=Sir William Johnson= (1715-1774), and The Six Nations. By WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS, D.D., author of “The Mikado’s Empire,” etc., etc. =Sam. Houston= (1793-1862), and the Annexation of Texas. By HENRY BRUCE, Esq. =Joseph Henry, LL.D.= (1797-1878), Savant and Natural Philosopher. By FREDERIC H. BETTS, Esq. =Ralph Waldo Emerson.= By Prof. HERMAN GRIMM, author of “The Life of Michael Angelo,” “The Life and Times of Goethe,” etc. DODD, MEAD, & COMPANY, _753 and 755 Broadway, New York_. Transcriber’s Notes Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed. Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained. Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained. Index not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references. End of Project Gutenberg's Christopher Columbus, by Charles Kendall Adams