Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher.

The Men of our Time--Lincoln Foremost--The War was the Working-Man's Revolution--Abraham Lincoln's Birth and Youth-- The Books he read--The Thirty Thousand Dollars for Tender--T...

Mr. Beecher a Younger Child--Death of his Mother--His Step-Mother's Religious Influence--Ma'am Kilbourn's School-- The Passing Bell--Unprofitable Schooling--An Inveterate School...

Mr. Garrison's Birth and Parents--His Mother--Her Conversion --His Boyhood--Apprenticed to a Printer--First Anti-Slavery Address--Advice to Dr. Beecher--Benjamin Lundy--Garrison...

A General Wanted--A Short War Expected--The Young Napoleon-- God's Revenge Against Slavery--The Silent Man in Galena-- "Tanning Leather"--Gen. Grant's Puritan Descent--How he Lo...

The Opportunity for Every Man in a Republic--The Depth Below a White Man's Poverty--The Starting Point whence Fred Douglass Raised Himself--His Mother--Her Noble Traits--Her Sel...

England and our Finances in the War--President Wheelock and Mr. Chase's seven Uncles--His Uncle the Bishop--His sense of Justice at College--His Uncle the Senator--Admitted to t...

Mr. Sumner an Instance of Free State High Culture--The "Brahmin Caste" of New England--The Sumner Ancestry; a Kentish Family --Governor Increase Sumner; His Revolutionary Patrio...

Lincoln, Chase and Wilson as Illustrations of Democracy--Wilson's Birth and Boyhood--Reads over One Thousand Books in Ten Years --Learns Shoemaking--Earns an Education Twice Ove...

The Result of Eastern Blood and Western Developments--Lincoln, Grant, Chase and Sherman Specimens of it--The Sherman Family Character--Hon. Thomas Ewing adopts Sherman--Characte...

Governor Andrew's Death Caused by the War--The Governors Dr. Beecher Prayed for--Governor Andrew a Christian Governor-- Gov. Andrew's Birth--He goes to Boston to Study Law--Not...

Birth and Ancestry of Wendell Phillips--His Education and Social Advantage--The Lovejoy Murder--Speech in Faneuil Hall--The Murder Justified--Mr. Phillips' First Speech--He Defe...

The Scotch-Irish Race in the United States--Mr. Greeley a Partly Reversed Specimen of it--His Birth and Boyhood--Learns to Read Books Upside Down--His Apprenticeship on a Newspa...

The Buckinghams an Original Puritan Family--Rev. Thomas Buckingham --Gov. Buckingham's Father and Mother--Lebanon, the Birthplace of Five Governors--Gov. Buckingham's Education-...

General William Colfax, Washington's Friend--Mr. Colfax his Grandson--Mr. Colfax's Birth and Boyhood--Removes to Indiana --Becomes Deputy County Auditor--Begins to Deal with Pol...

Sheridan a Full-Blooded Irishman--The Runaway Horse-- Constitutional Fearlessness--Sheridan Goes to West Point-- Sheridan's Apprenticeship to War--The Fight with the Apaches at...

Rebel Advantages at Opening of War--They knew all about the Army Officers--Early Contrast of Rebel Enthusiasm and Union Indifference--Importance of Mr. Stanton's Post--His Birth...

Can there be a Christian Soldier?--General Howard's Birth--His Military Education--His Life Before the Rebellion--Resigns in Order to get into the Field--Made Brigadier for Good...

The Lesson of the Rebellion to Monarchs--The Strength of the United States--The U. S. Naval Service--The Last War--State of the Navy in 1861--Admiral Farragut Represents the Old...

The Scotch-Irish Race in the United States--Mr. Greeley a Partly Reversed Specimen of it--His Birth and Boyhood--Learns to Read Books Upside Down--His Apprenticeship on a Newspa...

The Opportunity for Every Man in a Republic--The Depth Below a White Man's Poverty--The Starting Point whence Fred Douglass Raised Himself--His Mother--Her Noble Traits--Her Sel...

Sheridan a Full-Blooded Irishman--The Runaway Horse-- Constitutional Fearlessness--Sheridan Goes to West Point-- Sheridan's Apprenticeship to War--The Fight with the Apaches at...

General William Colfax, Washington's Friend--Mr. Colfax his Grandson--Mr. Colfax's Birth and Boyhood--Removes to Indiana--Becomes Deputy County Auditor--Begins to Deal with Poli...

Lincoln, Chase and Wilson as Illustrations of Democracy--Wilson's Birth and Boyhood--Reads over One Thousand Books in Ten Years --Learns Shoemaking--Earns an Education Twice Ove...

Can there be a Christian Soldier?--General Howard's Birth--His Military Education--His Life Before the Rebellion--Resigns in Order to get into the Field--Made Brigadier for Good...

The Result of Eastern Blood and Western Developments--Lincoln, Grant, Chase and Sherman Specimens of it--The Sherman Family Character--Hon. Thomas Ewing adopts Sherman--Characte...

Governor Andrew's Death Caused by the War--The Governors Dr. Beecher Prayed for--Governor Andrew a Christian Governor-- Gov. Andrew's Birth--He goes to Boston to Study Law--Not...

Mr. Sumner an instance of Free State High Culture--The "Brahmin Caste" of New England--The Sumner Ancestry; a Kentish Family --Governor Increase Sumner; His Revolutionary Patrio...

Rebel Advantages at Opening of the War--They Knew all about the Army Officers--Early Contrast of Rebel Enthusiasm and Union Indifference--Importance of Mr. Stanton's Post--His B...

Mr. Garrison's Birth and Parents--His Mother--Her Conversion --His Boyhood--Apprenticed to a Printer--First Anti-Slavery Address--Advice to Dr. Beecher--Benjamin Lundy--Garrison...

A General Wanted--A Short War Expected--The Young Napoleon --God's Revenge Against Slavery--The Silent Man in Galena --"Tanning Leather"--Gen. Grant's Puritan Descent--How he Lo...

The Buckinghams an Original Puritan Family--Rev. Thomas Buckingham--Gov. Buckingham's Father and Mother--Lebanon, the Birthplace of Five Governors--Gov. Buckingham's Education--...

The Men of our Time--Lincoln Foremost--The War was the Working-Man's Revolution--Abraham Lincoln's Birth and Youth-- The Books he Read--The Thirty Thousand Dollars for Tender--...

Mr. Beecher a Younger Child--Death of his Mother--His Step-Mother's Religious Influence--Ma'am Kilbourn's School --The Passing Bell--Unprofitable Schooling--An Inveterate School...

England and our Finances in the War--President Wheelock and Mr. Chase's Seven Uncles--His Uncle the Bishop--His Sense of Justice at College--His Uncle the Senator--Admitted to t...

Birth and Ancestry of Wendell Phillips--His Education and Social Advantage--The Lovejoy Murder--Speech in Faneuil Hall--The Murder Justified--Mr. Phillips' First Speech--He Defe...

The Lesson of the Rebellion to Monarchs--The Strength of the United States--The U. S. Naval Service--The Last War-- State of the Navy in 1861--Admiral Farragut Represents the Ol...