The papers contained in this volume were originally published in the North American Reviero, with four exceptions. Those upon THEODOSIA Burr and JOHN JACOB Astor first appeared in Harper's Magazine ; that upon COMMODORE VanDERBILT, in the New York Ledger ; and that upon HENRY WARD BEECHER AND HIS CHURCH, in the Atlantic Monthly. CONTENTS. PAGE DANIEL WEBSTER . . . . . . . 53 JOHN C. CalHOUN . . . . . . . 113 STEPHEN GIRARD AND HIS COLLEGE . . . . 221 JAMES GORDON BENNETT AND THE NEW YORK HERALD 259 CHARLES GOODYEAR . . . . . . . 307 HENRY WARD BEECHER AND HIS CHURCE . . 347 COMMODORE VANDERBILT . . . . . . 373 |