CURIOSITIES OF HISTORY. 



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CURIOSITIES OF HISTORY, 



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A BOOK FOR OLD AND YOUNG. 



By JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A. • 



This Book is an extension of the design of its P"« e ^ t s " ^ c H t {?^de°" 

 •T„„„.ttv Known in History; or, where known, but imperiecuy unuer 



Origins, and noteworthy instances of Human Action. 



Tlve following are a few of the more characteristic Articles in this Work 



The Buskin and Sock. 

 Cynics, Stoics, and Epicureans. 

 " Begin at the Beginning." 

 The Vicar of Bray 



History of the Holy Cross. 



The Seven Wise Men of Greece. 



Wooden Horse at the Siege of Troy. 



The Olympic Games. 



The " Wooden Wall" of Athens. 



Xenophon and the 10,000. 



" As rich as Croesus." 



Alexander and Diogenes. 



The Story of Nineveh. 



How Babylon fell. 



Caesar passing the Rubicon. 



Caligula and his Horse. 



Nero's Golden House. 



" The Tearless Battle." 



Camillus and Wellington. 



How Dido founded Carthage. 



How Hannibal eat through the Alps 



with Vinegar. 

 The Brazen Bull of Phalans. 

 The Sword of Damocles. 

 The Ear of Dionysius. 

 The Augean Stable. 



Argus and his 100 Eyes. 



The Sibylline Books. 



Sisyphus and Tantalus. 



Argonauts and Golden Fleece. 



" The Pillars of Hercules." 



Tamerlane's Iron Cage. 



The Bayeux Tapestry. 



Origin of Magna Charta. 



Queen Eleanor's Crosses. 



How Wolsey won bis Way. 



"Jelly-Pardons" of Boston. 



The Gunpowder Plot. 



Kiddle of the Sphinx. 



Greek Kalends 



Mrs. Partington and her Mop. 



The Seven Ages of Man. 



Columbus and the Egg. 



" The Golden Ass." 



" Every Man has his Price." 



The Roll of Battel Abbey. 



Collar of SS. 



Household Badges. 



Cap of Liberty and Britannia. 



The Pope's Bull. 



Turkish Crescent. 



Laws of Solon and Draco. 



Ostracism of the Greeks. 



Pandects and Institutes of Justinian. 

 The Code Napoleon. 



Archery Tenures and Witchcraft Laws. 



Earliest Money. 



Dauphin of France. 



Claim of the Kings of England to the 

 Crown of France. 



The Coronation Stone and Champion. 



Birthplace of Homer. 



Was Belisarius Blind ? 



Who was Robin Hood ? 



Popular Errors as to Richard III. 



Jane Shore, her true History. 



The lti I and White Roses. 

 w as Wwisev a Butcher's Son! 



The King sent by Queen Elizabeth to 

 the Earl of Essex. 



Who was the Man in the Iron Mask? 



Utopian Schemes, &c. &c. 

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