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AUTOCRAT AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
THE POET AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
OVER THE TEACUPS
ELSIE VENNER
THE GUARDIAN ANGEL
A MORTAL ANTIPATHY
PAGES FROM AND OLD VOLUME OF LIFE
MEDICAL ESSAYS
MEMOIR OF JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY
THE AUTOCRAT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
I
II
III [The Professor talks with the Reader. He tells a Young Girl's Story.]
IV
V The Professor finds a Fly in his Teacup.
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
by Oliver Wendell Holmes (2)
PREFACE.
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION. (2)
I (2)
II (2)
III
IV (2)
V
VI (2)
VII (2)
VIII (2)
IX (2)
X (2)
XI (2)
XII (2)
By Oliver W. Holmes
PREFACE. (2)
I (3)
INTRODUCTION
II (3)
III (2)
IV (3)
V (2)
VI (3)
VII (3)
VIII. (3)
IX (3)
X (3)
XI (3)
XII (3)
By Oliver Wendell Holmes (3)
PREFACE. (3)
A SECOND PREFACE.
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION. (3)
CHAPTER I. THE BRAHMIN CASTE OF NEW ENGLAND.
CHAPTER II. THE STUDENT AND HIS CERTIFICATE.
CHAPTER III. MR. BERNARD TRIES HIS HAND.
CHAPTER IV. THE MOTH FLIES INTO THE CANDLE.
CHAPTER V. AN OLD-FASHIONED DESCRIPTIVE CHAPTER.
CHAPTER VI. THE SUNBEAM AND THE SHADOW.
CHAPTER VII. THE EVENT OF THE SEASON.
CHAPTER VIII. THE MORNING AFTER.
CHAPTER IX. THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY. (With a
CHAPTER X. THE DOCTOR CALLS ON ELSIE VENNER.
CHAPTER XI. COUSIN RICHARD'S VISIT.
CHAPTER XII. THE APOLLINEAN INSTITUTE. (With Extracts from the "Reporto f the committee.")
CHAPTER XIII. CURIOSITY.
CHAPTER XIV. FAMILY SECRETS.
CHAPTER XV. PHYSIOLOGICAL.
CHAPTER XVI. EPISTOLARY. Mr. Langdon to the Professor.
CHAPTER XVII. OLD SOPHY CALLS ON THE REVEREND DOCTOR.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE REVEREND DOCTOR CALLS ON BROTHER FAIRWEATHER.
CHAPTER XIX. THE SPIDER ON HIS THREAD.
CHAPTER XX. FROM WITHOUT AND FROM WITHIN.
CHAPTER XXI. THE WIDOW ROWENS GIVES A TEA-PARTY.
CHAPTER XXII. WHY DOCTORS DIFFER.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE WILD HUNTSMAN.
CHAPTER XXIV. ON HIS TRACKS.
CHAPTER XXV. THE PERILOUS HOUR.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE NEWS REACHES THE DUDLEY MANSION.
CHAPTER XXVII. A SOUL IN DISTRESS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SECRET IS WHISPERED.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE WHITE ASH.
CHAPTER XXX. THE GOLDEN CORD IS LOOSED.
CHAPTER XXXI. MR. SILAS PECKHAM RENDERS HIS ACCOUNT.
CHAPTER XXXII. CONCLUSION.
By Oliver Wendell Holmes (4)
TO MY READERS.
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION. (4)
CHAPTER I. AN ADVERTISEMENT.
CHAPTER II. GREAT EXCITEMENT
CHAPTER III. ANTECEDENTS.
CHAPTER IV. BYLES GRIDLEY, A. M.
CHAPTER V. THE TWINS.
CHAPTER VI. THE USE OF SPECTACLES.
CHAPTER VII. MYRTLE'S LETTER THE YOUNG MEN'S PURSUIT.
CHAPTER VIII. DOWN THE RIVER.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII. MYRTLE HAZARD'S STATEMENT.
CHAPTER IX. MR. CLEMENT LINDSAY RECEIVES A LETTER, AND BEGINS HIS ANSWER.
CHAPTER X. MR. CLEMENT LINDSAY FINISHES HIS LETTER WHAT CAME OF IT.
CHAPTER XI. VEXED WITH A DEVIL.
CHAPTER XII. SKIRMISHING.
CHAPTER XIII. BATTLE.
CHAPTER XIV. FLANK MOVEMENT.
CHAPTER XV. ARRIVAL OF REINFORCEMENTS.
CHAPTER XVI. VICTORY.
CHAPTER XVII. SAINT AND SINNER
CHAPTER XVIII. VILLAGE POET.
CHAPTER XIX. SUSAN'S YOUNG MAN.
CHAPTER XX. THE SECOND MEETING.
CHAPTER XXI. MADNESS?
CHAPTER XXII. A CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.
CHAPTER XXIII. MYRTLE HAZARD AT THE CITY SCHOOL.
CHAPTER XXIV. MUSTERING OF FORCES.
CHAPTER XXV. THE POET AND THE PUBLISHER.
CHAPTER XXVI. MRS. CLYMER KETCHUM'S PARTY.
CHAPTER XXVII. MINE AND COUNTERMINE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. MR. BRADSHAW CALLS ON MISS BADLAM "Is Miss Hazard in, Kitty?"
CHAPTER XXIX. MISTRESS KITTY FAGAN CALLS ON MASTER BYLES GRIDLEY.
CHAPTER XXX. MASTER BYLES GRIDLEY CALLS ON MISS CYNTHIA BADLAM.
CHAPTER XXXI. MASTER BYLES GRIDLEY CONSULTS WITH JACOB PENHALLOW, ESQUIRE
CHAPTER XXXII. SUSAN POSEY'S TRIAL.
CHAPTER XXXIII. JUST AS YOU EXPECTED.
CHAPTER XXXIV. MURRAY BRADSHAW PLAYS HIS LAST CARD. "How can I see that man this evening, Mr. Lindsay?"
CHAPTER XXXV. THE SPOTTED PAPER.
CHAPTER XXXVI. CONCLUSION.
By Oliver Wendell Holmes (5)
PREFACE. (4)
FIRST OPENING OF THE NEW PORTFOLIO.
INTRODUCTION. "And why the New Portfolio, I would ask?"
THE NEW PORTFOLIO: FIRST OPENING.
I. GETTING READY.
II. THE BOAT-RACE.
III. THE WHITE CANOE.
IV. THE YOUNG SOLITARY
V. THE ENIGMA STUDIED.
VI. STILL AT FAULT.
VII. A RECORD OF ANTIPATHIES
VIII. THE PANSOPHIAN SOCIETY.
IX. THE SOCIETY AND ITS NEW SECRETARY.
X. A NEW ARRIVAL.
XI. THE INTERVIEWER ATTACKS THE SPHINX.
XII. MISS VINCENT AS A MEDICAL STUDENT.
XIII. DR. BUTTS READS A PAPER.
XIV. MISS VINCENT'S STARTLING DISCOVERY.
XV. DR. BUTTS CALLS ON EUTHYMIA.
XVI. MISS VINCENT WRITES A LETTER.
XVII. Dr. BUTTS'S PATIENT.
XVIII. MAURICE KIRKWOOD'S STORY OF HIS LIFE.
XIX. THE REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL COMMITTEE.
XX. DR. BUTTS REFLECTS.
XXI. AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION.
XXII. EUTHYMIA.
XXIII. THE MEETING OF MAURICE AND EUTHYMIA.
XXIV. THE INEVITABLE.
POSTSCRIPT: AFTER-GLIMPSES.
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS
By Oliver Wendell Holmes (6)
BREAD AND THE NEWSPAPER. (September, 1861.)
MY HUNT AFTER "THE CAPTAIN."
THE INEVITABLE TRIAL
CINDERS FROM THE ASHES.
THE PULPIT AND THE PEW.
By Oliver Wendell Holmes (7)
PREFACE. (5)
A SECOND PREFACE. (2)
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION. (5)
HOMOEOPATHY AND ITS KINDRED DELUSIONS
THE CONTAGIOUSNESS OF PUERPERAL FEVER Printed in 1843; reprinted with additions, 1855.
CURRENTS AND COUNTER-CURRENTS IN MEDICAL SCIENCE
BORDER LINES OF KNOWLEDGE IN SOME PROVINCES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.
SCHOLASTIC AND BEDSIDE TEACHING.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN MASSACHUSETTS.
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