The papers on 'The Early Years of the Conqueror of Quebec,' 'A
Wirepuller of Kings,' 'A True Captain of Industry' and 'Early Years of
Abraham Lincoln' can hardly pretend to be more than accounts of books to
which they relate, but they interested some of their readers at the time
and there are probably not many copies of the books in Canada.  All the
papers have been revised, so that they do not appear here exactly as
they were in the periodicals from which they are reprinted. 

TORONTO, Feb.  16, 1881 

CONTENTS. 

THE GREATNESS OF THE ROMANS (_Contemporary Review_) 

THE GREATNESS OF ENGLAND (_Contemporary Review._) 

THE GREAT DUEL OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (_Canadian Monthly_) 

THE LAMPS OF FICTION (_A Speech on the Centenary of the Birth of Sir