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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