THE

RIDPATH LIBRARY

OF

UNIVERSAL LITERATURE

IN TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES

A BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY OF THE
WORLD'S MOST EMINENT AUTHORS, INCLUDING THE
CHOICEST EXTRACTS AND MASTERPIECES FROM
THEIR WRITINGS, COMPRIsing the BEST
FEATURES OF MANY Celebrated
COMPILATIONS, NOTABLY

THE GUERNSEY COLLECTION

THE DE PUY COLLECTION

THE RIDPATH COLLECTION

ALL CAREFULLY REVISED AND ARRANGED BY A CORPS OF THE
MOST CAPABLE SCHOLARS

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

JOHN CLARK RIDPATH, A.M., LL.D.

Editor of THE ARENA, AUTHOR OF "RIDPATH'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED
STATES," CYCLOPEDIA OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY," GREAT

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RACES OF MANKIND," ETC., ETC.

VOLUME XXIV

NEW YORK

THE GLOBE PUBLISHING COMPANY

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