III. MEMORIES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD The Perkins Institution for 12 the Blind.—South Boston in the ’Fifties and ’Sixties. Migratory Habits of the Howe Family.—“Cliff House” at Newport.—George William Curtis and the Howe Children.—A Children’s Party at the Longfellow Mansion.—Professor “Stubby” Child Plays with Us in the Hay. IV. OUR EARLY LITERARY ACTIVITIES The Howe Children Invent 30 a “Patagonian Language,” Edit a Newspaper _The Listener_, Write Plays and Songs. They Give “Parlor Concerts” and Take Part in Tableaux and Private Theatricals.—William Story and Thackeray. V. UNDER THE SHADOW OF BYRON’S HELMET Echoes of the Greek 40 Revolution.—The Enchanted Garden.—“Green Peace” an International Resort.—Political Exiles. Teach Us Foreign Languages and the Love of Freedom.—Louis Kossuth. VI. NOTED VISITORS AT “GREEN PEACE” Charles Sumner and His 50 Brother.—Edwin P. Whipple—James T. Fields.—Doctor Kane.—Rev. Thomas Starr King.—Prof. Cornelius C. Felton.—Arthur Hugh Clough.—Frederika Bremer.—Laura Bridgman. VII. YOUNG AMERICA GOES TO SCHOOL Our Schools and 68 Teachers.—The South Boston Omnibus.—A Grand School Sleigh-ride.—Memories of the Adams Family.—A Picnic on the State House Steps. VIII. THE AGASSIZES AND THEIR SCHOOL Professor and Mrs. Louis 79 Agassiz.—Prof. Alexander Agassiz.—Papanti’s Dancing-school.—I Invent Fancy Dances.—We Swim, Skate, and Ride on Horseback.—Boston’s Purple-glass Windows. IX. EDWIN BOOTH AND CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN Why They Did Not Act 92 My Mother’s Play, “Hippolytus.”—A Bundle of Old Playbills.—Letters from Edwin and Mary Booth.—Mrs. Frances Ann Kemble.—Statue of Horace Mann.—My Father Introduces Written Examinations into the Public Schools, amid Angry Protests from the Masters. X. LAWTON’S VALLEY, OUR SUMMER HOME The Beautiful 110 Valley.—The Crawford Children.—“Yeller’s Day.”—“Vaucluse” and the Hazards.—The Midshipmen Visit Us.—Dances on Board the Frigate _Constitution_.—Parties in the Valley.—George Bancroft.—A Party at His House.—Rev. Charles T. Brooks.