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

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LITERARY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES

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MY FIRST VISIT TO NEW ENGLAND

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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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A BELATED GUEST

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MY MARK TWAIN

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