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Singerman ID#supp2640

Great Men and Famous Women. A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History.

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Singerman ID#supp2640

Horne, Charles Francis, ed. Great Men and Famous Women. A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History. New-York: Selmar Hess, c1894. 8 vols.

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Issued in parts. An edition in 4 vols. also exists. The biographical sketches may be accompanied by illustrations. See as follows: In vol. 3: "David, King of Israel" (by Margaret E. Sangster, pp. [1]-10); "Moses" (by Henry George, pp. 10-16); "Solomon" (by Charles F. Deems, pp. 16-22) In vol. 4: "Benjamin Disraeli" (by Harriet Prescott Spofford, pp. 370-77) In vol. 8: "Mendelssohn" [Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy] (by C. E. Bourne, pp. 326-31); "Rachel" (by Dutton Cook, pp. 363-69); "Sarah Bernhardt" (by H. S. Edwards, pp. 382-84)