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Title: Complete Project Gutenberg William Dean Howells Works
Author: Howells, William Dean
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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
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
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FENNEL AND RUE
By William Dean Howells
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DR. BREEN'S PRACTICE.
By William Dean Howells
1881
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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
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THEIR SILVER WEDDING JOURNEY.
PART I.
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PART II.
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LXIX.
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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
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LITERARY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES
by William Dean Howells
CONTENTS
LITERARY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
MY FIRST VISIT TO NEW ENGLAND
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF LITERARY NEW YORK
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ROUNDABOUT TO BOSTON
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LITERARY BOSTON AS I KNEW IT
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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
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THE WHITE MR. LONGFELLOW
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IV.
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VIII.
STUDIES OF LOWELL
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XII.
CAMBRIDGE NEIGHBORS
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VIII.
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A BELATED GUEST
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IV.
MY MARK TWAIN
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ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS
RAGGED LADY.
By William Dean Howells
CONTENTS
Part 1.
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
Part 2.
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XVIII.
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XXII.
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XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
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XXXVII.
XXXVIII.
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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.
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Part II.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX
XXX.
XXXI.
XXXII.
XXXIII.
XXXIV.
XXXV.
XXXVI.
XXXVII.
XXXVIII.
XXXIX
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XLVI
XLVII.
XLVIII
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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
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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
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IV
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VIII
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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;
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
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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
" 236
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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