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In this little book the attempt has been to trace Greek History so as to be intelligible to young children. In fact, it will generally be found that classical history is remembered at an earlier age than modern history, probably because the events are simple, and there was something childlike in the nature of all the ancient Greeks. I would begin a child's reading with the History of England, as that which requires to be known best; but from this I should think it better to pass to the History of Greece, and that of Rome (which is in course of preparation), both because of. | Aunt Charlotte s Stories of Greek History by 1 Aunt Charlotte s Stories of Greek History by Charlotte M. Yonge This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Aunt Charlotte s Stories of Greek History Author Charlotte M. Yonge Release Date December 30 2009 eBook 30809 Language English Character set encoding ISO-646-US US-ASCII START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AUNT CHARLOTTE S STORIES OF GREEK HISTORY This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler Picture Orpheus AUNT CHARLOTTE S STORIES OF GREEK HISTORY Aunt Charlotte s Stories of Greek History by BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE 2 AUTHOR OF THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE STORIES OF ENGLISH HISTORY STORIES OF FRENCH HISTORY STORIES OF BIBLE HISTORY C. EIGHTH THOUSAND London MARCUS WARD CO. LIMITED ORIEL HOUSE FARRINGDON STREET . AND AT BELFAST NEW YORK AND SYDNEY Picture Decorative header PREFACE. In this little book the attempt has been to trace Greek History so as to be intelligible to young children. In fact it will generally be found that classical history is remembered at an earlier age than modern history probably because the events are simple and there was something childlike in the nature of all the ancient Greeks. I would begin a child s reading with the History of England as that which requires to be known best but from this I should think it better to pass to the History of Greece and that of Rome which is in course of preparation both because of their giving some idea of the course of time and bringing Scripture history into connection with that of the world and because little boys ought not to begin their classical studies without some idea of their bearing. I have begun with a few of the Greek myths which are absolutely necessary to the understanding of both the history and of art. As to the names the ordinary reading