CHAPTER I.
Benjamin Franklin.--HIS FAME STILL CLIMBING TO HEAVEN--WHAT HE HAD DONE AT FIFTY-TWO--POOR RICHARD'S ADDRESS
CHAPTER II.
Defence of a Great Man.--WAS DR. FRANKLIN MEAN?--JAMES PARTON'S ANSWER
CHAPTER III.
Sir Walter Scott and his Mother.--THE MOTHER'S EDUCATION--THE SON'S TRAINING--DOMESTIC LOVE AND SOCIAL DUTIES
CHAPTER IV.
Abigail Adams.--THE WIFE OF OUR SECOND PRESIDENT--THE MOTHER OF OUR SIXTH
CHAPTER V.
Two Neighbors.--WHAT THEY GOT OUT OF LIFE
CHAPTER VI.
Horace Greeley.--THE MOLDER OF PUBLIC OPINION--THE BRAVE JOURNALIST
CHAPTER VII.
Wendell Phillips.--THE TIMES WHEN HE APPEARED--"WHO IS THIS FELLOW?"--A FLAMING ADVOCATE OF LIBERTY--LIBERTY OF SPEECH AND THOUGHT--POWER TO DISCERN THE RIGHT--THE MOB-BEATEN HERO TRIUMPHANT
CHAPTER VIII.
Mary Wordsworth.--THE KINDLY WIFE OF THE GREAT POET
CHAPTER IX.
Madame Malibran.--HER CAREER AS A SINGER--KINDNESS OF HEART
CHAPTER X.
Garfield Maxims.--GATHERED FROM HIS SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC.
CHAPTER XI.
What I Carried to College.--A REMINISCENCE AT FORTY--PICTURES OF RURAL LIFE
CHAPTER XII.
Sir John Franklin.--HEROISM ON THE GREAT DEEP--A MARTYR OF THE POLAR SEA
CHAPTER XIII.
Elizabeth Estaugh.--A QUAKER COURTSHIP IN WHICH SHE WAS THE PRINCIPAL ACTOR
CHAPTER XIV.
"Chinese" Gordon.--IN THE TRENCHES OF THE CRIMEA--PUTS DOWN THE GREAT TAIPING REBELLION IN CHINA, IN 1863-4--HERO OF THE SOUDAN--BEARDS THE MEN-STEALERS IN THEIR STRONGHOLDS AND MAKES THE PEOPLE LOVE HIM
CHAPTER XV.
Men's Wives.--BITS OF COMMON SENSE AND WISDOM ON A GREAT SUBJECT
CHAPTER XVI.
Women's Husbands.--WHAT THE "BREAD-WINNERS" LIKE IN THEIR WIVES--A LITTLE CONSTITUTIONAL OPPOSITION
CHAPTER XVII.
John Ploughman.--WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT RELIGIOUS GRUMBLERS--GOOD NATURE AND FIRMNESS, ETC.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Caroline Lucretia Herschel.--A NOBLE, SELF-SACRIFICING WOMAN
CHAPTER XIX.
Pestiferous Literature.--THE PRINTING PRESS--THE FLOOD OF IMPURE AND LOATHSOME LITERATURE, ETC.
CHAPTER XX.
Satisfied.--AND OTHER POEMS
CHAPTER XXI.
Heroes of Science.--MICHAEL FARADAY--SIR WILLIAM SIEMENS--M. PASTEUR
CHAPTER XXII.
My Uncle Toby.--ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS OF A GREAT GENIUS
CHAPTER XXIII.
Stephen Girard.--THE NAPOLEON OF MERCHANTS--HIS LIFE SUCCESSFUL, AND YET A FAILURE
CHAPTER XXIV.
Disappointments.--PLEASURE AFTER PAIN--PAIN AFTER PLEASURE
CHAPTER XXV.
The Three Kings.--AN OLD STORY IN A NEW LIGHT
CHAPTER XXVI.
Florence Nightingale.--THE HEROINE OF THE CRIMEA
CHAPTER XXVII.
Shy People.--HAWTHORNE--WASHINGTON, IRVING, AND OTHERS--MADAME RECAMIER
CHAPTER XXVIII.
John Marshall.--IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY--His MARRIAGE--LAW LECTURES--AT THE BAR--His INTELLECTUAL POWERS--ON THE BENCH
CHAPTER XXIX.
A Noble Mother.--How SHE TRAINED HERSELF, AND EDUCATED HER BOYS
CHAPTER XXX.
The Care of the Body.--WHAT DR. SARGENT, OF THE HARVARD GYMNASIUM, SAYS ABOUT IT--POINTS FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND PUPILS
CHAPTER XXXI.
Saint Cecilia.--THE PATRONESS OF MUSIC--MYTHS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC--ITS RELATION TO WORK AND BLESSEDNESS
CHAPTER XXXII.
Thomas De Quincey.--A LIFE OF WONDER AND WARNING
CHAPTER XXXIII.
A Vision of Time.--NEW YEAR'S EVE
CHAPTER XXXIV.
John Bunyan.--FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT
CHAPTER XXXV.
Madame Roland.--THE MOST REMARKABLE WOMAN OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION--THE IPHIGENIA OF FRANCE