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ACTOR

CHAPTER XIV.
"CHINESE" GORDON.--IN THE TRENCHES OF THE
CRIMEA--PUTS DOWN THE GREAT TAIPING REBELLION IN
CHINA, IN 1863-4--HERO OF THE SOUDAN--BEARDS THE
MEN-STEALERS IN THEIR STRONGHOLDS AND MAKES THE
PEOPLE LOVE HIM

CHAPTER XV.
MEN'S WIVES.--BITS OF COMMON SENSE AND WISDOM ON A
GREAT SUBJECT

CHAPTER XVI.
WOMEN'S HUSBANDS.--WHAT THE "BREAD-WINNERS" LIKE
IN THEIR WIVES--A LITTLE CONSTITUTIONAL OPPOSITION

CHAPTER XVII.
JOHN PLOUGHMAN.--WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT RELIGIOUS
GRUMBLERS--GOOD NATURE AND FIRMNESS, ETC.

CHAPTER XVIII.
CAROLINE LUCRETIA HERSCHEL.--A NOBLE,
SELF-SACRIFICING WOMAN

CHAPTER XIX.
PESTIFEROUS LITERATURE.--THE PRINTING PRESS--THE
FLOOD OF IMPURE AND LOATHSOME LITERATURE, ETC.

CHAPTER XX.
SATISFIED.--AND OTHER POEMS

CHAPTER XXI.
HEROES OF SCIENCE.--MICHAEL FARADAY--SIR WILLIAM
SIEMENS--M. PASTEUR

CHAPTER XXII.
MY UNCLE TOBY.--ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS OF

A GREAT GENIUS

CHAPTER XXIII.
STEPHEN GIRARD.--THE NAPOLEON OF MERCHANTS--HIS
LIFE SUCCESSFUL, AND YET A FAILURE

CHAPTER XXIV.
DISAPPOINTMENTS.--PLEASURE AFTER PAIN--PAIN AFTER
PLEASURE

CHAPTER XXV.
THE THREE KINGS.--AN OLD STORY IN A NEW LIGHT

CHAPTER XXVI.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.--THE HEROINE OF THE CRIMEA

CHAPTER XXVII.
SHY PEOPLE.--HAWTHORNE--WASHINGTON, IRVING, AND
OTHERS--MADAME RECAMIER

CHAPTER XXVIII.

JOHN MARSHALL.--IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY--His
MARRIAGE--LAW LECTURES--AT THE BAR--His
INTELLECTUAL POWERS--ON THE BENCH

CHAPTER XXIX.
A NOBLE MOTHER.--How SHE TRAINED HERSELF, AND
EDUCATED HER BOYS

CHAPTER XXX.
THE CARE OF THE BODY.--WHAT DR. SARGENT, OF THE
HARVARD GYMNASIUM, SAYS ABOUT IT--POINTS FOR
PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND PUPILS

CHAPTER XXXI.
SAINT CECILIA.--THE PATRONESS OF MUSIC--MYTHS
CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC--ITS RELATION TO
WORK AND BLESSEDNESS

CHAPTER XXXII.
THOMAS DE QUINCEY.--A LIFE OF WONDER AND WARNING

CHAPTER XXXIII.
A VISION OF TIME.--NEW YEAR'S EVE

CHAPTER XXXIV.
JOHN BUNYAN.--FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

CHAPTER XXXV.
MADAME ROLAND.--THE MOST REMARKABLE WOMAN OF
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION--THE IPHIGENIA OF FRANCE

CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHEERFUL AND BRAVE.--THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON--SIR
WALTER RALEIGH--XENOPHON--CÆSAR--NELSON, ETC.

CHAPTER XXXVII.
HAROLD.--THE LAST SAXON KING OF ENGLAND

CHAPTER XXXVIII.
PETER COOPER.--THE LESSONS OF A LONG AND USEFUL
LIFE

CHAPTER XXXIX.
ILLUSIONS.--"THEREFORE TRUST TO THY HEART AND

WHAT THE WORLD CALLS ILLUSIONS"

CHAPTER XL.
PHILLIPS BROOKS.--At Home

CHAPTER XLI.
ST. JOHN AND THE ROBBER.--A LEGEND OF THE FIRST
CENTURY

CHAPTER XLII.
JOHN PLOUGHMAN AGAIN.--THE PITH AND MARROW OF
CERTAIN OLD PROVERBS

CHAPTER XLIII.
HENRY WILSON.--FROM THE SHOEMAKER'S BENCH TO THE
CHAIR OF VICE-PRESIDENT

CHAPTER XLIV.
JOAN OF ARC.--THE PEASANT MAIDEN WHO DELIVERED
HER COUNTRY AND BECAME A MARTYR IN ITS CAUSE

CHAPTER XLV.
THE SONG OF WORK.--MANY PHASES AND MANY
EXAMPLES

CHAPTER XLVI.
ALVAN S. SOUTHWORTH.--CROSSING THE NUBIAN DESERT

CHAPTER XLVII.
A FORBIDDEN TOPIC.--WHICH SOME PEOPLE PERSIST IN
INTRODUCING

CHAPTER XLVIII.
IDA LEWIS WILSON.--THE GRACE DARLING OF AMERICA

CHAPTER XLIX.
RACHEL JACKSON.--THE WIFE OF OUR SEVENTH PRESIDENT

CHAPTER L.
DISCONTENTED GIRLS.--ONE PANACEA FOR THEM--AND
ONE REFUGE

CHAPTER LI.
THE VOICE IN RAMAH.--"RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER
CHILDREN, AND WOULD NOT BE COMFORTED BECAUSE
THEY WERE NOT"

CHAPTER LII.
LA FAYETTE.--THE FRIEND AND DEFENDER OF LIBERTY ON
TWO CONTINENTS

CHAPTER LIII.
LYDIA SIGOURNEY.--THE LESSON OF A USEFUL AND
BEAUTIFUL LIFE

CHAPTER LIV.
OLD AGE AND USEFULNESS.--THE GLORY OF BRAVE MEN
AND WOMEN

CHAPTER LV.
RHYMES AND CHIMES.--SUITABLE FOR AUTOGRAPH
ALBUMS
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I.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
(BORN 1706--DIED 1790.)
HIS FAME STILL CLIMBING TO HEAVEN--WHAT HE HAD
DONE AT FIFTY-TWO--POOR RICHARD'S ADDRESS.
The late Judge Black was remarkable not only for his wit and humor,
which often enlivened the dry logic of law and fact, but also for flashes
of unique eloquence. In presenting a certain brief before the United
States Supreme Court he had occasion to animadvert upon some of our
great men. Among other things he said, as related to the writer by one
who heard him: "The colossal name of Washington is growing year by
year, and the fame of Franklin is still climbing to heaven,"
accompanying the latter words by such a movement of his right hand
that not one of his hearers failed to see the immortal kite quietly
bearing the philosopher's question to the clouds. It was a point which
delivered the answer. In the life of every great man there is likewise a
point which delivers the special message which he was born to publish
to the world. Biography is greatly simplified when it confines itself
chiefly to that one point. What does the reader, who has his own work
to do, care for a great multitude of details which are not needed for the
setting of the picture? To the point is the cry of our busy life.
Benjamin Franklin is here introduced to the reader
AT FIFTY-TWO.
What had he done at that age to command more than ordinary respect
and admiration?
I. Born in poverty and obscurity, in which he passed his early years;
with no advantages of education in the schools of his day, after he
entered