ENDURANCE TO THE END-SAVONAROLA.

Arnold of Brescia-Dante-His banishment-State of Italy-Savonarola

leaves home-His preachings-Enters Florence-Lorenzo de'

Medici-Savonarola Prior of St. Mark's-Preaches in the Duomo

-His great power-Death of Lorenzo-Piero de' Medici-The

French enter Italy-Florence a Republic-Improvement of the

city-Savonarola threatened with assassination-Offered a Cardinal's

hat-Excommunicated by the Pope-St. Mark's attacked-

Savonarola surrenders-His last exhortation-His torture, degrada-

tion, and death-Interest of Florence
Pages 129-154

CHAPTER VIL

THE SAILOR.

Valour of seamen-Education of the sea-'
a-The sea the path of commerce

-Sir Samuel Baker-Seamen the great discoverers-Portuguese,

Dutch, English navigators-A great race of seamen-The Invin-

cible Armada-Sir Francis Drake-Drake's attack upon Spain-

Strength of the Armada—Arrival off the coast-Fighting up the

Channel-The Armada off Calais-The attacks-Wreck of the

Armada-Sir Richard Grenville-Naval power and commerce-

Napoleon and Nelson-Captain Riou-Captain Knowles of the

Northfleet-The London-Mr. Plimsoll-Captain Freemantle of

the Invincible-Captain Sharp and John M‘Intosh-John Maynard

on Lake Erie-The Sarah Sands-Lighthouses--The Smalls-The

Eddystone-The Skerryvore-The first lifeboat-Saving of life by

lifeboats-The Van Kook-Courage at Fraserburgh-Self-devotion

at Great Yarmouth

155-189

CHAPTER VIIL

THE SOLDIER.

Life of Duty-Henry IV.-Turenne-Von Moltke-Chevalier D'Assis
-Great men soldiers: Socrates, Eschylus, Sophocles, Xenophon,

Cæsar, Horace, Dante, Peter the Hermit-Chaucer, Buchanan,

Ben Jonson, Philip Sydney, Algernon Sydney, Davenant, Lovelace,

Withers, Bunyan, Otway, and Farquhar—Steele, Coleridge, Sotheby,

Cobbett, Lee, Murchison-Great soldiers of Spain: Lope de Vega,

Cervantes, Calderon, Mendoza de Santillana, and others—The

poet Camoens-Loyola, Descartes, Mapertuis, Malus, Niépce,

Droz La Mark, Rochefoucauld, Courier-The Chevalier Bayard—

General Washington-The Duke of Wellington-His ideas of

Duty-His obedience, courage, patience, long-suffering—His diffi-

culties in Portugal and Spain-His humanity, impartiality, justice,

truthfulness-Wellington and Napoleon-Von Stein in Prussia—

Charles Albert and Victor Emmanuel in Italy-The Russians in

Turkey-Horrors of war.

Pages 190-226

CHAPTER IX.

HEROISM IN WELL-DOING.

Virtue and valour Self-sacrifice Misfortune - Opportunities for

well-doing-The Plague-Epimenides-Cardinal Borromeo-First

Sunday school-The Plague in London-Bishop Morton at York

-Dr. Hodges and the Plague-The Rev. W. Mompesson at Eyam

-Typhus fever at Leeds-Deaths of good men-Surgeons in the

battlefield-Larrey-Salsdorf-Dr. Thompson at the Alma-Dr.

Kay at Benares-Corporals Derbyshire and Hopper at Moultan-

The monk at Cadiz―The brave woman at Matagorda-Nursing

in time of war-Miss Nightingale at Scutari-Miss Stanley at

Therapeia-Miss Florence Lees before Metz-Field hospital nurs-

ing-Miss Carpenter-Mrs. Chisholm-Grace Vernon Bussel-

Helen Petrie of the Shetlands-Grace Darling

227-258

CHAPTER X.

SYMPATHY.

St. John and the children-Uses of sympathy-Sympathy and philan.
thropy-Money overestimated-Goethe and suffering-Bishop Wil-

Contents.

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berforce-Dr. Norman Macleod-East of London-Edward Deni-

son-Joseph de Maistre-Judge Talfourd on sympathy-Employers

and employed-Domestic service-Annie Mackay-"Don't care"

-Political economy and service-Utilitarians-Burns on wealth-

Michael Angelo's servant - Thoughtfulness and kindness — The

Venetians—The family—Patience—Faraday—Charles Lamb and

his sister-Lady Watson and her husband-A woman's memory-

A Methodist love-feast-Mr. Collyer on the power of sympathy-

Dr. Martineau on Christianity-The poor-Robert Raikes and Sun-

day schools-Joseph Lancaster-Mary Anne Clough, the Factory

girl-Glasgow Foundry Boys' Society

259-289

CHAPTER XI.

PHILANTHROPY.

Physical force-The power of gentleness—Heine on lepers-St. Vin-

cent de Paul-John Howard-The state of prisons-Mrs. Fry-

Mrs. Tatnall-Mr. Edmonds at Sing Sing-Captain Pillsbury—-

Thomas Wright of Manchester-Reclamation of convicts—Joseph

Hume, and opening public places-The Great Exhibition—Trust-

ing men
Pages 290-320

CHAPTER XII.

HEROISM IN MISSIONS.

The Duke of Wellington on missions-Career of a missionary-Augus

tine's mission to England-North of England pagan-Conversion

by Paulinus-Speech of a warrior-Missionaries in Europe, China,

and Africa-St. Francis Xavier-Las Casas in the West Indies-

Christianises the natives-Dr. Moffat in Africa-Dr. Livingstone-

Islands of Polynesia-John Williams-London Missionary Society

—Industry taught—Builds a ship—Cats and rats—Visits England

-The martyr of Erromanga-Bishop Selwyn-Bishop Patteson-

His voyages-His labours-His death at Nukapa - Commodore

Goodenough-Jonathan Edwards
321-353

CHAPTER XIII.

KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.

Cruelty-Bull-baiting-Richard Martin's Act-Birds at Hurlingham-

Birds' wings--Protection of wild birds-Kingfishers in India-Wild-

fowl in Norway-Capture of larks-Kindness to larks at Aberdeen

-Leonardo da Vinci-The old hermits-St. Francis-Humanity

of birds—The battue-Napier and Outram-Albertus of Siena—

Bird-killing in France-Cruelty to scholars-Cruelty to children-

A Christ's Hospital Flogging-Cruelty to animals-The donkey-

The dog's reason-His conscience-His affection-The dog Bobby

-Sir Walter Scott and the dog-Famous dogs-Dogs of Pompeil

and Herculaneum-The brute better than the man-Androcles and

the lion-Voltaire on the rights of animals-Old Tabby-Thoreau

and the animals-Theodore Parker-The horse "Cruiser "—Mr.

Rarey-Non é Cristiano-Sights at Naples-Horses in London-

Miss Lisetta Rest-Cruelty to horses-The war-horse

354-379

CHAPTER XIV.

HUMANITY TO HORSES-E. F. FLOWER.

Slavery of the horse-The horse in France-Bearing-reins-The mission-

ary of horses-Chamber of Torture—Mr. Flower on ponies and

horses-Emigrates to America-Landing at New York and Phila-

delphia-The convoy-Travelling westward-The Alleghany

Mountains-Pittsburg-Rafts on the Ohio-Cincinnati-Lexington

-Mr. Henry Clay-Slavery-The Rappites-The prairies-Home

in the Far West-Want of food-Swimming the Wabash-Warring-

ton, Albion-Education of "Ned"—Hunting the deer—The bear

-Progress of the colony-The slaves-War with the kidnappers—

Adventures-Kidnappers determined to assassinate Flower-The

result-Leaves for England-Little Penn-Education at New

Lanark and London-Enters business, marries, and thrives-

Attempts to abate cruelty to horses—Bits and bearing-reins—Fashion

and humanity-Results of Mr. Flower's labours Pages 380-404

Duty and being-Mutual aid-Example-Negation---Science in faith--

The useless man-Operation of character-Perthes-The young

man-Eternity of words and examples-Good and evil-Bad books

-Responsibility of authors-The leprous book-The scrofulous

novel-The giggling book-Scott's novels-Charles Dickens-A

book a living voice-Saying of Wordsworth-Krilof's fable, "The

Author and the Robber"

a

405-416

CHAPTER XVL

THE LAST.

Youth and old age—The invisible messenger—Wilkie in the Escurial—

Frederick the Great-The great Cyrus-Xerxes - Pericles-

Mahmoud the Ghiznevide-The Manchester manufacturer-Charles

IX.-Sydney Smith at Castle Howard-Cardinal Mazarin-Sir

Harry Vane-Sir Walter Raleigh The French marshal-Sir John

Moore-Sir Walter Scott-Kant at death-Jeremy Taylor on life

-A man's true life-St. Francis of Assisi-Last words of Sir

Walter Raleigh.

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417-423