COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

In the preparation of this volume the publishers have received from several houses and authors generous permissions to reprint copyright material. For this they wish to express their cordial gratitude. In particular, acknowledgments are due to the Houghton Mifflin Company for the extract concerning Elihu Burritt; to George W. Jacobs & Co. for the extract from Booker T. Washington's "Frederick Douglass"; to P. B. Bromfield for permission to use passages from "The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher"; to the late Booker T. Washington for permission to reprint extracts from "Up From Slavery"; to Judge Ben. B. Lindsey for permission to reprint from "The Beast."

CONTENTS

ORATORS AND REFORMERS

[ DEMOSTHENES
The Orator Who Stammered
]

[ ELIHU BURRITT
"The Learned Blacksmith"
]

[ JOHN B. GOUGH
The Conquest of a Bad Habit
]

[ FREDERICK DOUGLASS
The Slave Who Stole Freedom
]

[ HENRY WARD BEECHER
The Boy Who Half-heartedly Joined the Church
]