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