# Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era

An audiobook by John Lord, read by LibriVox volunteers (10 h 24 min, English).

Volume 14 is a compilation of essays regarding accomplishments over the 50 years preceding the author's death in 1894. The editorial staff chose the people that they felt best exemplified Lord's criteria of being a historical force to represent the worlds of music, art, science and invention. Though not personally written by Lord, the book is attributed to him. - Summary by KHand

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## Chapters

0. Publisher's Preface (4:26): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_00_lord_64kb.mp3
1. Richard Wagner, Part 1 (20:40): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_01_lord_64kb.mp3
2. Richard Wagner, Part 2 (21:47): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_02_lord_64kb.mp3
3. Richard Wagner, Part 3 (20:48): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_03_lord_64kb.mp3
4. John Ruskin, Part 1 (20:07): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_04_lord_64kb.mp3
5. John Ruskin, Part 2 (23:54): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_05_lord_64kb.mp3
6. John Ruskin, Part 3 (15:14): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_06_lord_64kb.mp3
7. Herbert Spencer, Part 1 (27:09): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_07_lord_64kb.mp3
8. Herbert Spencer, Part 2 (28:02): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_08_lord_64kb.mp3
9. Charles Robert Darwin, Part 1 (28:21): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_09_lord_64kb.mp3
10. Charles Robert Darwin, Part 2 (25:15): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_10_lord_64kb.mp3
11. John Ericsson, Part 1 (25:21): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_11_lord_64kb.mp3
12. John Ericsson, Part 2 (24:04): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_12_lord_64kb.mp3
13. John Ericsson, Part 3 (25:55): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_13_lord_64kb.mp3
14. Li Huang Chang, Part 1 (21:51): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_14_lord_64kb.mp3
15. Li Huang Chang, Part 2 (19:42): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_15_lord_64kb.mp3
16. Li Huang Chang, Part 3 (20:32): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_16_lord_64kb.mp3
17. David Livingstone, Part 1 (21:12): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_17_lord_64kb.mp3
18. David Livingstone, Part 2 (21:08): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_18_lord_64kb.mp3
19. David Livingstone, Part 3 (21:26): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_19_lord_64kb.mp3
20. Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 1 (20:38): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_20_lord_64kb.mp3
21. Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 2 (19:35): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_21_lord_64kb.mp3
22. Sir Austen Henry Layard, Part 3 (18:52): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_22_lord_64kb.mp3
23. Michael Faraday, Part 1 (23:05): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_23_lord_64kb.mp3
24. Michael Faraday, Part 2 (22:58): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_24_lord_64kb.mp3
25. Michael Faraday, Part 3 (23:26): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_25_lord_64kb.mp3
26. Rudolf Virchow, Part 1 (20:34): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_26_lord_64kb.mp3
27. Rudolf Virchow, Part 2 (18:58): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_27_lord_64kb.mp3
28. Rudolf Virchow, Part 3 (19:06): https://archive.org/download/beaconlightsvol14_2006_librivox/beaconlightsvol14_28_lord_64kb.mp3