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Copyright, 1848, 1857, 1866, 1868, 1869, 1876, and 1885, By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

Copyright, 1887, 1894, and 1896, By HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.

CONTENTS

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[A Sketch of the Life of James Russell Lowell.]
[I. Elmwood]v
[II. Education]ix
[III. First Ventures]xi
[IV. Verse and Prose]xiv
[V. Public Life]xvi
[Introductory Note]1
[The Vision of Sir Launfal]4
[Prelude to Part First]4
[Part First]7
[Prelude to Part Second]10
[Part Second]12
[Ode recited at the Harvard Commemoration]16
[On Board the '76]31
[An Indian-Summer Reverie]34
[The First Snow-Fall]45
[The Oak]47
[Prometheus]49
[To W.L. Garrison]61
[Wendell Phillips]63
[Mr. Hosea Biglow to the Editor of the Atlantic Monthly]63
[Villa Franca]70
[The Nightingale in the Study]73
[Aladdin]76
[Beaver Brook]76
[The Shepherd of King Admetus]78
[The Present Crisis]80
[Al Fresco]87
[The Foot-Path]90

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