Introductory note on William Harrison (Volume 35, Harvard Classics)

A writer of Elizabethan times said that no other country had as many dogs as England. Once Henry VII ordered all mastiffs to be hung because they "durst presume to fight against the lion," England's regal beast. (Volume 35, Harvard Classics)

Introductory note on Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (Volume 17, Harvard Classics)

Cinderella inspires all alike – the artist's brush, the author's pen, the child's fancy. To-day she is a living, vital character to be seen on stage and screen. No one ever forgets her lightning change. (Volume 17, Harvard Classics)

Introductory note on John Eliot (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)

John Eliot put his life at the mercy of the redmen to get them to listen to his preachings. He wrote vividly about his settlements of Christian Indians. Now villages and Indians have disappeared. Only his story remains. (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)

John Eliot holds Indian prayer meeting June 17, 1670.

Introductory note on Lord Byron (Wikipedia)

The inaccessible mountain tops were ever venerated as the haunts of all mysteries. Manfred, hero of Byron's play, seeks upon the high Alps the aid of spirits, specters, and goblins. What unearthly adventures await him! (Volume 18, Harvard Classics)

Byron publishes "Manfred," June 16, 1817.

Introductory note on Jean Froissart (Volume 35, Harvard Classics)

Led by Wat Tyler in 1381, great troops of villagers and rustics marched on London - laid siege to the Tower – sacked the apartments of the King and murdered his ministers. Froissart gives first-hand information of this rebellion. (Volume 35, Harvard Classics)

Wat Tyler's Rebellion suppressed June 15, 1381.