TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:-- 1. Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_. 2. Printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained except the following: Pg. 117, Ch. VII: Changed comma to period in (relation to life,) Pg. 255, Ch. XVI: Removed ending quote in (the highest sense.") THE DAUGHTER OF THE STORAGE WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS THE DAUGHTER OF THE STORAGE AND OTHER THINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE W. D. HOWELLS HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON Copyright, 1915, 1916, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published April, 1916 CONTENTS PAGE I. THE DAUGHTER OF THE STORAGE 3 II. A PRESENTIMENT 45 III. CAPTAIN DUNLEVY'S LAST TRIP 67 IV. THE RETURN TO FAVOR 81 V. SOMEBODY'S MOTHER 93 VI. THE FACE AT THE WINDOW 107 VII. AN EXPERIENCE 117 VIII. THE BOARDERS 127 IX. BREAKFAST IS MY BEST MEAL 141 X. THE MOTHER-BIRD 151 XI. THE AMIGO 161 XII. BLACK CROSS FARM 173 XIII. THE CRITICAL BOOKSTORE 185 XIV. A FEAST OF REASON 227 XV. CITY AND COUNTRY IN THE FALL 243 XVI. TABLE TALK 253 XVII. THE ESCAPADE OF A GRANDFATHER 269 XVIII. SELF-SACRIFICE: A FARCE-TRAGEDY 285 XIX. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 319 THE DAUGHTER OF THE STORAGE I