CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| George Peabody | Merchant | [1] |
| Bayard Taylor | Traveller | [13] |
| Captain James B. Eads | Civil Engineer | [26] |
| James Watt | Inventor | [33] |
| Sir Josiah Mason | Manufacturer | [46] |
| Bernard Palissy | Potter | [54] |
| Bertel Thorwaldsen | Sculptor | [65] |
| Wolfgang Mozart | Composer | [72] |
| Samuel Johnson | Author | [83] |
| Oliver Goldsmith | Poet and Writer | [90] |
| Michael Faraday | Scientist | [96] |
| Sir Henry Bessemer | Maker of Steel | [112] |
| Sir Titus Salt | Philanthropist | [124] |
| Joseph Marie Jacquard | Silk Weaver | [130] |
| Horace Greeley | Editor | [138] |
| William Lloyd Garrison | Reformer | [156] |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | Patriot | [172] |
| Jean Paul Richter | Novelist | [187] |
| Leon Gambetta | Statesman | [204] |
| David G. Farragut | Sailor | [219] |
| Ezra Cornell | Mechanic | [238] |
| Lieut.-General Sheridan | Soldier | [251] |
| Thomas Cole | Painter | [270] |
| Ole Bull | Violinist | [284] |
| Meissonier | Artist | [303] |
| Geo. W. Childs | Journalist | [313] |
| Dwight L. Moody | Evangelist | [323] |
| Abraham Lincoln | President | [342] |
GEORGE PEABODY.