From the publisher:
This volume was written by the author in answer to the requests of hundreds of children for more stories like the ones they had enjoyed in Fifty Famous Stories Retold. This volume includes stories of historical events, scientific discoveries, and legendary heroes. The richer vocabulary and more complicated plot elements in these stories gradually accustom children to following a longer narrative.
Table of Contents:
1. Columbus and the Egg
2. "Upon a Peak in Darien"—First Story
3. "Upon a Peak in Darien"—Second Story
4. The Fountain of Youth
5. "Eureka!"
6. Galileo and the Lamps
7. Sir Isaac Newton and the Apple
8. The First Printer
9. John Gutenberg and the Voices
10. James Watt and the Teakettle
11. Dr. Johnson and His Father
12. Webster and the Woodchuck
13. Friar Bacon and the Brazen Head
14. "As Rich as Crœsus"
15. The Gordian Knot
16. Why Alexander Wept
17. King Richard and Blondel
18. King John and Prince Arthur
19. King John and the Magna Charta
20. Frederick Barbarossa
21. The Man in the Iron Mask
22. The Fall of Troy
23. Penelope's Web
24. How Rome Was Founded
25. How Decius Mus Saved Rome
26. "Delenda est Carthago"
27. Hannibal, the Hero of Carthage
28. Crossing the Rubicon
29. The White-headed Zal
30. Peter Klaus the Goatherd
James Baldwin (1841–1925) was an American educator and administrator. He served as the superintendent of Indiana's school system for 18 years and then went on to become a widely published textbook editor and children's author in the subjects of legends, mythology, biography, and literature, among others.
