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##  THE KENTONS

##  FENNEL AND RUE

##  DR. BREEN'S PRACTICE

##  THE MARCH FAMILY TRILOGY

##  LITERATURE AND LIFE

##  APRIL HOPES

##  LITERARY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES

##  RAGGED LADY

##  THE LANDLORD AT LION'S HEAD

##  THE WHOLE FAMILY

##  VENETIAN LIFE

##  LONDON FILMS

##  SUBURBAN SKETCHES

##  SEVEN ENGLISH CITIES

##  THE LEATHERWOOD GOD

##  THE ALBANY DEPOT

##  THE MINISTER'S CHARGE

##  ROMAN HOLIDAYS AND OTHERS

##  FAMILIAR SPANISH TRAVELS

##  ANNIE KILBURN

##  THE LADY OF THE AROOSTOOK

##  A FOREGONE CONCLUSION

##  MODERN ITALIAN POETS

##  A MODERN INSTANCE

##  A TRAVELER FROM ALTRURIA

##  QUESTIONABLE SHAPES

##  THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE

##  SOUTHERN LIGHTS AND SHADOWS

##  STORIES OF OHIO

##  BETWEEN THE DARK AND THE DAYLIGHT

##  A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE

##  A LITTLE SWISS SOJOURN

##  A PAIR OF PATIENT LOVERS

##  THE STORY OF A PLAY

##  A FEARFUL RESPONSIBILITY

##  THE FLIGHT OF PONY BAKER

##  THE COAST OF BOHEMIA

##  CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY

##  BOY LIFE

##  A LIKELY STORY

##  A BOY'S TOWN

##  IMAGINARY INTERVIEWS

##  THE DAUGHTER OF THE STORAGE

##  THE QUALITY OF MERCY

##  A COUNTERFEIT PRESENTMENT

##  THE YEARS OF MY YOUTH

##  MRS. FARRELL

##  MY YEAR IN A LOG CABIN

##  THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM

EBOOKS WITHOUT TABLES OF CONTENTS

THE WORLD OF CHANCE

MAN OF LETTERS, MAN OF BUSINESS

EMILE ZOLA

THE SLEEPING CAR

AN OPEN-EYED CONSPIRACY

THE GAROTTERS

THE REGISTER

THE ELEVATOR

THE PARLOR-CAR

INDIAN SUMMER

BUYING A HORSE

FIVE O'CLOCK TEA

EVENING DRESS

BRIDE ROSES

THE CONFESSION OF ST. AUGUSTINE

HENRY JAMES, JR.

PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNTER-CURRENT

TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

THE KENTONS

By William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

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II.

III.

IV

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VII.

VIII.

IX.

X

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XV.

XXVI.

FENNEL AND RUE

By William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

I.

II.

III.

IV

V.

VI.

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VIII.

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X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

DR. BREEN'S PRACTICE.

By William Dean Howells

1881

CONTENTS

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

THE ENTIRE MARCH FAMILY TRILOGY

THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY

A HAZARD OF NEW FORTUNES

THEIR SILVER WEDDING JOURNEY.

By William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY I. THE OUTSET.

II. MIDSUMMER-DAY'S DREAM.

III. THE NIGHT BOAT.

IV. A DAY'S RAILROADING

V. THE ENCHANTED CITY, AND BEYOND.

VI. NIAGARA.

VII. DOWN THE ST. LAWRENCE.

VIII.   THE SENTIMENT OF MONTREAL.

IX. QUEBEC.

X. HOMEWARD AND HOME.

XI. NIAGARA REVISITED.

A HAZARD OF NEW FORTUNES

PART FIRST

I.

II.

III.

IV

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

PART SECOND

I.

II.

III.

IV

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VII.

VII.

IX.

X

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

PART THIRD

I.

II.

III.

IV

V.

VI.

VII

VIII.

IX.

PART FOURTH

I.

II.

III.

IV

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

PART FIFTH

I.

II.

III.

IV

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VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

THEIR SILVER WEDDING JOURNEY.

PART I.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXV.

PART II.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

XL.

XLI.

XLII.

XLIII.

XLIV.

XLV.

XLVI.

XLVII.

PART III.

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LIII.

LIV.

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LVI.

LVII.

LVIII.

LIX.

LX.

LXI.

LXII.

LXIII.

LXIV.

LXV.

LXVI.

LXVII.

LXVIII.

LXIX.

LXX.

LXXI.

LXXII.

LXXIII.

LXXVI.

LXXV.

LITERATURE AND LIFE

by William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

BIOGRAPHICAL

THE MAN OF LETTERS AS A MAN OF BUSINESS

I.    II.    III.    IV.    V.    VI.    VII.    VIII    IX.    X.    XI.

CONFESSIONS OF A SUMMER COLONIST

I.    II.    III.    IV

THE EDITOR’S RELATIONS WITH THE YOUNG CONTRIBUTOR

I.    II.    III.    IV.    V.    VI.

LAST DAYS IN A DUTCH HOTEL

I.    II.    III    IV    V.    VI.    VII.    VIII.

SOME ANOMALIES OF THE SHORT STORY

I.    II.    III.    IV.    V.    VI.

SPANISH PRISONERS OF WAR

I.    II.    III.    IV.

AMERICAN LITERARY CENTRES

I.    II.    III.    IV.    V.

THE STANDARD HOUSEHOLD-EFFECT COMPANY

I.    II.

STACCATO NOTES OF A VANISHED SUMMER

I.    II.    III.    IV.    V.

SHORT STORIES AND ESSAYS

WORRIES OF A WINTER WALK

I.    II.    III.

SUMMER ISLES OF EDEN

I.    II.    III.    IV.

WILD FLOWERS OF THE ASPHALT

I.    II.    III.    IV

A CIRCUS IN THE SUBURBS

I.    II.    III.    IV.

A SHE HAMLET

I.    II.    III.

THE MIDNIGHT PLATOON

I.    II.    III.    IV.    V.

THE BEACH AT ROCKAWAY

I.    II.    III.    IV.    V.    VI.

SAWDUST IN THE ARENA

I.    II.    III.

AT A DIME MUSEUM

I.    II.

AMERICAN LITERATURE IN EXILE

I.    II.

THE HORSE SHOW

I.    II.    III.    IV.

THE PROBLEM OF THE SUMMER

I.    II.    III.

AESTHETIC NEW YORK FIFTY-ODD YEARS AGO

I.    II.

FROM NEW YORK INTO NEW ENGLAND

I.    II.    III.    IV.    V.

THE ART OF THE ADSMITH

I.    II.    III.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PLAGIARISM

I.    II.

PURITANISM IN AMERICAN FICTION

I.    II.

THE WHAT AND THE HOW IN ART

I.    II.    III.

POLITICS OF AMERICAN AUTHORS

I.    II.    III.    IV.

STORAGE

I.    II.    III.    IV

“FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER ON THE O-HI-O”

I.    II.    III.    IV.    V.    VI.

MY LITERARY PASSIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL

I. THE BOOKCASE AT HOME

II. GOLDSMITH

III. CERVANTES

IV. IRVING

V. FIRST FICTION AND DRAMA

VI. LONGFELLOW’S “SPANISH STUDENT”

VII. SCOTT

VIII. LIGHTER FANCIES

IX. POPE

X. VARIOUS PREFERENCES

XI. UNCLE TOM’S CABIN

XII. OSSIAN

XIII. SHAKESPEARE

XIV. IK MARVEL

XV. DICKENS

XVI. WORDSWORTH, LOWELL, CHAUCER

XVII. MACAULAY

XVIII. CRITICS AND REVIEWS

XIX. A NON-LITERARY EPISODE

XX. THACKERAY

XXI. “LAZARILLO DE TORMES”

XXII. CURTIS, LONGFELLOW, SCHLEGEL

XXIII. TENNYSON

XXIV. HEINE

XXV. DE QUINCEY, GOETHE, LONGFELLOW

XXVI. GEORGE ELIOT, HAWTHORNE, GOETHE, HEINE

XXVII. CHARLES READE

XXVIII. DANTE

XXIX. GOLDONI, MANZONI, D’AZEGLIO

XXX. “PASTOR FIDO,” “AMINTA,” “ROMOLA,” “YEAST,” “PAUL FERROLL”

XXXI. ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN, BJORSTJERNE BJORNSON

XXXII. TOURGUENIEF, AUERBACH

XXXIII. CERTAIN PREFERENCES AND EXPERIENCES

XXXIV. VALDES, GALDOS, VERGA, ZOLA, TROLLOPE, HARDY

XXXV. TOLSTOY

CRITICISM AND FICTION

I    II    III    IV    V.    VI.    VII.   
VIII.    IX.    X.    XI.    XII.    XIII.    XIV.   
XV.    XVII.    XVIII.    XIX.    XX.    XXI.   
XXII.    XXIII.    XXIV.    XXV.    XXVI.    XXVII.

PG EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS

APRIL HOPES

1887

by William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

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II.

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V.

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VII.

VIII.

IX.

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XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

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XVII.

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XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

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XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII:

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

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XLI.

XLII.

XLIII

XLIV.

XLV.

XLVI.

XLVII.

XLVIII.

XLIX.

L.

LITERARY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES

by William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

LITERARY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL

MY FIRST VISIT TO NEW ENGLAND

I.

II.

III

IV

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

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XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF LITERARY NEW YORK

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

ROUNDABOUT TO BOSTON

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

LITERARY BOSTON AS I KNEW IT

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

THE WHITE MR. LONGFELLOW

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

STUDIES OF LOWELL

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

CAMBRIDGE NEIGHBORS

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

A BELATED GUEST

I.

II.

III.

IV.

MY MARK TWAIN

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS

RAGGED LADY.

By William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

Part 1.   

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

Part 2.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XI.

XXII.

XXIII

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

XL.

THE LANDLORD AT LION'S HEAD

By William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

THE LANDLORD AT LION'S HEAD

Part I.   

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

Part II.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX

XL.

XLI.

XLII.

XLIII

XLIV

XLV.

XLVI

XLVII.

XLVIII

XLIX.

L.

LI.

LII.

LIII.

LIV.

LV

THE WHOLE FAMILY,

A NOVEL BY TWELVE AUTHORS

By William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,
Mary Heaton Vorse, Mary Stewart Cutting, Elizabeth Jordan,
John Kendrick Bangs, Henry James, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
Edith Wyatt, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, Alice Brown, Henry Van Dyke

CONTENTS

I. THE FATHER, by William Dean Howells

II. THE OLD-MAID AUNT, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

III. THE GRANDMOTHER, by Mary Heaton Vorse

IV. THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, by Mary Stewart Cutting

V. THE SCHOOL-GIRL, by Elizabeth Jordan

VI. THE SON-IN-LAW, by John Kendrick Bangs

VII. THE MARRIED SON, by Henry James

VIII.    THE MARRIED DAUGHTER, By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

IX. THE MOTHER, by Edith Wyatt

X. THE SCHOOL-BOY, By Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

XI. PEGGY, by Alice Brown

XII. THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, by Henry Van Dyke

VENETIAN LIFE

By William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXII.

DETAILED CONTENTS.

I. Venice in Venice
II. Arrival and first Days in Venice
III. The Winter in Venice
IV. Comincia far Caldo
V. Opera and Theatres
VI. Venetian Dinners and Diners
VII. Housekeeping in Venice
VIII. The Balcony on the Grand Canal
IX. A Day-Break Ramble
X. The Mouse
XI. Churches and Pictures
XII. Some Islands of the Lagoons
XIII. The Armenians
XIV. The Ghetto and the Jews of Venice
XV. Some Memorable Places
XVI. Commerce
XVII. Venetian Holidays
XVIII. Christmas Holidays
XIX. Love-making and Marrying; Baptisms and Burials
XX. Venetian Traits and Characters
XXI. Society
XXII. Our Last Year in Venice
Index

LONDON FILMS

BY W. D. HOWELLS

CONTENTS

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

List of Illustrations

Fleet Street and St. Dunstan's Church

The Carriages Drawn up Beside the Sacred Close

Sunday Afternoon, Hyde Park

Rotten Row.

A Block in the Strand.

St. Paul's Cathedral.

Westminster Abbey.

The Horse Guards, Whitehall

Westminster Bridge and Clock Tower.

A House-boat Ox the Thames at Henley.

The Crowd of Sight-seers at Henley

The Tower of London.

St. Olave's, Tooley Street.

London Bridge.

The Ancient Church of St. Magnus.

The East India House of Charles Lamb's Time.

Church of the Dutch Refugees.

Bow-bells (st. Mary-le-bow, Cheapside).

Staple Inn, Holborn.

Clifford's Inn Hall.

Ancient Church of St. Martins-in-the-fields.

Hyde Park in October.

Thames Embankment.

SUBURBAN SKETCHES

By William Dean Howells

Author Of “Venetian Life,” “Italian Journeys” Etc.

CONTENTS

MRS. JOHNSON

DOORSTEP ACQUAINTANCE

A PEDESTRIAN TOUR.

BY HORSE-CAR TO BOSTON

A DAY'S PLEASURE

A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE

SCENE

JUBILEE DAYS

SOME LESSONS FROM THE SCHOOL OF MORALS.

FLITTING

Illustrations

“But I Suppose This Wine is Not Made of Grapes, Signor?”

“Looking About, I Saw Two Women.”

“The Young Lady in Black, Who Alighted at a Most Ordinary Little Street.”

“That Sweet Young Blonde, Who Arrives by Most Trains.”

“Frank and Lucy Stalked Ahead, With Shawls Dragging From Their Arms.”

“They Skirmish About Him With Every Sort of Query.”

“A Gaunt Figure of Forlorn and Curious Smartness.”

“The Spectacle As We Beheld It.”

“Vacant and Ceremonious Zeal.”

SEVEN ENGLISH CITIES

By W. D. Howells

CONTENTS

A MODEST LIKING FOR LIVERPOOL

SOME MERITS OF MANCHESTER

IN SMOKIEST SHEFFIELD

NINE DAYS’ WONDER IN YORK

TWO YORKISH EPISODES

A DAY AT DONCASTER AND AN HOUR OUT OF DURHAM

THE MOTHER OF THE AMERICAN ATHENS

ABERYSTWYTH, A WELSH WATERING-PLACE

LLANDUDNO, ANOTHER WELSH WATERING-PLACE

GLIMPSES OF ENGLISH CHARACTER

THE LEATHERWOOD GOD

By William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

PUBLISHER'S NOTE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE LEATHERWOOD GOD

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

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XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

XXI

XXII

XXIII

List of Illustrations

Nancy Stood Staring at Her, With Words Beyond Saying In Her Heart—words That Rose in Her Throat and Choked Her

“You Believe, Maybe, That You Would Be Struck Dead if You Said the Things That I Do; But Why Ain't I Struck Dead?”

“It's my Cloth! I Spun It, I Wove It, Every Thread! It's All We've Got for Our Clothes This Winter!”

“Now You Can See How It Feels to Have Your Own Husband Slap You.”

She Had Begun to Wash his Wound, Very Gently, Though She Spoke So Roughly, While he Murmured With the Pain and With The Comfort Of The Pain

They Swarmed Forward to the Altar-place and Flung Themselves on the Ground, and Heaped The Pulpit-steps With Their Bodies

“And he Went Down Ag'in, and when He Come up Ag'in, His Face Was All Soakin' Wet, Like He'd Been Crying Under the Water”

THE ALBANY DEPOT

A FARCE

By W. D. Howells

(THE ACTION PASSES IN BOSTON)

I. MR. AND MRS. EDWARD ROBERTS; THE CHOREWOMAN

II. ROBERTS AND WILLIS CAMPBELL

III. THE McILHENYS, ROBERTS, AND CAMPBELL

IV. ROBERTS AND CAMPBELL

V. MRS. ROBERTS, MRS. CAMPBELL, ROBERTS, AND CAMPBELL; THEN THE COOK AND McILHENY

THE MINISTER'S CHARGE

OR, THE APPRENTICESHIP OF LEMUEL BARKER

By William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

THE MINISTER'S CHARGE;

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI

ROMAN HOLIDAYS

AND OTHERS

By W. D. Howells

ILLUSTRATED

CONTENTS

ROMAN HOLIDAYS AND OTHERS

I. UP AND DOWN MADEIRA.

II. TWO UP-TOWN BLOCKS INTO SPAIN

III. ASHORE AT GENOA

IV. NAPLES AND HER JOYFUL NOISE

V. POMPEII REVISITED

VI. ROMAN HOLIDAYS

I. HOTELS, PENSIONS, AND APARTMENTS

II. A PRAISE OF NEW ROME

III. THE COLOSSEUM AND THE FORUM

IV. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE SPANISH STEPS

V. AN EFFORT TO BE HONEST WITH ANTIQUITY

VI. PERSONAL RELATIONS WITH THE PAST

VII. CHANCES IN CHURCHES

VIII. A FEW VILLAS

IX. DRAMATIC INCIDENTS

X. SEEING ROME AS ROMANS SEE US

XI. IN AND ABOUT THE VATICAN

XII. SUPERFICIAL OBSERVATIONS AND CONJECTURES

XIII. CASUAL IMPRESSIONS

XIV. TIVOLI AND FRASCATI

XV. A FEW REMAINING MOMENTS

VII. A WEEK AT LEGHORN

VIII. OVER AT PISA

IX. BACK AT GENOA

X. EDEN AFTER THE FALL

ILLUSTRATIONS

01 Glimpse Outside of Modern Rome

02 Funchal Bay

03 Boats and Diving Boys, Funchal

04 Gibraltar from the Bay

05 Gibraltar from the Neutral Ground

06 Daughters of Climate Along the Riviera

07 Typical Monument in the Campo Santo

08 Naples and Her Joyful Noise

09 Out-door Life in Old Naples

10 Up-stairs Street in Old Naples

11 Naples and the Castel St. Elmo from The Mole

12 Excavating at Pompeii

13 the Street of Tombs, Pompeii

14 the Capuchin Church, Rome

15 Glimpse Inside of Imperial Rome

16 Interior of Colosseum from the South

17 the Sacred Way Through The Forum

18 the Roman Forum

19 Spanish Steps

20 Toward the Pincian Hill

21 Sepulchre of Romulus, Forum

22 Trajan's Forum and Column

23 the Rostra in The Forum

24 the Mosaics Under The Capuchin Church

25 Santa Maria Sopra Minerva

26 Church Op Ara Coeli

27 Church of Santa Maggiore

28 Michelangelo's “moses” in San Pietro In Vincoli

29 the Little Stadium With Its Gradines

30 Casino of the Villa Doria and Gardens

31 the Carnival (as It Once Was)

32 the Fountain of Trevi

33 Colonnade and Fountain at St. Peter's

34 Sistine Chapel, Vatican Palace

35 Piazza Del Popolo from the Pincian Hill

36 the Baths of Diocletian

37 Church of St. John Lateran and Lateran Palace

38 Stairway and Fountain, Villa D'este

39 Villa Falconieri, Entrance, Frascati

40 in the Gardens of The Villa Falconieri

41 the Marble Faun

42 Marcus Aurelius With Out-stretched Arm

43 in the Villa Medici

44 the Baths of Caracalla

45 Piazza Victor Emanuel, Leghorn

46 the Canal at Leghorn

47 the Cathedral, Baptistery, and Leaning Tower, Pisa

48 With Almost Any of My Backgrounds

49 Washing in the River, Genoa

50 Realistic Group in the Campo Santo

51 Monaco

52 the Casino, Monte Carlo

FAMILIAR SPANISH TRAVELS

By W. D. Howells

CONTENTS

FAMILIAR SPANISH TRAVELS

I. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES

II. SAN SEBASTIAN AND BEAUTIFUL BISCAY

III. BURGOS AND THE BITTER COLD OF BURGOS

IV. THE VARIETY OF VALLADOLID

V. PHASES OF MADRID

VI. A NIGHT AND DAY IN TOLEDO

VII. THE GREAT GRIDIRON OF ST. LAWRENCE

VIII. CORDOVA AND THE WAY THERE

IX. FIRST DAYS IN SEVILLE

X. SEVILLIAN ASPECTS AND INCIDENTS

XI. TO AND IN GRANADA

XII. THE SURPRISES OF RONDA

XIII. ALGECIRAS AND TARIFA

ILLUSTRATIONS

01 Puerta Del Sol—gate of the Sun—toledo

02 The Casino, San Sebastian, Looks out Upon The Curving Concha and The Blue Bay

03 The Sea Sweeps Inland in a Circle of Blue, to Form The Entrance To The Harbor, San Sebastian

04 Groups of Women on Their Knees Beating Clothes in the Water

05 The Iron-gray Bulk of The Cathedral Rears Itself from Clustering Walls and Roofs

06 The Tomb of Donna Maria Manuel

07 A Burgos Street

08 A Street Leading to the Cathedral

09 The University of Valladolid

10 Church of San Pablo

11 The House in Which Philip Ii. Was Born

12 The Bull-ring, Madrid

13 Guard-mount in the Plaza de Armas, Royal Palace, Madrid

14 Riches of Gray Roof and White Wall Mark Its Insurpassable Antiquity

15 An Ancient Corner of the City

16 The Bridge Across The Yellow Tagus

17 The Town and Monastery of Escorial

18 The Pantheon of The Kings and Queens Of Spain

19 The Ancient City of Cordova

20 The Bell-tower of The Great Mosque, Cordova

21 Gateway of the Bridge, Cordova

22 In Attitudes of Silent Devotion

23 The Cathedral and Tower of The Giralda

24 Ancient Roman Columns Lifting Aloft the Figures of Hercules and Caesar

25 Gardens of the Alcazar

26 The Court of Flags and Tower Of The Giralda

27 To the Alhambra

28 The Court of The Lions

29 Looking Northwest from the Generalife over Granada

30 Looking Across the New Bridge (300 Feet High) over The Guada-laviar Gorge, Ronda

31 View of Algeciras

ANNIE KILBURN

A Novel

By W. D. Howells

CONTENTS

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

THE LADY OF THE AROOSTOOK

By William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

A FOREGONE CONCLUSION

By William Dean Howells

Fifteenth Edition.

CONTENTS

A FOREGONE CONCLUSION

I.

II

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

MODERN ITALIAN POETS

ESSAYS AND VERSIONS

By William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ARCADIAN SHEPHERDS

GIUSEPPE PARINI

VITTORIO ALFIERI

VINCENZO MONTI AND UGO FOSCOLO

Notes:

ALESSANDRO MANZONI

SILVIO PELLICO, TOMASSO GROSSI, LUIGI CAREER, AND GIOVANNI BERCHET

GIAMBATTISTA NICCOLINI

GIACOMO LEOPARDI

GIUSEPPE GIUSTI

FRANCESCO DALL' ONGARO

GIOVANNI PRATI

ALEARDO ALEARDI

Notes:

GUILIO CARCANO, ARNALDO FUSINATO AND LUIGI MERCANTINI

CONCLUSION

A MODERN INSTANCE

By William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.

THE SEQUENCE OF MR. HOWELLS'S BOOKS.

A MODERN INSTANCE.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

XL.

XLI.

A TRAVELER FROM ALTRURIA

Romance

By W. D. Howells

1908

CONTENTS

A TRAVELER FROM ALTRURIA

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

QUESTIONABLE SHAPES

BY

W. D. HOWELLS

Published May, 1903

CONTENTS.

HIS APPARITION

THE ANGEL OF THE LORD

THOUGH ONE ROSE FROM THE DEAD

THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE

A Romance

With An Introduction

By William Dean Howells

1907

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART FIRST

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

XXI

XXII

XXIII

XXIV

XXV

XXVI

XXVII

PART SECOND

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

SOUTHERN LIGHTS AND SHADOWS

Harper's Novelettes

By Various

Edited By William Dean Howells And Henry Mills Alden

1907

CONTENTS

Introduction

The Capture of Andy Proudfoot

The Level of Fortune

Pap Overholt

In the Piny Woods

My Fifth in Mammy

An Incident

A Snipe-Hunt

The Courtship of Colonel Bill

The Balance of Power

STORIES OF OHIO

By William Dean Howells

1897

CONTENTS

PREFACE.

STORIES OF OHIO

I THE ICE FOLK AND THE EARTH FOLK.

IIOHIO AS A PART OF FRANCE.

IIIOHIO BECOMES ENGLISH.

IVTHE FORTY YEARS’ WAR FOR THE WEST.

VTHE CAPTIVITY OF JAMES SMITH

VITHE CAPTIVITY OF BOONE AND KENTON.

VIITHE RENEGADES.

VIIITHE WICKEDEST DEED IN OUR HISTORY.

IXTHE TORTURE OF COLONEL CRAWFORD

XTHE ESCAPE OF KNIGHT AND SLOVER.

XITHE INDIAN WARS AND ST, CLAIR’S DEFEAT.

XIITHE INDIAN WARS AND WAYNE’S VICTORY.

XIIIINDIAN FIGHTERS.

XIVLATER CAPTIVITIES.

XVINDIAN HEROES AND SAGES.

XVILIFE IN THE BACKWOODS.

XVIITHE FIRST GREAT SETTLEMENTS.

XVIIITHE STATE OF OHIO IN THE WAR OF 1812.

XIXA FOOLISH MAN, A PHILOSOPHER, AND A FANATIC.

XXWAYS OUT.

XXITHE FIGHT WITH SLAVERY.

XXIITHE CIVIL WAR IN OHIO

XXIII   FAMOUS OHIO SOLDIERS

XXIVOHIO STATESMEN

XXVOTHER NOTABLE OHIOANS

XVIINCIDENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Stone Axes

Serpent Mound

Pichawillany, Chief Town of the Miamis

Indians Carry off the Women

Indians Delivering up Captives

Indian War Parties Joining the English

Pioneers

Indian Baptism of James Smith

An Indian Prayer

Daniel Boone Shooting With the Indians

Kenton and Girty

Simon Girty

Massacre of the Christian Indians by The Whites

Execution of Crawford

Knight Escapes

The Defeat of St. Clair

The Escape of Kennan

St. Clair’s Defeat

A White Indian

Wetzel, Indian Fighter

Bearskin Cap on a Ramrod

Brickell Leaves his Indian Father

Alder Returns to his Family

Logan’s Elm

Tecumseh

Tomahawk

Ohio Cabin

Lost in the Woods

Marrieta, Ohio

Admiral Perry on Lake Erie

Aarun Burr and Blennerhassett

Johnny Appleseed

Proclaimed Himself the Lord Jesus Christ

Governor Clinton

Early Railroad

Steamboat Explosion

Indian Evacuation by River

Slavery Issue

John Brown Making Pikes for Slaves

John Morgan Invades Ohio in 1863

Hiding With the Pigs

A Copperhead Walks With General Morgan

Rutherford Hayes

William Tecumseh Sherman

General George A. Custer

James A. Garfield

General Phillip H. Sheridan

Benjamin Harrison

Salmon P. Chase

John Sherman

William Mckinley

Thomas Corwin

Thomas A. Edison

Whitelaw Reid

Harriet Beecher Stowe

George Kennan

BETWEEN THE DARK AND THE DAYLIGHT

Romances

by
W.D. Howells

1907

CONTENTS

CHAP.

A Sleep and a Forgetting

The Eidolons of Brooks Alford

A Memory that Worked Overtime

A Case of Metaphantasmia

Editha

Braybridge’s Offer

The Chick of the Easter Egg

ILLUSTRATIONS

Their joint study of her dancing-card did not help them out

A lively matron, of as youthful a temperament as the lively girls she brought in her train, burst upon them

“She shook her head, and said,... ‘Nobody has been here, except—’”

“No burglar could have missed me if he had wanted an easy mark”

“‘You shall not say that!’”

“She glared at editha. ‘What you got that black on for?’”

A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE.

BY W. D. HOWELLS.

1873.

CONTENTS

I. UP THE SAGUENAY.
II. MRS. ELLISON'S LITTLE MANEUVRE.
III. ON THE WAY BACK TO QUEBEC.
IV. MR. ARBUTON'S INSPIRATION.
V. MR. ARBUTON MAKES HIMSELF AGREEABLE.
VI. A LETTER OF KITTY'S.
VII. LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.
VIII. NEXT MORNING.
IX. MR. ARBUTON'S INFATUATION.
X. MR. ARBUTON SPEAKS.
XI. KITTY ANSWERS.
XII. THE PICNIC AT CHATEAU-BIGOT.
XIII. ORDEAL.
XIV. AFTERWARDS.

A LITTLE SWISS SOJOURN

BY W. D. HOWELLS

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
1893

CONTENTS

First Paper
Second Paper

ILLUSTRATIONS

Tourists at Montreux

Sign of the White Cross Inn

Entrance to Villeneuve

Post-office, Villeneuve

The Castle of Chillon

A Railroad Servant

A Bit of Villeneuve

The Prisoner of Chillon

One of the Fountains

"They helped to make the hay in the marshes"

Cattle at the Fountains

Washing Clothes in the Lake

Flirtation at the Fountains

The Wine-press

Castle of Aigle

The Market at Vevay

The Market, Vevay—A Bargain before the Notary

Germans at Montreux

Church Terrace, Montreux

Tour up the Lake

A PAIR OF PATIENT LOVERS

By W. D. Howells

CONTENTS

A PAIR OF PATIENT LOVERS
THE PURSUIT OF THE PIANO.
A DIFFICULT CASE.
THE MAGIC OF A VOICE.
A CIRCLE IN THE WATER.

THE STORY OF A PLAY

A Novel

BY

W. D. HOWELLS

1898

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXII.

CHAPTER XXIII.

CHAPTER XXIV.

CHAPTER XXV.

A FEARFUL RESPONSIBILITY

AND OTHER STORIES

BY

WILLIAM D. HOWELLS

CONTENTS.

A Fearful Responsibility

At the Sign of the Savage

Tonelli's Marriage

THE FLIGHT
OF PONY BAKER

A Boy’s Town Story

By

W.D. HOWELLS

author of

“A BOY’S TOWN”
“CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

Contents

CHAP. |  | PAGE
I | Pony’s Mother, and why he had a Right to run off | 3
II | The Right that Pony had to run off, from the way his Father acted | 15
III | Jim Leonard’s Hair-breadth Escape | 32
IV | The Scrape that Jim Leonard got the Boys into | 52
V | About running away to the Indian Reservation on a Canal-boat, and how the Plan failed | 77
VI | How the Indians came to the Boy’s Town and Jim Leonard acted the Coward | 89
VII | How Frank Baker spent the Fourth at Pawpaw Bottom, and saw the Fourth of July Boy | 105
VIII | How Pony Baker came pretty near running off with a Circus | 141
IX | How Pony did not quite get off with the Circus | 152
X | The Adventures that Pony’s cousin, Frank Baker, had with a Pocketful of Money | 165
XI | How Jim Leonard planned for Pony Baker to run off on a Raft | 192
XII | How Jim Leonard backed out, and Pony had to give it up | 208

Illustrations

“ALL THE FELLOWS CAME ROUND AND ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO NOW” Frontispiece

“BEING DRESSED SO WELL WAS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS THAT WAS DONE TO HIM BY HIS MOTHER”4

“‘I’LL LEARN THAT LIMB TO SLEEP IN A COW-BARN!’” 50

“REAL INDIANS, IN BLANKETS, WITH BOWS AND ARROWS” 90

“VERY SMILING-LOOKING” 124

“HE BEGAN BEING COLD AND STIFF WITH HER THE VERY NEXT MORNING” 144

“FRANK BAKER WAS ONE OF THOSE FELLOWS THAT EVERY MOTHER WOULD FEEL HER BOY WAS SAFE WITH” 166

“‘WHY, YOU AIN’T AFRAID, ARE YOU, PONY?’” 204

THE COAST OF BOHEMIA

By

W. D. Howells

Biographical Edition

1899

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter
I. | XXI.
II. | XXII.
III. | XXIII.
IV. | XXIV.
V. | XXV.
VI. | XXVI.
VII. | XXVII.
VIII. | XXVIII.
IX. | XXIX.
X. | XXX.
XI. | XXXI.
XII. | XXXII.
XIII. | XXXIII.
XIV. | XXXIV.
XV. | XXXV.
XVI. | XXXVI.
XVII. | XXXVII.
XVIII. | XXXVIII.
XIX. | XXXIX.
XX.

CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY
AND OTHER STORIES
TOLD FOR CHILDREN
By W. D. Howells

CONTENTS

CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY | 3
TURKEYS TURNING THE TABLES | 25
THE PONY ENGINE AND THE PACIFIC EXPRESS | 51
THE PUMPKIN-GLORY | 71
BUTTERFLYFLUTTERBY AND FLUTTERBYBUTTERFLY | 111

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
“Having Bonfires in the Back Yard of the Palace” | Frontispiece
“The Old Gobbler ‘First Premium’ said They were Going to Turn the Tables Now” | 35
Two Little Pumpkin Seeds | 75
Took the First Premium at the County Fair | 83
“‘Here's that little fool pumpkin,’ said the farmer” | 85
“Caught His Trousers on a Shingle-nail, and Stuck” | 93
“‘My sakes! it's comin' to life!’” | 103
Tail-piece | 107
“‘Fix dusters! Make ready! Aim! Dust!’” | 121
“The General-in-Chief used to go behind the Church and Cry” | 125
“The Young Khan and Khant entered the Kingdom with a Magnificent Retinue” | 131
“She was Going to Take the Case into Her own Hands” | 135
“The Imam put His Head to the Floor” | 139
“They began to scream, ‘Oh, the cow! the cow!’” | 143

BOY LIFE

STORIES AND READINGS SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF

WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

AND ARRANGED FOR SUPPLEMENTARY
READING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BY

PERCIVAL CHUBB

DIRECTOR OF ENGLISH IN THE
ETHICAL CULTURE SCHOOL, NEW YORK

ILLUSTRATED

CONTENTS

| PAGE
Introduction | ix
I. Adventures in a Boy's Town
    HOW PONY BAKER CAME PRETTY NEAR RUNNING OFF WITH A CIRCUS | 3
    THE CIRCUS MAGICIAN | 13
    JIM LEONARD'S HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE | 23
II. Life in a Boy's Town
    THE TOWN | 41
    EARLIEST MEMORIES | 45
    HOME LIFE | 47
    THE RIVER | 51
    SWIMMING | 55
    SKATING | 61
    MANNERS AND CUSTOMS | 64
    GIRLS | 68
    MOTHERS | 69
    A BROTHER | 73
    A FRIEND | 79
III. Games and Pastimes
    MARBLES | 89
    RACES | 91
    A MEAN TRICK | 93
    TOPS | 96
    KITES | 98
    THE BUTLER GUARDS | 103
    PETS | 108
    INDIANS | 124
    GUNS | 129
    NUTTING | 138
    THE FIRE-ENGINES | 145
IV. Glimpses of the Larger World
    THE TRAVELLING CIRCUS | 151
    PASSING SHOWS | 163
    THE THEATRE COMES TO TOWN | 168
    THE WORLD OPENED BY BOOKS | 171
V. The Last of a Boy's Town | 183

ILLUSTRATIONS

| PAGE
KITE-TIME | Frontispiece
HE BEGAN BEING COLD AND STIFF WITH HER THE VERY NEXT MORNING | 5
THE FIRST LOCK | 43
THE BUTLER GUARDS | 105
ALL AT ONCE THERE THE INDIANS WERE | 127
NUTTING | 141

A LIKELY STORY

Farce

BY
W. D. HOWELLS

ILLUSTRATED

CONTENTS

 Page

MR. AND MRS. WILLIS CAMPBELL 7

MR. WELLING; MR. CAMPBELL 29

MRS. CAMPBELL; MR. WELLING; MR. CAMPBELL 34

JANE; MRS. CAMPBELL; WELLING; CAMPBELL 39

MRS. CAMPBELL; WELLING; CAMPBELL 41

JANE; MRS. CAMPBELL; WELLING; CAMPBELL 43

MRS. CAMPBELL; WELLING; CAMPBELL 44

MISS RICE, MISS GREENWAY, and the OTHERS 48

MISS GREENWAY; MR. WELLING 50

MISS RICE; then MR. and MRS. CAMPBELL, and the OTHERS 53

ILLUSTRATIONS

"THE MOST EXCITING PART OF IT" Frontispiece

MR. WELLING EXPLAINS Facing page 52

A BOY'S TOWN

DESCRIBED FOR "HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE"

BY

W. D. HOWELLS

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER | PAGE
I. | Earliest Experiences | 1
II. | Home and Kindred | 10
III. | The River | 24
IV. | The Canal and its Basin | 36
V. | The Hydraulic and its Reservoirs.—Old River | 45
VI. | Schools and Teachers | 53
VII. | Manners and Customs | 67
VIII. | Plays and Pastimes | 80
IX. | Circuses and Shows | 93
X. | Highdays and Holidays | 110
XI. | Musters and Elections | 121
XII. | Pets | 133
XIII. | Guns and Gunning | 148
XIV. | Foraging | 161
XV. | My Boy | 171
XVI. | Other Boys | 183
XVII. | Fantasies and Superstitions | 197
XVIII. | The Nature of Boys | 205
XIX. | The Town Itself | 215
XX. | Traits and Characters | 228
XXI. | Last Days | 237

ILLUSTRATIONS.

"ONE DAY HE CAME UP TO MY BOY WHERE HE SAT FISHING"

Frontispiece.

THE "FIRST LOCK"

Facing p.
2

"THE PASSENGER IS A ONE-LEGGED MAN"

"
8

"RUN, RUN! THE CONSTABLE WILL CATCH YOU!"

"
18

"HE TOLD THEM THAT HE HAD GOT THEM NOW"

"
44

"THAT HONOR WAS RESERVED FOR MEN OF THE KIND I HAVE MENTIONED"

"
50

"A CITIZEN'S CHARACTER FOR CLEVERNESS OR MEANNESS WAS FIXED BY HIS WALKING ROUND OR OVER THE RINGS"

"
82

KITE TIME

"
92

"THE BOYS BEGAN TO CELEBRATE IT WITH GUNS AND PISTOLS"

"
110

THE "BUTLER GUARDS"

"
122

"ALL AT ONCE THERE THE INDIANS WERE"

"
150

FORAGING

"
168

"THE BEACON OF DEATH "

"
180

"HE ALWAYS RAN BY THE PLACE AS FAST AS HE COULD"

"
198

"THE ARTIST SEEMED SATISFIED HIMSELF"

"
220

"MY BOY REMEMBERS COMING FROM CINCINNATI IN THE STAGE"

"
224

IMAGINARY INTERVIEWS

BY

W.D. HOWELLS

1910

CONTENTS

IMAGINARY INTERVIEWS

The Restoration of the Easy Chair by Way of Introduction

A Year of Spring and a Life of Youth

Sclerosis of the Tastes

The Practices and Precepts of Vaudeville

Intimations of Italian Opera

The Superiority of Our Inferiors

Unimportance of Women in Republics

Having Just Got Home

New York To the Home-comer's Eye

Cheapness of the Costliest City on Earth

Ways and Means of Living in New York

The Quality of Boston and the Quantity of New York

The Whirl of Life in Our First Circles

The Magazine Muse

Comparative Luxuries of Travel

Qualities Without Defects

A Wasted Opportunity

A Niece's Literary Advice To Her Uncle

A Search for Celebrity

Practical Immortality on Earth

Around a Rainy-day Fire

The Advantages of Quotational Criticism

Reading for a Grandfather

Some Moments With the Muse

A Normal Hero and Heroine Out of Work

OTHER ESSAYS

Autumn in the Country and City

Personal and Epistolary Addresses

Dressing for Hotel Dinner

The Counsel of Literary Age to Literary Youth

The Unsatisfactoriness of Unfriendly Criticism

The Fickleness of Age

The Renewal of Inspiration

The Summer Sojourn of Florindo and Lindora

To Have the Honor of Meeting

A Day at Bronx Park

ILLUSTRATIONS

AT THE OPERA

FIFTH AVENUE AT THIRTY-FOURTH STREET

FIFTH AVENUE FROM THE TOP OF A MOTOR-BUS

CHARLES EMBANKMENT, BELOW HARVARD BRIDGE

THE MALL, CENTRAL PARK

BROADWAY AT NIGHT

ELECTION-NIGHT CROWDS

ZOÖLOGICAL GARDENS, BRONX PARK

THE DAUGHTER OF THE STORAGE

WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

THE DAUGHTER
OF THE STORAGE

AND OTHER THINGS
IN PROSE AND VERSE

W. D. HOWELLS

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

CONTENTS

|  | PAGE
I | The Daughter of the Storage | 3
II | A Presentiment | 45
III | Captain Dunlevy's Last Trip | 67
IV | The Return to Favor | 81
V | Somebody's Mother | 93
VI | The Face at the Window | 107
VII | An Experience | 117
VIII | The Boarders | 127
IX | Breakfast Is My Best Meal | 141
X | The Mother-Bird | 151
XI | The Amigo | 161
XII | Black Cross Farm | 173
XIII | The Critical Bookstore | 185
XIV | A Feast of Reason | 227
XV | City and Country in the Fall | 243
XVI | Table Talk | 253
XVII | The Escapade of a Grandfather | 269
XVIII | Self-Sacrifice: A Farce-tragedy | 285
XIX | The Night before Christmas | 319

THE QUALITY OF MERCY

A NOVEL

BY W. D. HOWELLS

1892

CONTENTS

PART FIRST.

I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.

PART SECOND.

I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.

PART THIRD.

I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.

BY WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS.
BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER.
BY CONSTANCE F. WOOLSON.
BY MARY E. WILKINS.
BY LEW. WALLACE

A COUNTERFEIT
PRESENTMENT

AND

THE PARLOUR CAR

BY

WILLIAM D. HOWELLS

CONTENTS

PAGE

I.
An Extraordinary Resemblance,
7

II.
Distinctions and Differences,
61

III.
Dissolving Views,
99

IV.
Not at All Like,
141

THE PARLOUR CAR, a Farce,
191

YEARS OF MY YOUTH

BY
W. D. HOWELLS

WITH INTRODUCTION AND ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN EXPRESSLY
FOR THIS BOOK BY CLIFTON JOHNSON

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Preface by the Illustrator
Illustrations
Chapters: I, II, III, IV.

Some typographical errors have been corrected; a list follows the text. (etext transcriber's note)

ILLUSTRATIONS

The waterside at Martin's Ferry

Frontispiece

The Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia

Facing p. 10

Hamilton, Ohio, the "Boy's Town" of Mr. Howells's youth

" 16

The Miami Canal at Hamilton

" 22

The now abandoned canal at Dayton as it appears on the borders of the city

" 40

The Little Miami River at Eureka Mills, twelve miles east of Dayton

" 44

Overlooking the island which the Howells family cultivated

" 54

The vicinity where Mr. Howells lived his "Year in a Log Cabin"

" 60

One of the last log houses to survive in the vicinity of Jefferson

" 82

The four-story office erected by Mr. Howells's father

" 116

The Ohio State House at Columbus viewed from High Street

" 138

The State House yard on the State Street side

" 158

Old-time dwellings on one of the Columbus streets that Mr. Howells used to frequent

" 170

The Medical College at Columbus

" 184

The quaint doorway of the Medical College through which Mr. Howells passed daily while he roomed in the building

" 224

Looking into the State House grounds toward the broad flight of steps before the west front of the building

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MRS. FARRELL

A NOVEL BY

WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

With an Introduction by
Mildred   Howells

Chapter I II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV.

MY YEAR IN A LOG CABIN

BY
W. D. HOWELLS

A BIT OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY

ILLUSTRATED

I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII.

THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM

by

William Dean Howells

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I | CHAPTER II | CHAPTER III | CHAPTER IV | CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI | CHAPTER VII | CHAPTER VIII | CHAPTER IX | CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI | CHAPTER XII | CHAPTER XIII | CHAPTER XIV | CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI | CHAPTER XVII | CHAPTER XVIII | CHAPTER XIX | CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI | CHAPTER XXII | CHAPTER XXIII | CHAPTER XXIV | CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI | CHAPTER XXVII |  |  |

ITALIAN JOURNEYS

By W.D. Howells

1867 and 1895

CONTENTS

THE ROAD TO ROME FROM VENICE.

I.—LEAVING VENICE.

II.—FROM PADUA TO FERRARA.

III.—THE PICTURESQUE, THE IMPROBABLE, AND THE PATHETIC IN FERRARA.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

IV.—THROUGH BOLOGNA TO GENOA.

V.—UP AND DOWN GENOA.

VI.—BY SEA FROM GENOA TO NAPLES.

VII.—CERTAIN THINGS IN NAPLES.

VIII.—A DAY IN POMPEII.

IX.—A HALF-HOUR AT HERCULANEUM.

X.—CAPRI AND CAPRIOTES.

XI.—THE PROTESTANT RAGGED SCHOOLS AT NAPLES.

XII.—BETWEEN ROME AND NAPLES.

XIII.—ROMAN PEARLS.

FORZA MAGGIORE.

AT PADUA

A PILGRIMAGE TO PETRARCH'S HOUSE AT ARQUÀ.

A VISIT TO THE CIMBRI.

MINOR TRAVELS.

I.—PISA.

II.—THE FERRARA ROAD.

III.—TRIESTE.

IV.—BASSANO.

V.—POSSAGNO, CANOVA'S BIRTHPLACE.

VI.—COMO.

STOPPING AT VICENZA, VERONA, AND PARMA.

DUCAL MANTUA.

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