XII. HONORS TO THE GREAT POET 61 XIII. LEARNING TO LOVE A POET 65 THE STORY OF HENRY W. LONGFELLOW I. A GREAT POET 71 II. LONGFELLOW’S ANCESTORS 73 III. LONGFELLOW’S BOYHOOD 76 IV. SOMETHING ABOUT THE TIMES WHEN LONGFELLOW WAS YOUNG 82 V. COLLEGE DAYS 86 VI. THE YOUNG PROFESSOR 91 VII. THE “BEING BEAUTEOUS” 95 VIII. THE CRAIGIE HOUSE 98 IX. THE FIVE OF CLUBS 103 X. LONGFELLOW BECOMES A FAMOUS POET 106 XI. HOW SOME OF THE GREAT POEMS WERE WRITTEN 111 XII. THE POET’S SECOND MARRIAGE 117 XIII. EVANGELINE, HIAWATHA, AND THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH 122 XIV. THE GOOD OLD MAN 128 THE STORY OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER I. THE QUAKER OF THE OLDEN TIME 133 II. A FARMER’S BOY 138 III. WHITTIER’S FAMILY 144 IV. STORIES OF THE POET’S CHILDHOOD 148 V. SCHOOL DAYS 151 VI. HAVERHILL ACADEMY 157 VII. THE FRIENDSHIP OF GOOD WOMEN 161 VIII. POLITICAL AMBITION 166 IX. THE GREAT QUESTION OF SLAVERY 171 X. HOW WHITTIER WAS MOBBED 175 XI. SOME OF WHITTIER’S FAMOUS POEMS 182 XII. THE END OF A SUCCESSFUL LIFE 187 THE STORY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES I. THE TRUE HUMORIST 195 II. THE BIRTH OF OLIVER HOLMES 198 III. AN AMERICAN ARISTOCRAT 202 IV. CAMBRIDGE 207 V. SCHOOL LIFE 213 VI. COLLEGE LIFE 218 VII. A BUDDING POET 223 VIII. DOCTOR HOLMES 228 IX. THE AUTOCRAT 235 X. “THE FAMOUS CLASS OF ’29” 242