ļ

THE

IMPERIAL & FIGHWAY;

OR, THE ROAD TO

FORTUNE AND HAPPINESS,

WITH

BIOGRAPHIES

OF

SELF-MADE MEN.

their busiNESS TRAITS, QUALITIES AND HABITS.

THOUGHTS

AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF DISTINGUISHED MINDS WHOSE
ENRICH THEse pages, aRE WASHINGTON, FRANKLIN, LONGFELLOW,
SHAKESPEARE, MILTON, BACON, SMILES, MADAME MONTAGUE,
SCOTT, CHEsterfield, HOLLAND, IRVING, MRS. HEMANS,
CARLYLE, GOETHE, SCHILLER, MADAME DE STAEL,
WELLINGTON, WORD WORTH, DR. JOHNSON,
LAMB, BACONSFIELD, MRS. STOWE, EMER-
SON, DICKENS, LINCOLN, GARFIELD,
AND MANY OTHERS.

BY

JEROME PAINE BATES, A. M.

ELEGANTLY ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO:

G. W. BORLAND & CO.

1883.