Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface IX
3. Copyright Acknowledgment XI
4. Contents XIII
5. Illustrations XV
6. I. Daughter of New England 1
7. II. Childhood in Calais 18
8. III. Putnam Free School and Pinkerton Academy–Literary Apprenticeship 29
9. IV. A LAUNCHING INTO THE ATLANTIC WITH APPLAUSE FROM THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL 51
10. V. SIR ROHAN'S GHOST AND AZARIAX 65
11. VI. The Amber Gods: Their Ancestry and Progeny to 1868 76
12. VII. Marriage and Deer Island 103
13. VIII. A Popular Magazinist 120
14. IX. "Deer Island's Mistress Sings" 141
15. X. Literary Criticism and Other Essays 160
16. XI. For Young Readers 172
17. XII. In the Boston Circle of the Nineties 179
18. XIII. The Elder's People and Others 198
19. XIV. The Last Romantic Leaves 207
20. Bibliography 223
21. Index 265