Lowell, James Russell, parentage, [1], [3];

boyhood, [1], [3]–5, [11]–14;

early views on slavery, [8];

college days, [15]–21;

one of the editors of Harvardiana, [25], [35];

member of Alpha Delta Phi, [27];

early poems, [30], [34], [39];

appointed class poet, [39];

“rusticated” in consequence of indifference to college rules, [40], [41];

stay at Concord, [43]–54;