Title: Complete Project Gutenberg William Dean Howells Works
Author: William Dean Howells
Release date: August 1, 2002 [eBook #3400]
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Language: English
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CONTENTS
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
THE EDITOR’S RELATIONS WITH THE YOUNG CONTRIBUTOR
I. II. III IV V. VI. VII. VIII.
SOME ANOMALIES OF THE SHORT STORY
THE STANDARD HOUSEHOLD-EFFECT COMPANY
STACCATO NOTES OF A VANISHED SUMMER
AESTHETIC NEW YORK FIFTY-ODD YEARS AGO
FROM NEW YORK INTO NEW ENGLAND
PURITANISM IN AMERICAN FICTION
“FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER ON THE O-HI-O”
VI. LONGFELLOW’S “SPANISH STUDENT”
XVI. WORDSWORTH, LOWELL, CHAUCER
XXII. CURTIS, LONGFELLOW, SCHLEGEL
XXV. DE QUINCEY, GOETHE, LONGFELLOW
XXVI. GEORGE ELIOT, HAWTHORNE, GOETHE, HEINE
XXIX. GOLDONI, MANZONI, D’AZEGLIO
XXX. “PASTOR FIDO,” “AMINTA,” “ROMOLA,” “YEAST,” “PAUL FERROLL”
XXXI. ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN, BJORSTJERNE BJORNSON
XXXIII. CERTAIN PREFERENCES AND EXPERIENCES
XXXIV. VALDES, GALDOS, VERGA, ZOLA, TROLLOPE, HARDY
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.
CONTENTS
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
CONTENTS
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.
CONTENTS
Fleet Street and St. Dunstan's Church
The Carriages Drawn up Beside the Sacred Close
Westminster Bridge and Clock Tower.
A House-boat Ox the Thames at Henley.
The Crowd of Sight-seers at Henley
The Ancient Church of St. Magnus.
The East India House of Charles Lamb's Time.
Bow-bells (st. Mary-le-bow, Cheapside).
Ancient Church of St. Martins-in-the-fields.
CONTENTS
SOME LESSONS FROM THE SCHOOL OF MORALS.
“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.”
CONTENTS
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
CONTENTS
“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.”
CONTENTS
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II. TWO UP-TOWN BLOCKS INTO SPAIN
IV. NAPLES AND HER JOYFUL NOISE
I. HOTELS, PENSIONS, AND APARTMENTS
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
X. SEEING ROME AS ROMANS SEE US
XII. SUPERFICIAL OBSERVATIONS AND CONJECTURES
ILLUSTRATIONS
01 Glimpse Outside of Modern Rome
03 Boats and Diving Boys, Funchal
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
13 the Street of Tombs, Pompeii
15 Glimpse Inside of Imperial Rome
16 Interior of Colosseum from the South
17 the Sacred Way Through The Forum
21 Sepulchre of Romulus, Forum
24 the Mosaics Under The Capuchin Church
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)
33 Colonnade and Fountain at St. Peter's
34 Sistine Chapel, Vatican Palace
35 Piazza Del Popolo from the Pincian Hill
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
42 Marcus Aurelius With Out-stretched Arm
45 Piazza Victor Emanuel, Leghorn
47 the Cathedral, Baptistery, and Leaning Tower, Pisa
48 With Almost Any of My Backgrounds
49 Washing in the River, Genoa
CONTENTS
I. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES
II. SAN SEBASTIAN AND BEAUTIFUL BISCAY
III. BURGOS AND THE BITTER COLD OF BURGOS
VII. THE GREAT GRIDIRON OF ST. LAWRENCE
VIII. CORDOVA AND THE WAY THERE
X. SEVILLIAN ASPECTS AND INCIDENTS
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
08 A Street Leading to the Cathedral
09 The University of Valladolid
11 The House in Which Philip Ii. Was Born
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
26 The Court of Flags and Tower Of The Giralda
29 Looking Northwest from the Generalife over Granada
30 Looking Across the New Bridge (300 Feet High) over The Guada-laviar Gorge, Ronda
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VINCENZO MONTI AND UGO FOSCOLO
SILVIO PELLICO, TOMASSO GROSSI, LUIGI CAREER, AND GIOVANNI BERCHET
GUILIO CARCANO, ARNALDO FUSINATO AND LUIGI MERCANTINI
CONTENTS
THE SEQUENCE OF MR. HOWELLS'S BOOKS.
CONTENTS
Published May, 1903
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
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
Pichawillany, Chief Town of the Miamis
Indians Delivering up Captives
Indian War Parties Joining the English
Daniel Boone Shooting With the Indians
Massacre of the Christian Indians by The Whites
Brickell Leaves his Indian Father
Proclaimed Himself the Lord Jesus Christ
John Brown Making Pikes for Slaves
John Morgan Invades Ohio in 1863
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.
"They helped to make the hay in the marshes"
The Market, Vevay—A Bargain before the Notary
A
PAIR OF PATIENT LOVERS
THE
PURSUIT OF THE PIANO.
A
DIFFICULT CASE.
THE
MAGIC OF A VOICE.
A
CIRCLE IN THE WATER.
By
author of
“A BOY’S TOWN”
“CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY”
ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
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 |
“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
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter | |
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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 | 3 |
TURKEYS TURNING THE TABLES | 25 |
THE PONY ENGINE AND THE PACIFIC EXPRESS | 51 |
THE PUMPKIN-GLORY | 71 |
BUTTERFLYFLUTTERBY AND FLUTTERBYBUTTERFLY | 111 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Farce
BY
W. D. HOWELLS
ILLUSTRATED
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 |
"ONE DAY HE CAME UP TO MY BOY WHERE HE SAT FISHING"
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Frontispiece. | |
THE "FIRST LOCK"
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Facing p. | 2 |
"THE PASSENGER IS A ONE-LEGGED MAN"
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" | 8 |
"RUN, RUN! THE CONSTABLE WILL CATCH YOU!"
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" | 18 |
"HE TOLD THEM THAT HE HAD GOT THEM NOW"
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" | 44 |
"THAT HONOR WAS RESERVED FOR MEN OF THE KIND I HAVE
MENTIONED"
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" | 50 |
"A CITIZEN'S CHARACTER FOR CLEVERNESS OR MEANNESS WAS FIXED
BY HIS WALKING ROUND OR OVER THE RINGS"
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" | 82 |
KITE TIME
|
" | 92 |
"THE BOYS BEGAN TO CELEBRATE IT WITH GUNS AND PISTOLS"
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" | 110 |
THE "BUTLER GUARDS"
|
" | 122 |
"ALL AT ONCE THERE THE INDIANS WERE"
|
" | 150 |
FORAGING
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" | 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 |
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
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
AND
BY
WILLIAM D. HOWELLS
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I. | An Extraordinary Resemblance, | 7 |
II. | Distinctions and Differences, | 61 |
III. | Dissolving Views, | 99 |
IV. | Not at All Like, | 141 |
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THE PARLOUR CAR, a Farce, | 191 |
BY
W. D. HOWELLS
WITH INTRODUCTION AND ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN EXPRESSLY
FOR THIS BOOK BY CLIFTON
JOHNSON
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The waterside at Martin's Ferry |
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The Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia |
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Hamilton, Ohio, the "Boy's Town" of Mr. Howells's youth |
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The Miami Canal at Hamilton |
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The now abandoned canal at Dayton as it appears on the borders of the city |
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The Little Miami River at Eureka Mills, twelve miles east of Dayton |
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Overlooking the island which the Howells family cultivated |
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The vicinity where Mr. Howells lived his "Year in a Log Cabin" |
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One of the last log houses to survive in the vicinity of Jefferson |
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The four-story office erected by Mr. Howells's father |
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The Ohio State House at Columbus viewed from High Street |
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The State House yard on the State Street side |
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Old-time dwellings on one of the Columbus streets that Mr. Howells used to frequent |
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The Medical College at Columbus |
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The quaint doorway of the Medical College through which Mr. Howells passed daily while he roomed in the building |
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Looking into the State House grounds toward the broad flight of steps before the west front of the building |
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. |
BY
W. D. HOWELLS
ILLUSTRATED
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII. |
CONTENTS
III.—THE PICTURESQUE, THE IMPROBABLE, AND THE PATHETIC IN FERRARA.
VI.—BY SEA FROM GENOA TO NAPLES.
VII.—CERTAIN THINGS IN NAPLES.
IX.—A HALF-HOUR AT HERCULANEUM.
XI.—THE PROTESTANT RAGGED SCHOOLS AT NAPLES.
A PILGRIMAGE TO PETRARCH'S HOUSE AT ARQUÀ.
V.—POSSAGNO, CANOVA'S BIRTHPLACE.
STOPPING AT VICENZA, VERONA, AND PARMA.