CONVERTED WHILE WRITING HIS OWN BOOK.
XXVIII A Social Leader, Having “Eyes That See,” Earns Literary Laurels.
SHE IS A GENTLE, FORCEFUL WOMAN.
XXIX Painstaking, the Secret of a Celebrated Painter’s Success.
PERSISTENCE AND HARD WORK COUNT.
XXX A School Girl, Not Afraid of Drudgery, Becomes America’s Foremost Woman Illustrator.
GIRLS’ CHANCES AS ILLUSTRATORS.
XXXI A Schoolboy’s Sketches Reveal the Bent of a Talented Illustrator.
REMINGTON’S SCHOOLBOY EFFECTS.
REMINGTON’S ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
HOW HIS WAR PICTURES ARE MADE.
XXXII Rebuffs and Disappointments Fail to Repress a Great Cartoonist’s Genius.
XXXIII Being Himself in Style and Subjects, the Secret of an Artist’s Wonderful Popularity.
A NATURAL ARTIST WILL NEVER REQUIRE AN INSTRUCTOR.
IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR MISTAKES, NO ONE ELSE CAN.
THE VALUE OF ARTISTIC INDIVIDUALITY.
WHILE STUDYING ART, ONE SHOULD WORK INCESSANTLY.
PREFACE
“Experience,” says the proverb, “is a dear school, and none but fools learn therein.” The inference is that to be wise one must suffer himself to be taught by the experience of others. This volume contains the life stories, told by themselves, of many successful men and women, with emphasis on those experiences which to them appear to have been the turning points in their lives.
It is not likely that there is anywhere in existence a similar collection of heart-to-heart talks with distinguished people of equal value to this. The idea of requesting the leaders in invention, manufacture, transportation, commerce, finance, in political and public life, and in the professions of the ministry, the law, literature and art, to bequeath in their own words the stories of their lives, their ideals, and the lessons of their experience, to the American public, originated with Orison Swett Marden, and contributed in no small degree to the immediate and remarkable popularity of Success, in which many of these interviews first appeared. The early files of the magazine are long since exhausted, but the interest in, and demand for, these articles is sufficient assurance that they are of enduring merit, and deserve to be collected in permanent form.
We regard them as a trust. We do not feel that we have a right to withhold them from the public. We have accordingly fulfilled our obligation by presenting them in attractive form, and we are well assured that young and old alike who are striving to attain their ideals in life will recognize the fact that the highest form of self-interest will lead them to read and absorb the practical helpfulness contained in these pages. Many and varied careers have been selected, so that each one may find his ideal of success fulfilled in real life, and be aroused to a lofty aspiration and resolute determination to achieve like eminence. With Emerson we say, “Hitch your wagon to a star,”