Produced by Peter Vachuska, Jason Isbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: ALEXANDER THE GREAT.] STORIES OF GREAT MEN BY FAYE HUNTINGTON Author of "Stories of Remarkable Women," "Echoing and Re-Echoing," "Those Boys," "Dr. Deane's Way," "Couldn't be Bought," "Mrs. Deane's Way," "What Fide Remembers," etc., etc. ILLUSTRATED BOSTON LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY Copyright, 1887, by D. Lothrop and Company. CONTENTS Chapter. Page I. Alexander the Great 7 II. Addison, Joseph 12 III. Agassiz, Louis John Rudolph 17 IV. Bacon, Francis 21 V. Caesar, Caius Julius 27 VI. Disraeli, Benjamin 31 VII. Everett, Edward 35 VIII. Farragut, David Glasgow 40 IX. Gordon, Charles George 45 X. Hannibal 51 XI. Irving, Washington 57 XII. Judson, Adoniram 61 XIII. Knox, John 69 XIV. Lincoln, Abraham 75 XV. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese 81 XVI. Newton, Sir Isaac 86 XVII. Obookiah, Henry 91 XVIII. Penn, William 98 XIX. Quincy, Josiah 103 XX. Rush, Benjamin 105 XXI. Savonarola, Girolamo 109 XXII. Tennyson, Alfred 115 XXIII. Ulfila 120 XXIV. Vincent, Rev. John H., D.D. 123 XXV. Webster, Daniel 129 XXVI. Xenophon 134 OUR ALPHABET OF GREAT MEN. CHAPTER I. ALEXANDER THE GREAT. Where shall we begin? With "A" of course, but there are so many great men whose names begin with A, I don't know how to select. However, I might as well go back a good way in the world's history, and say Alexander the Great. Since he was so great that they added the word to his name, perhaps he ought to head the list. Though mind, he is not my idea of a great man, after all. Who was he, what was he, and when did he live? Three questions in one, and questions which when well answered tell a great deal. He was the son of King Philip of Macedonia, and was born at Pella three hundred and fifty-six years before Jesus came to this earth. His father was a strong brave soldier, and his mother was a strong fierce woman, and their son is said to have been like them both. When he was thirteen years old he had one of the greatest men in the world for his teacher. This man's name was Aristotle. Another "A," you see; but I shall have to leave you to discover his greatness for yourselves.