“Admirable in style, and level with a child’s comprehension. These versions might well find a place in every family.”—_The Nation, New York._
“The author invests these stories with a charm of narrative entirely peculiar. The book is a rich one in every way.”—_Standard, Chicago._
“In Mr. Cox will be found yet another name to be enrolled among those English writers who have vindicated for this country an honorable rank in the investigation of Greek history.”—_Edinburgh Review._
“It is doubtful if these tales—antedating history in their origin, and yet fresh with all the charms of youth to all who read them for the first time—were ever before presented in so chaste and popular form.”—_Golden Rule, Boston._
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SHORT HISTORY OF FRANCE, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. By Miss E. S. KIRKLAND, author of “Six Little Cooks,” “Dora’s Housekeeping,” &c.
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“A very ably written sketch of French history, from the earliest times to the foundation of the existing Republic.”—_Cincinnati Gazette._
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