Produced by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Dialect spellings, contractions and discrepancies have been retained. [Illustration: MIDSHIPMAN FARRAGUT ON THE "ESSEX"] TEN BOYS FROM HISTORY By KATE DICKINSON SWEETSER AUTHOR OF "TEN BOYS FROM DICKENS" "TEN GREAT ADVENTURERS" "BOOK OF INDIAN BRAVES" ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE ALFRED WILLIAMS HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON BOOKS BY KATE DICKINSON SWEETSER TEN AMERICAN GIRLS FROM HISTORY. Illustrated. BOOK OF INDIAN BRAVES. Illustrated. BOYS AND GIRLS FROM ELIOT. Illustrated. BOYS AND GIRLS FROM THACKERAY. Illustrated. TEN BOYS FROM DICKENS. Illustrated. TEN BOYS FROM HISTORY. Illustrated. TEN GIRLS FROM DICKENS. Illustrated. TEN GIRLS FROM HISTORY. Illustrated. TEN GREAT ADVENTURERS. Illustrated. HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK [ESTABLISHED 1817] TEN BOYS FROM HISTORY Copyright, 1910, by HARPER & BROTHERS Printed in the United States of America PREFACE In this small volume the boys of many lands and races whose stories are told, have been selected not because they later became famous men, although some of them did, but because each one achieved something noteworthy as a boy. And in each boy's character, whether historic or legendary, courage was the marked trait. For this reason it is hoped that their stories will prove stimulating to some who read them. K. D. S. CONTENTS PAGE STEPHEN AND NICHOLAS: BOY CRUSADERS 11 PETER OF HAARLEM: THE BOY WHO SAVED HIS COUNTRY 45 DAVID: THE SHEPHERD BOY 55 LOUIS SEVENTEENTH: THE BOY KING WHO NEVER REIGNED 91 EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE: THE BOY WARRIOR 131 TYRANT TAD: THE BOY IN THE WHITE HOUSE 145 S. F. B. MORSE: WHO INVENTED THE TELEGRAPH 169 DAVID FARRAGUT: THE BOY MIDSHIPMAN 179 MOZART: THE BOY MUSICIAN 197 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE MIDSHIPMAN FARRAGUT ON THE "ESSEX" _Frontispiece_ DAVID AND GOLIATH Facing p._ 70 THE BLACK PRINCE AT CRECY " 136 TYRANT TAD AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN " 154 DAVID FARRAGUT " 186 TEN BOYS FROM HISTORY STEPHEN AND NICHOLAS: Boy Crusaders "To the sea of fools Led the path of the children." _Old Epigram._ Just a word about the Crusades, or Holy Wars, before we begin our story.