. The Burton Holmes lectures;. KING he had unwisely George, although aman of peace, has en-dowed Greece with moreterritory than many a fa-mous conqueror. Somethirty-three years ago hecame from his home inthe far north bringing tothe nation that had itselfchosen him as king, aroyal gift — the deedsby which Great Britaintransferred to the newkingdom the seven beau-tiful Ionian Islands which the First, King of theHellenes. He is a Dan-ish Prince, son of theKing of Denmark, andbrother to Queen Alex-andria of England. In1863, he was called tofill the throne left vacantby King Ot
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. KING he had unwisely George, although aman of peace, has en-dowed Greece with moreterritory than many a fa-mous conqueror. Somethirty-three years ago hecame from his home inthe far north bringing tothe nation that had itselfchosen him as king, aroyal gift — the deedsby which Great Britaintransferred to the newkingdom the seven beau-tiful Ionian Islands which the First, King of theHellenes. He is a Dan-ish Prince, son of theKing of Denmark, andbrother to Queen Alex-andria of England. In1863, he was called tofill the throne left vacantby King Otho, the un-popular German Princewho had been selectedby an International Con-gress to rule the Greeks,but who, after a reign ofabout thirty years, wasinvited to extend indefi-nitely the vacation which. ylEEN OLGA THE OLYMPIAN GAMES 37 the English had long before taken from the Turk. Greecebeing delivered from Moslem conquerors, Great Britain grace-fully returned the islands which by her occupation she hadpreserved from ruin. Queen Olga, consort of King George,was a Russian princess. Under the sway of this royal pairwho came to Greece, the southernmost of Europeancountries, from two lands which lie in the farthest north, thenation has, in spite of her misfortunes, steadily progressed. King George at his coronation said, I wish to make ofGreece the model kingdom of the Orient. This he has in a
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