XVIII. A Village Boy’s Gift of Oratory Earns Him Wealth and Fame—_Chauncey M. Depew_ 207 XIX. A Chance-Found Book the Turning Point in a United States Senator’s Career—_Jonathan P. Dolliver_ 219 XX. Varied Business Training the Foundation of a Long Political Career—_Thomas C. Platt_ 225 XXI. A Magnate, the Courage of His Convictions Makes Him a Reformer—_Tom L. Johnson_ 234 EDUCATION AND LITERATURE. XXII. A Backwoods Boy Works His Way Through College and Becomes University President—_Jacob Gould Schurman_ 243 XXIII. A “Jack of All Trades” Masters One and Becomes the Poet of the People—_James Whitcomb Riley_ 252 XXIV. A Farm Boy Who Devoured Books Writes One of the Greatest Poems of the Century—_Edwin Markham_ 263 XXV. A Famous Authoress Tells Literary Aspirants the Story of Her Struggle for Recognition—_Ella Wheeler Wilcox_ 272 XXVI. A Printer’s Boy, Self-Taught, Becomes the Dean of American Letters—_William Dean Howells_ 283 XXVII. A Famous Novelist Atones for Wasted School Days by Self-Culture—_General Lew Wallace_ 296 XXVIII. A Social Leader, Having “Eyes That See,” Earns Literary Laurels—_Mrs. Burton Harrison_ 305 ART. XXIX. Painstaking the Secret of a Celebrated Painter’s Success—_Edwin Austin Abbey_ 311 XXX. A School Girl, Not Afraid of Drudgery, Becomes America’s Foremost Woman Illustrator—_Alice Barber Stephens_ 321 XXXI. A Schoolboy’s Sketches Reveal the Bent of a Talented Illustrator—_Frederic Remington_ 327 XXXII. Rebuffs and Disappointments Fail to Repress a Great Cartoonist’s Genius—_Homer Davenport_ 334 XXXIII. Being Himself in Style and Subjects the Secrets of an Artist’s Wonderful Popularity—_Charles Dana Gibson_ 342 XXXIV. A “Printer’s Devil” Whose Perseverance Wins Him Well-Earned Reputation as a Fun-Maker—_Frederick Burr Opper_ 353 XXXV. “A Square Man in a Round Hole” Rejects $5,000 a Year and Becomes a Sculptor—_F. Wellington Ruckstuhl_ 358 XXXVI. During Leisure Hours he “Found Himself” and Abandoned Law for Art—_Henry Merwin Shrady_ 366 AMUSEMENT. XXXVII. Deformed in Body, His Cheerful Spirit Makes Him the Entertainer of Princes—_Marshall P. Wilder_ 371