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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... The best of all good names. "Glory to Santiago, The mighty one in war! James he is called, and he shall be King James the Conqueror! "Shine higher now, ye stars that crown Our Lady del Pilar... More

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... The best of all good names. "Glory to Santiago, The mighty one in war! James he is called, and he shall be King James the Conqueror! "Shine higher now, ye stars that crown Our Lady del Pilar! And rejoice in thy grave, Cid Campeador, Ruy Diaz de Bivar!" If the reader would know more of the history of James, we would refer him to Miss Yonge's "Story of the Christians and Moors of Spain." The Class now journeyed towards the sea, and reached Barcelona--once the place of the old Spanish Inquisition, but now the chief commercial city of the kingdom--on the ist of May. From Barcelona the Class sailed for Marseilles. CHAPTER VII. MARSEILLES AND THE RHONE. Marseilles.--Story Of The Marseillaise Hymn.--Other Members Of The Zigzag Club To Join The Excursion.--The Rhone.--The Plague At Marseilles.--An Unexpected Arrival.--The Story Of The Crusades Of The Children. N arriving at Marseilles, the Class took rooms at the Grand Hotel. What a series of interesting historical pictures pass before the mind of the reader of history at the sound and sight of Marseilles! Marseilles, the fair Ionian City, the sister of Tyre, graced with elegant temples and enlivened with the gay festivals of Diana! Marseilles, the adopted daughter of Rome, the friend of Pompey, the foe of imperialism under the-reign of the Caesars, the advocate of liberty when all the world was governed by one crown! Marseilles, that gave a home to Milo, that overturned the rule of the Bourbons, and that sent her enthusiastic volunteers singing the "Chant of the Rhone," or, as the ode is better known, the "Marseillaise Hymn," to protect the National Assembly and to secure the enforcement of the rights of the Constitution to France! The old motto of the liberty-loving c...

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