William Blackwood & Sons' List. 



" Absolutely the best set of all the history readers that have hitherto 

 been published." The Guardian. 



THE STORY OF THE WORLD. 



FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. (In Five Books.) 



By M. B. SYNQE. 



With Coloured Frontispieces and numerous Illustrations by 

 B. M. Synge, A.R.B., and Maps. 



BOOK I. ON THE SHORES OF THE GREAT SEA. Is. 4d. 

 Colonial Edition, Is. 6d. 



THE Home of Abraham Into Africa- 

 Joseph in Egypt The Children of Israel 

 The First Merchant Fleet Hiram, King of 

 Tyre King Solomon's Fleet The Story of 

 Carthage The Story of the Argonauts The 

 Siege of Troy The Adventures of Ulysses 

 The Dawn of History The Fall of Tyre 

 The Rise of Carthage Hanno's Adventures 

 The Battle of Marathon King Ahasuerus 

 How Leonidas kept the Pass Some 



Greek Colonies Athens The Death of 

 Socrates The Story of Romulus and Remus 

 HowHoratius kept the Bridge Coriolanus 

 Alexander the Great King of Macedonia 

 The Conquest of India Alexander's 

 City- -The Roman Fleet The Adventures of 

 Hannibal The End of Carthage The 

 Triumph of Rome Julius Csesar The 

 Flight of Pompey The Death of Caesar. 



BOOK II. THE DISCOVERY OF NEW WORLDS. Is. 6d. 



THE Roman World The Tragedy of Nero 

 The Great Fire in Rome The Destruction 

 of Pompeii Marcus Aurelius Christians to 

 the Lions A New Rome The Armies of 

 the North King Arthur and his Knights 

 How the Northmen conquered England 

 The First Crusade Frederick Barbarossa 

 The Third Crusade The Days of Chivalry 

 Queen of the Adriatic The Story of 

 Marco Polo Dante's Great Poem The 



Maid of Orleans Prince Henry, the Sailor 

 The Invention of Printing Vasco da Gama's 

 Great Voyage Golden Goa Christopher 

 Columbus The Last of the Moors Dis- 

 covery of the New World Columbus in 

 Chains Discovery of the Pacific Magel- 

 lan's Straits Montezuma Siege and Fall of 

 Mexico Conquest of Peru A Great 

 Awakening. 



BOOK III. THE AWAKENING OF EUROPE. Is. 6d. 

 Colonial Edition, Is. 9d. 



STORY of the Netherlands The Story of 

 Martin Luther The Massacre of St Bar- 

 tholomew The Siege of Leyden William 

 the Silent Drake's Voyage round the 

 World The Great Armada Virginia Story 

 of the Revenge Sir Walter Raleigh The 

 ' Fairy Queen ' First Voyage of the East 

 India Company Henry Hudson Captain 

 John Smith The Founding of Quebec 

 The Pilgrim Fathers Thirty Years of War 

 The Dutch at Sea Van Riebeek's Colony 



Oliver Cromwell Two Famous Admirals 

 -De Ruyter The Founder of Pennsyl- 

 vania The ' Pilgrim's Progress ' William's 

 Invitation The Struggle in Ireland The 

 Siege of Vienna by the Turks The Story of 

 the Huguenots The Battle of Blenheim- 

 How Peter the Great learned Shipbuilding 

 --Charles XII. of Sweden The Boyhood of 

 Frederick the Great Anson's Voyage round 

 the World Maria Theresa The Story of 

 Scotland. 



