DEFENCE OF A GREAT MAN.--WAS DR. FRANKLIN MEAN?--JAMES PARTON'S ANSWER CHAPTER III. SIR WALTER SCOTT AND HIS MOTHER.--THE MOTHER'S EDUCATION--THE SON'S TRAINING--DOMESTIC LOVE AND SOCIAL DUTIES CHAPTER IV. ABIGAIL ADAMS.--THE WIFE OF OUR SECOND PRESIDENT--THE MOTHER OF OUR SIXTH CHAPTER V. TWO NEIGHBORS.--WHAT THEY GOT OUT OF LIFE CHAPTER VI. HORACE GREELEY.--THE MOLDER OF PUBLIC OPINION--THE BRAVE JOURNALIST CHAPTER VII. WENDELL PHILLIPS.--THE TIMES WHEN HE APPEARED--"WHO IS THIS FELLOW?"--A FLAMING ADVOCATE OF LIBERTY--LIBERTY OF SPEECH AND THOUGHT--POWER TO DISCERN THE RIGHT--THE MOB-BEATEN HERO TRIUMPHANT CHAPTER VIII. MARY WORDSWORTH.--THE KINDLY WIFE OF THE GREAT POET CHAPTER IX. MADAME MALIBRAN.--HER CAREER AS A SINGER--KINDNESS OF HEART CHAPTER X. GARFIELD MAXIMS.--GATHERED FROM HIS SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC. CHAPTER XI. WHAT I CARRIED TO COLLEGE.--A REMINISCENCE AT FORTY--PICTURES OF RURAL LIFE CHAPTER XII. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.--HEROISM ON THE GREAT DEEP--A MARTYR OF THE POLAR SEA CHAPTER XIII. ELIZABETH ESTAUGH.--A QUAKER COURTSHIP IN WHICH SHE WAS THE PRINCIPAL ACTOR CHAPTER XIV. "CHINESE" GORDON.--IN THE TRENCHES OF THE CRIMEA--PUTS DOWN THE GREAT TAIPING REBELLION IN CHINA, IN 1863-4--HERO OF THE SOUDAN--BEARDS THE MEN-STEALERS IN THEIR STRONGHOLDS AND MAKES THE PEOPLE LOVE HIM CHAPTER XV. MEN'S WIVES.--BITS OF COMMON SENSE AND WISDOM ON A GREAT SUBJECT CHAPTER XVI. WOMEN'S HUSBANDS.--WHAT THE "BREAD-WINNERS" LIKE IN THEIR WIVES--A LITTLE CONSTITUTIONAL OPPOSITION CHAPTER XVII. JOHN PLOUGHMAN.--WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT RELIGIOUS GRUMBLERS--GOOD NATURE AND FIRMNESS, ETC. CHAPTER XVIII. CAROLINE LUCRETIA HERSCHEL.--A NOBLE, SELF-SACRIFICING WOMAN CHAPTER XIX. PESTIFEROUS LITERATURE.--THE PRINTING PRESS--THE FLOOD OF IMPURE AND LOATHSOME LITERATURE, ETC. CHAPTER XX. SATISFIED.--AND OTHER POEMS CHAPTER XXI. HEROES OF SCIENCE.--MICHAEL FARADAY--SIR WILLIAM SIEMENS--M. PASTEUR CHAPTER XXII. MY UNCLE TOBY.--ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS OF A GREAT GENIUS CHAPTER XXIII. STEPHEN GIRARD.--THE NAPOLEON OF MERCHANTS--HIS LIFE SUCCESSFUL, AND YET A FAILURE CHAPTER XXIV. DISAPPOINTMENTS.--PLEASURE AFTER PAIN--PAIN AFTER PLEASURE CHAPTER XXV. THE THREE KINGS.--AN OLD STORY IN A NEW LIGHT CHAPTER XXVI. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.--THE HEROINE OF THE CRIMEA CHAPTER XXVII. SHY PEOPLE.--HAWTHORNE--WASHINGTON, IRVING, AND OTHERS--MADAME RECAMIER CHAPTER XXVIII. JOHN MARSHALL.--IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY--His MARRIAGE--LAW LECTURES--AT THE BAR--His INTELLECTUAL POWERS--ON THE BENCH CHAPTER XXIX. A NOBLE MOTHER.--How SHE TRAINED HERSELF, AND EDUCATED HER BOYS CHAPTER XXX. THE CARE OF THE BODY.--WHAT DR. SARGENT, OF THE HARVARD GYMNASIUM, SAYS ABOUT IT--POINTS FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND PUPILS CHAPTER XXXI. SAINT CECILIA.--THE PATRONESS OF MUSIC--MYTHS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC--ITS RELATION TO WORK AND BLESSEDNESS CHAPTER XXXII.