XXXIV A "Printer's Devil" Whose Perseverance Wins Him Well-Earned Reputation as a Fun-Maker.

XXXV "A Square Man in a Round Hole" Rejects USD5,000 a Year and Becomes a Sculptor.

XXXVI During Leisure Hours He "Found Himself" and Abandoned the Law for Art.

XXXVII Deformed in Body, His Cheerful Spirit Makes Him the Entertainer of Princes.

XXXVIII Energy and Earnestness Win an Actor Fame.

XXXIX A Father's Common Sense Gives America a Great Bandmaster.

XL Blind, Deaf, and Dumb, Patient Effort Wins for Her Culture and Rare Womanhood.

XLI Jay Gould's Chum Chooses "High Thinking, not Money Making," and Wins Success Without Riches.

XLII A Millionaire's Daughter Makes Inherited Wealth a Blessing to Thousands.

XLIII A Self-made Merchant Solves the Problem of Practical Philanthropy

XLIV A Varied Career Develops the Resourceful Head of a Great Institutional Church and College.

XLV An Inspiring Personality Wins a Noted Preacher Fame.

XLVI From the Forge to the Pulpit, a Life of Devotion and Application.

XLVII Canada's Leading Conservative Extols "the Country of the Twentieth Century."

XLVIII An Eminent Scholar Advocates the Union of Canada and the United States.

XLIX After Failure as a Grocer, He Becomes the Ablest Administrator Quebec Has Ever Had.

L Canada's Leading Economist Tells Her Sons To Seek Fortune in Her Own Domain.

LI A Distinguished Educator has Found Contentment in the Simple Life.

LII Beginning as Telegraph Operator He Built the Canadian Pacific.

LIII An Immigrant Boy Becomes a National Figure in Reform.

LIV A "Forty-niner" who Seized Opportunities Others Failed to See.

LV The Blind Yacht Designer Attributes His Conquests to His Mother's Early Cares.

LVI A Great Vocalist Shows that Only Years of Labor Can Win the Heights of Song.

BOOK TWO MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE ACHIEVED EMINENCE

Success Maxims

BOOK THREE ENCYCLOPEDIC BIOGRAPHIES, OR THE ROMANCE OF REALITY.

Success Maxims (2)

STATESMEN. William Boyd Allison.

INDUSTRIAL LEADERS. E. G. Acheson.

MANUFACTURERS. Hugh Chisholm.

TRANSPORTATION LEADERS. George F. Baer.

INVENTORS. Alexander Graham Bell.

MERCHANTS. Edward Cooper.

FINANCIERS. William Waldorf Astor.

POLITICAL LEADERS. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich.

LAWYERS AND JURISTS. Frank Swett Black.

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. Adna Romanza Chaffee.

EXPLORERS. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin.

EDUCATORS. Elisha Benjamin Andrews.

EDITORS. Henry Mills Alden.

PUBLISHERS. Frank Nelson Doubleday.

ORATORS. Albert J. Beveridge.

MUSICIANS. Walter Johannes Damrosch.

SINGERS. David Scull Bispham.

ACTORS. William H. Crane.

ACTRESSES. Maude Adams.

ORGANIZERS AND LECTURERS. Cynthia May Westover Alden.

CANADIANS. Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

ILLUSTRATORS. William de Leftwich Dodge.

CARTOONISTS. T. S. Allen.

HUMORISTS. George Ade.

JOURNALISTS AND WRITERS. Stephen Bonsal.

POETS. Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

CANADIANS. Dr. William Osler.

AUTHORS. James Lane Allen.

NOVELISTS. Gertrude Franklin Atherton.

REFORMERS. George Thorndike Angell.

PHILANTHROPISTS. Mrs. Phoebe Appersin Hearst.

DIVINES. Lyman Abbott.

CANADIANS. William Peterson.

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. [A]

TOPICAL INDEX. Introductory Note.

TOPICAL INDEX. [B]

Title: Little Visits with Great Americans, Vol. II (of 2)

Or Success, Ideals and How to Attain Them

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