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Title: Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 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 #26424]
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. IV.
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 IV.
SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE
JOHN ADAMS, _Edwin Williams_, 251
Letter from Adams to a friend
on the "Destiny of America," 252
LOUIS AGASSIZ, _Asa Gray_, 350
PRINCE VON BISMARCK, _Prince Outisky_, 385
SIMON BOLIVAR, _Hon. John P. St. John_, 306
EDMUND BURKE, _Dr. Heinrich Geffcken_, 226
JEAN FRANCOIS CHAMPOLLION, _Georg Ebers_, 311
GROVER CLEVELAND, _Clarence Cook_, 403
GEORGES CUVIER, _John Stoughton, D.D._, 287
CHARLES DARWIN, _Arch. Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S._, 355
BENJAMIN DISRAELI,
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