PORTRAITS.

CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY.

DAVID MAYDOLE, HAMMER-MAKER.

ICHABOD WASHBURN, WIRE-MAKER.

ELIHU BURRITT, The Learned Blacksmith.

MICHAEL REYNOLDS, ENGINE-DRIVER.

MAJOR ROBERT PIKE, FARMER.

GEORGE GRAHAM, CLOCK-MAKER, BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

JOHN HARRISON, EXQUISITE WATCH-MAKER.

PETER FANEUIL, AND THE GREAT HALL HE BUILT.

CHAUNCEY JEROME, YANKEE CLOCK-MAKER.

CAPTAIN PIERRE LACLEDE LIGUEST, PIONEER.

ISRAEL PUTNAM.

GEORGE FLOWER. PIONEER.

EDWARD COLES, NOBLEST OF THE PIONEERS, AND HIS GREAT SPEECH.

PETER H. BURNETT.

GERRIT SMITH.

PETER FORCE.

JOHN BROMFIELD, MERCHANT.

FREDERICK TUDOR, ICE EXPORTER.

MYRON HOLLEY, MARKET-GARDENER.

THE FOUNDERS OF LOWELL.

ROBERT OWEN, COTTON-MANUFACTURER.

JOHN SMEDLEY, STOCKING-MANUFACTURER.

RICHARD COBDEN, CALICO PRINTER.

HENRY BESSEMER.

JOHN BRIGHT. MANUFACTURER.

THOMAS EDWARD, COBBLER AND NATURALIST.

ROBERT DICK, BAKER AND NATURALIST.

JOHN DUNCAN, WEAVER AND BOTANIST.

JAMES LACKINGTON, SECOND-HAND BOOKSELLER.

HORACE GREELEY'S START.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT, AND HOW HE FOUNDED HIS HERALD.

THREE JOHN WALTERS, AND THEIR NEWSPAPER.

GEORGE HOPE.

SIR HENRY COLE.

CHARLES SUMMERS.

WILLIAM B. ASTOR. HOUSE-OWNER.

PETER COOPER.

PARIS-DUVERNEY. FRENCH FINANCIER.

SIR ROWLAND HILL.

MARIE-ANTOINE CAREME, FRENCH COOK.

WONDERFUL WALKER.

SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN.

SIR JOHN RENNIE, ENGINEER.

SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE.

MARQUIS OF WORCESTER, INVENTOR OF THE STEAM-ENGINE.

AN OLD DRY-GOODS MERCHANT'S RECOLLECTIONS.

HEROES OF THE NATIONS

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FELLOW OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD

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