CONTENTS

[I.]Bret Harte’s Ancestry[1]
[II.]Bret Harte’s Boyhood[13]
[III.]Bret Harte’s Wanderings in California[18]
[IV.]Bret Harte in San Francisco[32]
[V.]The Pioneer Men and Women[53]
[VI.]Pioneer Life[85]
[VII.]Pioneer Law and Lawlessness[120]
[VIII.]Women and Children among the Pioneers[140]
[IX.]Friendship among the Pioneers[157]
[X.]Gambling in Pioneer Times[168]
[XI.]Other Forms of Business[181]
[XII.]Literature, Journalism and Religion[192]
[XIII.]Bret Harte’s Departure from California[214]
[XIV.]Bret Harte in the East[220]
[XV.]Bret Harte at Crefeld[251]
[XVI.]Bret Harte at Glasgow[266]
[XVII.]Bret Harte in London[274]
[XVIII.]Bret Harte as a Writer of Fiction[293]
[XIX.]Bret Harte as a Poet[308]
[XX.]Bret Harte’s Pioneer Dialect[321]
[XXI.]Bret Harte’s Style[330]
Index[347]