Fifty legendary stories of heroism are retold in a short form for young people. Baldwin's tales tell of valor, bravery, and kindness as well as high adventure.

Fifty Famous Stories Retold include:
1. King Alfred and the Cakes
2. King Alfred and the Beggar
3. King Canute of the Seashore
4. The Sons of William the Conqueror
5. The White Ship
6. King John and the Abbot
7. The Story of Robin Hood
8. Bruce and the Spider
9. The Black Douglas
10. The Three Men of Gotham
11. Other Wise Men of Gotham
12. The Miller of the Dee
13. Sir Philip Sidney
14. Ungrateful Soldier
15. Sir Humphrey Gilbert
16. Sir Walter Raleigh
17. Pocahontas
18. George Washington and His Hatchet
19. Grace Darling
20. The Story of William Tell
21. Arnold Winkelreid
22. The Bell of Atre
23. How Napoleon Crossed the Alps
24. The Story of Cininnatus
25. The Story of Regulus
26. Cornelia's Jewels
27. Androclus and the Lion
28. Horatius at the Bridge
29. Julius Caesar
30. The Sword of Damocles
31. Damon and Pythias
32. A Laconic Answer
33. The Ungrateful Guest
34. Alexander and Bucephalus
35. Diogenes the Wise Man
36. The Brave Three Hundred
37. Socrates and His House
38. The King and His Hawk
39. Doctor Goldsmith
40. The Kingdoms
41. The Barmecide Feast
42. The Endless Tale
43. The Blind Men and the Elephant
44. Maximilian and the Goose Boy
45. The Inchcape Rock
46. Whittington and His Cat
47. Casabianca
48. Antonio Canova
49. Picciola
50. Mignon

AUTHOR
James Baldwin (1841 - 1925) was a pioneer of primary education, a teacher for many years and eventually an administrator and finally Editor-in-Chief of the American Book Company, specializing in educational text.

James Baldwin's lasting fame is for the children's literature he wrote, over 50 books, selling in the millions.
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