PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
ANCIENT EXAMPLES IN ASIA AND AFRICA THE COBBLER AND THE ARTIST APELLES.
EUROPEAN EXAMPLES. FRANCE. SS. CRISPIN AND CRISPIANUS, THE PATRON SAINTS OF SHOEMAKERS.
GERMANY. HANS SACHS, THE NIGHTINGALE OF THE REFORMATION.
ITALY. GABRIEL CAPPELLINI, IL CALIGARINO, OR THE LITTLE SHOEMAKER.
HOLLAND. LUDOLPH DE JONG, THE DUTCH PORTRAIT-PAINTER.
GREAT BRITAIN. "YE COCKE OF WESTMINSTER."
MILITARY AND NAVAL HEROES. "THE SOUTERS OP SELKIRK."
ASTROLOGERS AND OTHERS. DR. PARTRIDGE, ASTROLOGER, PHYSICIAN TO HIS MAJESTY, ETC.
POETS OF THE COBBLER'S STALL.
PREACHERS. GEORGE FOX, FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.
SCIENCE. WILLIAM STURGEON, THE ELECTRICIAN.
POLITICIANS. THOMAS HARDY, OF "THE STATE TRIALS."
AMERICA. NOAH WORCESTER, D.D., "THE APOSTLE OF PEACE."
INDEX.
FOOTNOTES:
BY WILLIAM EDWARD WINKS.
NEW YORK: FUNK & WAGNALLS, Publishers, 10 and 12 Dey Street.
