BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY ROSSITER W. RAYMOND.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
Preface[vii]
I.Ancestry[1]
II.Boyhood and Youth[10]
III.Business Ventures[16]
IV.Inventions[29]
V.The Tom Thumb[38]
VI.Municipal Affairs[52]
VII.The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art [64]
VIII.National Politics[96]
IX.The End[104]