Excerpt from Famous Men of Ancient Times The reader of these pages will perhaps remark, that the length of the following sketches is hardly proportioned to the

Excerpt from Famous Men of Rome The study of history, like the study of a landscape, should begin with the most conspicuous features. Not until these have been

Excerpt from Famous Men of Greece The famous men of ancient and modern times are the mountain peaks of history. It is logical then that the study of history sho

Excerpt from Famous Men of Modern Times It should be carefully noted that this little volume is the fourth and last in a series written for the express purpose