Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Author: Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Editor: David Widger
Release date: April 17, 2019 [eBook #59301]
                Most recently updated: February 25, 2021
Language: English
Credits: Produced by David Widger
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
| MALBONE. | |
| PRELUDE. | |
| I | AN ARRIVAL | 
| II | PLACE AUX DAMES! | 
| III | A DRIVE ON THE AVENUE | 
| IV | AUNT JANE DEFINES HER POSITION | 
| V | A MULTIVALVE HEART | 
| VI | “SOME LOVER’S CLEAR DAY.” | 
| VII | AN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION | 
| VIII | TALKING IT OVER | 
| IX | DANGEROUS WAYS | 
| X | REMONSTRANCES | 
| XI | DESCENSUS AVERNI | 
| XII | A NEW ENGAGEMENT | 
| XIII | DREAMING DREAMS | 
| XIV | THE NEMESIS OF PASSION | 
| XV | ACROSS THE BAY | 
| XVI | ON THE STAIRS | 
| XVII | DISCOVERY | 
| XVIII | HOPE’S VIGIL | 
| XIX | DE PROFUNDIS | 
| XX | AUNT JANE TO THE RESCUE | 
| XXI | A STORM | 
| XXII | OUT OF THE DEPTHS | 
| XXIII | REQUIESCAT | 
 
 
| OLDPORT IN WINTER | 
| OLDPORT WHARVES | 
| THE HAUNTED WINDOW | 
| A DRIFT-WOOD FIRE | 
| AN ARTIST'S CREATION | 
| IN A WHERRY | 
| MADAM DELIA'S EXPECTATIONS | 
| SUNSHINE AND PETRARCH | 
| A SHADOW | 
| FOOTPATHS | 
 
 
| Chapter 1. Introductory | 
| Chapter 2. Camp Diary | 
| Chapter 3. Up the St. Mary's | 
| Chapter 4. Up the St. John's | 
| Chapter 5. Out on Picket | 
| Chapter 6. A Night in the Water | 
| Chapter 7. Up the Edisto | 
| Chapter 8. The Baby of the Regiment | 
| Chapter 9. Negro Spirituals | 
| Chapter 10. Life at Camp Shaw | 
| Chapter 11. Florida Again? | 
| Chapter 12. The Negro as a Soldier | 
| Chapter 13. Conclusion | 
| APPENDIX | 
| Appendix A | 
| Appendix B The First Black Soldiers | 
| Appendix C General Saxton's Instructions | 
| Appendix D The Struggle for Pay | 
| Appendix E Farewell Address of Lt. Col. Trowbridge | 
 
 
| AUTHOR'S NOTE: | 
| THE MAROONS OF JAMAICA | 
| THE MAROONS OF SURINAM. | 
| GABRIEL'S DEFEAT | 
| DENMARK VESEY | 
| NAT TURNER'S INSURRECTION | 
| APPENDIX OF AUTHORITIES | 
 
 
 
 
| Chap. | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Longfellow as a Classic | 1 | 
| II. | Birth, Childhood, and Youth | 11 | 
| III. | First Flights in Authorship | 21 | 
| IV. | Literature as a Pursuit | 37 | 
| V. | First Visit to Europe | 45 | 
| VI. | Marriage and Life at Brunswick | 59 | 
| VII. | The Corner Stone laid | 67 | 
| VIII. | Appointment at Harvard and Second Visit to Europe | 81 | 
| IX. | Illness and Death of Mrs. Longfellow | 107 | 
| X. | Craigie House | 116 | 
| XI. | Hyperion and the Reaction from It | 124 | 
| XII. | Voices of the Night | 137 | 
| XIII. | Third Visit to Europe | 149 | 
| XIV. | Anti-Slavery Poems and Second Marriage | 163 | 
| XV. | Academic Life in Cambridge | 176 | 
| XVI. | Literary Life in Cambridge | 188 | 
| XVII. | Resignation of Professorship-to Death of Mrs. Longfellow | 202 | 
| XVIII. | Birds of Passage | 213 | 
| XIX. | Last Trip to Europe | 219 | 
| XX. | Dante | 225 | 
| vi XXI. | The Loftier Strain: Christus | 236 | 
| XXII. | Westminster Abbey | 248 | 
| XXIII. | Longfellow as a Poet | 258 | 
| XXIV. | Longfellow as a Man | 278 | 
| Appendix | 297 | 
 
 
| I. | The Legends of the Northmen (985?1008) | |
| 1. | How the Northmen discovered North America | |
| 2. | The Voyage of Leif the Lucky | |
| 3. | Leif finds Vines, and goes back to Greenland | |
| 4. | Thorvald, Leif's Brother, goes to Vinland | |
| 5. | Karlsefni's Adventures | |
| II. | Columbus and his Companions (1492?1503) | |
| 1. | The First Letter from Columbus | |
| 2. | The Second Voyage of Columbus | |
| 3. | Columbus reaches the Mainland | |
| 4. | Columbus at the Mouth of the Orinoco | |
| 5. | Columbus thinks himself near the Earthly Paradise | |
| 6. | Daring Deed of Diego Mendez | |
| 7. | How Diego Mendez got Food for Columbus | |
| 8. | How Diego Mendez saved Columbus | |
| 9. | Appeal of Columbus in his Old Age | |
| III. | Cabot and Verrazzano (1497?1524) | |
| 1. | First News of John and Sebastian Cabot | |
| 2. | Sebastian Cabot's Voyage | |
| 3. | Verrazzano's Letter to the King | |
| IV. | The Strange Voyage of Cabeza de Vaca (1528?1533) | |
| 1. | The Strange Voyage | |
| 2. | Cabeza de Vaca saved by Indians | |
| 3. | Cabeza de Vaca's Captivity | |
| 4. | The Indians of the Gulf of Mexico | |
| 5. | Cabeza de Vaca's Escape | |
| V. | The French in Canada (1534?1536) | |
| 1. | Cartier's Visit to Bay of Chaleur | |
| 2. | Cartier sets up a Cross | |
| 3. | Cartier ascends the St. Lawrence | |
| 4. | How the Indians tried to frighten Cartier | |
| 5. | How Cartier reached Hochelaga, now Montreal | |
| 6. | The Festivities at Hochelaga | |
| VI. | Adventures of De Soto (1538?1542) | |
| 1. | How De Soto set sail | |
| 2. | De Soto attacks the Indians, and finds a Fellow Countryman | |
| 3. | The Story of John Ortiz | |
| 4. | De Soto discovers the Mississippi | |
| 5. | De Soto's Vain Attempts to reach the Sea | |
| 6. | Death and Burial of De Soto | |
| VII. | The French in Florida (1562?1565) | |
| 1. | Jean Ribaut in Florida | |
| 2. | Alone in the New World | |
| 3. | Laudonnière's Search for the Colonists | |
| 4. | Capture of Fort Caroline by the Spaniards | |
| VIII. | Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583) | |
| IX. | The Lost Colonies of Virginia (1584?1590) | |
| 1. | The First Voyage to Virginia | |
| 2. | Visit to an Indian Princess | |
| 3. | Adventures of the First Virginia Colony | |
| 4. | The Second English Colony in Virginia | |
| 5. | Search for the Lost Colony | |
| X. | Unsuccessful New England Settlements (1602?1607) | |
| 1. | Gosnold's Fort at Cuttyhunk | |
| 2. | Captain Waymouth explores the Penobscot | |
| 3. | The Popham Colony on the Kennebec | |
| 4. | Captain Gilbert's Adventure with Indians | |
| XI. | Captain John Smith (1606?1631) | |
| 1. | The Virginia Colony | |
| 2. | The Colonists | |
| 3. | Captain Smith's Capture by Indians | |
| 4. | Captain Smith and Pocahontas | |
| 5. | King Powhatan | |
| 6. | A Virginia Princess | |
| 7. | An Indian Dance in Virginia | |
| 8. | Indian Children | |
| 9. | "The Planter's Pleasure and Profit" | |
| 10. | The Glories of Fishing | |
| 11. | Visit of Pocahontas to London | |
| 12. | First Buildings of the Virginia Colonists | |
| 13. | Captain Smith's Recollections | |
| XII. | Champlain on the War-Path (1609) | |
| XIII. | Henry Hudson and the New Netherlands (1609?1626) | |
| 1. | Discovery of the Hudson River | |
| 2. | Indian Traditions of Hudson's Arrival | |
| 3. | Hudson's Last Voyage, and how he was set adrift in the Ice | |
| 4. | Dutch Settlement of the New Netherlands | |
| XIV. | The Pilgrims at Plymouth (1620?1621) | |
| 1. | Sailing of the Pilgrims | |
| 2. | Miles Standish at Cape Cod | |
| 3. | The First Encounter | |
| 4. | The Landing on Plymouth Rock | |
| 5. | Plymouth Village founded | |
| 6. | "Welcome, Englishmen!" | |
| XV. | The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629?1631) | |
| 1. | Voyage of the Massachusetts Colonists | |
| 2. | The Puritans in Salem Harbor | |
| 3. | The Four Elements in New England | |
| 4. | A Sea-Adventure of the Puritans | |
| 5. | Governor Winthrop's Night out of Doors | |
| 6. | The Privations of the Puritans | |
| 1. | Columbus at the Mouth of the Orinoco | 
| 2. | A Norse Ship | 
| 3. | Esquimau Boat | 
| 4. | Dutch Man-of-War | 
| 5. | Reception of Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella | 
| 6. | Fleet of Columbus | 
| 7. | Ship of the Fifteenth Century | 
| 8. | Portrait of Verrazzano | 
| 9. | Verrazzano in Newport Harbor | 
| 10. | Indians making Canoes | 
| 11. | Cabeza de Vaca building the Boat | 
| 12. | Portrait of Jacques Cartier | 
| 13. | Cartier raising a Cross on the St. Charles River | 
| 14. | Indians trying to frighten Cartier | 
| 15. | Portrait of De Soto | 
| 16. | Landing of De Soto | 
| 17. | Burial of De Soto | 
| 18. | Indians in Canoe | 
| 19. | Ribaut's Pillar decorated by Indians | 
| 20. | Fort Caroline | 
| 21. | Portrait of Menendez | 
| 22. | Indian Village in Virginia | 
| 23. | Baptism of First Child in Virginia | 
| 24. | The Explorers looking at the Tree | 
| 25. | Palisaded Town | 
| 26. | Gosnold's Fort | 
| 27. | Captain Weymouth sailing up the Penobscot | 
| 28. | Portrait of James I. | 
| 29. | Old Print of Smith's Capture | 
| 30. | Facsimile Illustration of Pocahontas saving the Life of Smith | 
| 31. | Indian Dance | 
| 32. | Cod-Fishing | 
| 33. | Portrait of Pocahontas | 
| 34. | Portrait of Champlain | 
| 35. | Champlain on the War-Path | 
| 36. | Hudson in the Highlands | 
| 37. | Indians on Board "The Half-Moon" | 
| 38. | Settlement on the Hudson River | 
| 39. | Delph's Haven | 
| 40. | "The Mayflower" in Provincetown | 
| 41. | Portrait of Governor Winslow | 
| 42. | Sword of Standish | 
| 43. | Sunday on Clark's Island | 
| 44. | Landing of Mary Chilton | 
| 45. | Meeting of Captain Standish and Massasoit | 
| 46. | Governor Carver's Chair | 
| 47. | Portrait of Francis Higginson | 
| 48. | Governor Endicott | 
| 49. | First Church in Salem | 
| 50. | Old Planter's House at Salem | 
| 51. | Portrait of Governor Winthrop | 
| 52. | Famine among the Pilgrims |