reprint extracts from "Up From Slavery"; to Judge Ben. B. Lindsey for
permission to reprint from "The Beast."




CONTENTS


ORATORS AND REFORMERS

DEMOSTHENES
The Orator Who Stammered

ELIHU BURRITT
"The Learned Blacksmith"

JOHN B. GOUGH
The Conquest of a Bad Habit

FREDERICK DOUGLASS
The Slave Who Stole Freedom

HENRY WARD BEECHER
The Boy Who Half-heartedly Joined the Church

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
The Boy Who Slept Under the Sidewalk

BEN. B. LINDSEY