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TWO OBSCURE HEROES 120

THE CHARGE OF THE HOUNDS 130

THE STORY OF A WINTER CAMPAIGN 140

YOUNG WASHINGTON IN THE WOODS 151

THE STORY OF CATHERINE 163

THE VIRGINIA WIFE-MARKET 175

BIOGRAPHY STORIES.

BOYHOOD OF DANIEL WEBSTER 185

THE SCULLION WHO BECAME A SCULPTOR 193

BOYHOOD OF WILLIAM CHAMBERS 200

HOW A BOY HIRED OUT, AND WHAT CAME OF IT 206

THE WICKEDEST MAN IN THE WORLD 212

A PRINCE WHO WOULD NOT STAY DEAD 228

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Breakfast and Battle 23

Vladimir Besieging the City Containing his Archbishop 35

Cavalier Personating the Lieutenant of the Count Broglio 47

With a Single Blow he Knocked over the Indian with whom Austill was Struggling 63

Boarding the Gun-boats 73

General Jackson at New Orleans 79

The Burghers Prepare to Defend their City 95

Richelieu Surveying the Works at Rochelle 103

The Parting between King Richard II. and Queen Isabella 117

Martin Preaching to the People on the Duty of Fighting 125

"Just at the Moment when Matters were at their Worst, he Rode up" 137

Capture of the Dutch fleet by the Soldiers of the French Republic 149

Washington as a Surveyor 157

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