George Cary Eggleston 
Strange Stories from History for Young People [EPUB ebook] 

In calling the tales in this volume Strange Stories I have sought simply to indicate that, in the main, they are unfamiliar to youthful readers, and that most of them relate deeds and occurrences some what out of the common. In choosing the themes I have tried to avoid the tales that have been often used, and to tell only those of which young readers generally have not before heard.