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Old Time Tales

"Forty Stories from Old History"

von: Lawton B. Evans
4,99 €
Verlag:	E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	25.01.2024
ISBN/EAN:	9786059496681
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	400

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Titelbeschreibung

THE author of this work makes no pretense of originality in the telling of these stories of olden times. They have been gleaned from many sources, and are the common heritage of all who love to write them anew and hear them again. Only the words belong to the story teller; the story itself is as old as the race.

In the lapse of years and with the much telling of these stories there is no longer a line between fact and fiction. How much is true and how much is false does not matter; the story itself is the thing, and one need not worry whether it really happened or not. Much of it is palpable fiction, but much of it is true. Let us not be too critical of a story when it is a few hundred years old.

At any rate, the stories herein contained are a part of the great inheritance that the boys and girls of this day have received from the past, and to which they are entitled in all fullness and freedom. If the reading of them shall add anything to the enjoyment or to the information of those who are always young in heart because they always thrill at romance and adventure, the writer of these old time tales will be amply repaid.

LAWTON B. EVANS

JEROME AND THE LION
THE SAINT WHO STOOD ON A PILLAR
THE SCOURGE OF GOD
THE VANDAL HORDE
KING CLOVIS BECOMES A CHRISTIAN
A CAMEL DRIVER BECOMES A PROPHET
WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A KNIGHT
BERTHA WITH THE BIG FOOT
STORIES OF CHARLEMAGNE
CHARLEMAGNE AND THE MAGIC RING
CHARLEMAGNE AND THE ROBBER
ROLAND BECOMES A KNIGHT
THE DEATH OF ROLAND
HOW NORMANDY CAME BY ITS NAME
OLAF, THE BOY VIKING OF NORWAY
THE CID WINS HIS NAME
THE LAST DAYS OF THE CID
THE LORELEI
THE MOUSE TOWER
THE DEVIL'S LADDER
GERDA'S RIDE TO HER WEDDING
PETER THE HERMIT
THE WIVES OF WEINSBERG
THE MEETING OF KING RICHARD AND SALADIN
ADVENTURES OF RICHARD, THE LION HEART
THE PRINCE OF TRAVELERS
WILLIAM TELL, THE SWISS PATRIOT
EDWARD, THE BLACK PRINCE
BIG FERRE KEEPS THE FORT
THE LEGEND OF THE STRASSBURG CLOCK
THE BURGHERS OF GHENT REFUSE TO BE HANGED
THE SACRIFICE OF ARNOLD WINKELRIED
THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC
BAYARD, THE KNIGHT WITHOUT FEAR AND WITHOUT REPROACH
THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD
DMITRI, THE PRETENDER
THE MAN WITH THE IRON MASK
STORIES OF PETER THE GREAT
MAZEPPA, THE CHIEF OF THE COSSACKS
THE CRIME OF CHARLOTTE CORDAY

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JEROME AND THE LION

JEROME was such a holy man that we have come nowadays to call him St. Jerome. With some other monks, he built a monastery at Bethlehem, the place where Christ was born. Here he devoted himself to the making of books and the writing of letters, as well as to good deeds for the people in the neighborhood.

He and his brethren were very poor, having sold everything they had and given much of it away to those in need. Some said to him, "Brother Jerome, what will you do after all your money is gone?" He replied, "I have no fear of the future. What I give away now will come back to me in my old age."
One day he was sitting in his cell with some other monks when a lion entered the door. The monks arose in great fright, some of them jumped out of the window and others hid themselves as best they could. Jerome sat quietly and waited to see what the lion would do. The great beast looked around doubtfully and then limped toward Jerome, holding up his paw.