THE

RIDPATH LIBRARY

UNIVERSAL LITERATURE

IN TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES

A BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY OF THE
WORLD'S MOST EMINENT AUTHORS, INCLUDING THE
CHOICEST EXTRACTS AND MASTERPIECES FROM
THEIR WRITINGS, COMPRISINg the Best
FEATURES OF MANY CELEBRATED
COMPILATIONS, NOTABLY

ALL CAREFULLY REVISED AND ARRANGED BY A CORPS OF THE

MOST CAPABLE SCHOLARS

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

JOHN CLARK RIDPATH, A.M., LL.D.
AUTHOR OF "RIDPATH'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, ""CYCLOPEDIA
of universal HISTORY," "GREAT RACES OF MANKIND,"
ETC., ETC.

VOLUME XXIII

NEW YORK

Dixon & Cary

PUBLISHERS

1901