Author of “The Gentle Life,” “Out and About,” etc.
Contents: The Uses of Fame—Great Thinkers—Heroes—Rulers of Mankind—Leaders of Men—Lovers of their Country—Votaries of Science—Ploughers of the Deep—Pioneers of Science—Great Workers—Lovers of Nature—Searchers of the Skies—Watchers on the Shore—Patriots—Benefactors of their Kind—Workers and Thinkers.
“Written not only to instruct and amuse, but also with the purpose of inculcating good and honourable principles. Its style is terse and elegant. The book betokens extensive reading, and the advice given is always kindly, often noble, and mostly shrewd and clever.”—Illustrated London News.
“The title-page intimates that it is ‘a book to open other books.’ It will do that and perhaps more, for it may be the means of making other books, by inciting its younger readers to follow the examples of its heroes, and thereby making themselves famous enough to have their lives recorded in a book. ‘Footsteps to Fame’ is a book worth the reading and remembering.”—City Press.
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