A series of little books dealing with various branches of useful knowledge, and treating each subject in clear, concise language, as free as possible from technical words and phrases, by writers of authority in their various spheres. Each book complete in itself. Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, 35 cents net per volume; postage, 4 cents per volume additional.

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The Story of Books. By GERTRUDE B. RAWLINGS. The Story of King Alfred. By Sir WALTER BESANT. The Story of the Alphabet. By EDWARD Clodd. The Story of Eclipses. By G. F. CHAMBERS, F. R. A. S. The Story of the Living Machine. By H. W. CONN. The Story of the British Race. By JOHN MUNRO, C. E.

The Story of Geographical Discovery. By JOSEPH JACOBS.

The Story of the Cotton Plant. By F. WILKINSON, F. G. S.

The Story of the Mind. By Prof. J. MARK BALDWIN. The Story of Photography. By ALFRED T. Story. The Story of Life in the Seas. By SYDNEY J. HICKSON.

The Story of Germ Life. By H. W. CONN.

The Story of the Earth's Atmosphere. By DOUGLAS ARCHIBALD.

The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the East. By ROBERT ANDERSON, M. A., F. A. S.

The Story of Electricity. By JOHN MUNRO, C. E. The Story of a Piece of Coal. By E. A. MARTIN,

F. G. S.

The Story of the Solar System. By G. F. CHAMBERS,
F. R. A. S.

The Story of the Earth. By H. G. SEELEY, F. R. S.
The Story of the Plants. By GRANT ALLEN.
The Story of
66 'Primitive Man. By EDWARD
CLODD.

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The Story of the Stars. By G. F. CHAMBERS,

F. R. A. S.

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D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.

OF KING ALFRED

787490

BY

WALTER BESANT

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

1901