CHAPTER XLVIII

LARGE FORTUNES AND THEIR DISPOSITION. HOW THE FORTUNES OF THE ASTORS WERE MADE.—GEORGE PEABODY AND HIS PHILANTHROPIC SCHEMES.—JOHNS HOPKINS AND HIS PECULIARITIES.—A. T. STEWART AND HIS ABORTIVE PLANS.—A SCULPTOR’S OPINION OF HIS HEAD.—ECCENTRICITIES OF STEPHEN GIRARD, AND HOW HE TREATED HIS POOR SISTER.—HIS PENURIOUS HABITS AND GREAT DONATIONS.—JAMES LENOX AND THE LIBRARY WHICH HE LEFT.—HOW PETER COOPER MADE HIS FORTUNE, AND HIS LIBERAL GIFTS TO THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION.—SAMUEL J. TILDEN’S …