  | PAGE | | MIGHTY MEN OF LONG AGO | | Moses, the Greatest Law-Giver, and the Meekest Man | 1 | | David, the Giant-Killer King | 6 | | Homer, the Hero Poet of Ancient Greece | 10 | | Socrates, the “Grand Old Man” of Greece | 15 | | Alexander, the Boy Who Conquered the World | 20 | | Four Familiar Sayings of Julius CÆsar | 24 | | HEROES OF THE MIDDLE AGES | | The Christmas Crowning of Charlemagne | 32 | | Alfred, the Greatest of the Saxon Kings | 37 | | How William of Normandy Conquered a Kingdom | 42 | | Lion-Hearted Richard and Wolf-Hearted John | 47 | | Joan of Arc and the Lilies of France | 52 | | FOUR LEADERS IN THE OLD WORLD | | Shakespeare, the Greatest Maker of Plays | 58 | | How Cromwell Changed Places with the King | 61 | | Napoleon, the Corsican Boy Who Ruled Europe | 65 | | Nelson, the Hero of Trafalgar | 72 | | DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS | | Columbus, the Map-Maker Who Found a New World | 78 | | Magellan, the Man of the Straits | 84 | | Cortes, the Conqueror | 89 | | De Soto, a Gold Hunter in Southern Swamps | 96 | | Sir Francis Drake, England’s First Great Sailor | 102 | | Sir Walter Raleigh, the Favorite of Good Queen Bess | 1
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