MALBONE: AN OLDPORT ROMANCE.

by THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON.



"What is Nature unless there is an eventful human life passing
within her?

Many joys and many sorrows are the lights and shadows in which
she shows most beautiful."--THOREAU, MS. Diary.




CONTENTS.

PRELUDE
I. AN ARRIVAL
II. PLACE AUX DAMES!
III. A DRIVE ON THE AVENUE
IV. AUNT JANE DEFINES HER POSITION
V. A MULTIVALVE HEART
VI. "SOME LOVER'S CLEAR DAY"
VII. AN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
VIII. TALKING IT OVER
IX. DANGEROUS WAYS
X. REMONSTRANCES
XI. DESCENSUS AVERNI
XII. A NEW ENGAGEMENT