The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 82
tainly our old friend King Solomon had noth-ing whatever to do with it. The Romans havebeen credited with the work, but long beforeRome was in existence the mighty stones were inplace. The praise is without doubt due to thosewonderful old people, the Phenicians—the enter-prising race that lived… … England, to work thetin-mines, and some-times went even far-ther north. They are the people,you will remember, whodiscovered the art ofglass-making, and otherthings by which youand I profit to-day. One night, I was sit-ting by a camp-fire builton the sands of thecoast of Syria, wherea little river…
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