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Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 of 8

Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 of 8

by Charles F. Horne

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Editor
Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Title
Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
Credits
Produced by Sigal Alon, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
CT: History: Biography
Subject
Biography
Category
Text
eBook-No.
29352
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29352
Release Date
July 8, 2009
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN
  2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII.
  3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS — PHIDIAS [1] By Clarence Cook (ABOUT 500-432 B.C. ) — LEONARDO DA VINCI By Anna Jameson (1452-1519) — MICHAEL ANGELO By Anna Jameson (1474-1564) — RAPHAEL By Mrs. Lee (1483-1520) — TITIAN By Giorgio Vasari [2] 1477-1576 — ALBERT DÜRER [3] By W. J. Holland, Chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania (1471-1528) — RUBENS By Mrs. Lee (1577-1640) — REMBRANDT [4] By Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1606-1669) — WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) — SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS By Samuel Archer (1723-1792) — BENJAMIN WEST By Martha J. Lamb [5] (1738-1820) — THORWALDSEN By Hans Christian Andersen (1770-1844) — JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET [6] By Clarence Cook (1814-1875) — MEISSONIER [7] By Clarence Cook (1813-1891) — ROSA BONHEUR [8] By Clarence Cook (BORN 1822) — GÉRÔME [9] By Clarence Cook (BORN 1824) — DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI [10] By Edmund Gosse (1828-1882) — GUSTAVE DORÉ [11] By Kenyon Cox (1832-1883)
  5. 5.COMPOSERS — HANDEL By C. E. Bourne (1685-1759) — MOZART By C. E. Bourne (1756-1791) — HAYDN By C. E. Bourne (1732-1809) — BEETHOVEN By C. E. Bourne (1770-1827) — PAGANINI (1784-1840) — MENDELSSOHN By C. E. Bourne (1809-1847) — FRANZ LISZT By Rev. Hugh R. Haweis, M.A. (1811-1886) — RICHARD WAGNER By Franklin Peterson, Mus. Bac. (1813-1883) — GIUSEPPE VERDI (BORN 1813)
  6. 6.DRAMATIC AND LYRIC ARTISTS — DAVID GARRICK By Samuel Archer (1716-1779) — EDWIN FORREST [13] By Lawrence Barrett (1806-1872) — CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN By Dutton Cook (1816-1876) — RACHEL By Dutton Cook (1821-1858) — EDWIN BOOTH [15] By Clarence Cook (1833-1893) — JOSEPH JEFFERSON [16] By Clarence Cook (BORN 1829) — ADELINA PATTI By Frederick F. Buffen (BORN 1843) — SARAH BERNHARDT By H. S. Edwards (BORN 1844) — AMONG THE SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS WORK ARE:

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