Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, allother inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling hasbeen maintained.

Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra.

GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN

A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of

THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 200 OF THE MOST PROMINENT PERSONAGES IN HISTORY.

VOL. VIII.

Copyright, 1894, by SELMAR HESS
Edited By Charles F. Horne

New-York: Selmar Hess Publisher
Copyright, 1894, by Selmar Hess.

(p. iii) CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII.

• SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE

• MICHAEL ANGELO,Anna Jameson,214
• BEETHOVEN,C. E. Bourne,319
• SARAH BERNHARDT,H. S. Edwards,382
• ROSA BONHEUR,Clarence Cook,276
• EDWIN BOOTH,Clarence Cook,370
• CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN,Dutton Cook,355
• Letter from Miss Cushman to a young friend on the subject of "Self-conquest,"362
• LEONARDO DA VINCI,Anna Jameson,209
• GUSTAVE DORÉ,Kenyon Cox,298
• ALBERT DÜRER,W. J. Holland,231
• EDWIN FORREST,Lawrence Barrett,349
• DAVID GARRICK,Samuel Archer,343
• GÉRÔME,Clarence Cook,281
• HANDEL,C. E. Bourne,302
• HAYDN,C. E. Bourne,315
• WILLIAM HOGARTH,247
• JOSEPH JEFFERSON,Clarence Cook,374
• FRANZ LISZT,Rev. Hugh R. Haweis, M.A.,...