CONTENTS.

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I.—MEN OF ACTION.
[WASHINGTON]9
[BURKE]44
[NECKER]68
[PITT]82
[LORD ERSKINE]103
[LORD COLLINGWOOD]123
[LORD TEIGNMOUTH]143
II.—MEN OF LETTERS.
[DEAN MILNER]159
[DAVID HUME]180
[ROBERT SOUTHEY]200
[THOMAS MOORE]226
III.—ARTISTS.
[SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS]243
[SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY]272
[SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN]289
IV.—MEN OF SCIENCE.
[DR. WILLIAM HUNTER]305
[BLACK]324
[BRINDLEY]332
[WATT]340
[ADAM SMITH]348

LIST OF PLATES.

[MOORE AND SCOTT IN THE RHYMER’S GLEN]Frontis.
[YOUNG WASHINGTON’S MILITARY ASPIRATIONS]Page 11
[BURKE READING TO HIS MOTHER]46
[ERSKINE’S FIRST SUCCESSES]116
[COLLINGWOOD’S JUVENILE GENEROSITY]130
[MILNER RESCUED FROM THE LOOM]166
[SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS AT BLENHEIM]267
[CHANTREY’S EARLY STUDIES]277

FOOTPRINTS OF FAMOUS MEN.

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