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[Illustration: CHARLES MARTEL--BATTLE OF TOURS.
_From a Picture by Steuben in the Imperial Gallery at Versailles,
James Carter, Sc._]
MOSLEM
AND
FRANK;
OR, CHARLES MARTEL AND THE RESCUE OF EUROPE
FROM THE THREATENED YOKE
OF THE SARACENS.
BEING
VOLUME I. OF THE HISTORIC SKETCHES.
DESIGNED FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT OF
OLD AND YOUNG.
BY G. L. STRAUSS, PH.D.
In magnis voluisse sat est.
LONDON:
JOHN WEALE, 59, HIGH HOLBORN.
1854.
LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
PREFACE.
“Story! bless you--I have none to tell.”--_Canning’s Knifegrinder._
It is an old and trite saying: “Good wine needs no bush,” and even
the finest and most flourishing bush will fail to put either body or
flavor into the growth of a bad vintage. It is left to the reader of
this little volume to decide whether or not the author has succeeded
in producing an acceptable and readable book.
_July 1, 1854._
CONTENTS.
PART I.
THE MOSLEMIN.
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