. The great American book of biography . rs of her life her health was poor,though her bright and cheerful spirit shone clear and strong through sicknessand health alike. She made two journeys to Europe, where her sister May(the Amy of Little Women) lived, and who died there a year after hermarriage. So strong was the habit of work in Miss Alcott that she hardly laiddown her pen until the day of her death, which occurred in August, 1888. Miss Alcott made no pretense of being a poet, though she wrote much inverse ; but once, on the death of her beloved mother, the inspiration of theoccasion pro
. The great American book of biography . rs of her life her health was poor,though her bright and cheerful spirit shone clear and strong through sicknessand health alike. She made two journeys to Europe, where her sister May(the Amy of Little Women) lived, and who died there a year after hermarriage. So strong was the habit of work in Miss Alcott that she hardly laiddown her pen until the day of her death, which occurred in August, 1888. Miss Alcott made no pretense of being a poet, though she wrote much inverse ; but once, on the death of her beloved mother, the inspiration of theoccasion produced the beautiful and pathetic poem, Transfiguration, one ofthe finest of her works. A few years after her death was published her Life,Letters, and Journals, one of the most charming of American books, and onewhich should be read by every one who has laughed and cried over herstories, and learned through them to admire and love the strong and noblewoman who wrote them. ; ..., ./■. P m 1 I i ■■ 1 M^ 1 H ■ 1 ■ HORACE HORACE GREELEY, THK FOUNDER OK NIODERN JOURNALISNI. HE men of whom we love to read are those who stand forsome great principle, whose lives and deeds exemplifyits power. When we think of patriotism, the figure ofWashington rises before us, as the man whose life, aboveall others, was controlled by pure love of country. Prac-tical wisdom, shrewdness, and thrift are embodied in Ben-jamin Franklin. Astor and Girard represent the powerof accumulation ; Stewart, Carnegie, and Pullman, ■ thepower of organization ; and so, when we consider thepower of the press, the image which comes up before ourmental view is that of Horace Greeley. In almost everypersonal quality there have been men who far surpassed him,—men who weregreater as politicians, as organizers, as statesmen, as speakers, as writers,—but in the one respect of influencing public opinion through the press, of mak-ing his mind the mind of other men, no man in America has ever wielded su
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