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_THE BEACON BIOGRAPHIES OF EMINENT AMERICANS_
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The aim of this series is to furnish brief, readable, and authentic
accounts of the lives of those Americans whose personalities have
impressed themselves most deeply on the character and history of their
country. On account of the length of the more formal lives, often
running into large volumes, the average busy man and woman have not the
time or hardly the inclination to acquaint themselves with American
biography. In the present series everything that such a reader would
ordinarily care to know is given by writers of special competence, who
possess in full measure the best contemporary point of view. Each volume
is equipped with a photogravure portrait, an engraved title-page, a
calendar of important dates, and a brief bibliography for further
reading. Finally, the volumes are printed in a form convenient for
reading and for carrying handily in the pocket.
"They contain exactly what every intelligent American ought to know
about the lives of our great men."--_Boston Herald._
"Surprisingly complete studies, ... admirably planned and
executed."--_Christian Register._
"Prepared as carefully as if they were so many imperial quartos, instead
of being so small that they may be carried in the pocket."--_New York
Times._
"They are books of marked excellence."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._
"They interest vividly, and their instruction is surprisingly
comprehensive."--_The Outlook._