Judge — August 28, 1915 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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“WILL THERE BE ANOTHER INVASION of ENGLAND) HIERE were anxious hearts in Eng- land that August morning over three centuries ago. The long expected Invincible Armada had been sighted in the English cl 1, covering the seas as far as the eye could reach. But Elizabeth was pre- pared! With smashing blows her gal- lant admirals—Drake, Raleigh, Haw. kins — drove their stout little ships against the huge galleons of Phillip of Spain and put them to utter rout. Elizabeth made England Mistress of the Seas. But it was Alfred the Great who laid the foundation of England's naval power. We sce him through the mist of ten centuries hurling back the invaders of his country by lind and sea—Had Saxon Harold's flect not been caught unprepared, the invasion of England by William the Conqueror might not have been accomplished with such ter- T WAS Emerson who said: There is properly no History, only Bing raphy.’* Every step forward backward in the march of civilizationbe, been directed by some overwhelm mind, some individual who loomed f above his fellow men and whose exam. ple, as guide or warning, is the Most precious part of our heritage from the ages. In these twenty superb volume we have the world’s biography corer ing 2500 years of history written around the lives of those dominant hum forces—the men and women who made the history of their own day, Instead of a history of the ancient world, we | have Cyrus and Xerxes and Darius aod | pnibal_ with the ancient world arad | them, We have Caesar in the Senate, e surrounded by his legions, extending the boundaries of Rome to includeall the knows | parts of the earth, as he gives to his ambi. ings of fancy and the feet of a. complished fact. And we see the tide of Rome‘s destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of the beauty of a woman—Cleopatra, } rible succes All this is thrillingly told : fore in the volumes on Queen Eliz~ abeth, Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror in that work unique among t world’s writings, grand in its conception, marvelous in its exe LANDING OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR IN ENGLAND FAMOUS CHARACTERS OF HISTORY a Ps A DISCOUNT OF 60% BY SENDING $1.00 NOW ‘The publisher's price was $30.00—Our summer clearance price 812.00. | In other histories people merely are | LIST OF CHARACTERS— riage paid, or ia September, at your con- sieai“akicts. ‘They live ta'ak 1 written about. hey live in these vol- — ? Personalil ssh S580 peqne=6 echsl’ mgreslegs| | Every One a Wonderful Personality ge clear type from new plates. D COUPON NOW. | elements that make your favorite novels umes. In them you will find all the - Fe NO 1. Alexander the 10. Romulus Great 11. Mary Queen f so fascinating—love, adventure, deeds | 2, William the Scots 3-328 | of valor, keen analysis of character—all Conqueror 12. Henry IV history, but history in a form that en- | 3- Cyrus the Great 13. merxey tertains while it instructe—that stimu. | 4° Hannibal 14, Julius Caesar | Fae | 5. Pyrrhus 15. Nero lates the imagination and moulds the 6. Peter the Great 16. Cleopatra mind and character. For this reason | 7’ Genghis Khan. 17, Darius the Gra the books have been adopted by Boards | 8. HernandoCortez 18. Josephine of Education as the foundation for his- | 9.Marie Antoi- 19. Queen torical study. nette 20. Alfred the Grest_ Enclosed find $1, first payment on “Famous Characters of History.” IFT find the books as represented I will remit $1.00 per month for 11 months after receipt of books. If not, I am to return the set at ‘once, and you to refund my $1.00