MODERN ITALIAN POETS ESSAYS AND VERSIONS By William Dean Howells CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ARCADIAN SHEPHERDS GIUSEPPE PARINI VITTORIO ALFIERI VINCENZO MONTI AND UGO FOSCOLO Notes: ALESSANDRO MANZONI SILVIO PELLICO, TOMASSO GROSSI, LUIGI CAREER, AND GIOVANNI BERCHET GIAMBATTISTA NICCOLINI GIACOMO LEOPARDI GIUSEPPE GIUSTI FRANCESCO DALL' ONGARO GIOVANNI PRATI ALEARDO ALEARDI Notes: GUILIO CARCANO, ARNALDO FUSINATO AND LUIGI MERCANTINI CONCLUSION A MODERN INSTANCE By William Dean Howells CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. THE SEQUENCE OF MR. HOWELLS'S BOOKS. A MODERN INSTANCE. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI. XXXVII. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL. XLI. A TRAVELER FROM ALTRURIA Romance By W. D. Howells 1908 CONTENTS A TRAVELER FROM ALTRURIA I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII QUESTIONABLE SHAPES BY W. D. HOWELLS Published May, 1903 CONTENTS. HIS APPARITION THE ANGEL OF THE LORD THOUGH ONE ROSE FROM THE DEAD THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE A Romance With An Introduction By William Dean Howells 1907 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART FIRST I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII PART SECOND I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV SOUTHERN LIGHTS AND SHADOWS Harper's Novelettes By Various Edited By William Dean Howells And Henry Mills Alden 1907 CONTENTS Introduction The Capture of Andy Proudfoot The Level of Fortune Pap Overholt In the Piny Woods My Fifth in Mammy An Incident A Snipe-Hunt The Courtship of Colonel Bill The Balance of Power STORIES OF OHIO By William Dean Howells 1897 CONTENTS PREFACE. STORIES OF OHIO I THE ICE FOLK AND THE EARTH FOLK. IIOHIO AS A PART OF FRANCE. IIIOHIO BECOMES ENGLISH. IVTHE FORTY YEARS’ WAR FOR THE WEST. VTHE CAPTIVITY OF JAMES SMITH VITHE CAPTIVITY OF BOONE AND KENTON. VIITHE RENEGADES. VIIITHE WICKEDEST DEED IN OUR HISTORY. IXTHE TORTURE OF COLONEL CRAWFORD XTHE ESCAPE OF KNIGHT AND SLOVER. XITHE INDIAN WARS AND ST, CLAIR’S DEFEAT. XIITHE INDIAN WARS AND WAYNE’S VICTORY. XIIIINDIAN FIGHTERS. XIVLATER CAPTIVITIES. XVINDIAN HEROES AND SAGES. XVILIFE IN THE BACKWOODS. XVIITHE FIRST GREAT SETTLEMENTS. XVIIITHE STATE OF OHIO IN THE WAR OF 1812. XIXA FOOLISH MAN, A PHILOSOPHER, AND A FANATIC. XXWAYS OUT. XXITHE FIGHT WITH SLAVERY. XXIITHE CIVIL WAR IN OHIO XXIII FAMOUS OHIO SOLDIERS XXIVOHIO STATESMEN XXVOTHER NOTABLE OHIOANS XVIINCIDENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS. ILLUSTRATIONS Stone Axes Serpent Mound Pichawillany, Chief Town of the Miamis Indians Carry off the Women