by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Contents
LIFE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE.
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. HIS PARENTAGE AND EARLY LIFE.
CHAPTER II. HIS SERVICES IN THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEGISLATURES.
CHAPTER III. HIS SUCCESS AT THE BAR.
CHAPTER IV. THE MEXICAN WAR.
CHAPTER V. HIS SERVICES IN THE VALLEY OF MEXICO.
CHAPTER VI. THE COMPROMISE AND OTHER MATTERS.
CHAPTER VII. HIS NOMINATION FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
CHIEFLY ABOUT WAR MATTERS. By a Peaceable Man.
ALICE DOANE'S APPEAL.
THE ANCESTRAL FOOTSTEP Outlines of an English Romance. INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
II. A Piece of Chalk
III. The Secret of a Train
IV. The Perfect Game
V. The Extraordinary Cabman
VI. An Accident
VII. The Advantages of Having One Leg
VIII. The End of the World
IX. In the Place de La Bastille
X. On Lying in Bed
XI. The Twelve Men
XII. The Wind and the Trees
XIII. The Dickensian
XIV. In Topsy-Turvy Land
XV. What I Found in My Pocket
XVI. The Dragon's Grandmother
XVII. The Red Angel
XVIII. The Tower
XIX. How I Met the President
XX. The Giant
XXI. A Great Man
XXII. The Orthodox Barber
XXIII. The Toy Theatre
XXIV. A Tragedy of Twopence
XXV. A Cab Ride Across Country
XXVI. The Two Noises
XXVII. Some Policemen and a Moral
XXVIII. The Lion
XXIX. Humanity: an Interlude
XXX. The Little Birds Who Won't Sing
XXXI. The Riddle of the Ivy
XXXII. The Travellers in State
XXXIII. The Prehistoric Railway Station
XXXIV. The Diabolist
XXXV. A Glimpse of My Country
XXXVI. A Somewhat Improbable Story
XXXVII. The Shop Of Ghosts
XXXVIII. The Ballade of a Strange Town
XXXIX. The Mystery of a Pageant
