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THE LIFE

OF

HORACE GREELEY,

EDITOR OF "THE NEW-YORK TRIBUNE,”

FROM HIS BIRTH TO THE PRESENT TIME

BY JAMES PARTON.

BOSTON:
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge.

1012

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,

BY JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

EARLY CHILDHOOD.

The Village of Amherst. - Character of the Adjacent Country.-The Greeley

Farm.-The Tribune in the Room in which its Editor was born. - Horace

learns to read.-Book up-side down. - Goes to School in Londonderry. — A

District School Forty Years Ago. - Horace as a Young Orator. Has a Mania

for spelling Hard Words. - Gets great Glory at the Spelling-School. Recol-

lections of his surviving School-Fellows. - His Future Eminence foretold.-

Delicacy of Ear. - Early Choice of a Trade. His Courage and Timidity.—

Goes to School in Bedford. A Favorite among his School-Fellows. - His

early Fondness for the Village Newspaper.-Lies in Ambush for the Post-

Rider who brought it. Scours the Country for Books. - Project of sending

him to an Academy. - The Old Sea-Captain. - Horace as a Farmer's Boy. -

Let us do our Stint first. - His Way of Fishing..........

HIS FATHER RUINED.-REMOVAL TO VERMONT.

New Hampshire before the Era of Manufactures. Causes of his Father's Failure.

-Rum in the Olden Time. An Execution in the House. - Flight of the

Father.-Horace and the Rum-Jug. - Compromise with the Creditors.--

Removal to another Farm. - Final Ruin. - Removal to Vermont. - The Win-

ter Journey. - Poverty of the Family.-Scene at their New Home. - - Cheer-

fulness in Misfortune.....

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CHAPTER IIL

AT WESTHAVEN, VERMONT.

Description of the Country.-Clearing up Land.-All the Family assist à la

Swiss-Family Robinson. - Primitive Costume of Horace. - His Early Indiffer-

ence to Dress. His Manner and Attitude in School. - A Peacemaker among

the Boys. Gets into a Scrape, and out of it. Assists his School-Fellows in

their Studies. - An Evening Scene at Home. -Horace knows too much. —

Disconcerts his Teachers by his Questions. -Leaves School. - The Pine-Knots

still blaze on the Hearth.- Reads incessantly. - Becomes a great Draught-

Player. Bee-Hunting. - Reads at the Mansion House.-Taken for an Idiot. —

And for a possible President. - Reads Mrs. Hemans with Rapture. A Wolf

Story. A Pedestrian Journey. - Horace and the Horseman. - Yoking the

Oxen. Scene with an Old Soaker. - Rum in Westhaven. - Horace's First

Pledge. - Narrow Escape from Drowning. - His Religious Doubts. - Becomes

a Universalist.- Discovers the Humbug of " Democracy."- Impatient to

begin his Apprenticeship..
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APPRENTICESHIP.

The Village of East Poultney. -Horace applies for the Place.-Scene in the Gar-

den. He makes an Impression. A Difficulty arises and is overcome. - He

enters the Office. - Rite of Initiation. - Horace the Victor. His Employer's

Recollections of him. The Pack of Cards. - Horace begins to paragraph.

Joins the Debating Society. - His Manner of Debating. Horace and the

Dandy. His Noble Conduct to his Father. - His First Glimpse of Saratoga.

- His Manners at the Table. - Becomes the Town Encyclopedia. - The Doc-

tor's Story. Recollections of One of his Fellow-Apprentices. - Horace's

Favorite Poets. - Politics of the Time. - The Anti-Mason Excitement. - The

Northern Spectator stops. The Apprentice is Free........

Horace leaves Poultney. - His First Overcoat. Home to his Father's Log-House.

-Ranges the Country for Work. - The Sore Leg cured.-Gets Employment,

but little Money. - Astonishes the Draught-Players. - Goes to Erie, Pa.-In-

terview with an Editor. - Becomes a Journeyman in the Office. - Description

of Erie.- The Lake. His Generosity to his Father. - His New Clothes. -

No more Work at Erie. -Starts for New York........

ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK.

The Journey. - A Night on the Tow-Path. He reaches the City. - Inventory of

his Property.-Looks for a Boarding-House. - Finds One. - Expends half his

Capital upon Clothes. - Searches for Employment. - Berated by David Hale

as a Runaway Apprentice. - Continues the Search. - Goes to Church. - Hears

of a Vacancy. - Obtains Work. - The Boss takes him for a '— Fool,' but

changes his opinion. - Nicknamed 'The Ghost.'-Practical Jokes.- Horace

metamorphosed. Dispute about Commas. The Shoemaker's Boarding-

House. Grand Banquet on Sundays...

FROM OFFICE TO OFFICE.

Leaves West's. Works on the Evening Post.'-Story of Mr. Leggett. -

mercial Advertiser.'-'Spirit of the Times.'-Specimen of his Writing at this

Period. Naturally Fond of the Drama.-Timothy Wiggins. Works for Mr.

Redfield. - The First Lift...

THE FIRST PENNY PAPER, AND WHO THOUGHT OF IT.

Importance of the Cheap Daily Press. - The Originator of the Idea.- History of

the Idea.- Dr. Sheppard's Chatham-Street Cogitations. The Idea is con-

ceived. It is born. - Interview with Horace Greeley. - The Doctor thinks he

is 'no Common Boy.'-The Schemer baffled. - Daily Papers Twenty-five

Years Ago. - Dr. Sheppard comes to a Resolution. - The Firm of Greeley and

Story. The Morning Post appears. And fails. - The Sphere of the Cheap

Press. Fanny Fern and the Pea-Nut Merchant....

THE FIRM CONTINUES.

Lottery Printing. The Constitutionalist. - Dudley S. Gregory.. The Lottery

Suicide. The Firm prospers. -Sudden Death of Mr. Story.-A New Part-

ner. Mr. Greeley as a Master.-A Dinner Story. - Sylvester Graham. —

Horace Greeley at the Graham House. - The New Yorker projected. James

Gordon Bennett.......

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