Fifty Famous People
- Subtitle
- A Book of Short Stories
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1. Front matter2. PREFATORY NOTE3. SAVING THE BIRDS4. SPEAKING A PIECE5. WRITING A COMPOSITION6. THE WHISTLE7. THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD8. THE CALIPH AND THE POET9. "BECOS! BECOS! BECOS!"10. A LESSON IN HUMILITY11. THE MIDNIGHT RIDE12. THE BOY AND THE WOLF13. ANOTHER WOLF STORY14. THE HORSESHOE NAILS15. THE LANDLORD'S MISTAKE16. A LESSON IN MANNERS17. GOING TO SEA18. THE SHEPHERD-BOY PAINTER19. TWO GREAT PAINTERS20. THE KING AND THE BEES21. OUR FIRST GREAT PAINTER22. THE YOUNG SCOUT23. THE LAD WHO RODE SIDESADDLE24. THE WHISPERERS25. HOW A PRINCE LEARNED TO READ26. "READ, AND YOU WILL KNOW"27. THE YOUNG CUPBEARER28. THE SONS OF THE CALIPH29. THE BOY AND THE ROBBERS30. THE GENERAL AND THE FOX31. THE BOMB32. SAVED BY A DOLPHIN33. A CLEVER SLAVE34. ONE OF AESOP'S FABLES35. THE DARK DAY36. THE SURLY GUEST37. THE STORY OF A GREAT STORY38. THE KING AND THE PAGE39. THE HUNTED KING40. WHY HE CARRIED THE TURKEY41. THE PADDLE-WHEEL BOAT42. THE CALIPH AND THE GARDENER43. THE COWHERD WHO BECAME A POET44. THE LOVER OF MEN45. THE CHARCOAL MAN AND THE KING46. WHICH WAS THE KING?47. THE GOLDEN TRIPOD48. FIFTY FAMOUS PEOPLE