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MEN WHO HAVE MADE THE EMPIRE
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
VALDAR, THE OFT-BORN. A Saga ofSeven Ages. Imp. 16mo, cloth gilt. Illustratedby Harold Piffard. Price 6s.
THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN. A Tale ofthe Conquest of Peru. Crown 8vo, cloth.With Frontispiece by Stanley L. Wood. Price 6s.
KNAVES OF DIAMONDS. Being Talesof the Diamond Fields. Crown 8vo, cloth.Illustrated by E. F. Sherie. Price 3s. 6d.
London
C. ARTHUR PEARSON LIMITED
“ALMIGHTY GOD, OF THY GOODNESS, GIVE ME LIFE AND LEAVE ONCETO SAIL AN ENGLISH SHIP ON YONDER SEA!”
(See page 54.)
Frontispiece.
Men who have
Made the Empire
BY
GEORGE GRIFFITH
THIRD EDITION
London
C. ARTHUR PEARSON LIMITED
HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.
1899
To
THE GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF
THE MIGHTY DEAD
AND TO
THE HONOUR OF THE LIVING
WHO ARE
CARRYING ON THEIR NOBLE WORK,
THE FOLLOWING PAGES
ARE INSCRIBED.
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