“A glorious company, the flower of men,
To serve as model for the mighty world,
And be the fair beginning of a time.”

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I[The Laird of Skyland: John Muir][3]
II[The Seer of Woodchuck Lodge: John Burroughs][31]
III[The Deep-Sea Doctor: Wilfred Grenfell][53]
IV[The Captain of His Soul: Captain Scott][81]
V[A Modern Viking: Jacob Riis][105]
VI[A Pioneer of the Open: Edward L. Trudeau][133]
VII[“The Prophet-Engineer”: George Washington Goethals][163]
VIII[A Shepherd of “The Great Country”: Bishop Rowe][201]
IX[A Hero of Flight: Samuel Pierpont Langley][233]
X[A Poet-Soldier: Rupert Brooke][263]
XI[A Citizen of the World: Herbert C. Hoover][295]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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John Muir Among His Beloved Trees[Frontispiece]
John Muir and John Burroughs in the Yosemite Valley[25]
Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell[55]
The Hospital at St. Anthony, Northern Newfoundland[66]
Captain Robert F. Scott[87]
Jacob A. Riis[110]
The Jacob A. Riis Settlement[119]
Edward L. Trudeau[146]
First Sanitarium Cottage Built[155]
Major Goethals[178]
The “Man of Panama” at Panama[195]
Bishop Peter T. Rowe[213]
Samuel P. Langley[248]
Rupert Brooke[274]
Herbert C. Hoover[300]
The Belgian Children’s Christmas Card[317]

THE LAIRD OF SKYLAND: JOHN MUIR

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
Nature’s peace will flow into you
As sunshine into trees;
The winds will blow their freshness into you,
And the storms their energy;
While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
John Muir.

HEROES OF TO-DAY