INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Compiled by David Widger

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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LITERATURE AND LIFE

by William Dean Howells

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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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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.

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LITERARY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES

by William Dean Howells

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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BETWEEN THE DARK AND THE DAYLIGHT

Romances

by
W.D. Howells

1907

CONTENTS

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

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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

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CONTENTS

A FEARFUL RESPONSIBILITY

AND OTHER STORIES

 

BY

WILLIAM D. HOWELLS

CONTENTS.