Boys who Became
Famous Men
"The citizen wheeled abruptly, grasped his arm."
Boys who Became
Famous Men
Stories of the Childhood of Poets,
Artists, and Musicians
By
Harriet Pearl Skinner
Illustrated by Sears Gallagher
Boston
Little, Brown, and Company
1905
Copyright, 1905,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
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All rights reserved
Published September, 1905
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
TO
FRANK, HOWARD, AND ROBERT ANDREWS
CONTENTS
| Page | |
| Beni's Keeper: Giotto | 1 |
| The Victor: Bach | 9 |
| "The Little Boy at Aberdeen": Byron | 44 |
| "Tom Pear-Tree's Portrait": Gainsborough | 71 |
| Georg's Champion: Händel | 92 |
| Six Hundred Plus One: Coleridge | 133 |
| The Lion that Helped: Canova | 176 |
| Frédéric of Warsaw: Chopin | 207 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| "The citizen wheeled abruptly, grasped his arm" | Frontispiece |
| Page | |
| "He was roused by a hand upon his shoulder" | 4 |
| "Sebastian started up, bewildered" | 37 |
| "Lay in the grass reading aloud from his favorite story" | 56 |
| "A head suddenly appeared above the wall" | 84 |
| "The clavichord provided unceasing entertainment" | 116 |
| "In its place appeared a noble lion" | 193 |
| "Like the tired robbers, were fast asleep" | 216 |
BOYS WHO BECAME
FAMOUS MEN