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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PONCE DE LEON AND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.

DE SOTO AND THE FATHER OF WATERS.

THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE.

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH.

THE INDIAN MASSACRE IN VIRGINIA.

THE GREAT REBELLION IN THE OLD DOMINION.

CHEVALIER LA SALLE, THE EXPLORER OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

THE FRENCH OF LOUISIANA AND THE NATCHEZ INDIANS.

THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE.

HOW OGLETHORPE SAVED GEORGIA FROM SPAIN.

A BOY'S WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE WILDWOOD.

PATRICK HENRY, THE HERALD OF THE REVOLUTION.

GOVERNOR TRYON AND THE CAROLINA REGULATORS.

LORD DUNMORE AND THE GUNPOWDER.

THE FATAL EXPEDITION OF COLONEL ROGERS.

HOW COLONEL CLARK WON THE NORTHWEST.

KING'S MOUNTAIN AND THE PATRIOTS OF TENNESSEE.

GENERAL GREENE'S FAMOUS RETREAT.

ELI WHITNEY, THE INVENTOR OF THE COTTON-GIN.

HOW OLD HICKORY FOUGHT THE CREEKS.

THE PIRATES OF BARATARIA BAY.

THE HEROES OF THE ALAMO.

HOW HOUSTON WON FREEDOM FOR TEXAS.

CAPTAIN ROBERT E. LEE AND THE LAVA-BEDS.

A CHRISTMAS DAY ON THE PLANTATION.

CAPTAIN GORDON AND THE RACCOON ROUGHS.

STUART'S FAMOUS CHAMBERSBURG RAID.

FORREST'S CHASE OF THE RAIDERS.

EXPLOITS OF A BLOCKADE-RUNNER.

FONTAIN, THE SCOUT, AND THE BESIEGERS OF VICKSBURG.

GORDON AND THE BAYONET CHARGE AT ANTIETAM.

THE LAST TRIUMPH OF STONEWALL JACKSON.

JOHN MORGAN'S FAMOUS RAID.

HOME-COMING OF GENERAL LEE AND HIS VETERANS.

Édition d'Élite

Historical Tales

The Romance of Reality

By

CHARLES MORRIS

Author of "Half-Hours with the Best American Authors," "Tales from the
Dramatists," etc.

IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES

Volume II

American

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J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON

Copyright, 1904, by J. B. Lippincott Company.

Copyright, 1908, by J. B. Lippincott Company.