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Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
The Project Gutenberg eBook, Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 of 8, Edited by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Title: Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 of 8
A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History
Editor: Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Release Date: May 30, 2009 [eBook #28997]
Language: English
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Transcriber's note:
Obvious printer's errors have been corrected. Hyphenation and accentuation have been made consistent. All other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been retained.
Page 185, the date of the death of Rev. Tennyson is 1831, not 1811 as written in the book.

The First Meeting of Dante and Beatrice.
GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN
A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of
THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 200 OF THE MOST PROMINENT PERSONAGES IN HISTORY.
VOL. VII.
Copyright, 1894, by SELMAR HESS
Edited By Charles F. Horne
New-York: Selmar Hess Publisher
Copyright, 1894, by Selmar Hess.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII.
- SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE
- ROBERT BROWNING, 191
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, Richard Henry Stoddard, 148
- JOHN BUNYAN, John Greenleaf Whittier, 66
- ROBERT BURNS, Will Carleton, 112
- THOMAS CARLYLE, W. Wallace, 154
- Letter from Carlyle on the "Choice of a Profession," 161
- CERVANTES, Joseph Forster, 39
- THOMAS CHATTERTON, Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston, 107
- GEOFFREY CHAUCER, Alice King, 29
- JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, President Charles F. Thwing, 144
- DANTE, Archdeacon Farrar, D.D., F.R.S., 19
- DANIEL DE FOE, Clark Russell, 72
- CHARLES DICKENS, Walter Besant, 186
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Moncure D. Conway, 166
- Letter from Emerson to his child on the subject of "Health," 173
- GOETHE, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, 122
- OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Francis H. Underwood, 196
- HOMER, William Ewart Gladstone, 1
- HORACE, J. W. Mackail, 16
- VICTOR HUGO, Margaret O. W. Oliphant, 161
- WASHINGTON IRVING,