  "The most interesting books to me are the histories of individuals and individual minds, all autobiographies, and the like. This is my favorite reading."—H. W. Longfellow. "Mrs. Bolton never fails to interest and instruct her readers."—Chicago Inter-Ocean. "Always written in a bright and fresh style."—Boston Home Journal. "Readable without inaccuracy."—Boston Post. POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS.Short biographical sketches of George Peabody, Michael Faraday, Samuel Johnson, Admiral Farragut, Horace Greeley, William Lloyd Garrison, Garibaldi, President Lincoln, and other noted persons who, from humble circumstances, have risen to fame and distinction, and left behind an imperishable record. GIRLS WHO BECAME FAMOUS.A companion book to "Poor Boys Who Became Famous." Biographical sketches of Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Eliot, Helen Hunt Jackson, Harriet Hosmer, Rosa Bonheur, Florence Nightingale, Maria Mitchell, and other eminent women. FAMOUS MEN OF SCIENCE.Short biographical sketches of Galileo, Newton, LinnÆus, Cuvier, Humboldt, Audubon, Agassiz, Darwin, Buckland, and others. FAMOUS AMERICAN STATESMEN.A companion book to "Famous American Authors." Biographical sketches of Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, Webster, Sumner, Garfield, and others. Illustrated with portraits. FAMOUS ENGLISH STATESMEN.With portraits of Gladstone, John Bright, Robert Peel, Lord Palmerston, Lord Shaftesbury, William Edward Forster, Lord Beaconsfield. FAMOUS EUROPEAN ARTISTS.With portraits of Raphael, Titian, Landseer, Reynolds, Rubens, Turner, and others. FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS.Short biographical sketches of Holmes, Longfellow, Emerson, Lowell, Aldrich, Mark Twain, and other noted writers. FAMOUS ENGLISH AUTHORS OF THE 19th CENTURY.With portraits of Scott, Burns, Carlyle, Dickens, Tennyson, Robert Browning, etc. STORIES FROM LIFE.A book of short stories, charming and helpful. |
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