The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . LIST OF PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES. volume; vii. Artist Page Joan ok Arc Maillart . Frontispiece Constantino the Great Ferris 113 Guzman the Good S. Martinez-Cub ells .... 145 Henry VIII. and Anne BolEyn . . J. L. G. Ferris 237 Queen Marie de Medici and her Courtiers G. Castiglione 270 Marquise de Pompadour M. Q. de Latour 285 Meeting of Blucher and Wellington A. Tholey k 293 Arrest of Hofer C. Blaas 320 Jackson at New Orleans J. L. G. Ferris 359 Webster, Clay and Calhoun J. L. G. Ferris 387 4. JOAN OF ARC,
The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . LIST OF PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES. volume; vii. Artist Page Joan ok Arc Maillart . Frontispiece Constantino the Great Ferris 113 Guzman the Good S. Martinez-Cub ells .... 145 Henry VIII. and Anne BolEyn . . J. L. G. Ferris 237 Queen Marie de Medici and her Courtiers G. Castiglione 270 Marquise de Pompadour M. Q. de Latour 285 Meeting of Blucher and Wellington A. Tholey k 293 Arrest of Hofer C. Blaas 320 Jackson at New Orleans J. L. G. Ferris 359 Webster, Clay and Calhoun J. L. G. Ferris 387 4. JOAN OF ARC, the mostillustrious heroine of his-tory, died at the early ageof nineteen, leaving aname immortal in therecords of glory and vir-tue. Her career is uniqueand unparalleled in his-tory, and the story of herlife and death one of themost thrilling tragediesof Time. It may exem-plify the proverbial say-ing, c God hangs thegreatest weights on thesmallest wires. It recallsthe graphic record in HolyWrit of those worthieswho through faith sub-dued kingdoms, out of weakness were made strong, andturned to flight the armies of aliens. Joan of Arc was born at Domremy, in the northeast partof France, in January, 1412. Her true name was JeanneDare, but this has undergone various modifications, and theform DArc has been used to favor the notion that the familywas noble. Her father was a simple peasant farmer, havingthree sons and two daughters. Jeanne, like the others, wastrained in the plain ways of her time and country ; she neverlearned to read or to write, but she was taught to spin
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