Stories of Achievement, Volume IV, Authors and Journalists

27 chapters

1. 1[Frontispiece: Robert Burns]
2. 2STORIES OF ACHIEVEMENT
3. 3EDITED BY ASA DON DICKINSON
4. 4Authors and Journalists
5. 5GARDEN CITY —— NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE COMPANY 1925
6. 6ACKNOWLEDGMENT
7. 7CONTENTS
8. 8AUTHORS AND JOURNALISTS JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU The Man to Whom Expression was Travail ROBERT BURNS The Ploughman-poet HORACE GREELEY How the Farm-boy Became an Editor CHARLES DICKENS The Factory Boy CHARLOTTE BRONTE The Country Parson's Daughter LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The Journal of a Brave and Talented Girl HENRY GEORGE The Troubles of a Job Printer JACOB RIIS "The Making of an American" WILLIAM H. RIDEING Rejected Manuscripts HELEN ADAMS KELLER How She Learned to Speak
9. 9JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712-1778) THE MAN TO WHOM EXPRESSION WAS TRAVAIL
10. 10ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796) THE PLOUGHMAN-POET
11. 11POETS ARE BORN—THEN MADE
12. 12THE KINDLY CRITIC IS THE POET'S BEST FRIEND
13. 13HORACE GREELEY (1811-1872) HOW THE FARM-BOY BECAME AN EDITOR
14. 14CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) THE FACTORY BOY
15. 15A LITTLE GENTLEMAN
16. 16A FRIEND IN NEED
17. 17DELIVERANCE AT LAST
18. 18"THE INFINITE CAPACITY FOR TAKING PAINS"

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