Boyhood Stories Of Famous Men

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A colletion of tales that focus the childhood experiences of famous historical figures, including Titian, Chopin, Mozart, del Sarto and Murillo. "The facts that make up the tales have been gathered through many years and in many places, some from libraries in great American cities and universities, some from dusty manuscripts in museums and private collections across the sea, some from the lips of peasants who repeated legends handed down from the olden time. ... May they lead you into the fascinating world of melody and color; may they open magic gates for you." Katherine Dunlap Cather With illustrations from M. L. Bower.

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John George Edgar (1834-1864) was a British author and biographer. He was the first editor of Every Boy's Magazine. His works include: The Boyhood of Great Men (1853), Footprints of Famous Men (1854), History for Boys; or, Annals of the Nations of Modern Europe (1855), Boy-Princes; or, Scions of Royalty Cut Off in Youth (1857), The Heroes of England (1858), The Wars of the Roses; or, Stories of the Struggle of York and Lancaster (1859), The Crusades and the Crusaders (1860), Memorable Events of Modern History (1862), Cavaliers and Roundheads; or, Stories of the Great Civil War (1862), How I Won My Spurs; or, A Boy's Adventures in the Barons' Wars (1863), Sea Kings and Naval Heroes (1863), Danes, Saxons, and Normans; or, Stories of our Ancestors (1863), Runnymede and Lincoln Fair: A Story of the Great Charter (1864), Noble Dames of Ancient Story (1864), The Boy Crusaders: A Story of the Days of Louis IX (1865), Cressy and Poictiers: The Story of the Black Prince's Page (1865) and Anecdotes of Animals (1865).

Excerpt from Boys Who Became Famous Men: Stories of the Childhood of Poets, Artists, and Musicians The sun shone hot, and when Giotto was satisfied that his sheep were all about him, cropping the mosses, he threw him self down in the shade of an ilex-tree, and wiped his forehead on the sleeve Of his tunic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.