BURTON E. STEVENSON
AUTHOR OF "A GUIDE TO BIOGRAPHY—MEN OF ACTION,"
"A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.; COMPILER OF "DAYS AND
DEEDS—POETRY," "DAYS AND DEEDS—PROSE," ETC.
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1913
COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY
THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY
Published, June, 1910
LONGFELLOW
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I.—"MEN OF MIND"[11]
II.—WRITERS OF PROSE[19]
Summary to Chapter II[49]
III.—WRITERS OF VERSE[54]
Summary to Chapter III [80]
IV—PAINTERS[85]
Summary to Chapter IV [120]
V—SCULPTORS[125]
Summary to Chapter V[154]
VI.—THE STAGE[157]
Summary to Chapter VI [182]
VII.—SCIENTISTS AND EDUCATORS[186]
Summary to Chapter VII [224]
VIII.—PHILANTHROPISTS AND REFORMERS[231]
Summary to Chapter VIII[286]
IX.—MEN OF AFFAIRS[291]
Summary to Chapter IX[324]
X.—INVENTORS[327]
Summary to Chapter VIII[371]
INDEX[375]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING
PAGE
Longfellow[Frontispiece]
Hawthorne[28]
Emerson[44]
Greeley[48]
Stuart[92]
Booth[158]
Agassiz[190]
Eliot[216]
Girard[232]
Beecher[252]
Wanamaker[314]
Morse[336]