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Extraordinary men : their boyhood and early life / by William Russell, Esq.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, William, 1741-1793, author.
- Series:
- National illustrated library ; v. 27.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- National illustrated library ; [v. 27]
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young men--Europe--Biography.
- Young men.
- Boys--Europe--Biography.
- Boys.
- Young men--Biography.
- Boys--Biography.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 334 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
- Edition:
- Second edition, revised and augmented.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Nathaniel Cooke, 1854.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Michael Angelo
- Martin Luther
- Shakspere
- Oliver Cromwell -Moliére
- Blaise Pascal
- The Duke of Marlborough
- Peter the Great
- Franklin
- Mirabeau
- Mozart
- Sir Samuel Romilly
- Nelson
- Robert Burns -Sir Thomas Lawrence
- Wilkie
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Lord Byron
- The Dukeof Wellington
- Sir Robert Peel
- Louis Philippe
- Dr. William Ellery Channing
- William Cobbett
- Sheridan
- Jean Paul Richter.
- Notes:
- Engravings signed: Julian Portch and Dalziel.
- Publisher's advertisements at end of text (Nathaniel Cooke) and on endpapers (H. John Ingram and Company).
- Revision of "the first impression ... with three additional youth-histories--those of Richter, Sheridan, and Cobbett"--Preface.
- "With numerous portraits & illustrative engravings."
- Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- OCLC:
- 905337559
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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