Thirty more famous stories retold

Baldwin, James 1841-1925 (Author). Baldwin, Nellie. (Copyright holder). Keller, A. J. (Illustrator). Meeker, Edwin J. (Illustrator). Edwards, H. C. (Harry C.), 1868-1922 (Illustrator). Perard, Victor. (Illustrator). Fraser, Malcolm, 1868-1949 (Illustrator). American Book Company. (Publisher).

Summary: Presents thirty well-known stories involving such figures as Romulus and Remus, Christopher Columbus, Johann Gutenberg, King John, Hannibal, Balboa, Archimedes, Galileo, James Watt, Julius Caesar, Ulysses, and Penelope.

Item details

Physical Description: print
235 p. : ill ; 19 cm.
Publisher: New York ; Cincinnati ; Chicago : American Book Co., c1933.

Contents / Notes

General Note:

"Copyright, 1933, by ; Nellie Baldwin."--T.p. verso.

Illustrated by A.J. Keller, E.J. Meeker, H.C. Edwards, Victor Perard, and Malcom Fraser.

Formatted Contents Note:

Columbus and the egg -- "Upon a peak in Darien" -- first story -- "Upon a peak in Darian" -- second story -- The fountain of youth -- "Eureka!" -- Galileo and the lamps -- Sir Isaac Newton and the apple -- The first printer -- John Gutenberg and the voices -- James Watt and the teakettle -- Dr. Johnson and his father -- Webster and the woodchuck -- Friar Bacon and the brazen head -- "As rich as Crœsus" -- The gordian knot -- Why Alexander wept -- King Richard and Blondel -- King John and Prince Arthur -- King John and the Magna Charta -- Frederick Barbarossa -- The man in the iron mask -- The fall of Troy -- Penelope's web -- How Rome was founded -- How Decius Mus saved Rome -- "Delenda est Carthago" -- Hannibal, the hero of Carthage -- Crossing the Rubicon -- The white-headed Zal -- Peter Klaus the goatherd.