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[Frontispiece: Robert Burns]
STORIES OF ACHIEVEMENT
EDITED BY ASA DON DICKINSON
Authors and Journalists
GARDEN CITY —— NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1925
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CONTENTS
AUTHORS 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
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
(1712-1778)
THE MAN TO WHOM EXPRESSION WAS TRAVAIL
ROBERT BURNS
(1759-1796)
THE PLOUGHMAN-POET
POETS ARE BORN—THEN MADE
THE KINDLY CRITIC IS THE POET'S BEST FRIEND
HORACE GREELEY
(1811-1872)
HOW THE FARM-BOY BECAME AN EDITOR
CHARLES DICKENS
(1812-1870)
THE FACTORY BOY
A LITTLE GENTLEMAN
A FRIEND IN NEED
DELIVERANCE AT LAST
"THE INFINITE CAPACITY FOR TAKING PAINS"
"FAREWELL? MY BLESSING SEASON THIS IN THEE"
CHARLOTTE BRONTË
(1816-1855)
THE COUNTRY PARSON'S DAUGHTER
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
(1832-1888)
HENRY GEORGE
(1839-1897)
THE TROUBLES OF A JOB PRINTER
BEGINS WRITING AND TALKING
"ON THE PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT OF TIME."
JACOB RIIS.
(1849-1914)
"THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN"
WILLIAM H. RIDEING
(1853-____)
REJECTED MANUSCRIPTS
HELEN ADAMS KELLER
(1880-____)
HOW SHE LEARNED TO SPEAK
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