PAPERS FROM OVERLOOK-HOUSE.

By Caspar Almore

PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1866.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

CONTENTS.

[INTRODUCTORY LETTER ]5
[CHAPTER I. ARRIVAL AT THE VILLAGE ]13
[CHAPTER II. THE WELCOME AT OVERLOOK-HOUSE ]18
[CHAPTER III. THE CHRISTMAS LOG IN THE KITCHEN ]33
[CHAPTER IV. HOW THE OVERLOOK PAPERS CAME TO BE WRITTEN ]47
[I. DR. BENSON; OR THE LIVING MAN EMBALMED FOR TWENTY YEARS ]51
[II. THE GHOST AT FORD INN—NESHAMONY ]75
[III. MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT BIOGRAPHY;—OR, LITERATURE FOR A FAIR WIDOW ]91
[IV. KATYDIDS:—A NEW CHAPTER IN NATURAL HISTORY ]127
[V. THE IMAGE-MAKER ]139
[VI. THE CLOUDS ]142
[VII. THE PROTECTOR DYING ]145
[VIII. THE INDIAN DREAM-CELL ]149
[IX. WILD FLOWERS GATHERED FOR MY WIFE ]178
[X. RIVERSDALE ]181
[XI. DR. SAMUEL STANHOPE SMITH AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE ]198
[XII. MRS. DIGBY'S ECONOMY ]224
[XIII. TO MY WIFE ]236
[XIV. FADING AWAY ]237