Julia Ward Howe, Author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Who Wrote _Uncle Tom's Cabin_ 404 Frances E. Willard, the Great Temperance Crusader; Clara Barton, Who Founded the Red Cross Society in America; and Jane Addams, the Founder of Hull House Social Settlement in Chicago 408 RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OF OUR COUNTRY How Farm and Factory Helped Build the Nation 416 Mines, Mining, and Manufactures 421 AMERICA AND THE WORLD WAR Early Years of the War 424 America Enters to Win 431 The Conclusion of the War 437 WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR CIVILIZATION CAME FROM Introduction 445 The Oldest Nations 446 Greece, the Land of Art and Freedom 450 How the Greeks Taught Men to be Free 456 Spread of Greek Civilization 461 When Rome Ruled the World 464 Hannibal Tries to Conquer Rome 467 Rome Conquers the World, but Grows Wicked 469 The Roman Republic Becomes the Roman Empire 471 What Rome Gave to the World 473 The Downfall of Rome 476 The Angles and Saxons in Great Britain 478 Charles the Great, Ruler of the Franks 479 The Coming of the Northmen 483 Alfred the Great 484 The Norman Conquest 488 The Struggle for the Great Charter 490 _A Pronouncing Index_ xi _The Index_ xv MACE'S BEGINNER'S HISTORY THE NORTHMEN DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD LEIF ERICSON, WHO DISCOVERED VINLAND [Sidenote: =The Northmen discover Iceland and Greenland=] =1. The Voyages of the Northmen.= The Northmen were a bold seafaring people who lived in northern Europe hundreds of years ago. Some of the very boldest once sailed so far to the west that they reached the shores of Iceland and Greenland, where many of them settled. Among these were Eric the Red and his son Leif Ericson.