The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe

pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. Mr. Gladstone, in a recent lecture thus defines a hero: quoting Latham's definition of a hero, — 'a man eminent for bravery, ' he said he was not satisfied with that, because bravery might be mere animal bravery. Carlyle had described Napoleon I. as a great hero. 'Now he (Mr. Gladstone) was not prepared to admit that Napoleon was a hero. He was certainly one of the most extraordinary men ever born. There was more power concentrated in that