Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) [Illustration: _The waterside at Martin's Ferry. Near this spot stood the little brick house in which Mr. Howells was born._] YEARS OF MY YOUTH BY W. D. HOWELLS WITH INTRODUCTION AND ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN EXPRESSLY FOR THIS BOOK BY CLIFTON JOHNSON [Illustration] HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON YEARS OF MY YOUTH Copyright, 1916, 1917, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published October, 1917 K-R ILLUSTRATIONS THE WATERSIDE AT MARTIN'S FERRY _Frontispiece_ THE OHIO RIVER AT WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA _Facing p._ 10 HAMILTON, OHIO, THE "BOY'S TOWN" OF MR. HOWELLS'S YOUTH " 16 THE MIAMI CANAL AT HAMILTON " 22 THE NOW ABANDONED CANAL AT DAYTON AS IT APPEARS ON THE BORDERS OF THE CITY " 40 THE LITTLE MIAMI RIVER AT EUREKA MILLS, TWELVE MILES EAST OF DAYTON " 44 OVERLOOKING THE ISLAND WHICH THE HOWELLS FAMILY CULTIVATED " 54 THE VICINITY WHERE MR. HOWELLS LIVED HIS "YEAR IN A LOG CABIN" " 60 ONE OF THE LAST LOG HOUSES TO SURVIVE IN THE VICINITY OF JEFFERSON " 82 THE FOUR-STORY OFFICE ERECTED BY MR. HOWELLS'S FATHER " 116 THE OHIO STATE HOUSE AT COLUMBUS VIEWED FROM HIGH STREET " 138 THE STATE HOUSE YARD ON THE STATE STREET SIDE " 158 OLD-TIME DWELLINGS ON ONE OF THE COLUMBUS STREETS THAT MR. HOWELLS USED TO FREQUENT " 170 THE MEDICAL COLLEGE AT COLUMBUS " 184 THE QUAINT DOORWAY OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE THROUGH WHICH MR. HOWELLS PASSED DAILY WHILE HE ROOMED IN THE BUILDING " 224 LOOKING INTO THE STATE HOUSE GROUNDS TOWARD THE BROAD FLIGHT OF STEPS BEFORE THE WEST FRONT OF THE BUILDING " 236 PREFACE BY THE ILLUSTRATOR