CHAPTER I. Training; II. The Opening of Letters, Closing of Letters; Please name the Book required MACMILLAN'S HISTORY READERS ADOPTED BY THE London, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Edmonton, Halifax, BOOK I. SIMPLE STORIES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY 9d. Is. 6d. Is. 8d. BOOK VII.-THE HANOVERIAN PERIOD, 1714 to 1893 Is. 9d. London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY ship lit up the sky, and he could see men clinging to bits of masts or planks, and boats full of men trying to get away from some sinking ship. 11. On the Orient they kept a great deal of powder, and suddenly Casabianca heard the dreadful cry, "The ship is on fire." 56 ROBIN HOOD AND ALLEN-A-DALE And after him a familiar lass 17. "This is not a fit match," quoth Robin Hood, "That you do seem to make here; For since we are come unto the church, 22 THE ROMANS II. THE ROMANS 8. WHO THE ROMANS WERE 1. Now we must leave these stories, and go back again for a moment to the Aryans who lived in the far-away plain. All the while that the Celts had been wandering towards the west, and settling in Britain, the Aryans still kept on growing in numbers; so that every now and then fresh bodies of them had left to seek their fortunes elsewhere. 2. Those who started next after the Celts, instead of going always westward, turned more to the left hand, that is, to the south; and at last made their home in the country which we call Italy. 3. These people came to be known as Latins; and the curious thing about them is, that while the Celts, in their country near the ocean, and in the island of Britain, seemed to fall back into a state of half-savage life, the Latins, on the other hand, kept on improving. 4. They built a splendid city, called Rome, which very soon became the "Mistress of the World." This means that the men who lived in the city were so brave and clever, that they were able to conquer nearly every other nation. |