THE LIBRARY

OF

HISTORIC CHARACTERS

AND

FAMOUS EVENTS

OF ALL NATIONS AND ALL AGES

EDITED BY

A. R. SPOFFORD, Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.
FRANK WEITENKAMPF, Astor Library, New York

and PROFESSOR J. P. LAMBERTON

St. Agnes Branch, 2279 BROADWAY,

CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT

Illustrated with 100 Photogravures from Paintings by the World's Great Artists

COMPLETE IN TEN VOLUMES

VOLUME VIII

PHILADELPHIA

WILLIAM FINLEY & CO.

1895