. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. llion in Normandy—King Williams Last Hours—The Days of HenryI., the Scholar—Civil War and Englands Sad State —King Stephen and the FightingBishops and Abbots—Matildas Behavior and her Fortunes—The English Conquest ofIreland —Henrys Visit to Ireland—What Became of Strongbow and Raymond —TheEngland of Edward I. —The Peoples Houses, Furniture, and Food—Edwards Designto Make a Great Britain —The First Prince of Wales, 1284—The Story of the Invasionof Scotland—The Patriot William Wallace —Wallace Defies Edward I. —The Fight
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. llion in Normandy—King Williams Last Hours—The Days of HenryI., the Scholar—Civil War and Englands Sad State —King Stephen and the FightingBishops and Abbots—Matildas Behavior and her Fortunes—The English Conquest ofIreland —Henrys Visit to Ireland—What Became of Strongbow and Raymond —TheEngland of Edward I. —The Peoples Houses, Furniture, and Food—Edwards Designto Make a Great Britain —The First Prince of Wales, 1284—The Story of the Invasionof Scotland—The Patriot William Wallace —Wallace Defies Edward I. —The Fight atthe Wooden Bridge—Edwards Return to Scotland—A Brave Patriots End Curious Stories from History, Part H 385-416 A Pig that Nearly Caused a War Julian Ralph The Walking Purchase George Wheeler The Story of Eleven Cities Emma J. Arnold A Great Republican at Court H. A. Ogden The Strange Story of a Goose Ella Rodman Church The Story of the Glove Mary Dazvson Our Yellow Slave C. P. Lummis The Boy who Rode on the First Train Mary K. Maule. ^ LITTLE HISTORY STORIES OFMANY LANDS 0 A CENTS WORTH OF FUN How would you like to go to a fair with a cent—a whole cent—to spend as you pleased? Wethink we can see some of you curling your lipsand looking very scornful. A cent, indeed!you say. Of what use is a cent ? I wouldntmind going to a fair with a quarter, or even witha dime, but what could any one do with acent? Well, in Japan you could do a great deal witha cent, and indeed with what is really less thana cent, but which we have no coin now to rep-resent—we used to have the half-cent. We must remember that Japan is a country oftiny wages; many of its workers do not receivemore than twelve cents a day, and a man whogets a quarter of a dollar is well off. Tiny earn-ings mean tiny spendings, and things are ar-ranged on a scale to meet very slender purses. We will now see what sort of time O HaraSan, Miss Blossom, and her brother, Taro San,Master Elde
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