Life and Writings
of
Thomas Paine

Containing a biography by Thomas Clio Rickman
and appreciations by Leslie Stephen,
Lord Erskine, Paul Desjardins,
Robert G. Ingersoll,
Elbert Hubbard
and Marilla M. Ricker

Edited and annotated by

Daniel Edwin Wheeler

Vincent Parke and Company
New York

Copyright, 1908, by

Vincent Parke and Company.

Contents

Introduction
Rickman’s Preface
Life of Thomas Paine. - By Thomas Clio Rickman

Erskine’s Defense of Paine    

Thomas Paine: Father of Republics -	By Paul Desjardins

Paine in the American Revolution  - By Leslie Stephen

Thomas Paine. -  By Robert G. Ingersoll

A Little Journey to the Home of Thomas Paine. – By Thomas Paine

A Square Deal. – By Marilla M. Ricker

Illustrations

Thomas Paine

Goupilgravure from an engraving by William Sharp of the original Painting by George Romney.

Lord Erskine

Photogravure from an old Engraving by George E. Perine of the Original Painting.

The Thomas Paine Farm

Photogravure from an Original Photograph of the Home of Thomas Paine at New Rochelle, N.Y.

Monument to Thomas Paine

Photogravure from an Original Photograph of the Monument at New Rochelle, N.Y.