A Book of Golden Deeds, Book 1

"What is a Golden Deed? All of us enjoy a story of battle and adventure. Some of us delight in the anxiety and excitement with which we watch the various strange predicaments, hairbreadth escapes, and ingenious contrivances that are presented to us; and the mere imaginary dread of the dangers thus depicted, stirs our feelings and makes us feel eager and full of suspense. A Golden Deed must be something more than mere display of fearlessness. Grave and resolute fulfillment of duty is required to give it the true weight." (Charlotte Yonge)

A Book of Golden Deeds, Volume 1, includes:

01. What Is A Golden Deed?

02. The Stories Of Alcestis And Antigone

03. The Cup Of Water

04. How One Man Has Saved A Host

05. The Pass Of Thermopylae

06. The Rock Of The Capital

07. The Two Friends Of Syracuse

08. The Devotions Of The Decii

09. Regulus

10. The Brave Brothern of Judah

11. The Chief of Avernae

12. Withstanding the Monarch in his Wrath

Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) was a prolific British novelist, magazine editor, best know for her work in children's literature. Yonge taught Sunday School for 71 years and her novels express the same values and concerns she shared with her students, courage and self-sacrifice for a greater good.