Contains pictures of all the great American heroes from the earliest times to the present day.
Everybody's subscribing for it, and I want to see if I can't take your name.
"Now, just cast your eyes over that," he said, opening his book and pointing to an engraving.

"That's--lemme see--yes, that's Columbus.
Perhaps you've heard sumfin about him?
The publisher was telling me to-day, before I started out, that he discovered--No; was it Columbus that dis--Oh yes! Columbus, he discovered America.

Was the first man here.

He came over in a ship, the publisher said, and it took fire, and he stayed on deck because his father told him to, if I remember right; and when the old thing busted to pieces, he was killed.
Handsome picture, ain't it?
Taken from a photograph; all of 'em are; done specially for this work.

His clothes are kinder odd, but they say that's the way they dressed in those days.
"Look here at this one.