lon's Biography, the works of Father Ayroles, S.J., the _Jeanne d'Arc
a Domremy_ of M. Simeon Luce, the works of M. Sepet, of Michelet, of
Henri Martin, and, generally, all printed documents to which he has had
access. Of unprinted contemporary matter perhaps none is known to exist,
except the Venetian Correspondence, now being prepared for publication
by Father Ayroles.

'How the Bass was held for King James' is by the Editor, mainly from
Blackadder's _Life_.

'The Crowning of Ines de Castro' is by Mrs. Lang, from Schaefer.
'Orthon,' from Froissart, 'Gustavus Vasa,' 'Monsieur de Bayard's Duel'
(Brantome), are by the same lady; also 'Gaston de Foix,' from Froissart,
and 'The White Man,' from Mile. Aisse's Letters.

Mrs. McCunn has told the story of the Prince's Scottish Campaign, from
the contemporary histories of the Rising of 1745, contemporary tracts,
_The Lyon in Mourning_, Chambers, Scott, Maxwell of Kirkconnel, and
other sources.

The short Sagas are translated from the Icelandic by the Rev. W. C.
Green, translator of _Egil Skalagrim's Saga_.

Mr. S. R. Crockett, Author of _The Raiders_, told the tales of 'The Bull
of Earlstoun' and 'Grisell Baillie.'

Miss May Kendall and Mrs. Bovill are responsible for the seafarings and
shipwrecks; the Australian adventures are by Mrs. Bovill.

Miss Minnie Wright compiled 'The Conquest of Peru,' from Prescott's
celebrated History.

Miss Agnes Repplier, that famed essayist of America, wrote the tale of
Molly Pitcher.

'The Adventures of General Marbot' are from the translation of his
Autobiography by Mr. Butler.

With this information the Editor leaves the book to children, assuring
them that the stories are _true_, except perhaps that queer tale of
'Orthon'; and some of the Sagas also may have been a little altered from
the real facts before the Icelanders became familiar with writing.

CONTENTS

PAGE

_Wilson's Last Fight_ 1

_The Life and Death of Joan the Maid_ 19

_How the Bass was held for King James_ 92

_The Crowning of Ines de Castro_ 99

_The Story of Orthon_ 105

_How Gustavus Vasa won his Kingdom_ 114

_Monsieur de Bayard's Duel_ 122

_Story of Gudb