedes, Galileo, James Watt, Julius Caesar, Ulysses, and Penelope.

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Bibliographic Details
OCLC:1691968
Main Author: Baldwin, James, 1841-1925
Other Authors: Keller, A. J. (Illustrator), Meeker, Edwin J. (Illustrator), Edwards, H. C. (Harry C.), 1868-1922 (Illustrator), Perard, Victor (Illustrator), Fraser, Malcolm (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: New York : American Book Co., 1905.
Series:Eclectic school readings.
Subjects:
Readers (Elementary) > Textbooks.
Children's stories.
Explorers > Juvenile literature.
Heroes > Juvenile literature.
Heroes > England > Juvenile literature.
Scientists > Juvenile literature.
Philosophers > Juvenile literature.
Biography > Juvenile literature.
World history > Juvenile literature.
Mythology, Greek > Juvenile literature.
Short stories.
Histoires pour enfants.
Explorateurs > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Héros > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Héros > Angleterre > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Philosophes > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Histoire universelle > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Mythologie grecque > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Anglais (Langue) > Lectures et morceaux choisis.
Biography.
Explorers.
Heroes.
Kings and rulers.
Mythology, Greek.
Philosophers.
Readers.
Scientists.
World history.
Rome > Kings and rulers > Juvenile literature.
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Juvenile literature.
France > Kings and rulers > Juvenile literature.
England.
France.
Great Britain.
Rome (Empire)
Biographical fiction > Juvenile.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
Short stories > Juvenile.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Juvenile works.
Biographical fiction > 1905.
Readers > 1905.
Publishers' catalogues > 1905.
Textbooks.
Related Items:Online version: Thirty more famous stories retold.
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Monograph

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Table of Contents:
  • Columbus and the egg
  • "Upon a peak in Darien" first story
  • "Upon a peak in Darian" second story
  • The fountain of youth
  • "Eureka!"
  • Galileo and the lamps
  • Sir Isaac Newton and the apple
  • The first printer
  • John Gutenberg and the voices
  • James Watt and the teakettle
  • Dr. Johnson and his father
  • Webster and the woodchuck
  • Friar Bacon and the brazen head
  • "As rich as Crœsus"
  • The gordian knot
  • Why Alexander wept
  • King Richard and Blondel
  • King John and Prince Arthur
  • King John and the Magna Charta
  • Frederick Barbarossa
  • The man in the iron mask
  • The fall of Troy
  • Penelope's web
  • How Rome was founded
  • How Decius Mus saved Rome
  • "Delenda est Carthago"
  • Hannibal, the hero of Carthage
  • Crossing the Rubicon
  • The white-headed Zal
  • Peter Klaus the goatherd.

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