VII. THOMAS EDWARD, SHOEMAKER






PREFACE.





My acknowledgments are due to Dr. Smiles's "Lives of the
Engineers," "Life of the Stephensons," and "Life of a Scotch
Naturalist;" to Lady Eastlake's "Life of Gibson;" to Mr. Holden's
"Life of Sir William Herschel;" to M. Seusier's "J. F. Millet, Sa
Vie et Ses Oeuvres;" and to Mr. Thayer's "Life of President
Garfield;" from which most of the facts here narrated have been
derived.

G.A.






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