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Large fcap. 8vo, Illustrated, extra cloth, 3s. 6d., gilt edges and side. MEN WHO HAVE MADE THEMSELVES: Whence they Started; How they Journeyed; What they Reached. A Book for Boys. Numerous Illustrations and Portraits. 15th thousand. This Work is issued with the view of exciting in the young a spirit of noble emulation, and a desire for true greatness. The Lives of upwards of Thirty Men who have distinguished themselves in Science, Commerce, Literature, and Travel, are told with spirit. It will be found the best book of the kind ever issued. Contents.-HUMPHRY DAVY, the Inventor of the Spirit Lamp-JAMES FERGUSON, the Shepherd-boy Astronomer-JAMES WATT, the Inventor of the Steam Engine-GEORGE STEPHENSON, the Inventor of the Locomotive Engine-GIOVANNI BATTISTA BELZONI, the Traveller in Egypt-WILLIAM CAXTON, the First English Printer-JAMES COOK, the Discoverer of South Sea Islands -BENJAMIN WEST, the Quaker Artist-SIR WILLIAM JONES, the Oriental Scholar and Jurist-SIR HENRY HAVELOCK, the Christian Soldier-JOHN LEYDEN, the Poet and Asiatic Scholar-WILLIAM GIFFORD, the Learned Shoemaker-ALEXANDER WILSON, the Ornithologist of America-Robert BLOOMFIELD, the Poet of the Farm-ROBERT BURNS, the Poet of the World-CoUNT RUMFORD, the Chemist of Comfort-JOHN WYCLIFFE, the First Protestant-GEORGE BUCHANAN, the Tutor of an English King-THOMAS RUDDIMAN, the Grammarian—ALEXANDER ADAM, the High School Rector-BARON HUMBOLDT, the South American Traveller - JOHN SMEATON, the Builder of the Eddystone Lighthouse-ROBERT PEEL, the Spinner-JAMES MORRISON, the Warehouseman-BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, the Wise Printer-WILLIAM COвBETT, the Plough-boy Politician--PETER HORBERG, the Peasant Artist-HUGH MILLER, the Geologist Stonemason-ELI WHITNEY, the Inventor of the Cotton Gin-RICHARD Arkwright, the Inventor of the Cotton Water Frame-JOHN OPIE, the Carpenter ArtistSAMUEL BUDGETT, the Conscientious Grocer-THOMAS SCOTT, the Commentator on the Bible-RICHARD BAXTER, the Fervent Preacher -LOTT CARY, the Negro Colonist-WILLIAM EDWARDS, the Persevering Bridge Builder-R. 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