Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Introduction IX
3. Contents XIII
4. Illustrations XV
5. Chapter I. Ancestry and Youth 1
6. Chapter II. Early Literary Efforts 23
7. Chapter III. The New-England Magazine 44
8. Chapter IV. In New York, 1836–1840 67
9. Chapter V. The Newspaper Editor, 1839–1841 95
10. Chapter VI. The New World, 1839–1845 119
11. Chapter VII. In Grub Street, 1845–1850 148
12. Chapter VIII. The Lecturer, 1849-1864 164
13. Chapter IX. An Estimate 184
14. Appendix 201
15. Selected Bibliography 207
16. Index 213