CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna) Ragozin translation
NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON
COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Printed in the United States of America
To THE TEACHER WHOSE INTEGRITY AND PEDAGOGICAL SPIRIT HAVE CREATED A SCHOOL WHEREIN THE IDEAL MAY PROVE ITSELF THE PRACTICAL AND THOSE ENTHUSIASTIC PUPILS WHO LOVE THE LOYALTY AND BRAVERY OF ODYSSEUS THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED