Co. for permission to reprint passages from "The Life, Letters, and
Journals of Louisa May Alcott"; to Mr. Henry George, Jr., for the
extract from his life of his father; to William H. Rideing for
permission to reprint extracts from his book "Many Celebrities and a
Few Others"; to the Macmillan Company for permission to use passages
from "The Making of an American," by Jacob A. Riis; to Miss Helen
Keller for permission to reprint from "The Story of My Life."




CONTENTS


AUTHORS AND JOURNALISTS

JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
The Man to Whom Expression was Travail

ROBERT BURNS
The Ploughman-poet

HORACE GREELEY
How the Farm-boy Became an Editor

CHARLES DICKENS
The Factory Boy

CHARLOTTE BRONTE
The Country Parson's Daughter