The Project Gutenberg Works of Charlotte M. Yonge

CHAPTER I.
THE EARLIER KINGS OF FRANCE	1
CHAPTER II.
THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR	25
CHAPTER III.
THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGUNDY	43
CHAPTER IV.
THE ITALIAN WARS	52
CHAPTER V.
THE WARS OF RELIGION	63
CHAPTER VI.
POWER OF THE CROWN	81
CHAPTER VII.
THE REVOLUTION	102
CHAPTER VIII.
FRANCE SINCE THE REVOLUTION	116

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"I'M LOOKING AT THE GREAT BIG GLOBE THAT UNCLE JOE SAID I MIGHT TOUCH," SAID LUCY	Front.
"DO PLEASE SIT DOWN, THERE'S A GOOD MOTHER BUNCH, AND TELL ME ALL ABOUT THEM?"	19
LUCY HAD A GREAT SNEEZING FIT, AND WHEN SHE LOOKED AGAIN INTO THE SMOKE, WHAT DID SHE SEE BUT TWO LITTLE BLACK FIGURES	23
"I AM SO GLAD TO SEE YOU: HUSH, DON! DON'T BARK SO"	26
"I CAN EAT MUCH BETTER WITHOUT," SAID LAVO	31
LAVO HAD CLIMBED UP THE SIDE OF THE DOOR, AND WAS SITTING ASTRIDE ON THE TOP OF IT	34
"AH! CECCO, CECCO!" CRIED THE LITTLE GIRL, PAUSING AS SHE BEAT HER TAMBOURINE	39
"IS THAT THE WAY YOU GET FISH?" SHE ASKED	46
"HELP ME: I'M AFRAID," SAID LUCY	53
HARK! THERE'S A CRY, AND OUT JUMPS A LITTLE BLACK FIGURE, WITH A STOUT CLUB IN HIS HAND	59
AND HERE BESIDE HER WAS A LITTLE FELLOW WITH A BOW AND ARROWS SUCH AS SHE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE	65
"IS IT NOT GOOD?" SAID THE LITTLE HOSTESS	73
WHISKING OVER THE SNOW, WITH ALL HER MIGHT AND MAIN, MUFFLED UP IN CLOAKS AND FURS	78
"MARRIED! OH NO, YOU ARE JOKING"	87
"I WILL SHOW YOU WHERE YOU LIVE—THIS IS CONSTANTINOPLE"	93
"I CUT IT OUT WITH MY KNIFE; ALL MYSELF"	99
WHILE HE JERKED OUT HIS ARMS AND LEGS AS IF THEY WERE PULLED BY STRINGS	103
"SEE NOW," CRIED THE SPANIARD; "STAND THERE! AH! HAVE YOU NO CASTANETS?"	111
"WHAT ARE YOU ABOUT, LITTLE BOY?"	115
"AH! MADEMOISELLE, GOOD MORNING; ARE YOU COME HERE TO TAKE SHELTER FROM THE SHELLS?"	122
"WHAT CAN THAT BE, COMING AT THIS TIME OF DAY?"	127
"GOOD MORNING, WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?"	130
OH! SUCH A DIN	136

CHAPTER I.
	PAGE
MOTHER BUNCH	1
CHAPTER II.
VISITORS FROM THE SOUTH SEAS.	14
CHAPTER III.
ITALY	36
CHAPTER IV.
GREENLAND	43
CHAPTER V.
TYROL	50
CHAPTER VI.
AFRICA	57
CHAPTER VII.
LAPLANDERS	63
CHAPTER VIII.
CHINA	70
CHAPTER IX.
KAMSCHATKA	79
CHAPTER X.
THE TURK	83
CHAPTER XI.
SWITZERLAND	96
CHAPTER XII.
THE COSSACK	102
CHAPTER XIII.
SPAIN	108
CHAPTER XIV.
GERMANY	114
CHAPTER XV.
PARIS IN THE SIEGE	120
CHAPTER XVI.
THE AMERICAN GUEST	126
CHAPTER XVII.
THE DREAM OF ALL NATIONS	137

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I.	Olympus	11
II.	Light and Dark	18
III.	The Peopling of Greece	26
IV.	The Hero Perseus	35
V.	The Labours of Hercules	42
VI.	The Argonauts	51
VII.	The Success of the Argonauts	59
VIII.	The Choice of Paris	68
IX.	The Siege of Troy	76
X.	The Wanderings of Ulysses	84
XI.	The Doom of the Atrides	94
XII.	After the Heroic Age	102
XIII.	Lycurgus and the Laws of Sparta. b.c. 884–668	110
XIV.	Solon and the Laws of Athens. b.c. 594–546	118
XV.	Pisistratus and his Sons. b.c. 558–499	126
XVI.	The Battle of Marathon. b.c. 490	134
XVII.	The Expedition of Xerxes. b.c. 480	142
XVIII.	The Battle of Platæa. b.c. 479–460	151
XIX.	The Age of Pericles. b.c. 464–429	159
XX.	The Expedition to Sicily. b.c. 415–413	167
XXI.	The Shore of the Goat’s River. b.c. 406–402	174
XXII.	The Retreat of the Ten Thousand. b.c. 402–399	181
XXIII.	The Death of Socrates. b.c. 399	189
XXIV.	The Supremacy of Sparta. b.c. 396	196
XXV.	The Two Theban Friends. b.c. 387–362	203
XXVI.	Philip of Macedon. b.c. 364	210
XXVII.	The Youth of Alexander. b.c. 356–334	217
XXVIII.	The Expedition to Persia. b.c. 334	224
XXIX.	Alexander’s Eastern Conquests. b.c. 331–328	231
XXX.	The End of Alexander. b.c. 328	238
XXXI.	The Last Struggles of Athens. b.c. 334–311	245
XXXII.	The Four New Kingdoms. b.c. 311–287	252
XXXIII.	Pyrrhus, King of Epirus. b.c. 287	258
XXXIV.	Aratus and the Achaian League. b.c. 267	265
XXXV.	Agis and the Revival of Sparta. b.c. 244–236	272
XXXVI.	Cleomenes and the Fall of Sparta. b.c. 236–222	279
XXXVII.	Philopœmen, the Last of the Greeks. b.c. 236–184	286
XXXVIII.	The Fall of Greece. b.c. 189–146	293
XXXIX.	The Gospel in Greece. b.c. 146–a.d. 60	300
XL.	Under the Roman Empire	308
XLI.	The Frank Conquest. 1201–1446	315
XLII.	The Turkish Conquest. 1453–1670	322
XLIII.	The Venetian Conquest and Loss. 1684–1796	328
XLIV.	The War of Independence. 1815	334
XLV.	The Kingdom of Greece. 1822–1875	340

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Mount Olympus	11
Head of Jupiter	14
Supposed Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius in Ægina	19
Head of Pallas	21
Triptolemus	23
Mars and Victory	25
Mount Parnassus	27
The World according to the Greeks	30
Perseus and Andromeda	38
Cyclopean Wall	41
Scene in the Arachnæan Mountains near Argos	44
Building the Argo	53
Corinth	62
Plains of Troy	69
Greek Ships	73
Achilles binding his Armour on Patroclus	78
Sepulchral Mound, known as the Tomb of Ajax	80
Laocöon	82
Funeral Feast	83
Ulysses tied to the Mast	89
Port of Ithaca	91
Plain of Sparta, with Mount Taygetus	97
Greek Interior	106
Greek Robe	107
Male Costume	108
Gate of Mycenæ	119
Shores of the Persian Gulf	129
View in the Vicinity of Athens	141
Pass of Thermopylæ	145
Salamis	148
Persian Soldier	152
Tombs at Platæa	153
The Acropolis, Athens	162
Propylæa, Athens	163
The Academic Grove, Athens	168
Athens	180
Babylon	182
Greek Armour	188
Socrates	190
Plato	193
View on the Eurotas in Laconia	202
Thessalonica	209
Demosthenes	212
Diana of Ephesus	218
Alexander	222
Bacchanals	223
Alexander the Great	225
Second Temple of Diana at Ephesus	227
Princes of Persia	234
Supposed Walls of Babylon	242
Site of Susa, ancient Metropolis of Persia	244
Gate of Hadrian in Athens	247
Macedonian Soldier	255
Delphi and the Castalian Fount	262
Corinth	267
View looking across Isthmus of Corinth	269
Ruins of a Temple at Corinth	271
Temple of Neptune	285
Crowning the Victor in the Isthmian Games	290
Livadia, the ancient Mideia in Argolis	292
Sappho	295
Lessina, the ancient Eleusis, on the Gulf of Corinth	297
View from Corinth	301
Parthenon and Erectheum	304
Distant View of Parnassus	307
Plains of Philippi	309
Obelisk of Theodosius, Constantinople	313
An Amphitheatre	314
Promontory of Actium	318
Mount Helicon	321
Cathedral of St. Sophia	323
Temple of Minerva, on the Promontory of Sunium	330
Ancyra, Galatia	332
The Acropolis, Restored	337
The Isles of Greece	344
Plain of Marathon	346

HISTORY OF FRANCE.

By Charlotte M. Yonge

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LITTLE LUCY'S WONDERFUL GLOBE

PICTURED BY L. FROLICH,

And Narrated By Charlotte M. Yonge

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

AUNT CHARLOTTE'Sstories of GREEK HISTORY

By Charlotte M. Yonge

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