True Stories Of Brave Deeds

Author : Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781499111118
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book A Book of Golden Deeds written by Charlotte Mary Yonge and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Classic Collection of Stories from Around the World True Stories of Courage and Self-sacrifice A Book of Golden Deeds is a collection of true stories of courage and self-sacrifice from English History. There is a cloud of doubt resting on a few of the tales, which it may be honest to mention, though they were far too beautiful not to tell. These are the details of the Gallic occupation of Rome, the Legend of St. Genevieve, the Letter of Gertrude von der Wart, the stories of the Keys of Calais, of the Dragon of Rhodes, and we fear we must add, both Nelson's plan of the Battle of the Nile, and likewise the exact form of the heroism of young Casabianca, of which no two accounts agree. But it was not possible to give up such stories as these, and the thread of truth there must be in them has developed into such a beautiful tissue, that even if unsubstantial when tested, it is surely delightful to contemplate. Some stories have been passed over as too devoid of foundation, in especial that of young Henri, Duke of Nemours, who, at ten years old, was said to have been hung up with his little brother of eight in one of Louis XI's cages at Loches, with orders that two of the children's teeth should daily be pulled out and brought to the king. The elder child was said to have insisted on giving the whole supply of teeth, so as to save his brother; but though they were certainly imprisoned after their father's execution, they were released after Louis's death in a condition which disproves this atrocity. The Indian mutiny might likewise have supplied glorious instances of Christian self-devotion, but want of materials has compelled us to stop short of recording those noble deeds by which delicate women and light- hearted young soldiers showed, that in the hour of need there was not wanting to them the highest and deepest 'spirit of self-sacrifice.' At some risk of prolixity, enough of the surrounding events has in general been given to make the situation comprehensible, even without knowledge of the general history. This has been done in the hope that these extracts may serve as a mother's storehouse for reading aloud to her boys, or that they may be found useful for short readings to the intelligent, though uneducated classes. Includes the following stories; THE STORIES OF ALCESTIS AND ANTIGONE THE CUP OF WATER HOW ONE MAN HAS SAVED A HOST THE PASS OF THERMOPYLAE THE ROCK OF THE CAPITOL THE TWO FRIENDS OF SYRACUSE THE DEVOTION OF THE DECII REGULUS THE BRAVE BRETHREN OF JUDAH THE CHIEF OF THE ARVERNI WITHSTANDING THE MONARCH IN HIS WRATH THE LAST FIGHT IN THE COLISEUM THE SHEPHERD GIRL OF NANTERRE LEO THE SLAVE THE BATTLE OF THE BLACKWATER GUZMAN EL BUENO FAITHFUL TILL DEATH WHAT IS BETTER THAN SLAYING A DRAGON THE KEYS OF CALAIS THE BATTLE OF SEMPACH THE CONSTANT PRINCE THE CARNIVAL OF PERTH THE CROWN OF ST. STEPHEN GEORGE THE TRILLER SIR THOMAS MORE'S DAUGHTER UNDER IVAN THE TERRIBLE FORT ST. ELMO THE VOLUNTARY CONVICT THE HOUSEWIVES OF LOWENBURG FATHERS AND SONS THE SOLDIERS IN THE SNOW GUNPOWDER PERILS HEROES OF THE PLAGUE THE SECOND OF SEPTEMBER THE VENDEANS