This is a collection of biographical pieces written by Elbert Hubbard, and published monthly starting in 1894. The pieces were collected and republished in a 14-volume Memorial Edition in 1916, shortly after his death.
Volume 2 includes pieces about Elizabeth B. Browning, Madame Guyon, Harriet Martineau, Charlotte Bronte, Christina Rossetti, Rosa Bonheur, Madame de Stael, Elizabeth Fry, Mary Lamb, Jane Austen, Empress Josephine, and Mary W. Shelley.
Elbert Green Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement and is, perhaps, most famous for his essay A Message to Garcia.
Also known as Fra Elbert Green, for the magazine he edited, Fra.