II. INTRODUCTION TO COLORED INKS 15
III. SOME LETTERS 44
IV. MORE LETTERS 71
V. PUBLICATION OF HIS FIRST BOOKS 107
VI. HIS SECOND VISIT TO EUROPE 138
VII. IN THE SAINTS' AND SINNERS' CORNER 169
VIII. POLITICAL RELATIONS 198
IX. HIS "AUTO-ANALYSIS" 234
X. LAST YEARS 261
XI. LAST DAYS 297

APPENDIX 321

INDEX 341




ILLUSTRATIONS


DRAWINGS IN COLORS AND IN FAC-SIMILE PAGE

ORIGINAL TEXT OF "LITTLE BOY BLUE" _Frontispiece_
_With drawings in colors by Eugene Field._

THE LITTLE DRESS-MAKER 23
_From a drawing by Eugene Field._

A PROPER SONET 26