Excerpt from Representative Men in Literature, Science, and Art IN making the accompanying selection from the Biographies and Portraits already published in the Photographic Portraits of Men of Eminence, ' the compiler has been guided by the de sire of making it as far as possible a representative volume of the position taken by the great names of the present century, in the various branches of literature, in science, and in art. Many of these names have become household words among us. Since the first publication of the biographies, several of those whose portraits are here given have been removed by death. The biographies are in all cases rendered complete to the present time. Any single Biography and Portrait may be had separately, price ls. 6d. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.