“He is a delightful writer, clearness, strength, and sincerity marking everything to which he puts his hand. He has translated these little histories from the German in a way that the reader knows has conserved all the strength of the original.”—_Chicago Evening Post._ “They are written in simple, graphic style, handsomely illustrated, and will be read with delight by the young people for whose benefit they have been prepared.”—_Chicago Tribune._ “The work of translation seems to have been well done, and these little biographies are very well fitted for the use of young people.... The volumes are compact and neat, and are illustrated sufficiently but not too elaborately.”—_Springfield Republican._ “These books are most entertaining and vastly more wholesome than the story books with which the appetites of young readers are for the most part satisfied.”—_Indianapolis Journal._ _OF ALL BOOKSELLERS OR OF THE PUBLISHERS_ A. C. McCLURG & CO., CHICAGO Transcriber’s Notes --Copyright notice provided as in the original—this e-text is public domain in the country of publication. --In the text versions, delimited italics text in _underscores_ (the HTML version reproduces the font form of the printed book.) --Silently corrected palpable typos; left non-standard spellings and dialect unchanged.