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.

RIDPATH'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,
OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY," "GREAT RACES OF MANKIND,”

AUTHOR OP

CYCLOPEDIA

ETC., ETC.

VOLUME VIII

NEW YORK
D 1x ont & Cary
Dixon

PUBLISHERS

1901