ILLUSTRATIONS
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EDWIN BOOTH Frontispiece
DANTE 7
TORQUATO TASSO 11
SHAKSPERE—Stratford Bust 15
SHAKSPERE—Kesselstadt Mask 17
DAVID GARRICK 21
EDMUND KEAN 25
JOHN M’CULLOUGH 29
DION BOUCICAULT 31
LAWRENCE BARRETT 35
HENRY EDWARDS 39
EDWIN BOOTH 43
MRS. SIDDONS 47
LOUISE OF PRUSSIA 51
MARIA F. MALIBRAN 55
FREDERICK SCHILLER 59
LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN—From Life 63
LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN—From Death 65
FELIX MENDELSSOHN 69
G. R. MIRABEAU 73
JEAN PAUL MARAT 77
MAXIMILIAN ROBESPIERRE 79
SIR ISAAC NEWTON 83
BEN. CAUNT 87
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 89
THOMAS CHALMERS 93
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 97
viWILLIAM WORDSWORTH 101
JOHN KEATS 107
SAMUEL JOHNSON 111
BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON 115
JEREMY BENTHAM 119
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 123
COUNT CAVOUR 127
PIUS IX 129
GIACOMO LEOPARDI 133
JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY 135
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE 139
J. M. W. TURNER 143
HIRAM POWERS 147
LOUIS AGASSIZ—From Life 151
LOUIS AGASSIZ—From Death 153
CHARLES SUMNER 155
ANTONIO CANOVA 159
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 161
THOMAS MOORE 165
EDMUND BURKE 169
JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN 173
LORD PALMERSTON 175
BENJAMIN DISRAELI 179
JONATHAN SWIFT 183
SIR WALTER SCOTT 189
ROBERT BURNS 193
KING ROBERT THE BRUCE 195
NAPOLEON I 199
NAPOLEON III 203
OLIVER CROMWELL 207
HENRY IV. OF FRANCE 215
CHARLES XII. OF SWEDEN 219
FREDERICK THE GREAT 223
U. S. GRANT 227
WILLIAM T. SHERMAN 231
GEORGE WASHINGTON 235
viiBENJAMIN FRANKLIN 239
THOMAS PAINE 243
AARON BURR 247
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 251
DANIEL WEBSTER 255
HENRY CLAY 257
JOHN C. CALHOUN 259
LORD BROUGHAM 263
FLORIDA NEGRO BOY 266