Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) - Authors and Journalists

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6), by Various, Edited by Asa Don Dickinson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists Author: Various Editor: Asa Don Dickinson Release Date: June 15, 2006 [eBook #18598] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STORIES OF ACHIEVEMENT, VOLUME IV (OF 6)*** E-text prepared by Al Haines Robert Burns [Frontispiece: Robert Burns] STORIES OF ACHIEVEMENT EDITED BY ASA DON DICKINSON Authors and Journalists JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU ROBERT BURNS CHARLOTTE BRONTE CHARLES DICKENS HORACE GREELEY LOUISA M. ALCOTT HENRY GEORGE WILLIAM H. RIDEING JACOB A. RIIS HELEN KELLER GARDEN CITY —— NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1925 COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ACKNOWLEDGMENT In the preparation of this volume the publishers have received from several houses and authors generous permissions to reprint copyright material. For this they wish to express their cordial gratitude. In particular, acknowledgments are due to the Houghton Mifflin Company for permission to reprint the sketch of Horace Greeley; to Little, Brown & Co.