CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

I.   THOMAS TELFORD, STONEMASON II.   GEORGE STEPHENSON, ENGINE-MAN III.   JOHN GIBSON, SCULPTOR IV.   WILLIAM HERSCHEL, BANDSMAN V.   JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET, PAINTER VI.   JAMES GARFIELD, CANAL BOY VII.   THOMAS EDWARD, SHOEMAKER

PREFACE.

My acknowledgments are due to Dr. Smiles's "Lives of the Engineers," "Life of the Stephensons," and "Life of a Scotch Naturalist;" to Lady Eastlake's "Life of Gibson;" to Mr. Holden's "Life of Sir William Herschel;" to M. Seusier's "J. F. Millet, Sa Vie et Ses Oeuvres;" and to Mr. Thayer's "Life of President Garfield;" from which most of the facts here narrated have been derived.

G.A.