Excerpt from The Story History of France: From the Reign of Clovis, 481 A. D., To the Signing of the Armistice, November, 1918 Originally published in 1893, under the title of A Child's History of France, this excellent compendium Of the salient events in French history, particularly those distinguished for their dramatic and romantic character, continues to find read ers; it seems advisable, therefore, to reissue the book in a new and enlarged edition. Mr. Bonner closed his narrative with the end Of the Franco Prussian War. Three additional chapters have been pre pared, dealing with the principal events between the found ing of the Third Republic in 1871 and the signing of the armistice in 1918. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.