JOHN L. MOTLEY. ⭘ Birth, Boyhood, and Early Associates ⭘ Intimate Friend of Prince Bismarck ⭘ Member of Massachusetts’ Legislature ⭘ “History of Holland” ⭘ Minister to Austria, 1861; to England, 1869 ⭘ Patriot, Scholar, Historian ⭘ ‘Bismarck’ ⭘ ‘The Siege of Leyden’ ⭘ ‘Assassination of William of Orange’ JOHN FISKE. ⭘ Precocious Ability ⭘ Birth, Education and Early Life ⭘ His Literary Work and Most Noted Books ⭘ His Principal Historical Works ⭘ His School-books ⭘ ‘Land Discovered’ ⭘ ‘The Federal Convention’ JOHN B. McMASTER. ⭘ Excelling in Different Fields ⭘ Parentage, Birth and Early Life ⭘ Professor of American History ⭘ His View of History ⭘ Instructor of the Young ⭘ ‘The American Workman in 1784’ ⭘ ‘The Minister in New England’ FRANCES M. WHITCHER (THE WIDOW BEDOTT). ⭘ Her nom-de-plume ⭘ Richness of Humor ⭘ Birth, Childhood and Education ⭘ Marriage and Literary Fame ⭘ Removal from Elmira, N. Y. ⭘ ‘Widow Bedott to Elder Sniffles’ ⭘ ‘The Widow’s Poetry and her Comments on the Same About Hezekiah’ CHARLES F. BROWN (ARTEMUS WARD). ⭘ Birth and Education ⭘ On the “Commercial,” Toledo, Ohio ⭘ Local Editor of the “Plain Dealer” ⭘ Successful Lecturer in England ⭘ Death at Southampton ⭘ His Works ⭘ ‘Artemus Ward Visits the Shakers’ ⭘ ‘At the Tomb of Shakespeare’ HENRY W. SHAW (JOSH BILLINGS). ⭘ Birth and Education ⭘ His Early Life of Adventure ⭘ Entered the Lecture Field ⭘ Contributor to “The New York Weekly” ⭘ His Published Books ♦⭘ ‘Josh Billing’s Advertisement’ ♦ added work omitted from the TOC ⭘ ‘Manifest Destiny’ ⭘ ‘Letters to Farmers’ SAMUEL L. CLEMENS (MARK TWAIN). ⭘ A World-wide Reputation ⭘ Birth, Boyhood and Education ⭘ His Pilot Life ⭘ Editor of the Virginia City “Enterprise” ⭘ Journalist and Gold Digger ⭘ A Trip to Hawaii ⭘ Innocents Abroad ⭘ Some of his Other Works ⭘ A Lecturing Trip Around the World ⭘ ‘Jim Smiley’s Frog’ ⭘ ‘Uncle Dan’l’s Apparition and Prayer’ ⭘ ‘The Babies’ MARIETTA HOLLEY (JOSIAH ALLEN’S WIFE). ⭘ A Writer at an Early Age ⭘ Birth and Ancestors ⭘ Rise and Increase of Her Fame ⭘ Some of her Prominent Works ⭘ A Quarter Million Copies Sold ⭘ Characteristics of her Books ⭘ ‘Josiah Allen’s Wife Calls on the President’ CHARLES F. ADAMS (YAWCOB STRAUSS). ⭘ A Not-Soon-to-be-Forgotten Author ⭘ Birth, Education and Early Life ⭘ Service in Many Hard-fought Battles ⭘ Prominent Business Man ⭘ A Contributor to Prominent Journals ⭘ A Genial and Companionable Man ⭘ ‘Der Drummer’ ⭘ ‘Hans and Fritz’ ⭘ ‘Yawcob Strauss’ ⭘ ‘Mine Moder-in-Law’ ⭘ ‘Yawcob’s Dribulations’ ⭘ ‘The Puzzled Dutchman’ ⭘ ‘Der Oak and Der Vine’