THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R

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A LIBRARY OF
UNIVERSAL LITERATURE

I N F OUR PARTS

Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction

and the Great Orations

BOARD OF EDITORS

SCIENCE ANGELO HEILPRIN, author of "The Earth and Its Story," etc.,

Curator Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. JOSEPH TORREY, JR., Ph.D., Instructor in Chemistry in Harvard

University. RAY STANNARD BAKER, A.B., author of "The New Prosperity,"

etc.; Associate Editor of McClure's Magazine.

BIOGRAPHY MAYO W. HAZELTINE, A.M., author of "Chats About Books,” etc.;

Literary Editor of the New York Sun. JULIAN HAWTHORNE, author of "Nathaniel Hawthorne and His

Wife," "History of the United States," etc.
CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS, A.B., A.M., author of "A History of

Canada”; late Professor of English and French Literature,
King's College.

FICTION RICHARD HENRY STODDARD, author of "The King's Bell,” etc.;

Literary Editor of the New York Mail and Express. HENRY VAN DYKE, D.D., LL.D., author of “Little Rivers,” etc.;

Professor of English Literature at Princeton University. THOMAS NELSON PAGE, LL.D., Litt.D., author of “Red Rock," etc.

ORATIONS HON. HENRY CABOT LODGE, A.B., LL.B., author of "Life of Daniel Webster,"

etc.;

U. S. Senator from Massachusetts. HON. JOHN R. PROCTOR, President U. S. Civil Service Commission. MORRIS HICKEY MORGAN, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor in Latin, Har.

vard University.