Joan of Arc
Historic Girlhoods
(Part One)
By
RUPERT S. HOLLAND
Author of "Historic Boyhoods," "HistoricEvents 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 The Girl of Siena | 9 |
| II. | Joan of Arc The Girl of Domremy | 26 |
| III. | Vittoria Colonna The Girl of Ischia | 41 |
| IV. | Catherine de' Medici The Girl of Mediæval Italy | 50 |
| V. | Lady Jane Grey The Girl of Tudor England | 63 |
| VI. | Mary Queen of Scots The Girl of the French Court | 78 |
| VII. | Pocahontas The Girl of the Virginia Woods | 93 |
| VIII. | Priscilla Alden The Girl of Plymouth | 107 |
| IX. | Catherine the Great The Girl of Stettin | 124 |
| X. | Fanny Burney The Girl of London | 136 |
These stories in general follow the actual records of history, but in afew cases, where little was known of certain girls, the author has feltat liberty to add incidents illustrating the characters and the times.
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