IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. Part II. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI. XXXVII. XXXVIII. XXXIX XL. XLI. XLII. XLIII XLIV XLV. XLVI XLVII. XLVIII XLIX. L. LI. LII. LIII. LIV. LV THE WHOLE FAMILY, A NOVEL BY TWELVE AUTHORS By William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Heaton Vorse, Mary Stewart Cutting, Elizabeth Jordan, John Kendrick Bangs, Henry James, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Edith Wyatt, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, Alice Brown, Henry Van Dyke CONTENTS I. THE FATHER, by William Dean Howells II. THE OLD-MAID AUNT, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman III. THE GRANDMOTHER, by Mary Heaton Vorse IV. THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, by Mary Stewart Cutting V. THE SCHOOL-GIRL, by Elizabeth Jordan VI. THE SON-IN-LAW, by John Kendrick Bangs VII. THE MARRIED SON, by Henry James VIII. THE MARRIED DAUGHTER, By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps IX. THE MOTHER, by Edith Wyatt X. THE SCHOOL-BOY, By Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews XI. PEGGY, by Alice Brown XII. THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, by Henry Van Dyke VENETIAN LIFE By William Dean Howells CONTENTS ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. DETAILED CONTENTS. I. Venice in Venice II. Arrival and first Days in Venice III. The Winter in Venice IV. Comincia far Caldo V. Opera and Theatres VI. Venetian Dinners and Diners VII. Housekeeping in Venice VIII. The Balcony on the Grand Canal IX. A Day-Break Ramble X. The Mouse XI. Churches and Pictures XII. Some Islands of the Lagoons XIII. The Armenians XIV. The Ghetto and the Jews of Venice XV. Some Memorable Places XVI. Commerce XVII. Venetian Holidays XVIII. Christmas Holidays XIX. Love-making and Marrying; Baptisms and Burials XX. Venetian Traits and Characters XXI. Society XXII. Our Last Year in Venice Index LONDON FILMS BY W. D. HOWELLS CONTENTS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX List of Illustrations Fleet Street and St. Dunstan's Church The Carriages Drawn up Beside the Sacred Close Sunday Afternoon, Hyde Park Rotten Row. A Block in the Strand. St. Paul's Cathedral. Westminster Abbey. The Horse Guards, Whitehall Westminster Bridge and Clock Tower. A House-boat Ox the Thames at Henley. The Crowd of Sight-seers at Henley The Tower of London. St. Olave's, Tooley Street.