THE

RIDPATH LIBRARY

OF

UNIVERSAL LITERATURE

IN TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES

A BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY OF THE
WORLD'S MOST EMINENT AUTHORS, INCLUDING THE
CHOICEST EXTRACTS AND MASTERPIECES FROM

THEIR WRITINGS, COMPRISING THE BEST

ALL CAREFULLY REVISED AND ARRANGED BY A CORPS OF THE
MOST CAPABLE SCHOLARS

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

JOHN CLARK RIDPATH, A.M., LL.D.

AUTHOR OF "RIDPATH'S HISTORY OF THe united states,' "CYCLOPEDIA
OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY, "''GREAT RACES OF MANKIND,"

ETC., ETC.

VOLUME XIV

NEW YORK

THE GLOBE PUBLISHING COMPANY

1899

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Royal Edition de Luxe

LIMITED

COPYRIGHT, 1898

By JAMES S. BARCUS

COPYRIGHT, 1898

By GLOBE PUBLISHING CO.