| Table of Contents | |
| Section | Page |
| Start of eBook | 1 |
| RICHARD WAGNER. | 1 |
| JOHN RUSKIN. | 1 |
| HERBERT SPENCER. | 1 |
| CHARLES DARWIN. | 2 |
| JOHN ERICSSON. | 3 |
| LI HUNG CHANG. | 3 |
| DAVID LIVINGSTONE. | 4 |
| SIR AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD. | 5 |
| MICHAEL FARADAY. | 5 |
| RUDOLF VIRCHOW. | 6 |
| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
| BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY. | 7 |
| BY HENRY T. FINCK. | 7 |
| JOHN RUSKIN. | 28 |
| HERBERT SPENCER. | 47 |
| I. | 48 |
| II. | 49 |
| III. | 51 |
| IV. | 53 |
| V. | 56 |
| VI. | 60 |
| AUTHORITIES. | 65 |
| CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN. | 66 |
| I. | 66 |
| II. | 71 |
| III. | 72 |
| IV. | 76 |
| V. | 78 |
| VI. | 83 |
| AUTHORITIES. | 83 |
| JOHN ERICSSON. | 83 |
| AUTHORITIES. | 109 |
| LI HUNG CHANG. | 109 |
| BY W.A.P. MARTIN, D.D., LL.D | 109 |
| I. | 110 |
| II. | 112 |
| III. | 115 |
| IV. | 118 |
| V. | 120 |
| VI. | 122 |
| VII. | 125 |
| VIII. | 127 |
| DAVID LIVINGSTONE. | 129 |
| AUTHORITIES. | 150 |
| SIR AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD. | 150 |
| AUTHORITIES. | 169 |
| MICHAEL FARADAY. | 169 |
| AUTHORITIES. | 193 |
| RUDOLF VIRCHOW. | 193 |
| AUTHORITIES. | 212 |

