The Project Gutenberg EBook of Entire PG Edition of William Dean Howells, by William Dean Howells This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license Title: Entire PG Edition of William Dean Howells With links to all Tables of Contents of all 64 ebooks Author: William Dean Howells Release Date: August, 2002 [EBook #3400] [The actual date this file first posted: 04/17/01] Last Updated: August 27, 2018 Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ENTIRE PG EDITION OF WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS *** Produced by David Widger [NOTE: There are short lists of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of many of the major sections of this work for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] [NOTE: This work is a compilation of the writings of William Dean Howells prepared by several contributors to Project Gutenberg. As more of his works are produced and posted as etexts they will be inserted into this file. D.W.] [NOTE: Last Updated: August 1, 2018: The original file from the year 2001 had at that time 156,000 lines. Now, 18 years later, the number of Howel's works on Project Gutenberg has more than doubled. In the interests of size, speed of loading the file, and the delay in updating 65 of Howel's Ebooks from year to year, it has been decided to change this Ebook to an Index of the linked files with their linked tables of contents which has only 13,000 lines. DW] INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF WILLIAM DEAN HOWELS Compiled by David Widger CONTENTS Click on the ## before each title to view a linked table of contents for each of the twelve volumes. Click on the title itself to open the original online file. ## 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 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. XV. XXVI. FENNEL AND RUE By William Dean Howells CONTENTS I. II. III. IV V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 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 V. VI. 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 V. 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. XLIX. L. LI. LII. LIII. LIV. LV. 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 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. 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. XII. 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 X 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 (In certain versions of this etext, in certain browsers, clicking on this symbol will bring up a larger version of the illustration.) 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. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Entire PG Edition of William Dean Howells, by William Dean Howells *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ENTIRE PG EDITION OF WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS *** ***** This file should be named 3400-0.txt or 3400-0.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/4/0/3400/ Produced by David Widger Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. 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