THE

Two Great Retreats of History.

I. THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND.

II. NAPOLEON'S RETREAT FROM MOSCOW.

WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES

By

D. H. M.

BOSTON, U.S.A.:

PUBLISHED BY GINN & COMPANY.

1889.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1889, by

GINN & COMPANY,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

All Rights Reserved.

Typography By J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston, U.S.A.

PREFATORY NOTE.

The two following selections contain, first, Grote's account of theRetreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, taken from his "History of Greece,"and, secondly, an abridgment of Count Ségur's narrative of Napoleon'sretreat from Russia.

Grote's History, based on Xenophon's, is given entire, with theexception that, in a very few instances, some slight verbal change hasbeen made in order to better adapt the work to school use.

Two maps are furnished, an introduction is prefixed to each selection,and all needed notes subjoined.

D. H. M.

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