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Title: American Men of Mind
Author: Burton E. Stevenson
Release Date: January 7, 2008 [EBook #24200]
Language: English
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AMERICAN
MEN OF MIND
BY
BURTON E. STEVENSON
AUTHOR OF "A GUIDE TO BIOGRAPHY--MEN OF ACTION," "A SOLDIER OF
VIRGINIA," ETC.; COMPILER OF "DAYS AND DEEDS--POETRY," "DAYS AND
DEEDS--PROSE," ETC.
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1913
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COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY
THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY
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Published, June, 1910
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[Illustration: LONGFELLOW]
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I.--"MEN OF MIND" 11
II.--WRITERS OF PROSE 19
Summary to Chapter II 49
III.--WRITERS OF VERSE 54
Summary to Chapter III 80
IV.--PAINTERS 85
Summary to Chapter IV 120
V.--SCULPTORS 125
Summary to Chapter V 154
VI.--THE STAGE 157
Summary to Chapter VI 182
VII.--SCIENTISTS AND EDUCATORS 186
Summary to Chapter VII 224
VIII.--PHILANTHROPISTS AND REFORMERS 231
Summary to Chapter VIII 286
IX.--MEN OF AFFAIRS 291
Summary to Chapter IX 324
X.--INVENTORS 327
Summary to Chapter X 371
INDEX 37
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