THE BEACON BIOGRAPHIES. 



M. A. DEWOLFE HOWE, Editor, 



The aim of this series is to furnish brief, read- 

 able, and authentic accounts of the lives of those 

 Americans whose personalities have impressed 

 themselves most deeply on the character and 

 history of their country. On account of the 

 length of the more formal lives, often running 

 into large volumes, the average busy man and 

 woman have not the time or hardly the inclina- 

 tion to acquaint themselves with American bi- 

 ography. In the present series everything that 

 such a reader would ordinarily care to know is 

 given by writers of special competence, who 

 possess in full measure the best contemporary 

 point of view. Each volume is equipped with 

 a frontispiece portrait, a calendar of important 

 dates, and a brief bibliography for further read- 

 ing. Finally, the volumes are printed in a form 

 convenient for reading and for carrying handily 

 in the pocket. 



SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY, Publishers. 



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