E-text prepared by David Garcia, Graeme Mackreth, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 24354-h.htm or 24354-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/4/3/5/24354/24354-h/24354-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/4/3/5/24354/24354-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Kentuckiana Digital Library. See http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=kyetexts;cc=kyetexts;xc=1&idno=B92-224-31182809&view=toc HISTORIC BOYHOODS by RUPERT S. HOLLAND Author of "The Count at Harvard," "Builders of United Italy," etc. [Illustration: THE FLEET OF COLUMBUS NEARING AMERICA] Philadelphia George W. Jacobs & Company Publishers Copyright, 1909, by George W. Jacobs and Company Published October, 1909 All rights reserved Printed in U.S.A. _To the dear memory of L.B.R._ The thanks of the author are due the Century Company for permission to reprint certain of these stories which appeared in _Saint Nicholas_ in shorter form. CONTENTS I. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS The Boy of Genoa II. MICHAEL ANGELO The Boy of the Medici Gardens III. WALTER RALEIGH The Boy of Devon IV. PETER THE GREAT The Boy of the Kremlin V. FREDERICK THE GREAT The Boy of Potsdam VI. GEORGE WASHINGTON The Boy of the Old Dominion VII. DANIEL BOONE The Boy of the Frontier VIII. JOHN PAUL JONES The Boy of the Atlantic IX. MOZART The Boy of Salzburg X. LAFAYETTE The Boy of Versailles XI. HORATIO NELSON The Boy of the Channel Fleet XII. ROBERT FULTON The Boy of the Conestoga XIII. ANDREW JACKSON The Boy of the Carolinas XIV. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE The Boy of Brienne XV. WALTER SCOTT The Boy of the Canongate XVI. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER The Boy of Otsego Hall XVII. JOHN ERICSSON The Boy of the Goeta Canal XVIII. GARIBALDI The Boy of the Mediterranean XIX. ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Boy of the American Wilderness XX. CHARLES DICKENS The Boy of the London Streets XXI. OTTO VON BISMARCK The Boy of Goettingen ILLUSTRATIONS The Fleet of Columbus Nearing America Walter Raleigh and the Fisherman of Devon Peter the Great Mrs. Washington Urges George Not to Enter the Navy Daniel Boone's First View of Kentucky Paul Jones Capturing the "Serapis" Mozart and His Sister Before Maria Theresa Lafayette Tells of His Wish to Aid America Nelson Boarding the "San Josef" Robert Fulton's First Experiment with Paddle Wheels Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans The Snow Fort at Brienne