Stories of History
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The Book of Brave Adventures
by Dorothy Calhoun (1915) “Dear Girls and Boys: When is a book like a mirror? The answer is,’When you can see yourself in it.’ . . . May this book reflect many deeds of yours which show you to be a brave young adventurer.” Old World Hero Stories
by Eva March Tappan (1911) Stories of Greece, Rome, Germanic Nations, Middle Ages, Crusades and more. Royal Children of English History
by Charles Morris (1904) from Alfred the Great to Edward VII, “It is intended that these stories should interest boys and girls even before they can read for themselves. They are told in simple language and short sentences.” Royal Children of English History
by E. Nesbit “The people in those old times were the same kind of people who live now ... history is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people.” Seven Historic Ages
by Arthur Gilman (1874) “In this volume an attempt is made to present a series of grand events in the history of the world from the Golden Age of Greece to the palmy days of France ... The episodes...must be familiar to all who aspire to be considered well-educated.” The Seven Little Sisters who Live on a Round Ball that Floats in the Air
by Jane Andrews (1885) Stories about seven small girls from different races and cultures living in different places around the globe. |
Stories and Legends of Travel and History for Children
by Grace Greenwood (1857) A personal ‘tour’ of historical sites in England and Ireland. Stories of Heroic Deeds for Boys and Girls
by James Johonnot (1887) Edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie and Edward Everett Hale. Stories of soldiers and statesmen, men of science and letters, explorers, reformers, philanthropists, orators, composers, and eminent women. Strange Stories from History for Young People
by George Eggleston (1903) “In choosing the themes I have tried to avoid the tales that have been often used, and to tell only those of which young readers generally have not heard before.” Tales from Far and Near: History Stories of Other Lands
by Arthur Terry (1915) “Simple stories from ancient history.” Ten Boys of History
by Kate Sweetser (1910) “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...but because each one achieved something noteworthy as a boy.” Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now
by Jan Andrews (1885) Includes stories of John Greenleaf Whittier, Johns Hopkins, Peter Cooper and others. With character traits behind success. Ten Great Events in History
by James Johonnot (1887) “From the earliest times, the sentiment of patriotism has been aroused in the hearts of men by the narrative of heroic deeds inspired by love of country and love of liberty. This truth furnishes the key to the arrangement and method of the present work.” |