Morris. Historical Tales - Scandinavian

Today's free book is Historical Tales - Scandinavian by Charles Morris. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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Table of Contents

How King Rolf Won His Bride
Ragnar Lodbrok and his Sons
Harold Fair-Haired
Gorm the Old
Erik Blood-Axe
Sea-Kings and their Feats
Haakon the Good
Earl Haakon and Jomsvikings
A Slave-Boy Won the Throne
Olaf Dethrones Odin
Olaf the Saint a
Canute the Great
Magnus the Good
Sverre, the Cook's Son
The Foes of a Boy Prince
Valdemar and Bishop Absolon
Misfortunes of Valdemar II
Conquest of Finland
First Swedish-Russian War
Punishment of King Birger
Queen Margaret
Sir Tord Fiught for Sweden
Sten Sture's Victory
The Ditmarshers
The Blood-bath of Stockholm
Adventures of Gustavus Vasa
The Fall of Christian II
West Gothland Insurrection
Love Affairs of King Erik
Gustavus Adolphus at Leipsic
Charles X Invades of Denmark
Charles XII of Sweden
The English Invaders
French Soldier Becomes King
Dismemberment of Denmark
Norway Splits from Sweden

Morris. Historical Tales - Japanese and Chinese.

Today's free book is Historical Tales, Vol. 12 - Japanese and Chinese by Charles Morris. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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(from Ogata Gekko's Views of Mt. Fuji)

Table of Contents

The First of the Mikados
How Civilization Came to Japan
Yamato-Dake, a Hero of Romance
Jingu, the Amazon of Japan
The Decline of the Mikados
How the Taira and Minamoto Fought for Power
The Bayard of Japan
The Hojo Tyranny
The Tartar invasion of Japan
Nobunaga and the Fall of the Buddhists
How a Peasant Boy Became Premier
The Founder of Yedo and Modern Feudalism
The Progress of Christianity in Japan
The Decline and Fall of Christianity in Japan
The Captivity of Captain Golownin
The Opening of Japan
The Mikado Comes to His Own Again
How the Empire of China Arose and Grew
Confucius, the Chinese Scholar
The Founder of the Chinese Empire
Koatsou and the Dynasty of the Hans
The Empress Poisoner of China
The Invasion of the Tartar Steppes
The 'Crimson Eyebrows'
The Conquest of Central Asia
The Siege of Sinching
From the Shoemaker's Bench to the Throne
Three Notable Women
The Reign of Taitson the Great
A Female Richelieu
The Tartars and Ghenghis Khan
How the Friars Fared Among the Tartars
The Siege of Sianyang
The Death-Struggle of China
The Palace of Kublai Khan
The Expulsion of the Mongols
The Rise of the Manchus
The Manchu Conquest of China
The Career of a Desert Chief
The Raid of the Goorkhas
How Europe Entered China
The Burning of the Summer Palace
The Great Christian Movement and its Fate
Corea and it Neighbors
The Battle of the Iron-Clads
Progress in Japan and China

Morris: Historic Tales - Greek.

Today's free book is Historic Tales - Greek by Charles Morris. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is also available at the Baldwin Project, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free Kindle ebook.

(The Argo, by Lorenzo Costa)

Table of Contents

How Troy was Taken
Voyage of the Argonauts
Theseus and Ariadne
Seven Against Thebes
Lycurgus and Spartan Laws
Aristomenes, Hero of Messenia
Solon, Law-Giver of Athens
The Fortune of Croesus
The Suitors of Agariste
The Tyrants of Corinth
The Ring of Polycrates
The Adventures of Democedes
Darius and the Scythians
The Athenians at Marathon
Xerxes and His Army
The Spartans at Thermopylae
The Wooden Walls of Athens
Plataea's Famous Day
Four Famous Men of Athens
How Athens Rose from Ashes
The Plague at Athens
The Envoys of Life and Death
The Defense of Plataea
How the Long Walls Fell
Socrates and Alcibiades
Retreat of the Ten Thousand
The Rescue of Thebes
The Humiliation of Sparta
Timoleon, Favorite of Fortune
The Sacred War
Alexander and Darius
The World's Greatest Orator
The Olympic Games
Pyrrhus and the Romans
The Fall of Sparta
The Death-Struggle of Greece
Zenobia and Longinus

The Literary Glory of Greece

Morris. Tales of King Arthur (1)

Today's free book is Historical Tales, Vol. 14 - King Arthur, 1 by Charles Morris. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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Table of Contents

BOOK I.
HOW ARTHUR WON THE THRONE.
I. —The Magic Sword
II. —Arthur's Wars and the Mystery of his Birth
III. —The Lady of the Lake
IV. —Guenever and the Round Table

BOOK II.
THE DEEDS OF BALIN.
I. —How Balin won and used the Enchanted Sword
II. —How Arthur Triumphed over the Kings
III. —How Balin gave the Dolorous Stroke
IV. —The Fate of Balin and Balan
V. —Merlin's Folly and Fate

BOOK III.
THE TREASON OF MORGAN LE FAY.
I. —The Adventure of the Enchanted Ship
II. —The Combat of Arthur and Accolan
III. —How Morgan cheated the King
IV. —The Country of Strange Adventures

BOOK IV.[Pg ii]
LANCELOT DU LAKE.
I. —How Trouble came to Lionel and Hector
II. —The Contest of the Four Queens
III. —How Lancelot and Turquine Fought
IV. —The Chapel and Perilous
V. —The Adventure of the Falcon

BOOK V.
THE ADVENTURES OF BEAUMAINS.
I. —The Knighting of Kay's Kitchen Boy
II. —The Black, the Green, and the Red Knights
III. —The Red Knight of the Red Lawns
IV. —How Beaumains won his Bride

BOOK VI.
TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE AND THE FAIR ISOLDE.
I. —How Tristram was Knighted
II. —La Bella Isolde
III. —The Wager of Battle
IV. —The Draught of Love
V. —The Perils of True Love
VI. —The Madness of Sir Tristram

BOOK VII.
HOW TRISTRAM CAME TO CAMELOT.
I. —Tristram and Dinadan
II. —On the Road to the Tournament
III. —At the Castle of Maidens
IV. —The Quest of the Ten Knights
V. —The Knight with the Covered Shield

Morris. Tales of King Arthur (2)

Today's free book is Historical Tales, Vol. 14 - King Arthur, Volume 2 by Charles Morris. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

Table of Contents

BOOK VIII.
TRISTRAM AND ISOLDE AT JOYOUS GARD.
I. —The Treachery of King Mark
II. —How Tristram befooled Dinadan
III. —On the Road To Lonazep
IV. —How Palamides fared at the Red City
V. —The Tournament at Lonazep
VI. —The Second Day of the Tournament
VII. —The Woes of Two Lovers
VIII. —The Rivalry of Tristram and Palamides

BOOK IX.
THE QUEST OF THE HOLY GRAIL.
I. —The Enchanted Castle of King Pellam
II. —The Marvel of the Floating Sword
III. —How Galahad got his Shield
IV. —The Temptation of Sir Percivale
V. —The Strange Adventures of Sir Bors
VI. —The Adventure of the Magic Ship
VII. —How Lancelot saw the Sangreal
VIII. —The Deeds of the Three Chosen Knights

BOOK X.
THE LOVE OF LANCELOT AND GUENEVER.
I. —The Poisoning of Sir Patrise
II. —The Lily Maid of Astolat
III. —How Elaine died for Love
IV. —The Chevalier of the Cart

BOOK XI.
THE HAND OF DESTINY.
I. —The Trapping of the Lion
II. —The Rescue of the Queen
III. —The Return of Guenever
IV. —The War Between Arthur and Lancelot
V. —The Sting of the Viper
VI. —The Passing of Arthur
VII. —The Death of Lancelot and Guenever

Morris: Historic Tales - Roman.

Today's book is Historic Tales - Roman by Charles Morris. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is also available at the Baldwin Project, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free Kindle ebook.

(The Death of Caesar)

Table of Contents

How Rome Was Founded
The Sabine Virgins
The Horatii and the Curiatii
The Dynasty of the Tarquins
The Books of the Sibyl
The Story of Lucretia
How Horatius Kept the Bridge
The Battle of Lake Regillus
The Revolt of the People
The Revenge of Coriolanus
Cincinnatus and the Aequians
The Sacrifice of Virginia
Camillus at the Siege of Veii
The Gauls at Rome
The Curtian Gulf
Latin and Samnite Wars
The Caudine Forks
The Fate of Regulus
Hannibal Crosses the Alps
How Hannibal Fought and Died
Archimedes at Syracuse
The Fate of Carthage
The Gracchi and their Fall
Jugurtha, Purchaser of Rome
The Revenge of Marius
The Proscription of Sulla
Revolt of the Gladiators
Caesar and the Pirates
Caesar and Pompey
The Assassination of Caesar
Antony and Cleopatra
An Imperial Monster
The Murder of an Empress
Boadicea, Heroine of Britain
Rome Swept by Flames
The Doom of Nero
Sports of the Amphitheatre
The Reign of a Glutton
Faithful Eponina
The Siege of Jerusalem
Destruction of Pompeii
An Imperial Savage
The Deeds of Constantine
The Goths Cross the Danube

The Downfall of Rome