CHAPTER I
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
CHAPTER II
RICHARD HENRY STODDARD
CHAPTER III
EDWARD EGGLESTON
CHAPTER IV
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
CHAPTER V
EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN
CHAPTER VI
BRET HARTE
CHAPTER VII
BAYARD TAYLOR
CHAPTER VIII
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
CHAPTER IX
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
CHAPTER X
THE SOUTHERN STORY WRITERS
CHAPTER XI
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
CHAPTER XII
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
CHAPTER XIII
NEW ENGLAND WOMEN WRITERS
CHAPTER XIV
GEORGE W. CABLE
CHAPTER XV
JOHN FISKE
CHAPTER XVI
MARK TWAIN
(Samuel L. Clemens)