[Illustration: THEODORE LEDYARD CUYLER] RECOLLECTIONS OF A LONG LIFE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY THEODORE LEDYARD CUYLER, D.D., LL.D. _Author of "God's Light on Dark Clouds," "Heart Life," Etc._ 1902. CONTENTS I BOYHOOD AND COLLEGE LIFE II GREAT BRITAIN SIXTY YEARS AGO _Wordsworth--Dickens--The Land of Burns, etc_. III GREAT BRITAIN SIXTY YEARS AGO (Continued) _Carlyle--Mrs. Baillie--The Young Queen--Napoleon_ IV HYMN-WRITERS I HAVE KNOWN _Montgomery--Bonar--Bowring--Palmer and others_. V THE TEMPERANCE REFORM AND MY CO-WORKERS VI WORK IN THE PULPIT VII EXPERIENCE IN REVIVALS VIII AUTHORSHIP IX SOME FAMOUS PEOPLE ABROAD _Gladstone--Dr. Brown--Dean Stanley--Shaftesbury, etc._ X SOME FAMOUS PEOPLE AT HOME _Irving--Whittier--Webster--Greeley, etc_. XI THE CIVIL WAR AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN XII PASTORAL WORK XIII SOME FAMOUS PREACHERS IN BRITAIN _Binney--Hamilton--Guthrie--Hall--Spurgeon--Duff and others_. XIV SOME FAMOUS AMERICAN PREACHERS _The Alexanders--Dr. Tyng--Dr. Cox--Dr. Adams --Dr. Storrs--Mr. Beecher, Mr. Finney and Dr. B.M. Palmer_. XV SUMMERING AT SARATOGA AND MOHONK _Bishop Haven--Dr. Schaff--President McCook._ XVI A RETROSPECT XVII A RETROSPECT (Continued) XVIII HOME LIFE XIX LIFE AT HOME AND FRIENDS ABROAD XX THE JOYS OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY _A Valedictory Discourse Delivered to the Lafayette Avenue Church, April_ 6, 1890. ILLUSTRATIONS. THEODORE LEDYARD CUYLER DR. CUYLER WHEN PASTOR OF THE MARKET ST. CHURCH DR CUYLER AT 50 LAFAYETTE AVENUE CHURCH DR. CUYLER AT 80 RECOLLECTIONS OF A LONG LIFE CHAPTER I MY BOYHOOD AND COLLEGE LIFE