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CENTRAL BAPTIST, St. Louis : 



" A perusal of this volume will give the 

 reader a more correct idea of the charac- 

 ter discussed than he would probably 

 get from reading their biographies. The 

 lecture is analytical, penetrative, terse, 

 incisive, and candid. The book is worth 

 its price, and will amply repay reading." 



SCHOOL JOURNAL, New York : 

 "Torse and brief as the soul of wit 

 itself." 



INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL, 



Indiana : 



"It presents, in fine setting, the wit 

 and wisdom of Washington Irving, Oliver 

 W. Holmes, James R. Lowell, Artemus 

 Ward, Mark Twain, and Bret Uarte, and 

 does it con amor^s." 



THE MAIL, Toronto, Out.: 



"Rev. H. R. Haweis is a writer too 

 well-known to need commendation at 

 onr hands for, at least, his literary stylo. 

 The general result is that not a page re- 

 pels us and not a sentence tires. We 

 find ourselves drawn pleasantly along in 

 just the way we want to go; all our 

 favorite points remembered, all our own 

 pet phrases praised, and the good things 

 of each writer brought forward to re- 

 fresh one's memory. In fine, the book 

 is a most agreeable companion." 

 LUTHERAN OBSER VER, Phila- 

 delphia : 



" The peculiar style, the mental char- 

 acter, and the secret of success, of each 

 of these prominent writers, arc presented 

 with great clearness and discrimination." 



IV. 



Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers. 



WESTERN CHRISTIAN AD- 

 VOC AT f, Cincinnati: 



"When we first took np this volume 

 we were surprised that anybody should 

 attempt to make a book with precisely 

 this form and title. But as we rend its 

 p^ges we were far more surprised to 

 find them replete with interest and in- 

 struction. It should be sold by the 

 scores of thousands. 1 ' 

 fR ESB YTEKIAN OBSER VER, 

 Baltimore : 



" The writer of this book well under- 

 stands how to write biography a gift 

 vouchsafed only to a few." 

 NEW YORK HERALD: 



" The sons of Si. Crispin havo always 

 been noted for independence of thought 

 in politics and in religion ; and Mr. 

 Winks has written a very readable ac- 

 count of the lives of the more famous of 

 the craft. The book is quite interest- 

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D ANBURY NEWS, Conn. : 



''The STANDARD LIBRARY has been 

 enriched by this addition." 



LITERARY WORLD, London : 



" The pages contain a great deal of in- 

 teresting material remarkable episodes 

 of experience and history." 

 BOSTON GLOBE: 



" A valuable book, containing mnch in- 

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 to self-help." 



CHRISTIAN STANDARD, Cin- 

 cinnati : 



" It will inspire a noble ambition, and 

 may redeem many a life from failure." 

 CHRISTIA ff SECRETARY, Uart- 

 ford, Conn. : 



" Written in a sprightly and popular 

 manner. Full of interest." 

 EVA NGELICAL MESSENGER, 

 Cleveland : 



"Everybody can read the bonk with 

 interest, but the young will be specially 

 profited by its perusal." 

 LEICESTER CHRONICLE, Ecg- 

 land : 



" A work of the deepest interest anf 

 of singular ability." 



