The attention of parents and teachers, and of the ambitious youth of both sexes, is directed to the usefulness of this Topical Index (and also of the Biographical Index which precedes it) in preparation for the solemn responsibilities of guiding aright the lives which are entrusted to their keeping and for self-guidance. The material here indexed for convenient reference is absolutely invaluable for the preparation of homilies, sermons, addresses and informal talks to the young, or indeed to any audience. The spicy and pithy anecdotes and incidents in the lives of eminent persons, each authenticated by the fact that they are given in the speaker’s own language, are exceedingly valuable for purposes of illustration. The book is especially recommended as a source of material in the preparation of compositions, themes and essays, and also for its cultural value, as _supplementary reading_ for pupils in our common and high schools. THE PUBLISHERS. TOPICAL INDEX.[B] Ability, _see Success Qualities_. Accommodating, _see Success Qualities_. =Achievements:= Acme Sucker Rod, _Jones_, 498 American Federation of Labor, _Gompers_, 168 Appliances for oil production, _Jones_, 503 Automatic gun, _Maxim_, 43 Battle-ships, _Maxim_, 47 “Ben Hur,” _Wallace_, 303 Blue shadows, _Remington_, 331 Books, _Burroughs_, 412 “Broncho Buster,” _Remington_, 331 Business king, _Armour_, 523 Busts, _Ruckstuhl_, 364 Canadian Pacific R. R., _Van Horne_, 490 Employees over ten thousand, _Lipton_, 113 Flying machines, _Maxim_, 47 First iron bridge across Ohio, _Carnegie_, 63 Gas machines, _Maxim_, 42 Guns, _Maxim_, 47 Homestead Steel Works, _Carnegie_, 64 Inventions, six hundred, _Edison_, 30 Laws, _Gompers_, 169 Mayoralty of Detroit, _Pingree_, 75 Metropolitan Street Railway System, _Vreeland_, 163 Minneapolis Tribune, _Conwell_, 428 Mr. Dinkelspiel, _Opper_, 353 My life, _Burroughs_, 411 Operas and Marches, _Sousa_, 386 Partnership, _Field_, 85 Poems, _Wilcox_, 274 Poems, _Markham_, 270 Political honors, _Depew_, 215 “Puck,” _Opper_, 357 Rapid-fire gun, _Maxim_, 36 Scholarship, _Schurman_, 248 Smokeless powder, _Maxim_, 46 Statue, _Remington_, 331 Statues, _Ruckstuhl_, 364 Statue, _Ruckstuhl_, 360 Statues, _Shrady_, 369 Steam motors, _Maxim_, 43 Steel works, _Carnegie_, 63 Stores, _Lipton_, 112 Submarine cable device, _Edison_, 24 “Suburban Resident,” _Opper_, 357 Telegraphic recorder, _Edison_, 23 “The Fair God,” _Wallace_, 302 Titles, _Maxim_, 36 U. S. Express Co., _Platt_, 225 U. S. Express Co., _Platt_, 230 Vanderbilt system, head of, _Depew_, 213 Victories, _Miles_, 189 Acme Sucker Rod, _see Achievements_. Actors, biographies of, _see Careers_. Actresses, biographies of, _see Careers_. Adaptability, _see Success Qualities_.