Identifier: storyofgreatestn06elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Vl-10 England—Dunstan 979 take as his adviser Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury, a man of remarka«ble ability, who gave all his energy to carrying forward true reform. When Dunstan was a boy he lived near the village of Glastonbury, wherehis father, who was a rich man, had a large number of serfs to till the land.The monks in the neighborhood were attracted by the bright wit of the lad,and took pains in instructing him. He became so learned that his fame reachedthe King, who called him to his court. But when the courtiers saw how superiorDunstan was to them, they were jealous and treated him so roughly that heangrily went home. He had been pulled from his horse and flung into a pond,the effects of which threw him into a brain fever. When he recovered, he be-came a monk. He was not only profoundly learned for the time, but he couldsing well and play the harp; besides which he painted beautiful pictures, andwas a cunning worker in metals. He was so kind and sympathetic that alllo

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