People's Book of Biography: Or, Short Lives of the Most Interesting Persons of All Ages and Countries

Virtue & Yorston, 1868 - 624 pages

GENERAL WASHINGTON AT HOME	7

JOHN HOWARD	30

The Residence of John Cabot in England Sebastian a Mapmaker The Voyage	58

HOW PROFESSOR MITCHELL BUILT HIS OBSERVATORY	79

His Family and early Life Unhealthiness of his Mind Refuses to embrace	85

BLAISE PASCAL	96

The Annual Celebration of his Birthday in New York The Usefulness of the Father	109

CHARLES AVERY	122

GUSTAVUS III	340

THOMAS JEFFERSON	346

CAPTAIN COOK	379

Seizes the supreme Power Travels in Quest of Knowledge Reforms	408

Easier to die well than to live well The Kings Declining Health Seized with	444

JOHN	450

GENERAL HENRY KNOX	457

His Early Life	463

WAS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEAN?	128

The Ancestors	140

The First Exhibition of the Steamboat at Philadelphia The early Misfortunes	146

Early Life His Love of Birds Pursues his Studies in France His Wanderings	163

Anecdote of the Discovery of his Talents His FatherInstances of the Boys	168

Mrs Adams upon the Election of her Husband General Washingtons Joy	191

NICHOLAS COPERNICUS	204

CHARLES GOODYEAR	215

DR VALENTINE MOTT	227

THEODORE R TIMBY	233

His celebrated Fight at School Place of his Birth His Education His mechan	261

Commonly called Magellan Importance of Portugal in Navigation He enters	296

SIR MARTIN FROBISHER	306

The Funeral of a Member of Congress Attended by the President Fired at by	469

ingAnecdote Not superstitious His Advice to the Scotch Clergymen	521

Hostile Correspon	532

SAMUEL ADAMS	553

Her Beauty and Accomplishments Courted by Jefferson Their WeddingTrip	566

Her Family Left a Widow Marries Mr Madison	574

THE WIFE OF DANIEL WEBSTER	580

Her Family Her early Life Death of her Father Married and Divorced	593

MRS SIGOURNEY	601

THE POET VIRGIL	607

THE POET HORACE	613

His FatherEducation Travels in ItalySchoolmasterServes under Crom	619

Title	People's Book of Biography: Or, Short Lives of the Most Interesting Persons of All Ages and Countries
Author	James Parton
Publisher	Virtue & Yorston, 1868
Original from	Columbia University
Digitized	14 Jul 2009
Length	624 pages

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