A Book of Golden Deeds: True Stories of Courage and Self-Sacrifice

A Book of Golden Deeds

True Stories of Courage and Self-sacrifice

By Charlotte M. Yonge

As the most striking lines of poetry are the most hackneyed, because they have grown to be the common inheritance of all the world, so many of the most noble deeds that earth can show have become the best known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame. Therefore it may be feared that many of the events here detailed, or alluded to, may seem trite to those in search of novelty; but it is not for such that the co...