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Title: The Daughter of the Storage
And Other Things in Prose and Verse

Author: William Dean Howells

Release Date: September 18, 2009 [EBook #30023]

Language: English

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THE DAUGHTER OF THE STORAGE

WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

THE DAUGHTER
OF THE STORAGE

AND OTHER THINGS
IN PROSE AND VERSE

W. D. HOWELLS

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

Copyright, 1915, 1916, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published April, 1916

CONTENTS

PAGE
I. THE DAUGHTER OF THE STORAGE 3
II. A PRESENTIMENT 45
III. CAPTAIN DUNLEVY'S LAST TRIP 67
IV. THE RETURN TO FAVOR 81
V. SOMEBODY'S MOTHER 93
VI. THE FACE AT THE WINDOW 107
VII. AN EXPERIENCE 117
VIII. THE BOARDERS 127
IX. BREAKFAST IS MY BEST MEAL