The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Bom in Tambridije. Mass., Feb. S-., 181!). Graduate atHarvard Colkge. !S. Elected Irof. of Belles Lettres inHarvard, in siuc-ssion to H. W. Longfellow, IW;.). Editorof the Athii:tie Mimllibi, 1857-IH, and of the ^orlh Ain-erican Jifiieit: 1«I«-T2. Received degree of LL. Cambridge Universitv, Eng., 1874. AppointedMinister to Great Britain, 18T4, and succeeded by K. ., 1885. A voluminous author and poiiiilar lecturer. CYRUS W. FIELD. The Father of the .Mhint


The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Bom in Tambridije. Mass., Feb. S-., 181!). Graduate atHarvard Colkge. !S. Elected Irof. of Belles Lettres inHarvard, in siuc-ssion to H. W. Longfellow, IW;.). Editorof the Athii:tie Mimllibi, 1857-IH, and of the ^orlh Ain-erican Jifiieit: 1«I«-T2. Received degree of LL. Cambridge Universitv, Eng., 1874. AppointedMinister to Great Britain, 18T4, and succeeded by K. ., 1885. A voluminous author and poiiiilar lecturer. CYRUS W. FIELD. The Father of the .Mhintic Calile. Bom in Stock-bridge, Nov. ,?!(), 18i;i. Organi/.ed lirst oceanlelegrapli compaiiv. Mar. 10, isr>4. trossed ocean fiftytimes on cable business up WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT. The richest man in lh<_- world. at New Brims-?wick, N. J., May H. isil. Educated at Columbia College?Grammar Si-h(toi. New York. On Tlie death of his father,Cornelius VunderbilT. Jan. 4, 1S77. lie came into possest^-ion of a fortune of $).()00. He died Dec. H. 1885. andin hia will bequeathed the enormous sum of $:iUO,000,0(XIin ca-h, .securiticd and realty.


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