STORIES AND LEGENDS

OF

TRAVEL AND HISTORY, FOR CHILDREN.

BY GRACE GREENWOOD.

NEW YORK:
JOHN B. ALDEN, PUBLISHER,
1885.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by
LEANDER K. LIPPINCOTT,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Districtof Massachusetts

DEDICATION.

To my little friends, MARY and ALICE SEELYE, I wish to inscribe thisvolume, in remembrance of a pleasant summer spent under their father'sroof—the Water Cure, at Cleveland, where a part of these sketches werewritten,—in remembrance of their happy, cordial faces, and of the"loving kindness" of their parents—of much genial companionship andgenerous sympathy.

In remembrance of the beautiful wood, with its flowery paths, its hillsand dells and darkly shadowed water, where we often wanderedtogether;—where my dear baby grew like the flowers, drinking in dewand sunshine—strengthened by fresh winds and aromatic odors,—whereunder fluttering forest-leaves her little face caught its first gleamsof thought and tender meanings, like their glinting lights and flyingshades, and her little voice seemed intoned by their silvery murmurs,the love-notes of birds and prattle of streams. In remembrance of thesweet spring in the glen, and the shady resting-places on the hill,—ofthe grand old oaks, and of the violets at their feet.

In remembrance of the lovely child, with whom we last visited thatwood,—dear Georgiana Gordon.

GRACE GREENWOOD.
CHRISTMAS, 1857.

CONTENTS.

LONDON PARKS AND GARDENS.—MABEL HOWARD AND HER PET

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—STORY OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY

GREENWICH HOSPITAL—THE PARK, ETC.—LITTLEROBERT AND HIS NOBLE FRIEND

HAMPTON COURT.—THE LADY MARY'S VISION

WINDSOR CASTLE.—KING JAMES OF SCOTLAND AND THE LADY JANE BEAUFORT

THE JOURNEY FROM ENGLAND TO IRELAND.—THEFISHERMAN'S RETURN

DUBLIN, HOWTH.—GRACE O'MALLEY

DONNYBROOK.—THE LITTLE FIDDLER.

FROM DUBLIN TO CORK AND BLARNEY CASTLE.—LITTLE NORAHAND THE BLARNEY STONE

A VISIT TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY.—KATHLEEN OF KILLARNEY

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