BY

AUTHOR OF "ARCHITECTS OF FATE," "RUSHING TO THE FRONT," "WINNING OUT," ETC, AND EDITOR OF "SUCCESS"

PREFACE

TO-DAY "THE MILL BOY OF THE SLASHES" THE GREEK SLAVE WHO WON THE OLIVE CROWN TURNING POINTS IN THE LIFE OF A HERO:        I. THE FIRST TURNING POINT      II. A BORN LEADER    III. "FARRAGUT IS THE MAN" HE AIMED HIGH AND HIT THE MARK THE EVOLUTION OF A VIOLINIST THE LESSON OF THE TEAKETTLE HOW THE ART OF PRINTING WAS DISCOVERED SEA FEVER AND WHAT IT LED TO GLADSTONE FOUND TIME TO BE KIND A TRIBUNE OF THE PEOPLE THE MIGHT OF PATIENCE THE INSPIRATION OF GAMBETTA ANDREW JACKSON: THE BOY WHO "NEVER WOULD GIVE UP" SIR HUMPHRY DAVY'S GREATEST DISCOVERY, MICHAEL FARADAY THE TRIUMPH OF CANOVA FRANKLIN'S LESSON ON TIME VALUE FROM STORE BOY TO MILLIONAIRE "I WILL PAINT OR DIE!" THE CALL THAT SPEAKS IN THE BLOOD WASHINGTON'S YOUTHFUL HEROISM A COW HIS CAPITAL THE BOY WHO SAID "I MUST" THE HIDDEN TREASURE LOVE TAMED THE LION "THERE IS ROOM ENOUGH AT THE TOP" THE UPLIFT OF A SLAVE BOY'S IDEAL "TO THE FIRST ROBIN" THE "WIZARD" AS AN EDITOR HOW GOOD FORTUNE CAME TO PIERRE "IF I REST, I RUST" A BOY WHO KNEW NOT FEAR HOW STANLEY FOUND LIVINGSTONE THE NESTOR OF AMERICAN JOURNALISTS THE MAN WITH AN IDEA "BERNARD OF THE TUILERIES" HOW THE "LEARNED BLACKSMITH" FOUND TIME THE LEGEND OF WILLIAM TELL "WESTWARD HO!" THREE GREAT AMERICAN SONGS AND THEIR AUTHORS        I. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER      II. AMERICA    III. THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC TRAINING FOR GREATNESS THE MARBLE WAITETH

"THE MILL BOY OF THE SLASHES"

THE GREEK SLAVE WHO WON THE OLIVE CROWN

TURNING POINTS IN THE LIFE OF A HERO

HE AIMED HIGH AND HIT THE MARK

THE EVOLUTION OF A VIOLINIST

THE LESSON OF THE TEAKETTLE

HOW THE ART OF PRINTING WAS DISCOVERED

SEA FEVER AND WHAT IT LED TO

GLADSTONE FOUND TIME TO BE KIND

A TRIBUNE OF THE PEOPLE

THE MIGHT OF PATIENCE

THE INSPIRATION OF GAMBETTA

ANDREW JACKSON THE BOY WHO "NEVER WOULD GIVE UP"

SIR HUMPHRY DAVY'S GREATEST DISCOVERY, MICHAEL FARADAY

THE TRIUMPH OF CANOVA

FRANKLIN'S LESSON ON TIME VALUE

FROM STORE BOY TO MILLIONAIRE

"I WILL PAINT OR DIE!"

THE CALL THAT SPEAKS IN THE BLOOD

WASHINGTON'S YOUTHFUL HEROISM

A COW HIS CAPITAL

THE BOY WHO SAID "I MUST"

THE HIDDEN TREASURE

LOVE TAMED THE LION

"THERE IS ROOM ENOUGH AT THE TOP"

THE UPLIFT OF A SLAVE BOY'S IDEAL

"TO THE FIRST ROBIN"

THE "WIZARD" AS AN EDITOR

HOW GOOD FORTUNE CAME TO PIERRE

"IF I REST, I RUST"

A BOY WHO KNEW NOT FEAR

HOW STANLEY FOUND LIVINGSTONE

THE NESTOR OF AMERICAN JOURNALISTS

THE MAN WITH AN IDEA

"BERNARD OF THE TUILERIES"

HOW THE "LEARNED BLACKSMITH" FOUND TIME

THE LEGEND OF WILLIAM TELL

"WESTWARD HO!"

THREE GREAT AMERICAN SONGS AND THEIR AUTHORS

TRAINING FOR GREATNESS

THE MARBLE WAITETH