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Title: Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 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

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[Illustration: Mme. Roland in the Prison of Ste. Pelagie.]

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. VI.

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 VI.

SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE

BENEDICT ARNOLD, _Edgar Fawcett_, 207
PETER COOPER, _Clarence Cook_, 299
CHARLOTTE CORDAY, _Oliver Optic_, 229
GENERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER, _Elbridge S. Brooks_, 391
SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, _John Timbs, F.S.A._, 277
THOMAS ALVA EDISON, _Clarence Cook_, 404
JOHN ERICSSON, _Martha J. Lamb_, 311
CYRUS W. FIELD, _Murat Halstead_, 354
GENERAL JOHN C. FREMONT, _Jane Marsh Parker_, 340
ROBERT FULTON, _Oliver Optic_, 267
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, _William Lloyd Garrison_, 318
GENERAL CHARLES GEORGE
GORDON, _Colonel R. H. Veitch, R.E._, 384
NATHAN HALE, _Rev. Edward Everett Hale_, 212
ANDREAS HOFER,