| PAGE |
| Preface | iii |
| CHAPTER I. |
| Sir Cloudesley Shovel: The Cobbler’s Boy who became an Admiral | 17 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| James Lackington: Shoemaker and Bookseller | 29 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| Samuel Bradburn: The Shoemaker who became President of the Wesleyan Conference | 53 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| William Gifford: From the Shoemaker’s Stool to the Editor’s Chair | 75 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| Robert Bloomfield: The Shoemaker who wrote “The Farmer’s Boy” | 93 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| Samuel Drew: The Metaphysical Shoemaker | 109 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| William Carey: The Shoemaker who Translated the Bible into Bengali and Hindostani | 129 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| John Pounds: The Philanthropic Shoemaker | 151 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| Thomas Cooper: The Self-educated Shoemaker who “Reared his own Monument” | 165 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| A Constellation of Celebrated Cobblers | 189 |
| Ancient Examples. |
| The Cobbler and the Artist Apelles | 191 |
| The Shoemaker Bishops: Annianas, Bishop of Alexandria, and Alexander, Bishop of Comana | 192 |
| The Pious Cobbler of Alexandria | 193 |
| “Rabbi Jochanan, The Shoemaker” | 194 |
| European Examples: France. |
| SS. Crispin and Crispianus: The Patron Saints of Shoemakers | 197 |
| “The Learned Baudouin” | 200 |
| Henry Michael Buch: “Good Henry” | 201 |
| Germany. |
| Hans Sachs: “The Nightingale of the Reformation” | 203 |
| Jacob Boehmen: The Mystic | 205 |
| Italy. |
| Gabriel Cappellini: “il Caligarino” | 207 |
| Francesco Brizzio: The Artist | 208 |
| Holland. |
| Ludolph de Jong: The Portrait-Painter | 209 |
| Sons of Shoemakers | 209 |
| Great Britain. |
| “Ye Cocke of Westminster” | 210 |
| Timothy Bennett: The Hero of Hampton-Wick | 212 |
| Military and Naval Heroes. |
| The Souters of Selkirk | 213 |
| Watt Tinlinn | 214 |
| Colonel Hewson: The “Cerdon” of Hudibras | 215 |
| Sir Christopher Myngs, Admiral | 218 |
| Astrologers and others. |
| Dr. Partridge | 220 |
| Dr. Ebenezer Sibly, F.R.C.P. | 222 |
| Manoah Sibly, Short-hand Writer, Preacher, etc | 224 |
| Mackey, “the Learned Shoemaker” of Norwich, and two other Learned Shoemakers | 225 |
| Anthony Purver, Bible Revisionist | 226 |
| The Poets of the Cobbler’s Stall. |
| James Woodhouse
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