 | 1900 - 1050 pages
...have not the time, if they have the inclination, to acquaint themselves with American biography. In the present series everything that such a reader would...full measure the best contemporary point of view. "These little books contain exactly what every Intelligent American ought to know about the lives of... | |
 | Annie Fields - 1899 - 168 pages
...woman have not the time or hardly the inclination to acquaint themselves with American biography. In the present series everything that such a reader would...for reading and for carrying handily in the pocket. SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY, Publithere, 6 BEACON STRUT, BOSTON. [OVE«.] THE BEACON BIOGRAPHIES. The... | |
 | Henry Childs Merwin - 1899 - 206 pages
...woman have not the time or hardly the inclination to acquaint themselves with American biography. In the present series everything that such a reader would...for reading and for carrying handily in the pocket. SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY, Publishers, 6 BEACON STREET, BOSTON. [OvER.] The following volumes are the... | |
 | 1899 - 904 pages
...personalities have impreesed themselves most deeply on the character and history of their country. Each volume is equipped with a frontispiece portrait,...dates, and a brief bibliography for further reading. The volumes are printed in a form convenient for reading and for carrying handily in the pocket. BERESFORD,... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1899 - 1046 pages
...convenient. The things that the general reader cares most to know are given by competent writers, and each volume is equipped with a frontispiece portrait,...dates, and a brief bibliography for further reading. The scheme is an excellent one, and the five volumes thus far issued wholly justify all the promises... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent - 1899 - 182 pages
...point of view. Each volume is Quipped with a frontispiece portrait, a calendar of important lates, and a brief bibliography for further reading. Finally,...volumes are printed in a form convenient for reading -ijd for carrying handily in the pocket. The following volumes are the first issued : — PHILLIPS... | |
 | 1899 - 480 pages
...whose crowded lives leave little room for more bulky and leisurely reading. Each little volume contains a frontispiece portrait, a calendar of important dates, and a brief bibliography. With the brilliant promise and realization of these first issues, the series bids fair to become a... | |
 | William Branford Shubrick Clymer - 1900 - 190 pages
...woman have not the time or hardly the inclination to acquaint themselves with American biography. In the present series everything that such a reader would...for reading and for carrying handily in the pocket. SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY, Publishers, 6 BEACON STREET, BOSTON. [OYER.] THE BEACON BIOGRAPHIES. The... | |
 | Wilfred Whitten - 1900 - 156 pages
...woman have not the time or hardly the inclination to acquaint themselves with English biography. In the present series everything that such a reader would...for reading and for carrying handily in the pocket. SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY, Publi»hen, 6 BIACON STRUT, BOSTON. [OVIB.] THE WESTMINSTER BIOGRAPHIES.... | |
 | Owen Wister - 1900 - 184 pages
...to acquaint themselves with American biography. In the present series everything that such readers would ordinarily care to know is given by writers...contemporary point of view. Each volume is equipped with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure, a chronological outline of the events of the life, and a bibliography... | |
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... personalities have impressed themselves most deeply on the character and history of their country. On account of the length of the more formal lives, often running into large volumes, the average busy man and woman have not the time or hardly the... 
