A recent visit to the many scenes made memorable by the best known English authors has enabled the author to invest with a personal interest the sketches in this volume.
It is interesting to see how men have built up fortunes; it is even more interesting to see how those fortunes have been used for the benefit of mankind.
The seventeen eminent men selected are representative, and range Socrates to Napoleon; the record of what their sons did cannot fail to be interesting.
Sketches of the lives and characters of certain famous Americans held most in reverence by the boys and girls of America, for whom their stories are here told.
This volume was written for those busy people who have little time for reading, yet wish to know something of the private life of their favorite authors.
An authentic account of the heroic characters, distinguished careers and memorable achievements of the three officers who have attained the highest rank in the navy of the United States.
This little volume contains a brief account of the most important events in the life career of two notable spies in our war of independence, Nathan Hale and John Andre.
The simple narratives here presented to the public, trace in brief and compendious form a number of great lives from the legendary period of Greece to the present time.
This work deals with the lives and principal achievements of those distinguished men to whom we are indebted for the introduction of the electric telegraph and telephone.
From each great historical epoch a representative man or woman is selected whose life makes an interesting- study ; the whole is a connected series of historical sketches.
The name of Daniel Boone is a conspicuous one in the annals of our country. This narrative reveals a state of society and habitudes of life now rapidly passing into oblivion.
George Washington seems to have approached as near perfection as any man who ever lived. In his wonderful career we become familiar with all the struggles of the American revolution.
Author undertakes to give a condensed, unified and popular presentation of the man and what he stood for in the thick of days which made history rapidly.
The character of Lincoln must be regarded as one of the most precious possessions of the American people, not only as a cherished memory but also as a living power.
It is claimed that the full story of the part Whittier played in the anti-slavery movement is given for the first time in this biography.
American Statesmen Series.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d., per volume $1,25
Biographies of men famous in the political history of the United States:
Adams, Chas. Francis. By C. F. Adams.
Adams, John By J. T. Morse, Jr.
Adams, John Quincy. By J. T. Morse Jr.
Adams, Samuel. By J. K. Hosmer.
Benton, Thomas H. By T. Roosevelt.
Calhoun, John C. By H. VonHolst.
Cass, Lewis. By A. C. McLaughlin.
Chase, Salmon P. By A. B. Hart.
Clay, Henry. By Carl Schurz, 2 vols.
Franklin, Benjamin. By J. T. Morse, Jr.
Gallatin, Albert. By J. A. Stevens.
Hamilton, Alexander. By H. C. Lodge.
Henry, Patrick. By M. C. Tyler.
Jackson, Andrew. By W. G. Sumner.
Jay, John. By Geo. Pellew.
Jefferson, Thomas. By J. T. Morse, Jr.
Lincoln, Abraham. By J. T. Morse, Jr., 2 vols.
Madison, James. By S. H. Gay.
Marshall, John. By A. B. Magruder.
Munroe, James. By D. C. Gilman.
Morris, Gouverneur. By T. Roosevelt,
Randolph, John. By H. Adams.
Seward, Wm. H. By T. K. Lothrop.
Stevens, Thaddeus. By S. W. McCall.
Sumner, Charles. By M. Storey.
Van Buren, Martin. By E. M. Shepard.
Washington, George. By H. C. Lodge, 2 vols.
It has been the object of the compiler to present the narrative in such a light as would rescue the memory of this great man from the common judgment passed upon him, of being an Indian fighter and a bold hunter.
An authentic biography' of a noted man written by his sister. There is an absence of cheap sensation, but full of thrilling incidents, and daintily presented.
Mr. Brooks tells the story of Columbus' life in a most interesting manner, emphasizing those picturesque details which appeal forcibly to a childish imagination.
Born to privation, hardship and labor, trained in the severe school of experience, he exhibited true manliness, honesty and bravery in all his words and actions.
While the treatment of Curtis as a man of letters is ample, its chief merit is that it has pictured one of the noblest characters in American public life.
The present volume is more in the way of an estimate of Franklin's position, worth, and work, and yet gives every essential fact of his career with enough detail to enable the reader to appreciate it.
The trained historian to whom his biography has been intrusted, has written a fair, dispassionate statement of facts, showing the great talent and the great faults of the father of printing in America.
A popular record of the military career of the illustrious hero, his civil life, his remarkable journey abroad, his life in New York, sickness, death and burial.
A popular biography of the great soldier which offers an intimate picture of every side of his life. It is written by his nephew and cavalry commander.
The reader may rely upon the records in these volumes as the truth, and nothing but the truth.
Heroes of the Nations Series.
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"No more admirable series of lives of famous men is at present on the market than the 'Heroes of the Nations.'"
Alexander the Great, and the merging of East and West in universal history. By Benj. Ide Wheelock.
Alfred the Truth Teller, and the first kingdom in England. By Frederick Perry.
Arc, Jeanne d' ; the maid of France. By Mrs. O. W. Oliphant.
Bismarck and the new German empire; how it arose and what it displaced. By J. W. Headlam.
Bruce, Robert, and the struggle for Scottish independence. By Sir Herbert Maxwell.
Caesar, Julius, and the foundation of the Roman empire. By W. W. Fowler.
Charlemagne, the hero of two nations. By H. W. C. Davis.
Charles the Bold of Burgundy, and the attempt to found a middle kingdom in Europe, By R. Lodge.
Charles XII., and the collapse of the Swedish empire, 1682-1719. By R. N. Bain.
Columbus, Christopher, his life and voyages. By W. Irving.
Cicero, and the fall of the Roman republic. By J. L. S. Davidson.
Cid Campeador and the waning of the crescent in the West. By H. B. Clark.
Cromwell, Oliver, and the reign of the Puritans in England. By C. Frith.
Edward I., or the old law and the new. By Edward Jenks.
Frederick II., the wonder of the world. By A. L. Smith.
Glynder, Owen, the national hero of Wales. By A. G. Bradley.
Grant, Ulysses S., and the period of national preservation and reconstruction. By W. C. Church.
Gustavus Adolphus and the struggle of Protestantism for existance. By C. R. L. Fletcher.
Hannibal, soldier, statesman, patriot, and the crisis of the struggle between Carthage and Rome. By W. O'C. Morris.
Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots in France. By F. P. Willest.
Henry, Prince of Portugal and the age of discovery in Europe. By C. R. Beasley.
Henry V., the English hero king. By C. L. Kingsford.
Julian the Philosopher, and the struggle of paganism against Christianity. By Alice Gardner.
Ivee, Robert E., and the Southern Confederacy. By Prof. H. A. White.
Lincoln, Abraham, and the downfall of American slavery. By Noah Brooks.
Louis, Saint (Louis IX of France). The most christian king. By F. Perry.
Louis XIV., and the zenith of the French monarchy. By A. Haskall.
Maccabaeus, Judas, the conflict between Hellenism and Hebraism. By I. Abrahams.
Marlborough, England as a military power. By C. W. C. Oman.
Medici, Lorenzo de'. By Edward Armstrong.
Moltke, and the military supremacy of Germany. By S. Wilkinson.
Napoleon. By W. O. Morris.
Nelson, and the naval supremacy of England. By W. C. Russell.
O'Connel, Daniel, and the revival of national life in Ireland. By R. Dunlap.
Pericles, and the golden age of Athens. By E. Abbott.
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) or the growth and division of the British empire. By W. D. Green.
Richard the Lion Hearted, and the spirit of the crusades. By T. A. Archer.
Richelieu, and the growth of the French power. By J. B. Perkins.
Saladin, and the fall of the kingdom of Jerusalem. By S. Lane-Poole.
Sidney, Sir Philip, type of chivalry in the Elizabethan age. By H. R. Fox-Bourne.
Sobrieski and the military greatness of Poland. By F. A. Pollard.
Theodoric the Goth, the barbarian champion of civilization. By Thomas Hodgkin.
Wyclif, John, last of the schoolmen, first of the English reformers. By E. Sergeant.
William the Silent, founder of the Dutch Republic. By R. Putnam.
Author gives many of the Indian romances and cabin tales of the early settlers of Illinois and pictures vividly Lincoln's early hardships and manly struggles.
One of the most instructive and encouraging examples of the highest success in the midst of disheartening trials, of a resolute will and a hopeful spirit.
Story of Oliver Hazard Perry his adventures as a boy on the frigate General Green and as the hero in the exciting scenes that attended the battle of Lake Erie.
Into this narrative of King- Philip, the author has collected those incidents in our early history which he has supposed would be most interesting and instructive to the general reader.
A record of events in the author's life with a full account of the participation in the great struggle for our national existence, human liberty, and political equality.
Author carries the reader through the exciting days in the senate before and after the war; also includes the interesting details of Sumner's private life.
The design of this book was to group around Washington the chief characters and scenes of our revolution. The heroic character and thrilling interest of the struggle are constantly kept in sight.
This volume aims chiefly to be a biography, and the historical events are introduced only in proportion to their importance in relation to John Winthrop.
Such a book is well fitted to strengthen the courage and inspiration of every woman who is learning to comprehend something of the inherent nobleness of her sex.
This volume is designed to portray in some degree the influence of the mothers and daughters in the struggle of the colonies to attain their independence.
To render the picture complete, descriptions of the domestic life and manners of the pioneers and illustrations, and anecdotes from reliable sources are interwoven.
In many cases the lives of the ladies selected have been written at length by other biographers while some have been merely mentioned, and still others have never before appeared in print.
The author has aimed to present the prominent and leading traits of character and the important events in a bold and free manner and plain and simple language.
Social and domestic life in South Carolina, from 1737 through the revolutionary war. Manners, customs and mode of life were elaborately portrayed in Mrs. Pinckney's letters.
The aim of this book has been to present the bare outline of fact long-known to the world clothed with some charm of individuality and some warmth of human interest.
The author has not aimed to give any extended history of public or political events, except as they are connected with the life of the subject of this sketch.