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Edward William Bok. A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After
A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
ILLUSTRATIONS
Edward W. Bok … Frontispiece
AN INTRODUCTION OF TWO PERSONS
A DUTCH BOY FIFTY YEARS AFTER
CHAPTER I
THE FIRST DAYS IN AMERICA
[Illustration: Edward Bok at the age of six, upon his arrival in the United States.]
CHAPTER II
THE FIRST JOB: FIFTY CENTS A WEEK
CHAPTER III
THE HUNGER FOR SELF-EDUCATION
CHAPTER IV
A PRESIDENTIAL FRIEND AND A BOSTON PILGRIMAGE
CHAPTER V
GOING TO THE THEATRE WITH LONGFELLOW
[Illustration: Edward Bok's birthplace at Helder, Netherlands. In the foreground is one of the typical Dutch canals; at the end of the garden in the rear is one of the famous Dutch dykes. and just beyond is the North Sea. The house now belongs to the Dutch Government.]
CHAPTER VI
PHILLIPS BROOKS'S BOOKS AND EMERSON'S MENTAL MIST
[Illustration: Ralph Waldo Emerson's signature.]
[Illustration: Ralph Waldo Emerson's second signature.]
CHAPTER VII
A PLUNGE INTO WALL STREET
CHAPTER VIII
STARTING A NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE
CHAPTER IX
THE FIRST "WOMAN'S PAGE," "LITERARY LEAVES," AND ENTERING SCRIBNER'S
CHAPTER X
THE CHANCES FOR SUCCESS
CHAPTER XI
LAST YEARS IN NEW YORK
CHAPTER XII
SUCCESSFUL EDITORSHIP
CHAPTER XIII
BUILDING UP A MAGAZINE
[Illustration: The Grandmother, who counselled each of her children. to make the world a better and more beautiful place to live in-- a counsel which is now being carried on by her grandchildren, one of whom is Edward Bok.]
CHAPTER XIV
MEETING A REVERSE OR TWO
CHAPTER XV
ADVENTURES IN ART AND IN CIVICS
CHAPTER XVI
THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S INFLUENCE
CHAPTER XVII
THE PRESIDENT AND THE BOY
CHAPTER XVIII
ADVENTURES IN MUSIC
CHAPTER XIX
A WAR MAGAZINE AND WAR ACTIVITIES
[Illustration: Where Edward Bok is happiest: in his garden.]
CHAPTER XX
THE THIRD PERIOD
CHAPTER XXI
WHERE AMERICA FELL SHORT WITH ME
CHAPTER XXII
WHAT I OWE TO AMERICA
EDWARD WILLIAM BOK
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
THE EXPRESSION OF A PERSONAL PLEASURE
INDEX
