. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. £5Sr. HE aim of the publishers and writer, in preparing thisU volume for young people, is to give a view of theprincipal places in England and France where themost interesting events have occurred; and, by afree use of pictures and illustrative stories, to presenthistoric views of the two countries in an entertain-6HI ing and attractive manner. An American teacher takes a class of boys on a vacation tour toEngland and France, and interests them in those places that illustratethe different periods of English and French history. I
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. £5Sr. HE aim of the publishers and writer, in preparing thisU volume for young people, is to give a view of theprincipal places in England and France where themost interesting events have occurred; and, by afree use of pictures and illustrative stories, to presenthistoric views of the two countries in an entertain-6HI ing and attractive manner. An American teacher takes a class of boys on a vacation tour toEngland and France, and interests them in those places that illustratethe different periods of English and French history. It is his purposeto give them in this manner a picturesque view of present scenes andpast events, and to leave on their minds an outline of history for care-ful reading to fill. A few of the stories are legendary, as the Jolly Harper Man and the Wise Men of Gotham ; but these illustrate the quaintmanners and customs of the Middle Ages. Nearly all of the storiesthat relate to history are strictlv true. The illustrations of history, both by pencil and pen, are given int
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