Printed in Cincinnati. A series of historical episodes illustrating the pyschology of famous historical characters. Chapters including Cleopatra, Nero, Rasputin, and the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton titles "A Song of Hate":
"Everything was in readiness when Hamilton caused the ceremony to be suspended for a moment. This he did to remove his spectales, to which he cleaned very carefully. He was undoubtedly bothered by the glare of the sun on the water, but it is said to have attributed this to dust on his glasses. Then came the word "present"! A moment later two shots rang out, hardly a split second apart".