CHICAGO, September 30th, 1901.




CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. PEDIGREE 1
II. HIS FATHER'S FIRST LOVE-AFFAIR 13
III. THE DRED SCOTT CASE 36
IV. BIRTH AND EARLY YOUTH 49
V. EDUCATION 73
VI. CHOICE OF A PROFESSION 91
VII. MARRIAGE AND EARLY DOMESTIC LIFE 103
VIII. EARLY EXPERIENCES IN JOURNALISM 126
IX. IN DENVER, 1881-1883 143
X. ANECDOTES OF LIFE IN DENVER 158
XI. COMING TO CHICAGO 183
XII. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS 206
XIII. RELATIONS WITH STAGE FOLK 224
XIV. BEGINNING OF HIS LITERARY EDUCATION 271
XV. METHOD OF WORK 294
XVI. NATURE OF HIS DAILY WORK 314