Fifty Famous People
Excerpt
One of the best things to be said of the stories in this volume
is
that, although they are not biographical, they are about real
persons
who actually lived and performed their parts in the great drama of
the
world’s history. Some of these persons were more famous
than others,
yet all have left enduring “footprints on the sands of
time” and their
names will not cease to be remembered. In each of the stories
there
is a basis of truth and an ethical lesson which cannot fail to
have
a wholesome influence; and each possesses elements of interest
which,
it is believed, will go far towards proving the fallibility of
the
doctrine that children find delight only in tales of the
imaginative
and unreal. The fact that there are a few more than fifty
famous people
mentioned in the volume may be credited to the author’s wish
to give
good measure.
