1891

EDITOR'S NOTE

I. PRELIMINARY

II. BOYHOOD

III. MANHOOD—FIRST VISIT TO EUROPE

IV. SOCIETY AND "SALMAGUNDI"

V. THE KNICKERBOCKER PERIOD

VI. LIFE IN EUROPE—LITERARY ACTIVITY

VII. IN SPAIN

VIII. RETURN TO AMERICA—SUNNYSIDE—THE MISSION TO MADRID

IX. THE CHARACTERISTIC WORKS

X. LAST YEARS—THE CHARACTER OF HIS LITERATURE