bearing upon the poet's early married years and first
visit to Europe, during what was undoubtedly the formative period of his
life. Secondly, there is a good deal of material obtained from the
manuscript volumes known as the "Harvard College Papers" and preserved
at the University Library, elucidating the academical side of
Longfellow's life. Thirdly, there is a series of extracts from his
earlier writings, dating from college days and not hitherto brought
together, but showing the origin and growth of his lifelong desire to
employ American material and to help the creation of a native
literature; the desire which had its final fulfilment in "Evangeline"
and "Hiawatha." These three sources will be found, if the author is not
mistaken, to have afforded distinct contributions to our previous
knowledge as to Longfellow's character and work.

T. W. H.

CONTENTS

Chap. Page

I. Longfellow as a Classic 1
II. Birth, Childhood, and Youth 11
III. First Flights in Authorship 21
IV. Literature as a Pursuit 37
V. First Visit to Europe 45
VI. Marriage and Life at Brunswick 59
VII. The Corner Stone laid 67
VIII. Appointment at Harvard and
Second Visit to Europe 81
IX. Illness and Death of Mrs. Longfellow 107
X. Craigie House 116
XI. Hyperion and the Reaction from It 124
XII. Voices of the Night 137
XIII. Third Visit to Europe 149
XIV. Anti-Slavery Poems and Second Marriage 163
XV. Academic Life in Cambridge 176
XVI. Literary Life in Cambridge 188
XVII. Resignation of Professorship--
to Death of Mrs. Longfellow 202
XVIII. Birds of Passage 213
XIX. Last Trip to Europe 219
XX. Dante 225
XXI. The Loftier Strain: Christus 236
XXII. Westminster Abbey 248
XXIII. Longfellow as a Poet 258
XXIV. Longfellow as a Man