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The Fleet of Columbus Nearing America
Historic Boyhoods
By RUPERT S. HOLLAND
Author of "The Count at Harvard," "Builders of United Italy," etc.
PHILADELPHIA GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1909, by George W. Jacobs and Company Published October, 1909
All rights reserved Printed in U.S.A.
To the dear memory of L.B.R.
The thanks of the author are due the Century Company for permission to reprint certain of these stories which appeared in Saint Nicholas in shorter form.
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
The Fleet of Columbus Nearing America
Walter Raleigh and the Fisherman of Devon
Peter the Great
Mrs. Washington Urges George Not to Enter the Navy
Daniel Boone's First View of Kentucky
Paul Jones Capturing the "Serapis"
Mozart and His Sister Before Maria Theresa
Lafayette Tells of His Wish to Aid America
Nelson Boarding the "San Josef"
Robert Fulton's First Experiment with Paddle Wheels
Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans
The Snow Fort at Brienne
Napoleon as a Cadet in Paris
Street in Edinburgh Where Scott Played as a Boy
Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
Charles Dickens at Eighteen