THE STORY OF WASHINGTON IRVING

Chapter
I. His childhood
II.  Irving’s first voyage up the Hudson river
III.  A trip to Montreal
IV.  Irving goes to Europe
V.  “Salmagundi”
VI.  “Diedrich knickerbocker”
VII.  A comic history of new York
VIII.  Five uneventful years
IX.  Friendship with sir Walter Scott
X.  “Rip Van Winkle”
XI.  Literary success in England
XII.  Irving goes to Spain
XIII.  “The Alhambra”
XIV.  The last years of Irving’s life

THE STORY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE

Chapter
I. The artist in words
II.  Poe’s father and mother
III.  Young Edgar Allan
IV.  College life
V. Fortune changes
VI.  Living by literature
VII.  Poe’s early poetry
VIII.  Poe’s child wife
IX.  Poe’s literary history
X. Poe as A story-writer
XI.  How “The raven” Was written
XII.  Music and poetry
XIII.  Poe’s later years

THE STORY OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

Chapter
I. Elmwood
II.  An impetuous young man
III.  College and the muses
IV.  How Lowell studied law
V. Love and letters
VI.  The uncertain seas of literature
VII.  Hosea Biglow, Yankee Humorist
VIII.  Parson Wilbur
IX.  A fable for critics
X. The truest poetry
XI.  Professor, editor, and diplomat

THE STORY OF BAYARD TAYLOR

Chapter
I. His birth and childhood
II.  School life
III.  His first poem
IV.  Self-education and ambition
V. A traveler at nineteen
VI.  Two years in Europe for five hundred dollars
VII.  The hardships of Tramp travel
VIII.  His first love and greatest sorrow
IX.  “The great American traveler”
X. His poetry
XI.  “Poems of the Orient”
XII.  Bayard Taylor’s friendships
XIII.  Last years