Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface IX
3. Contents XIII
4. List of Illustrations XV
5. I. In the Cradle of Liberty 1
6. II. In “The Great Commercial Emporium” 19
7. III. “Salmagundi” and Other Literary Experiments 30
8. IV. Defender of the United States 46
9. V. Author of Seventy Tales 66
10. VI. The Novelist 93
11. VII. Critic and Poet 111
12. VIII. Secretary of the Navy. Retirement at Hyde Park 128
13. IX. Summary and Conclusion 142
14. Bibliography 148
15. Index 161