CONTENTS

PREFACE

I. THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH
II. A DAY WITH THE GOVERNOR
III. A VACATION AT FERNBOROUGH
IV. THE HAWKINS HOUSE
V. 'ZEKE PETTINGILL'S FARM
VI. "JUST LIKE OLD TIMES"
VII. STROUT AND MAXWELL'S GROCERY
VIII. UNCLE IKE AND OTHERS
IX. A "STORY" SERMON
X. THE RAISED CHECK
XL. THE WRECK OF THE _ALTONIA_
XII. FERNBOROUGH HALL
XIII. "HORNABY HOOK"
XIV. AN AMERICAN HEIRESS
XV. AN ELOPEMENT
XVI. YOUNG QUINCY
XVII. HIS FATHER'S FRIENDS
XVIII. AN OLD STRIFE RENEWED
XIX. BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD
XX. MARY DANA
XXI. AT HARVARD
XXII. ALICE'S DREAM
XXIII. "BY THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE"
XXIV. "WE THREE"
XXV. A PERIOD OF TWENTY-THREE YEARS
XXVI. "CATESSA"