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Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History By: Charles F. Horne (1870-1942) |
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A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 200 OF THE MOST PROMINENT PERSONAGES IN HISTORY VOL. VII. [Illustration: The First Meeting of Dante and Beatrice.] Copyright, 1894, by Selmar Hess edited by Charles F. Horne [Illustration: Publisher's arm.] New York: Selmar Hess Publisher Copyright, 1894, by SELMAR HESS.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII.
SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE ROBERT BROWNING, 191 WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, Richard Henry Stoddard , 148 JOHN BUNYAN, John Greenleaf Whittier , 66 ROBERT BURNS, Will Carleton , 112 THOMAS CARLYLE, W. Wallace , 154 Letter from Carlyle on the "Choice of a Profession," 161 CERVANTES, Joseph Forster , 39 THOMAS CHATTERTON, Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston , 107 GEOFFREY CHAUCER, Alice King , 29 JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, President Charles F. Thwing , 144 DANTE, Archdeacon Farrar, D.D., F.R.S. , 19 DANIEL DE FOE, Clark Russell , 72 CHARLES DICKENS, Walter Besant , 186 RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Moncure D. Conway , 166 Letter from Emerson to his child on the subject of "Health," 173 GOETHE, Rev. Edward Everett Hale , 122 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Francis H. Underwood , 196 HOMER, William Ewart Gladstone , 1 HORACE, J. W. Mackail , 16 VICTOR HUGO, Margaret O. W. Oliphant , 161 WASHINGTON IRVING, 140 SAMUEL JOHNSON, Lord Macaulay , 99 HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, Hezekiah Butterworth , 174 JOHN MILTON, 60 MOLIÉRE, Sir Walter Scott , 50 PETRARCH, Alice King , 25 PLATO, George Grote, F.R.S. , 7 ALEXANDER POPE, Austin Dobson , 82 SCHILLER, B. L. Farjeon , 116 SIR WALTER SCOTT, W. C. Taylor, LL.D. , 130 Letter of advice from Scott to his son , 135 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Senator John J. Ingalls , 44 DEAN SWIFT, Samuel Archer , 77 TORQUATO TASSO, 34 ALFRED TENNYSON, Clarence Cook , 182 VIRGIL, 12 VOLTAIRE, M. C. Lockwood, D.D. , 92 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 136
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME VII.
PHOTOGRAVURES ILLUSTRATION ARTIST TO FACE PAGE THE FIRST MEETING OF DANTE AND
BEATRICE, Henry Holiday Frontispiece
PETRARCH AND LAURA INTRODUCED TO THE EMPEROR
AT AVIGNON, Vacslav Brozik 28
A DINNER AT THE HOUSE OF MOLIÈRE
AT AUTEUIL, Georges Gaston Mélingue 58
THE ARREST OF VOLTAIRE AND HIS NIECE BY FREDERICK'S
ORDER, Jules Girardet 96
VICTOR HUGO, From life 162
LONGFELLOW'S STUDY, From photograph 178
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