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THE WORLD’S LEADERS

A NEW SERIES OF BIOGRAPHIES

Edited by W. P. Trent

The notable interest in biography has generally been met by two widely different classes of publication—the biographical dictionaries, and volumes devoted each to an individual. There seems room for a series devoted to individuals in whose lives everybody is interested, and systematically arranged.

This new series is to be called “The World’s Leaders.” It will consist of large 12mo volumes, each containing from five to a dozen biographies, classified by volumes according to the pursuits of the men treated. It will include only those whose names are known to virtually all reading people, and will be written by the most capable authors who can be interested in the task. Pains will be taken to make the volumes interesting and inspiring, no less than reliable and instructive.

The books are designed not so much to recount history, as to portray the men who, in their respective departments, have made history. It is intended that the contents shall be biographies rather than treatises on the various fields of activity in which their subjects gained eminence, or than expositions, criticisms or philosophies; and yet it is realized that the best biography must contain something of each of the others.

It is not intended to put the books on a plane that will make much in them unattractive to any boy of fifteen who would care to read biography.

Each, with portraits. Large 12mo. $1.75 net.

H. W. Boynton’s The World’s Leading Poets.—Homer, Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Goethe.

G. B. Rose’s The World’s Leading Painters.—Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Velasquez, Rembrandt.

W. L. Bevan’s The World’s Leading Conquerors.—Alexander, Cæsar, Charles the Great, The Ottoman Conquerors of Europe, Cortes and Pizarro, Napoleon.

Other Volumes in Preparation

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LEADING AMERICANS

Edited by W. P. Trent, and generally confined to those no longer living. Large 12mo. With portraits.

Each $1.75, by mail $1.90.

R. M. JOHNSTON’S LEADING AMERICAN SOLDIERS

By the Author of “Napoleon,” etc.

Washington, Greene, Taylor, Scott, Andrew Jackson, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, McClellan, Meade, Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston.

“Very interesting ... much sound originality of treatment, and the style is very clear.”—Springfield Republican.

JOHN ERSKINE’S LEADING AMERICAN NOVELISTS

Charles Brockden Brown, Cooper, Simms, Hawthorne, Mrs. Stowe, and Bret Harte.

“He makes his study of these novelists all the more striking because of their contrasts of style and their varied purpose.... Well worth any amount of time we may care to spend upon them.”—Boston Transcript.

W. M. PAYNE’S LEADING AMERICAN ESSAYISTS

A General Introduction dealing with essay writing in America, and biographies of Irving, Emerson, Thoreau, and George William Curtis.

“It is necessary to know only the name of the author of this work to be assured of its literary excellence.”—Literary Digest.

LEADING AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE

Edited by President David Starr Jordan.

Count Rumford and Josiah Willard Gibbs, by E. E. Slosson; Alexander Wilson and Audubon, by Witmer Stone; Silliman, by Daniel C. Gilman; Joseph Henry, by Simon Newcomb; Louis Agassiz and Spencer Fullerton Baird, by Charles F. Holder; Jeffries Wyman, by B. G. Wilder; Asa Gray, by John M. Coulter; James Dwight Dana, by William North Rice; Marsh, by Geo. Bird Grinnell; Edward Drinker Cope, by Marcus Benjamin; Simon Newcomb, by Marcus Benjamin; George Brown Goode, by D. S. Jordan; Henry Augustus Rowland, by Ira Remsen; William Keith Brooks, by E. A. Andrews.

GEORGE ILES’S LEADING AMERICAN INVENTORS

By the author of “Inventors at Work,” etc. Colonel John Stevens (screw-propeller, etc.); his son, Robert (T-rail, etc.); Fulton; Ericsson; Whitney; Blanchard (lathe); McCormick; Howe; Goodyear; Morse; Tilghman (paper from wood and sand blast); Sholes (typewriter); and Mergenthaler (linotype).

Other Volumes covering Lawyers, Poets, Statesmen, Editors, Explorers, etc., arranged for. Leaflet on application.

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

A Short History. 12mo. 278 pp., with special bibliographies following each chapter, and index. $1.25 net; by mail, $1.37.

“An almost ideal book of its kind and within its scope ... a clear idea of the development and of the really significant men of events of that cardinal epoch in the history of France and Europe is conveyed to readers, many of whom will have been bewildered by the anecdotal fulness or the rhetorical romancing of Professor Johnston’s most conspicuous predecessors.”—Churchman.

“Deserves to take rank as a little classic and as such to be given a place in all libraries. Not only is this admirably written, but it singles out the persons and events best worth understanding, viewing the great social upheaval from a long perspective.”—San Francisco Chronicle.

NAPOLEON

A Short Biography. 12mo. 248 pp., with special bibliographies following each chapter, and index. $1.25 net; by mail, $1.37.

“Scholarly, readable, and acute.”—Nation.

“It is difficult to speak with moderation of a work so pleasant to read, so lucid, so skillful.”—Boston Transcript.

“A quite admirable book.”—London Spectator.

“The style is clear, concise and readable.”—London Athenæum.

“In a small volume of less than 250 pages he gives us a valuable key to the history of the European Continent from the Reign of Terror to the present day.”—London Morning Post.

LEADING AMERICAN SOLDIERS

Biographies of Washington, Greene, Taylor, Scott, Andrew Jackson, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, McClellan, Meade, Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston. With portraits. 1 vol. $1.75 net; by mail $1.88.

In the “Leading Americans” series. Prospectus of the series on request.

“Performs a real service in preserving the essentials.”—Review of Reviews.

“Very interesting.... Much sound originality of treatment, and the style is clear.”—Springfield Republican.

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“Excellent.”—The Outlook. “Exceedingly worth while.”—The Nation.

“The excellence of these books.”—The Dial.

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Rome By W. Warde Fowler.

The History of England By A. F. Pollard.

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The Civil War By F. L. Paxson.

The Dawn of History By J. L. Myres.

Peoples and Problems of India By T. W. Holderness.

Canada By A. G. Bradley.

The French Revolution By Hilaire Belloc.

A Short History of War & Peace By G. H. Perris.

The Irish Nationality By Alice S. Green.

The Papacy & Modern Times By W. Barry.

Medieval Europe By H. W. C. Davis.

Warfare in Britain By Hilaire Belloc.

Modern Geography By Marian I. Newbigin.

Polar Exploration By W. S. Bruce.

Master Mariners By John R. Spears.

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THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE

American and English (1580-1912)

Compiled by Burton E. Stevenson. Collects the best short poetry of the English language—not only the poetry everybody says is good, but also the verses that everybody reads. (3742 pages; India paper, 1 vol., 8vo, complete author, title and first line indices, $7.50 net; carriage 40 cents extra.)

The most comprehensive and representative collection of American and English poetry ever published, including 3,120 unabridged poems from some 1,100 authors.

It brings together in one volume the best short poetry of the English language from the time of Spencer, with especial attention to American verse.

The copyright deadline has been passed, and some three hundred recent authors are included, very few of whom appear in any other general anthology, such as Lionel Johnson, Noyes, Housman, Mrs. Meynell, Yeats, Dobson, Lang, Watson, Wilde, Francis Thompson, Gilder, Le Gallienne, Van Dyke, Woodberry, Riley, etc., etc.

The poems as arranged by subject, and the classification is unusually close and searching. Some of the most comprehensive sections are: Children’s rhymes (300 pages); love poems (800 pages); nature poetry (400 pages); humorous verse (500 pages); patriotic and historical poems (600 pages); reflective and descriptive poetry (400 pages). No other collection contains so many popular favorites and fugitive verses.

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THE VISTA OF ENGLISH VERSE

Compiled by Henry S. Pancoast. From Spencer to Kipling.

LETTERS THAT LIVE

Compiled by Laura E. Lockwood and Amy R. Kelly. Some 150 letters.

POEMS FOR TRAVELLERS

(About “The Continent.”)

Compiled by Miss Mary R. J. DuBois.

THE OPEN ROAD

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THE FRIENDLY TOWN

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THE POETIC OLD-WORLD

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THE POETIC NEW-WORLD

Compiled by Miss Humphrey.

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Chinese Immigration

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Presents the most comprehensive record of the Chinaman in the United States that has yet been attempted.

“Scholarly. Covers every important phase, economic, social, and political, of the Chinese question in America down to the San Francisco fire in 1906.”—New York Sun.

“Statesmanlike. Of intense interest.”—Hartford Courant.

“A remarkably thorough historical study. Timely and useful. Enhanced by the abundant array of documentary facts and evidence.”—Chicago Record-Herald.

Immigration: And Its Effects Upon the United States

By Prescott F. Hall, A.B., LL.B., Secretary of the Immigration Restriction League. 393 pp. $1.50 net; by mail, $1.65.

“Should prove interesting to everyone. Very readable, forceful and convincing. Mr. Hall considers every possible phase of this great question and does it in a masterly way that shows not only that he thoroughly understands it, but that he is deeply interested in it and has studied everything bearing upon it.”—Boston Transcript.

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The Election of Senators

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Shows the historical reasons for the present method, and its effect on the Senate and Senators, and on state and local government, with a detailed review of the arguments for and against direct election.

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Translated from the French by Dr. Arthur Mitchell

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THE SQUIRREL-CAGE. By Dorothy Canfield

A novel recounting the struggle of an American wife and mother to call her soul her own.

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