"Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher." "Beautifully illustrated with eighteen steel portraits." Abraham Lincoln -- Ulysses S. Grant -- William Lloyd Garrison -- Charles Sumner -- Salmon P. Chase -- Henry Wilson -- Horace Greeley -- David G. Farragut -- John A. Andrew -- Schuyler Colfax -- Edwin M. Stanton -- Frederick Douglass -- Philip H. Sheridan -- William T. Sherman -- Oliver O. Howard -- William A. Buckingham -- Wendell Phillips -- Henry Ward Beecher Copy 1: Bound in green cloth, with embossed borders on front and rear covers; lettering in gold on spine, and reproduced signature of the author in gold on front cover Copy 2: Bound in full leather; front and rear covers detached from spine; spine title has gold lettering on black, partially torn away Copy 1: Book, green cloth, fr Copy 2: Book, full leather 18