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• St. Paul the Hero (New York: Macmillan, 1922), by Rufus M. Jones (multiple formats at archive.org)

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• The Student's Life of Paul (New York and London: Macmillan, 1899), by George Holley Gilbert (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Antiquitates Apostolicae: or, The Lives, Acts, and Martyrdoms of the Holy Apostles of Our Saviour; To Which Are Added, Lives of the Two Evangelists, St. Mark and St. Luke; As Also, a Brief Enumeration and Account of the Apostles and Their Successors for the First Three Hundred Years, in the Five Great Apostolical Churches (2 volumes; London: J. Hatchard and Son; et al., 1834), by William Cave, contrib. by Henry Stebbing
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at Google
• A Short Account of the First Preaching of the Gospel by the Apostles: Being a Continuation of "Conversations on the Life of Jesus Christ", by a Mother (London: B. Fellowes and J. Harris, 1830), by Elizabeth Whately (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (with other extracts from his writings, edited by his son; Chicago: Pub. for Pratt Bros., by Law, King and Law, 1888), by Parley P. Pratt, ed. by Parley P. Pratt (multiple formats at archive.prg)

• Jeanne d'Arc (in French; Paris: Plon-Nourrit: New York: The Century Co., 1896), by Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
• Joan of Arc (New York: The Century Co., ca. 1907), by Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
• Joan of Arc (abridged translation; Philadelphia: David McKay, 1918), by Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)

• St. Paul the Hero (New York: Macmillan, 1922), by Rufus M. Jones (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Dawnings of Genius: or, The Early Lives of Some Eminent Persons of the Last Century (London: Charles Knight and Co., 1841), by Anne Pratt (page images at Google)
• Famous Men of Ancient Times (Boston: Brown and Taggard, 1860), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Red Book of Heroes (London et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909), by Mrs. Lang, ed. by Andrew Lang, illust. by Arthur Wallis Mills (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Triumphs of Perseverance and Enterprise (with updated illustrations), by Thomas Cooper (illustrated HTML in the UK)
• Historic Girls: Stories of Girls Who Have Influenced the History of Their Times, by Elbridge S. Brooks
  • illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text

• Variety: or, Selections and Essays, Consisting of Anecdotes, Curious Facts, Interesting Narratives, with Occasional Reflections (Philadelphia: Published by James P. Parke, 1809), by Priscilla Wakefield (page images at Google)
• Beauties of Sentiment: Or an Original Collection of Moral Anecdotes, for the Young (Boston: J. Punchard, 1831) (HTML with commentary at merrycoz.org)
• Juvenile Anecdotes, Founded on Facts, Collected for the Amusement of Children (7th edition; London: Harvey and Darton, 1825), by Priscilla Wakefield (page images at Google)

• Wisdom In Miniature, or, The Young Gentleman And Lady's Magazine: Being A Collection Of Sentences, Divine and Moral (Philadelphia: Printed by J. Adams, 1805)
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Portraits in Color: The Lives of Colorful Negro Women (New York, Pageant Press, c1962), by Gwendolyn Cherry, Ruby Thomas, and Pauline Willis (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Life of Martin Luther King Jr. (Yonkers, NY: Fitzgerald Pub. Co., ca. 1972) (page images at golden-legacy.com)

• The Man Who Would Not Hate: The Story of Festo Kivengere, by Jill Briscoe (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• The Story of Geronimo (c1958), by Jim Kjelgaard (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)

• The Latch Key of My Bookhouse (book 6 of original "My Book House" series; Chicago: The Bookhouse for Children, c1921), ed. by Olive Beaupré Miller (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Man Who Would Not Hate: The Story of Festo Kivengere, by Jill Briscoe (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• Aunt Sally, or, The Cross the Way of Freedom: A Narrative of the Slave-Life and Purchase of the Mother of Rev. Isaac Williams of Detroit, Michigan (Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1858), by Isaac Williams (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• History of King Alfred of England (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872), by Jacob Abbott (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
• King Alfred of England (New York and London: Harper and Bros., c1849), by Jacob Abbott (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• William the Conqueror, by Jacob Abbott
  • illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics
  • Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images

• The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch, Being Parts of The "Lives" of Plutarch Edited for Boys and Girls, by Plutarch, ed. by John S. White (Gutenberg text)
• The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks, by Plutarch and Frederick James Gould, illust. by Walter Crane (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
• Our Young Folks' Plutarch (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1884), by Plutarch, ed. by Rosalie Kaufman (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)

• The Life of Our Lord (published posthumously, c1934), by Charles Dickens (PDF in Japan; NO US ACCESS)
• The Child's Life of Christ: or, The Wonderful Life (Philadelphia and Chicago: J. C. Winston and Co., c1891), by Hesba Stretton, illust. by Heinrich Hofmann and Bernhard Plockhorst (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Child's Life of Jesus (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., ca. 1906), by C. M. Steedman, illust. by Paul Woodroffe
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• When the King Came: Stories from the Four Gospels, by George Hodges (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)

• Famous Men of Ancient Times (Boston: Brown and Taggard, 1860), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)

• William the Conqueror, by Jacob Abbott
  • illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics
  • Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images

• A Child's Journey with Dickens (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1912), by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Florence Nightingale: War Nurse (published as by "Anne Colver"; Champaign, IL: Garrard Press, c1961), by Polly Anne Graff, illust. by Gerald McCann (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer; With Sketches of Simon Kenton, Lewis Wetzel, and Other Leaders in the Settlement of the West (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, c1884), by Edward Sylvester Ellis
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel, U.S.A., by Edward Sylvester Ellis (Gutenberg text)

• Biography of Pious Persons, Abridged for Youth (Springfield, MA: Merriam, Little, and Co., 1832), by L. H. Sigourney (page images at archive.org)

• The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Romans, by Plutarch and Frederick James Gould, illust. by Walter Crane (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
• Famous Men of Rome, by John H. Haaren and Addison B. Poland (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
• The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch, Being Parts of The "Lives" of Plutarch Edited for Boys and Girls, by Plutarch, ed. by John S. White (Gutenberg text)
• Our Young Folks' Plutarch (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1884), by Plutarch, ed. by Rosalie Kaufman (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)

• The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel, U.S.A., by Edward Sylvester Ellis (Gutenberg text)

• Aunt Sally, or, The Cross the Way of Freedom: A Narrative of the Slave-Life and Purchase of the Mother of Rev. Isaac Williams of Detroit, Michigan (Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1858), by Isaac Williams (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• A Bright Sunset: or, Recollections of the Last Days of a Young Football Player (second edition; London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1885), by Mrs. J. H. Riddell (page images at Google)

• The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel, U.S.A., by Edward Sylvester Ellis (Gutenberg text)

• Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans, by Edward Eggleston (Gutenberg text)
• Hero Tales From American History, by Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt (Gutenberg text)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.