Stories of Achievement, Volume III, Orators and Reformers

17 chapters

1. 1[Frontispiece: Henry Ward Beecher]
2. 2STORIES OF ACHIEVEMENT
3. 3EDITED BY ASA DON DICKINSON
4. 4Orators and Reformers
5. 5GARDEN CITY —— NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE COMPANY 1925
6. 6ACKNOWLEDGMENT
7. 7CONTENTS
8. 8ORATORS AND REFORMERS DEMOSTHENES The Orator Who Stammered ELIHU BURRITT "The Learned Blacksmith" JOHN B. GOUGH The Conquest of a Bad Habit FREDERICK DOUGLASS The Slave Who Stole Freedom HENRY WARD BEECHER The Boy Who Half-heartedly Joined the Church BOOKER T. WASHINGTON The Boy Who Slept Under the Sidewalk BEN. B. LINDSEY The Man Who Fights the Beast
9. 9DEMOSTHENES (384-322 B. C.) THE ORATOR WHO STAMMERED
10. 10ELIHU BURRITT (1810-1879) "THE LEARNED BLACKSMITH"
11. 11JOHN B. GOUGH (1817-1886) THE CONQUEST OF A BAD HABIT
12. 12FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1817-1895) THE SLAVE WHO STOLE FREEDOM
13. 13HENRY WARD BEECHER (1813-1887) THE BOY WHO HALF-HEARTEDLY JOINED THE CHURCH
14. 14BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (1858-1915) THE BOY WHO SLEPT UNDER THE SIDEWALK
15. 15BEN B. LINDSEY (1869-____) THE MAN WHO FIGHTS "THE BEAST"
16. 16FINDING THE CAT
17. 17THE CAT PURRS