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Title: Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 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: August 27, 2008 [EBook #26421]

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. I.

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 I.

SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE

ALARIC THE BOLD, _Archdeacon Farrar, D.D., F.R.S._, 56
ALEXANDER THE GREAT, 10
MARC ANTONY, 37
ATTILA, _Archdeacon Farrar, D.D., F.R.S._, 59
BELISARIUS, _Charlotte M. Yonge_, 64
GODFREY DE BOUILLON, _Henry G. Hewlett_, 97
JULIUS CAESAR, _E. Spencer Beesly, M.A._, 32
CHARLEMAGNE, _Sir J. Bernard Burke_, 75
CLOVIS THE FIRST, _Thomas Wyatt, A.M._, 61
GASPARD DE COLIGNI, _Professor Creasy_, 164
HERNANDO CORTES, _H. Rider Haggard_,