Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Words printed in italics are noted with underscores: _italics_. [Illustration: JOAN OF ARC] Historic Girlhoods (Part One) By RUPERT S. HOLLAND _Author of "Historic Boyhoods," "Historic Events of Colonial Days," etc., etc._ PHILADELPHIA GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY _All rights reserved_ Printed in U.S.A. CONTENTS (_PART ONE_) I. SAINT CATHERINE 9 The Girl of Siena II. JOAN OF ARC 26 The Girl of Domremy III. VITTORIA COLONNA 41 The Girl of Ischia IV. CATHERINE DE' MEDICI 50 The Girl of Mediæval Italy V. LADY JANE GREY 63 The Girl of Tudor England VI. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS 78 The Girl of the French Court VII. POCAHONTAS 93 The Girl of the Virginia Woods VIII. PRISCILLA ALDEN 107 The Girl of Plymouth IX. CATHERINE THE GREAT 124 The Girl of Stettin X. FANNY BURNEY 136 The Girl of London These stories in general follow the actual records of history, but in a few cases, where little was known of certain girls, the author has felt at liberty to add incidents illustrating the characters and the times. ILLUSTRATIONS (_PART ONE_) Joan of Arc _Frontispiece_ Catherine de' Medici _Facing page_ 56 Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham " " 64 Mary Stuart at the Age of Nine " " 80 Pocahontas " " 104 John Alden and Priscilla " " 120 Catherine the Great " " 134 Fanny Burney " " 148 _To my sister LUCY_ I St. Catherine The Girl of Siena: 1347-1380