Plodding On: or, The Jog-trot to Fame and Fortune. Illustrated by the Life-Stories of
| GEORGE PEABODY, | HUGH MILLER, |
| JOHN KITTO, | GEORGE ROMNEY, |
| ROBERT CHAMBERS, | M. W. WATSON, |
| CHARLES KNIGHT, | THOMAS BRASSEY, |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By Henry Curwen, Author of “A History of Booksellers,” etc.
“We are glad to meet with a book of this kind, which has left the well worn tracks pursued by writers of similar works. There is a great variety in the characters of the different men whose lives are chronicled, and in the circumstances which surrounded them, but there is the common tie of a brave heart, a single purpose, and an indomitable will. The book is written in a manly, honest spirit, and should find a place in the library of every home.”—Guernsey Mail.
“A splendid book for boys and young men, illustrating, by the best method of all, life-histories, the way in which successful men have triumphed over early disadvantages, and have arrived at a great and good name and ample wealth by quiet perseverance in the path of duty.”—Dundee Courier.
“The biographical sketches are so presented as to bring out in a salient manner the great faculty these remarkable men have for hard and indomitable work. It is made evident that the greatness of a country and the progress of civilization grow out of the labour of such men.”—School Board Chronicle.
“These men are not idolized by Mr. Curwen, who does his work in sincerity and love. The former prevents the false hero-regarding which is too much the fashion, the latter imparts the author’s enthusiasm. Portraits add to the value of the half-crown volume.”—Derbyshire Mercury.