GREAT STORIES FROM GREAT LIVES

High points in the lives of the great selected from their biographies by the biographers, and stressing moments of decision, humor, tragedy, etc. compiled to provide reading of varied interest and information. Among others there are represented Lincoln, Washington, Lee, Paul Revere, Holmes, Billy Mitchell, Fanny Kemble, Napoleon, the Mayo brothers, Churchill, Disraeli, Oscar Wilde, Woolworth, Marconi, Edison, Clara Barton, Dickens, etc. An assortment of incidents, anecdotes, bon mots. Useful for speakers.