VOLUME II

Published, December, 1901
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York

1901

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I.PEDIGREE[1]
II.INTRODUCTION TO COLORED INKS[15]
III.SOME LETTERS[44]
IV.MORE LETTERS[71]
V.PUBLICATION OF HIS FIRST BOOKS[107]
VI.HIS SECOND VISIT TO EUROPE[138]
VII.IN THE SAINTS' AND SINNERS' CORNER[169]
VIII.POLITICAL RELATIONS[198]
IX.HIS "AUTO-ANALYSIS"[234]
X.LAST YEARS[261]
XI.LAST DAYS[297]
APPENDIX[321]
INDEX[341]

ILLUSTRATIONS

DRAWINGS AND FAC-SIMILES
ORIGINAL TEXT OF "LITTLE BOY BLUE"
With drawings in colors by Eugene Field.		[Frontispiece]
THE LITTLE DRESS-MAKER
From a drawing by Eugene Field.		[23]
A PROPER SONET
From a drawing in colors by Eugene Field.		[26]
FIELD AND BALLANTYNE AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF A BISCUIT FROM NEW BRUNSWICK
From a drawing by Eugene Field.		[27]
THE GOOD KNIGHT SLOSSON'S CASTLE
From a drawing by Eugene Field.		[29]
A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS
From drawings by Eugene Field.		[30, 31]
HOW MARY MATILDA WON A PRINCE:
From drawings by Eugene Field.
THE PRINCE ASKING EDDIE MARTIN ABOUT THE FAIR MARY MATILDA[38]
THE PRINCE'S COAT-OF-ARMS—
FLIGHT OF THE FAIR MARY MATILDA—
THE AGGRAVATING MIRAGE		[40]
BROTHER SLOSSON AND HIS OTHER FRIEND EN ROUTE TO THE WEDDING[42]
A STAMP ACCOUNT[57]
AN ECHO FROM MACKINAC ISLAND
With drawings by Eugene Field.		[58]
A BOWLING CHALLENGE FROM EUGENE FIELD[75]
A LETTER FROM EUGENE FIELD CONTAINING THREE DRAWINGS[78]
FIELD'S PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF
"As I would have looked but for the refining influence of Old Nompy."		[88]
A SCENE IN THE DAILY NEWS OFFICE
From a drawing by Eugene Field.		[99]
PAGE OF ADVERTISEMENTS FROM "CULTURE'S GARDEN"[111]
"THE ALLIAUNCE"[124]
SKETCH AND EPITAPH
From a drawing by Eugene Field.		[168]
OFF TO SPRINGFIELD
From a drawing by Eugene Field.		[201]
HALF-TONE PLATES
Facing Page
ROSWELL FIELD[142]
FIELD THE COMEDIAN[254]
EUGENE FIELD WITH HIS DUTCH RING[302]