The Crusade referred to is the Children's Crusade of the thirteenth century, one of the most dramatic and pitiful adventures of the Middle Ages. A little French boy, Roland Arnot, starts out with the ill-starred army of children to find his father, who, a few years before, had gone to fight the Saracens.

At Jaffa, he falls into the hands of a Syrian shepherd, learns to speak Arabic, and lives happily among the native people. At last he meets his father, joins the French army, and so ends his strange experiences in Palestine. The anthor has lived twelve years in Syria. Her book is accurate and vivid, and a permanent addition to juvenile literature.

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