Popular Biographies

Published by D. Lothrop & Co.
1. Charles Dickens by Phebe A. Hanaford PB
2. Charles XII by M. Devoltaire PB
3. Benjamin Franklin by Jeremiah Chaplin
4. Horace Greeley by William H. Cornell
5. James A. Garfield by E. E. Brown PB
6. Gen. U.S. Grant by E. E. Brown PB
7. Oliver Wendell Holmes by E. E. Brown PB
8. Henry W. Longfellow by W. Sloane Kennedy PB
9. Amos Lawrence by W. R. Lawrence
10. Abraham Lincoln by Phebe A. Hanaford
11. David Livingstone by John S. Roberts PB
12. James Russell Lowell
PB
13. Lord Nelson by Robert Southey PB
14. Israel Putnam by I. N. Tarbox
15. George Peabody by Phebe A. Hanaford
16. Charles Sumner by J. and J. D. Chaplin
17. Bayard Taylor by Russell H. Conwell
18. John G. Whittier by W. Sloane Kennedy PB
19. Daniel Webster by Joseph Banvard
20. Henry Wilson by Elias Nason PB
21. Heroes of African Discovery by George T. Day PB

Introduced as a new series in 1884 by D. Lothrop & Co.

This series includes the thirteen books from the Lives of Famous Americans/ Libraries of Famous Americans series as well as eight new titles.

#21 was deleted after 1884. After 1884 Gen. U. S. Grant, Oliver Wendell Holmes and James Russell Lowell were added.

Books new to this series have the letters PB after the title.

Format 1:
Cloth. Various colors. Gilt spine letter box. 12 mo.


Format 2:
Various colors. Floral design on the cover with the title within a wreath. 7.75" x 5.5"