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AN ALPHABET
OF HISTORY
The Words by Wilbur D·Nesbit
The Pictures by Ellsworth Young
| Who frets about the mystery Enshrouding all of history On reading this will, maybe, see We've made it plain as A, B, C. |
Paul Elder and Company Publishers,
San Francisco
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
In their original form, the contents of this
book appeared in the Chicago Sunday Tribune,
which newspaper is hereby thanked for
the privilege of reproducing this Alphabet
Copyright, 1905
by Paul Elder and Company
San Francisco
The Tomoye Press
San Francisco
Table of Contents & List of Illustrations
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
BRUTUS
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
DIOGENES
EURIPIDES
FRANKLIN
GALILEI GALILEO
HIPPOCRATES
IAGO
JONSON
KIDD
LUCULLUS
METHUSELAH
NEWTON
OMAR
PEPYS
QUINTILIAN
RALEIGH
SHAKSPEARE
TELL
ULYSSES
VILLON
WATT
XANTIPPE
YVETOT
ZENOBIA
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Alexander the Great was a victim of fate,
And he sighed there was naught to delight him
When he brandished his sword and defiantly roared
And could not get a country to fight him.
And he sighed there was naught to delight him
When he brandished his sword and defiantly roared
And could not get a country to fight him.
All the armies he'd chased, all the lands laid to waste,
And he clamored for further diversions;
And our history speaks of his grip on the Greeks
And his hammerlock hold on the Persians.
And he clamored for further diversions;
And our history speaks of his grip on the Greeks
And his hammerlock hold on the Persians.
Though the Gordian knot, cut in two, in a spot
In his palace was labeled a relic,
Though Bucephalus, stuffed, gave him fame, he was huffed—
He was grouchy and grumpy, was Aleck.
In his palace was labeled a relic,
Though Bucephalus, stuffed, gave him fame, he was huffed—
He was grouchy and grumpy, was Aleck.
And the cause of his woe, he would have you to know,
Was the fact that he never was able
To conduct a big scrap that a versatile chap
Of a war correspondent would cable.
Was the fact that he never was able
To conduct a big scrap that a versatile chap
Of a war correspondent would cable.
'Stead of being quite glad, he would grow very sad
When he told of the fellows who'd fought him,
As he thought of the lack of the clicking kodak
In the hands of a man to "snapshot" him.
When he told of the fellows who'd fought him,
As he thought of the lack of the clicking kodak
In the hands of a man to "snapshot" him.
We are told that he wept, and in dolefulness crept
Through his palace—the reason is hinted:
There were not at that time magazines for a dime,
And his articles could not be printed.
Through his palace—the reason is hinted:
There were not at that time magazines for a dime,
And his articles could not be printed.
Though it may seem unkind, ere his life we've outlined,
We must say in some ways he was hateful;
And in truth, we have heard he went back on his word,
And was not Alexander the Grateful.
We must say in some ways he was hateful;
And in truth, we have heard he went back on his word,
And was not Alexander the Grateful.