The Life, Travels, and Literary Career of Bayard Taylor

Name: The Life, Travels, and Literary Career of Bayard Taylor
Author: Conwell, Russell H.

Conwell, Russell H.

Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878

Mr. Taylor’s Career.—Difficulty and Importance of the Work.—The
    Romance of his Life.—Variable Experience.—His Success as
    Novelist, Orator, Traveller, and Poet,                              13

                               CHAPTER II.

    German Ancestry.—English Ancestry.—The Pennsylvania
    Germans.—The Quakers.—How his Forefathers came to America.—The
    Effect of Intermixture of Races.—The Hereditary Traits seen in
    his Books,                                                          17

                              CHAPTER III.

    Birth at Kennett Square.—Old Homestead.—The Quaker Church.—The
    Village.—His Father’s Store.—Life on the Farm.—Mischievous
    School-boy.—Inclination to write Poetry.—Practical
    Joker.—Studious Youth.—His Parents.—His Brothers and Sisters,       21

                               CHAPTER IV.

    Unfitness for Farming.—Love for Books.—Goes to the
    Academy.—Appearance as a Student.—Love for Geography
    and History.—Enters a Printing-office.—Genius for
    Sketching.—Correspondence with Literary Men.—Their Advice.—Hon.
    Charles Miner.—Putnam’s Tourist Guide.—Determination to go to
    Europe.—Dismal Prospects,                                           29

                               CHAPTER V.

    Visited by his Cousin.—Decides to go to Europe with his
    Cousin.—Correspondence with Travellers.—Lack of Money.—Unshaken
    Confidence.—Publication of Ximena,                                  33

                               CHAPTER VI.

    The Contest with Enemies.—Departure from
    Philadelphia.—Friendship of N. P. Willis.—Discouraging
    Reception.—Interview with Horace Greeley.—Searching for a
    Vessel.—Steerage Passage for Liverpool.—Fellow Passengers.—The
    Voyage.—The Beauty of the Sea.—Lauding at Liverpool,                42

                              CHAPTER VII.

    Departure from Liverpool.—Travels Second-Class.—Arrival at
    Port Rush.—The Giant’s Causeway.—Lost and in Danger.—Dunluce
    Castle.—Effect upon the Travellers.—Condition of the
    Irish.—Arrival at Dumbarton.—Scaling the Castle Walls.—Walk
    to Loch Lomond.—Ascent of Ben Lomond.—Loch Katrine.—Visit to
    Stirling,                                                           50

                              CHAPTER VIII.

    Visit to the Home of Burns.—The Poet’s Cottage.—The
    Celebration.—Walks and Rides in the Rain.—Edinburgh.—Its
    Associations.—The Teachings of History.—Home
    of Drummond.—Abbotsford.—Melrose.—Jedburgh
    Abbey.—Newcastle-on-Tyne,                                           59

                               CHAPTER IX.

    Visit in London.—Exhibition of Relics.—The Lessons of
    Travel.—Historical Association.—London to Ostend.—The Cathedral
    at Aix-la-Chapelle.—The Great Cathedral at Cologne.—Voyage up
    the Rhine.—Longfellow’s “Hyperion.”—Visit to Frankfort.—Kind
    Friends.—Reaches Heidelberg.—Climbing the Mountains,                67

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The Life, Travels, and Literary Career of Bayard Taylor

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