THE

LIBRARY OF USEFUL STORIES

The Library of Useful Stories.

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.

THE STORY OF EXTINCT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE WEST. By
ROBERT E. ANDERSON, M. A., F. A. S.

THE STORY OF ALCHEMY. By M. M. PATTISON MUIR.
THE STORY OF ANIMAL LIFE

THE STORY OF THE ART OF MUSIC -
THE STORY OF THE ART OF BUILDING.
THE STORY OF BOOKS

THE STORY OF KING ALFRED
THE STORY OF THE ALPHABET
THE STORY OF ECLIPSES

By B. LINDSAY.

By F. J. CROWEST. By P. L. WATERHOUSE. By GERTRUDE B. RAWLINGS. By Sir WALTER BESANT.

By EDWARD CLODD.

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.

- By ALFRED T. STORY. By SYDNEY J. HICKSON. By H. W. CONN.

THE STORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
THE STORY OF LIFE IN THE SEAS.
THE STORY OF GERM LIFE -
THE STORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. By D. 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 STARS. By G. F. CHAMBERS, F. R. A. S.

OTHERS IN PREPARATION.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.

OF KING ALFRED

BY

WALTER BESANT

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

1905