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Title: An island story; a child's history of England
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth), 1867-1941
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Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company (Edinburgh, Printed by T. and A. Constable
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ave his wish,and sailed away to explore America. He did not findthe golden land which he had imagined, but he broughthome many strange stories, and many curious and usefulthings. Two of the things were tobacco and potatoes whichRaleigh brought home with him. Elizabeth had givenhim estates in Ireland, and there he planted the potatoes,and showed the people how to grow them. Even to thisday the poor people in Ireland grow many potatoes, andlive on them very largely. People were pleased with the new vegetable, but theywere very much astonished when he showed them howto use tobacco. Such a thing had never been seen before,and it took people some time to grow accustomed to it. One day, soon after Raleigh had returned home, hewas sitting smoking when a servant came into the room.The man stood still in horror. Smoke filled the room,and was pouring out of his masters mouth. He must beon fire, thought the servant. Without saying a word heran away and returned as quickly as he could with a pail
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QUICKLY PULLING OFF HIS CLOAK BB THREW IT UPON THE GROUND THE STORY OF WALTER RALEIGH 345 of water. This he threw over his master, hoping to putout the fire and so save his life. Raleigh, you may imagine, was not very pleased atfinding himself suddenly drenched with cold water, justwhen he was enjoying a quiet smoke, but, when he under-stood the mistake his servant had made, he laughedheartily. Raleigh had many adventures. He swept the oceanin his ships, and he fought by land and sea. But hewrote books too, and one of his friends was the poetSpenser, who tells beautiful stories in his poem calledThe Faerie Queen. The greatest writer of this time (perhaps the greatestpoet of any time), was Shakespeare. His name youknow, and some day you will read the stories he wrote. Another writer, and great soldier too, was Sir PhilipSidney. He was so handsome, and brave and kind thatevery one loved him. Queen, statesmen and people,soldiers, courtiers and poets, all loved him. He livedwell, wrote we

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