CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. ELMWOOD AND THE LOWELLS

II. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE

III. FIRST VENTURES

IV. IN THE ANTI-SLAVERY RANKS.

V. A FABLE FOR CRITICS, THE BIGLOW

PAPERS, AND THE VISION OF SIR

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From a painting by Rand, in the possession of
Charles Lowell.

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Etched by W. H. W. Bicknell, from the painting by William Page.

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From a painting by Rand, in the possession of

James Duane Lowell.

MRS. MARIA WHITE LOWELL

From a drawing by Cheney, after a painting by
William Page.

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