for it as the most splendid of manly qualities. There happened to be a woman present who bore the name of one of the most daring men of the time, and who knew army life intimately. She made no comment and offered no objection to the implication of the eminent writer's incautious statement; but presently she began, in a very quiet tone, to describe the incidents of her experience in army posts and on the march, and every body listened intently as she went on narrating story after story of the pluck and indifference to danger of women on the frontier posts and, in some instances, on the march. The eminent writer remained silent, but the moment the woman withdrew from the table he was eager to know who the teller of these stories of heroism was and how she had happened upon such remarkable experiences; and it was noted that a woman appeared in his next novel! The stories in this volume have been collected from many sources in the endeavour to illustrate the wide range of heroism in the lives of brave and noble women, and with the hope that these records of splendid or quiet courage will open the eyes of young readers to the many forms which heroism wears, and furnish a more spiritual scale of heroic qualities. HAMILTON W. MABIE. CHAPTER CONTENTS I. ALCESTIS. Adapted from "Stories from the Greek Tragedians," by the Rev. II. ANTIGONE. Adapted from "Stories from the Greek Tragedians," by the Rev. III. IPHIGENIA. Adapted from "Stories from the Greek Tragedians," by the Rev. IV. PAULA. Written and adapted from "The Makers of Modern Rome," by Mrs. Oliphant, "Martyrs and Saints of the VI. CATHERINE DOUGLAS. From the Poetical Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti VII. LADY JANE GREY. Adapted from "Child-life 333 ΙΟΙ |