People's book of biography

Or, short lives of the most interesting persons of all ages and countries. Containing more than eighty sketches of the lives and deeds of eminent philanthrophists, inventors, authors, poets, discoverers, soldiers, adventurers, travelers, politicians, and rulers, women as well as men

By James Parton, author of Life of Benjamin Franklin, Life of Andrew Jackson, Life and time of Aaron Burr, Famous americans of recent times, General butler in New Orleans, etc. etc. Richly illustrated with twelve steel engravings