Transcriber’s Note: Italic text is enclosed in _underscores_. Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook. THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND WORKS BY FRANCES YOUNGHUSBAND. THE STORY OF OUR LORD. TOLD IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE FOR CHILDREN. With 25 Illustrations in Wood, from Pictures by the Old Masters, and numerous Ornamental Borders, Initial Letters, &c. from Longmans’ Illustrated New Testament. Crown 8vo. 2_s._ 6_d._ cloth plain, 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth extra, gilt edges. THE STORY OF GENESIS, Being Part I. of THE STORY OF THE BIBLE. Crown 8vo. 2_s._ 6_d._ THE STORY OF THE EXODUS. Being Part II. of THE STORY OF THE BIBLE. With a Map and 29 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 2_s._ 6_d._ WORKS BY PROFESSOR C. WITT. _Head Master of the Altstadt Gymnasium, Königsberg._ TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY FRANCES YOUNGHUSBAND. MYTHS OF HELLAS. With a Preface by A. SIDGWICK, M.A. Crown 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._ THE TROJAN WAR. With a Preface by the Rev. W. G. RUTHERFORD, M.A., Head Master of Westminster School. Fcp. 8vo. 2_s._ THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES. Crown 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._ THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND. With a Preface by H. G. DAKYNS, M.A., Translator of ‘The Works of Xenophon.’ Containing numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._ [Illustration: THE ROUTE OF THE TEN THOUSAND.] THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND BY PROFESSOR C. WITT HEAD MASTER OF THE ALTSTADT GYMNASIUM AT KÖNIGSBERG TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY FRANCES YOUNGHUSBAND _Translator of ‘Myths of Hellas’_ _WITH A PREFACE BY H. G. DAKYNS, M.A._ _Translator of ‘The Works of Xenophon’_ [Illustration] THIRD EDITION LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY 1896 _All rights reserved_ PREFACE Miss Younghusband kindly insists that I should write a preface to her new volume, and I cannot refuse. It contains a translation by her hand from the German of Professor C. Witt’s version of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand. Such a book ought, I think, no less than its predecessors _The Myths of Hellas_, _The Tale of Troy_, and _The Wanderings of Ulysses_, to become a favourite with those youthful readers, to whom it is primarily addressed. Indeed, considering the nature of the history, older persons may perhaps find an interest in it.