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Hubbard wrote many biographical sketches of famous people, which he published in a large series of books via his own Roycroft Press in upstate New York. The present work includes sketches on the eminent biologists Thomas Huxley, Ernst Haeckel, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Carl von Linne (Linnaeus), as well as John Tyndale and John Fiske. While there are much better sources of biographical material, these charming sketches contain telling anecdotes, and nuggets of information not available elsewhere.
Hubbard writes with uncommon wit and humanity, and his writing is peppered with aphorisms, clever bromides, and personal reflections. What emerges is the personal philosophy of a strong, independent thinker, though one not immune to the prejudices of his times. ( )