Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 50772-h.htm or 50772-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50772/50772-h/50772-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50772/50772-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/famousgiversthei00bolt FAMOUS GIVERS AND THEIR GIFTS * * * * * * MRS. BOLTON'S FAMOUS BOOKS. "_Mrs. Bolton never fails to interest and instruct her readers._"--Chicago Inter-Ocean. POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS $1.50 GIRLS WHO BECAME FAMOUS 1.50 FAMOUS MEN OF SCIENCE 1.50 FAMOUS AMERICAN STATESMEN 1.50 FAMOUS ENGLISH STATESMEN 1.50 FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS 1.50 FAMOUS ENGLISH AUTHORS 1.50 FAMOUS EUROPEAN ARTISTS 1.50 FAMOUS TYPES OF WOMANHOOD 1.50 FAMOUS VOYAGERS AND EXPLORERS 1.50 FAMOUS LEADERS AMONG MEN 1.50 FAMOUS LEADERS AMONG WOMEN 1.50 FAMOUS GIVERS AND THEIR GIFTS 1.50 STORIES FROM LIFE 1.25 _For sale by all booksellers. Send for catalogue._ THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO. NEW YORK & BOSTON. * * * * * * [Illustration: STEPHEN GIRARD. (Used by courtesy of Henry A. Ingram.)] FAMOUS GIVERS AND THEIR GIFTS by SARAH KNOWLES BOLTON Author of "Poor Boys Who Became Famous," "Girls Who Became Famous," "Famous American Authors," "Famous American Statesmen," "Famous Men of Science," "Famous European Artists," "Famous Types of Womanhood," "Stories from Life," "From Heart and Nature" (Poems), "Famous English Authors," "Famous English Statesmen," "Famous Voyagers," "Famous Leaders Among Women," "Famous Leaders Among Men," "The Inevitable, and Other Poems," etc. "_For none of us liveth to himself._" New York: 46 East 14th Street Thomas Y. Crowell & Company Boston: 100 Purchase Street Copyright, 1896, By Thomas Y. Crowell & Company. Typography by C. J. Peters & Son, Boston, U.S.A. TO THE MEMORY OF William Frederick Poole, THE ORIGINATOR OF "POOLE'S INDEX." PREFACE. While it is interesting to see how men have built up fortunes, as a rule, through industry, saving, and great energy, it is even more interesting to see how those fortunes have been or may be used for the benefit of mankind. In a volume of this size, of course, it is impossible to speak of but few out of many who have given generously of their wealth, both in this country and abroad. The book has been written with the hope that others may be incited to give through reading it, and may see the results of their giving in their lifetime. A sketch of George Peabody may be found in "Poor Boys who became Famous;" a sketch of Johns Hopkins in "How Success is Won." S. K. B. CONTENTS.