CONTENTS. PAGE ZERAH COLBURN, 7 BARATIERE, 26 GASSENDI, 29 PASCAL, 33 GROTIUS, 39 NEWTON, 43 MAGLIABECCHI, 48 CRICHTON, 52 BERONICIUS, 59 MASTER CLENCH, 64 JEDEDIAH BUXTON, 67 WILLIAM GIBSON, 72 EDMUND STONE, 76 RICHARD EVELYN, 78 QUENTIN MATSYS, 82 WEST, 87 BERRETINI, 93 HENRY KIRK WHITE, 96 MOZART, 100 ELIHU BURRITT, 108 GEORGE MORLAND, 112 WILLIAM PENN, 119 JOHN SMITH, 129 ETHAN ALLEN, 144 DAVID CROCKETT, 153 DANIEL BOONE, 163 CHARLES XII. OF SWEDEN, 172 THE CID, 181 ROBIN HOOD, 191 PAUL JONES, 203 MASANIELLO, 213 RIENZI, 219 SELKIRK, 222 JOHN LAW, 226 TRENCK, 230 JOHN DUNN HUNTER, 236 CASPAR HAUSER, 254 PSALMANAZAR, 262 VALENTINE GREATRAKES, 265 MATTHEW HOPKINS, 268 PETER, THE WILD BOY, 271 JOHN KELSEY, 274 BAMFYLDE MOORE CAREW, 278 JOHN ELWES, 282 BARON D'AGUILAR, 290 THOMAS GUY, 292 OLD PARR, 294 O'BRIEN, 298 MAXAMILLIAN CHRISTOPHER MILLER, 300 HUYALAS, 301 THOMAS TOPHAM, 303 FOSTER POWELL, 305 JOSEPH CLARK, 307 EDWARD BRIGHT, 309 DANIEL LAMBERT, 310 JEFFREY HUDSON, 312 JOSEPH BORUWLASKI, 314 THE SIAMESE TWINS, 318