his possible achievements?" In this volume one sees
the barefoot boy rise to the eminent statesman, the great millionaire,
the honored inventor. How was this accomplished? We believe that a
careful study of the different characters, by the light of the author's
opinion of the characteristics essential to success, as shown in
Department Fifth, will show why they succeeded.

Let the reader follow each character separately, from childhood to
manhood, noting carefully the different changes in the career of each
and the motives which actuated and brought them about. If this book
shall serve to awaken dormant energies in ONE PERSON who might otherwise
have failed, we shall feel abundantly repaid. Doubtless, there are
others who are better qualified to write a treatise on such a subject;
nevertheless, we have done our best, and this done, we have attained
success.

CONTENTS.

ADAMS, JOHN, 129
ARTHUR, CHESTER A., 352
ASTOR, JOHN JACOB, 85
BARNUM, PHINEAS T., 81
BEECHER, HENRY WARD, 404
BENNETT, JAMES GORDON, 77
BENTON, THOMAS HART, 248
BLAINE, JAMES G., 362
BONNER, ROBERT, 45
CALHOUN, JOHN C., 209
CASS, LEWIS, 207
CHILDS, GEORGE W., 72
CLAFLIN, HORACE B., 26
CLAY, HENRY, 256
COOPER, PETER, 95
CORCORAN, WILLIAM W., 119
DISSTON, HENRY, 93
DODGE, WILLIAM E., 27
DOUGLASS, STEPHEN A., 267
DREW, DANIEL, 11
EDISON, THOMAS A., 476
EVERETT, EDWARD, 328
FAIR, JAMES G., 54
FARGO, WILLIAM G., 48
FIELD, CYRUS W., 467
FILLMORE, MILLARD, 281
FLOOD, JAMES C.,
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, 429
FULTON, ROBERT, 436
GARFIELD, JAMES A., 342
GIRARD, STEPHEN, 106
GOODYEAR, CHARLES, 457
GOULD, JAY, 30
GRANT, ULYSSES S., 299
GREELEY, HORACE, 61
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, 179
HANCOCK, WINFIELD S., 293
HARPER, JAMES, 90
HAYNE, ROBERT Y., 216
HOE, RICHARD M., 454
HOWE, JR., ELIAS, 444
JACKSON, ANDRE