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Title: Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8)
A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more
than 200 of the most prominent personages in History

Author: Various

Editor: Charles F. Horne

Release Date: July 8, 2009 [EBook #29352]

Language: English

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GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN

_A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of_

THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 200 OF THE MOST PROMINENT PERSONAGES IN HISTORY

VOL. VIII.

Copyright, 1894, BY SELMAR HESS

edited by Charles F. Horne

[Illustration: Publisher's arm.]

New-York: Selmar Hess Publisher

CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII.

SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE

MICHAEL ANGELO, _Anna Jameson_, 214
BEETHOVEN, _C. E. Bourne_, 319
SARAH BERNHARDT, _H. S. Edwards_, 382
ROSA BONHEUR, _Clarence Cook_, 276
EDWIN BOOTH, _Clarence Cook_, 370
CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN, _Dutton Cook_, 355
_Letter from Miss Cushman to a young friend on the subject
of "Self-conquest,"_ 362
LEONARDO DA VINCI, _Anna Jameson_, 209
GUSTAVE DORE, _Kenyon Cox_, 298
ALBERT DUeRER, _W. J. Holland_, 231
EDWIN FORREST, _Lawrence Barrett_, 349
DAVID GARRICK,