Fifty Famous People — James Baldwin

Contents: Saving the birds - Another bird story - Speaking a piece - Writing a composition - The whistle - The Ettrick Shepherd - The Caliph and the poet - "Beccos! Beccos! Beccos!" - A lesson in humility - The midnight ride - The boy and the wolf -- Another wolf story- The horseshoe nails - The landlord's mistake - A lesson in manners - Going to sea - The shepherd-boy painter - Two great painters - The king and the bees - Our first great painter - The young scout - The lad who rode sidesaddle - The whisperers -How a prince learned to read - "Read, and you will know" - The young cupbearer - The sons of the Caliph - The boy and the robbers - A lesson in justice - The general and the fox - The bomb - A story of old Rome - Saved by a dolphin - "Little brothers of the air" - A clever slave - One of Aesop's fables - The dark day - The surly guest - The story of a great story - The king and the page -The hunted king - "Try, try again!" - Why he carried the turkey - The paddle-wheel boat...