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

CHAPTER XXXVI.

Cheerful and Brave.--THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON--SIR WALTER RALEIGH--XENOPHON--CÆSAR--NELSON, ETC.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Harold.--THE LAST SAXON KING OF ENGLAND

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

Peter Cooper.--THE LESSONS OF A LONG AND USEFUL LIFE

CHAPTER XXXIX.

Illusions.--"THEREFORE TRUST TO THY HEART AND WHAT THE WORLD CALLS ILLUSIONS"

CHAPTER XL.

Phillips Brooks.--At Home

CHAPTER XLI.

St. John and the Robber.--A LEGEND OF THE FIRST CENTURY

CHAPTER XLII.

John Ploughman Again.--THE PITH AND MARROW OF CERTAIN OLD PROVERBS

CHAPTER XLIII.

Henry Wilson.--FROM THE SHOEMAKER'S BENCH TO THE CHAIR OF VICE-PRESIDENT

CHAPTER XLIV.

Joan of Arc.--THE PEASANT MAIDEN WHO DELIVERED HER COUNTRY AND BECAME A MARTYR IN ITS CAUSE

CHAPTER XLV.

The Song of Work.--MANY PHASES AND MANY EXAMPLES

CHAPTER XLVI.

Alvan S. Southworth.--CROSSING THE NUBIAN DESERT

CHAPTER XLVII.

A Forbidden Topic.--WHICH SOME PEOPLE PERSIST IN INTRODUCING

CHAPTER XLVIII.

Ida Lewis Wilson.--THE GRACE DARLING OF AMERICA

CHAPTER XLIX.

Rachel Jackson.--THE WIFE OF OUR SEVENTH PRESIDENT

CHAPTER L.

Discontented Girls.--ONE PANACEA FOR THEM--AND ONE REFUGE