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PREFACE

STORIES FROM LIFE

TO-DAY

"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