CONTENTS

Introduction, by William Allan Neilson[xi]
I.Stephen Girard[1]
II.John Ericsson[17]
III.Louis Agassiz[37]
IV.Carl Schurz[56]
V.Theodore Thomas[74]
VI.Andrew Carnegie[91]
VII.James J. Hill[104]
VIII.Augustus Saint-Gaudens[121]
IX.Jacob A. Riis[140]