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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.

AUTHOR OF “RIDPATH'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,' " " CYCLOPEDIA

OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY, GREAT RACES OF MANKIND,”

ETC., ETC.

VOLUME IX

NEW YORK

Dixon & Cary

PUBLISHERS

1901