Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AMERICANS BY ADOPTION OTHER ATLANTIC BOOKS THE AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING AND KINDRED AFFECTIONS By _A. Edward Newton_ $4.00 AN AMERICAN IDYLL: THE LIFE OF CARLETON H. PARKER By _Cornelia Stratton Parker_ $1.75 THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY AND ITS MAKERS By _M. A. DeWolfe Howe_ $1.00 ADVENTURES IN INDIGENCE AND OTHER ESSAYS By _Laura Spencer Portor_ $1.50 COLLECTOR’S LUCK By _Alice Van Leer Carrick_ $2.50 THE COMFORTS OF HOME By _Ralph Bergengren_ $1.00 THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN By _Ralph Bergengren_ $1.00 THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: THE PRINCIPLE AND THE PRACTICE Edited by _Stephen Pierce Duggan_ $2.50 THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON [Illustration: _L. Agassiz_ (signature)] AMERICANS BY ADOPTION _BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF GREAT CITIZENS BORN IN FOREIGN LANDS_ By JOSEPH HUSBAND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON PRESIDENT OF SMITH COLLEGE [Illustration: Decoration] _ILLUSTRATED_ _The_ ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS, INC. _All rights reserved_ To EDWARD F. SANDERSON CONTENTS INTRODUCTION, BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON xi I. STEPHEN GIRARD 1 II. JOHN ERICSSON 17 III. LOUIS AGASSIZ 37 IV. CARL SCHURZ 56 V. THEODORE THOMAS 74 VI. ANDREW CARNEGIE 91 VII. JAMES J. HILL 104 VIII. AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS 121 IX. JACOB A. RIIS 140 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LOUIS AGASSIZ _Frontispiece_ STEPHEN GIRARD 6 JOHN ERICSSON 18 CARL SCHURZ 56 THEODORE THOMAS 74 ANDREW CARNEGIE 92 JAMES J. HILL 104 AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS 122 JACOB A. RIIS 140 INTRODUCTION