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The Junior Classics 
A LIBRARY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS 
[Illustration: CATHRINE DOUGLAS THRUST HER ARM 
THROUGH THE EMPTY STAPLES From the painting by J P 
Shelton] 
THE JUNIOR CLASSICS 
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM PATTEN 
MANAGING EDITOR OF THE HARVARD CLASSICS 
INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL. D. PRESIDENT 
EMERITUS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
WITH A READING GUIDE BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph.D. 
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
PRESIDENT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SINCE 
1917[-1939] 
 
VOLUME SEVEN 
Stories of Courage and Heroism
CONTENTS 
 
PREFACE 
How Phidias Helped the Image-Maker Beatrice Harraden 
The Fight at the Pass of Thermopylæ Charlotte M. Yonge 
The Bravery of Regulus Charlotte M. Yonge 
The Rabbi Who Found the Diadem Dr. A. S. Isaacs 
How Livia Won the Brooch Beatrice Harraden 
Julius Cæsar Crossing the Rubicon Jacob Abbott 
Fearless Saint Genevieve, Patron Saint of Paris Charlotte M. Yonge 
The Boy Viking--Olaf II of Norway E. S. Brooks 
The Boy-Heroes of Crecy and Poitiers Treadwell Walden 
The Noble Burghers of Calais Charlotte M. Yonge 
The Story of Joan of Arc, the Maid Who Saved France Anonymous 
How Joan the Maid Took Largess from the English Anonymous 
Death of Joan the Maid Anonymous 
How Catherine Douglas Tried to Save King James of Scotland 
Charlotte M. Yonge 
The Brave Queen of Hungary Charlotte M. Yonge 
The Story of Christopher Columbus for Little Children Elizabeth
Harrison 
A Sea-Fight in the Time of Queen Bess Charles Kingsley 
A Brave Scottish Chief Anonymous 
The Adventure of Grizel Cochrane Arthur Quiller-Couch 
The Sunken Treasure Nathaniel Hawthorne 
The Lost Exiles of Texas Arthur Oilman 
The Boy Conqueror--Charles XII of Sweden E. S. Brooks 
The True Story of a Kidnapped Boy as Told by Himself Peter 
Williamson 
The Prisoner Who Would Not Stay in Prison Anonymous 
A White Boy Among the Indians, as Told by Himself John Tanner 
Evangeline of Acadia Henry W. Longfellow 
Jabez Rockwell's Powder-Horn Ralph D. Paine 
A Man Who Coveted Washington's Shoes Frank R. Stockton. 
A Famous Fight Between an English and a French Frigate Rev. W. H. 
Fitchett 
The Trick of an Indian Spy Arthur Quiller-Couch 
The Man in the "Auger Hole" Frank R. Stockton. 
The Remarkable Voyage of the Bounty Anonymous 
The Two Boy Hostages at the Siege of Seringapatam Anonymous 
The Man Who Spoiled Napoleon's "Destiny" Rev. W. H. Fitchett
A Fire-Fighter's Rescue from the Flames Arthur Quiller-Couch 
How Napoleon Rewarded His Men Baron de Marbot 
A Rescue from Shipwreck Arthur Quiller-Couch 
Rebecca the Drummer Charles Barnard 
The Messenger M. E. M. Davis 
Humphry Davy and the Safety-Lamp George C. Towle 
Kit Carson's Duel Emerson Hough 
The Story of Grace Darling Anonymous 
The Struggles of Charles Goodyear George C. Towle 
Old Johnny Appleseed Elizabeth Harrison 
The Little Post-Boy Bayard Taylor 
How June Found Massa Linkum Elizabeth S. Phelps 
The Story of a Forest Fire Raymond S. Spears 
 
ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
CATHERINE DOUGLAS THRUST HER ARM THROUGH THE 
EMPTY STAPLES 
How Catherine Douglas Tried to Save King James of Scotland 
Frontispiece illustration in color from the painting by J. R. Skelton 
HE SHOOK HIS CLENCHED FIST AT THE OBSTRUCTED
SEA-STRAIT 
The Boy Viking--Olaf II of Norway 
From the drawing by Gertrude Demain Hammond 
"FIGHT ON!" CRIED THE MAID; "THE PLACE IS OURS" 
The Story of Joan of Arc 
From the painting by William Rainey 
THEN HE OFFERED A FERVENT PRAYER OF THANKS 
A Story of Christopher Columbus 
 
PREFACE 
 
The stories in this volume are true stories, and have been arranged in 
chronological order, an arrangement that    
    
		
	
	
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