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Title: Ten Boys from History

Author: Kate Dickinson Sweetser

Illustrator: George Alfred Williams

Release Date: November 28, 2007 [EBook #23650]

Language: English

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TEN BOYS FROM HISTORY

By

KATE DICKINSON SWEETSER

AUTHOR OF

"TEN BOYS FROM DICKENS"
"TEN GREAT ADVENTURERS"
"BOOK OF INDIAN BRAVES" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY

GEORGE ALFRED WILLIAMS

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

BOOKS BY

KATE DICKINSON SWEETSER

TEN AMERICAN GIRLS FROM HISTORY. Illustrated.
BOOK OF INDIAN BRAVES. Illustrated.
BOYS AND GIRLS FROM ELIOT. Illustrated.
BOYS AND GIRLS FROM THACKERAY. Illustrated.
TEN BOYS FROM DICKENS. Illustrated.
TEN BOYS FROM HISTORY. Illustrated.
TEN GIRLS FROM DICKENS. Illustrated.
TEN GIRLS FROM HISTORY. Illustrated.
TEN GREAT ADVENTURERS. Illustrated.

HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK

[ESTABLISHED 1817]

TEN BOYS FROM HISTORY

Copyright, 1910, by HARPER & BROTHERS
Printed in the United States of America

PREFACE

In this small volume the boys of many lands and races whose stories
are told, have been selected not because they later became famous men,
although some of them did, but because each one achieved something
noteworthy as a boy. And in each boy's character, whether historic or
legendary, courage was the marked trait. For this reason it is hoped
that their stories will prove stimulating to some who read them.

K. D. S.

CONTENTS

PAGE

STEPHEN AND NICHOLAS: BOY CRUSADERS 11

PETER OF HAARLEM: THE BOY WHO SAVED HIS COUNTRY 45

DAVID: THE SHEPHERD BOY