MARGARET DELAND
CHAPTER I
"Dr. Lavendar," said William King, "some time when Goliath is doing his
2.40 on a plank road, don't you want to pull him up at that house on the
Perryvill...
by Ernie Howard Pyle
INTRODUCTION
The year 1400 opened with more than usual peacefulness in England. Only
a few months before, Richard II--weak, wicked, and treacherous -- had
been...
Norman F. Joly.
Prologue
Thales of Miletus.
Thales, who was born in 640 B.C., was a man of exceptional wisdom and
one of the Seven Sages of Ancient Greece. He was the father of Gre...