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The object of this little work, and of others of its family, which may perhaps follow, is, like that of the "Rollo Books, " to furnish useful and instructive reading to young children. The aim is not so directly to communicate knowledge, as it is to develop the moral and intellectual powers, --to cultivate habits of discrimination and correct reasoning, and to establish sound...

Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conquered world from Canopus to the Thames, capitulated to her, and Mark Antony threw a fleet, an empire and his own honor to...

The design of the series of volumes, which it is intended to issue under the general title of MARCO PAUL'S ADVENTURES IN THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE, is not merely to entertain the reader with a narrative of juvenile adventures, but also to communicate, in connexion with them, as extensive and varied information as possible, in respect to the geography, the scenery, the customs...

It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and connected narrative of the lives of those great personages who have in various ages of the world made themselves celebrated as leaders among mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of the human race. The end...

104 pages. The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any deviations from the strict truth, so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the...

Jacob Abbott Caleb in the Country. Cleopatra. Forests of Maine. History of Julius Caesar. History of King Charles II of England. King Alfred of England. Makers of History Charles I. Marco Paul`s Voyages and Travels. Margaret of Anjou. Makers of History. Mary Erskine. Peter the Great. Richard I. Rollo at Work. The Teacher. William the Conqueror. erxes.