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THE LIBRAKLAN AMONG HIS BOOKS

THE LIBRARY

OF

HISTORIC CHARACTERS

AND

FAMOUS EVENTS

OF ALL NATIONS AND ALL AGES

EDITED BY

A. R. SPOFFORD, Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.
FRANK WEITENKAMPF, Astor Library, New York

and PROFESSOR J. P. LAMBERTON

Illustrated with 100 Photogravures from Paintings by the World's Great Artists

COMPLETE IN TEN VOLUMES

VOLUME I

PHILADELPHIA

WILLIAM FINLEY & CO.

Press of

The Jas. B. Rodgers Printing Co.,
Philadelphia.