ILLUSTRATIONSPAGE[EDWIN BOOTH]Frontispiece[DANTE]7[TORQUATO TASSO]11[SHAKSPERE—Stratford Bust]15[SHAKSPERE—Kesselstadt Mask]17[DAVID GARRICK]21[EDMUND KEAN]25[JOHN M’CULLOUGH]29[DION BOUCICAULT]31[LAWRENCE BARRETT]35[HENRY EDWARDS]39[EDWIN BOOTH]43[MRS. SIDDONS]47[LOUISE OF PRUSSIA]51[MARIA F. MALIBRAN]55[FREDERICK SCHILLER]59[LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN—From Life]63[LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN—From Death]65[FELIX MENDELSSOHN]69[G. R. MIRABEAU]73[JEAN PAUL MARAT]77[MAXIMILIAN ROBESPIERRE]79[SIR ISAAC NEWTON]83[BEN. CAUNT]87[WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY]89[THOMAS CHALMERS]93[SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE]97[WILLIAM WORDSWORTH]101[JOHN KEATS]107[SAMUEL JOHNSON]111[BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON]115[JEREMY BENTHAM]119[DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI]123[COUNT CAVOUR]127[PIUS IX]129[GIACOMO LEOPARDI]133[JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY]135[SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE]139[J. M. W. TURNER]143[HIRAM POWERS]147[LOUIS AGASSIZ—From Life]151[LOUIS AGASSIZ—From Death]153[CHARLES SUMNER]155[ANTONIO CANOVA]159[RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN]161[THOMAS MOORE]165[EDMUND BURKE]169[JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN]173[LORD PALMERSTON]175[BENJAMIN DISRAELI]179[JONATHAN SWIFT]183[SIR WALTER SCOTT]189[ROBERT BURNS]193[KING ROBERT THE BRUCE]195[NAPOLEON I]199[NAPOLEON III]203[OLIVER CROMWELL]207[HENRY IV. OF FRANCE]215[CHARLES XII. OF SWEDEN]219[FREDERICK THE GREAT]223[U. S. GRANT]227[WILLIAM T. SHERMAN]231[GEORGE WASHINGTON]235[BENJAMIN FRANKLIN]239[THOMAS PAINE]243[AARON BURR]247[ABRAHAM LINCOLN]251[DANIEL WEBSTER]255[HENRY CLAY]257[JOHN C. CALHOUN]259[LORD BROUGHAM]263[FLORIDA NEGRO BOY]266