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by Sister M. Fides Shepperson, M. A.
AUTHOR OF
“HARP OF MILAN,” “CLOISTER CHORDS,” Etc.
PRICE SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS
FOR SALE AT
MOUNT MERCY CONVENT
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
ALSO AT UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE
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COPYRIGHT 1914 BY
SISTER M. FIDES SHEPPERSON, M. A.
MOUNT MERCY CONVENT
PITTSBURGH, PENNA.
This little volume will prove of interest to the general readerand of inestimable value to the student or teacher of history.It contains graphic descriptions of the seventeen great strugglesof the historic past—Marathon, Arbela, Zama, Teutobergerwald,Adrianople, Chalons, Tours, Senlac-Hastings, Orleans, Lepanto,Spanish Armada, Naseby, Blenheim, Pultowa, Saratoga, Valmy,and Waterloo. Dates, figures, facts, estimates and reflectionsare presented in attractive form; and the net results of longresearch labor are given in a nutshell.
Those terrific conflicts of the past seem strangely fascinatingwhen looked at in their crucial throes ere yet they are stampedwith the die of destiny. The thoughtful mind asks, “Wouldour world of today be just what it is if all or if any one ofthese battles had borne results the reverse of what they did bear?”
PRESS OF
THE ALDINE PRINTING COMPANY
1331-1333-1335 FIFTH AVENUE
PITTSBURGH, PENNA.