How they succeeded

THE GREAT INTEREST manifested in the life-stories of successful men and women, which have been published from time to time in the magazine Success, has actuated their production in book form. Many of these sketches have been revised and rewritten, and new ones have been added. They all contain the elements that make men and women successful; and they are intended to show that character, energy, and an indomitable ambition will succeed in the world, and that in this land, where all men are born equal and have an equal chance in life, there is no reason for despair. I believe that the ideal book for youth should deal with concrete examples; for that which is taken from real life is far more effective than that which is culled from fancy. Character building, its uplifting, energizing force, has been made the basic principle of this work.Contents Introductory Note1.      Marshall Field2.      Bell Telephone Talk3.      Why The American People Like Helen Gould4.      Philip D. Armour’s Business Career5.      What Miss Mary E. Proctor Did To Popularize Astronomy6.      The Boyhood Experience Of President Schurman Of Cornell University7.      The Story Of John Wanamaker8.      Giving Up Five Thousand Dollars A Year To Become A Sculptor9.      Questions And Answers: Business Pointers By Darius Ogden Mills10.      Nordica: What It Costs To Become A Queen Of Song11.      How William Dean Howells Worked To Secure A Foothold12.      John D. Rockefeller13.      The Author Of The Battle Hymn Of The Republic - Her Views Of Education For Young Women14.      A Talk With Edison15.      A Fascinating Story16.      Carnegie As A Metal Worker17.      Herreshoff, The Yacht Builder18.      A Successful Novelist: Fame After Fifty19.      How Theodore Thomas Brought The People Nearer To Music20.      John Burroughs At Home: The Hut On The Hill Top21.      Vreeland’s Romantic Story: How He Came To Transport A Million Passengers A Day22.      How James Whitcomb Riley Came To Be Master Of The Hoosier Dialect