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Title: Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8
A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more
than 200 of the most prominent personages in History

Author: Various

Editor: Charles F. Horne

Release Date: March 30, 2009 [EBook #28455]

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[Illustration: Columbus before Isabella.]

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. V.

Copyright, 1894, BY SELMAR HESS

edited by Charles F. Horne

[Illustration: Publisher's arm.]

New-York: Selmar Hess Publisher

Copyright, 1894, by SELMAR HESS.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME V.

SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE

AENEAS, _Charlotte M. Yonge_, 12
ETHAN ALLEN, _Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham_, 200
KING ARTHUR, _Rev. S. Baring-Gould_, 36
THE CHEVALIER BAYARD, _Herbert Greenhough Smith_, 145
ST. BERNARD, _Henry G. Hewlett_, 60
ROBERT BRUCE, _Sir J. Bernard Burke, LL.D._, 105
WILLIAM CAXTON, 129
THE CID, _Henry G. Hewlett_, 56
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, _A. R. Spofford, LL.D._, 131
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, _Oliver Optic_, 188
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, _George Parsons Lathrop, LL.D._, 78
FREDERICK BARBAROSSA, _Lady Lamb_, 65
VASCO DA GAMA, _Judge Albion W. Tourgee_, 139
THE GRACCHI,