CHAPTER PAGE

I. Pedigree                                            1
II.  His father’s first love-affair                     13
III.  The Dred Scott case                                36
IV.  Birth and early youth                              49
V. Education                                          73
VI.  Choice of A profession                             91
VII.  Marriage and early domestic life                  103
VIII.  Early experiences in journalism                   126
IX.  In Denver, 1881-1883                              143
X. Anecdotes of life in Denver                       158
XI.  Coming to Chicago                                 183
XII.  Personal characteristics                          206
XIII.  Relations with stage folk                         224
XIV.  Beginning of his literary education               271
XV.  Method of work                                    294
XVI.  Nature of his daily work                          314

ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of Eugene field in 1885 Frontispiece
  Photogravure.

DRAWINGS AND FAC-SIMILES PAGE

  “The pear” In Field’s Greek text 140

  Daily news editorial council of war 213
    From a drawing by Eugene Field.

  Commodore crane 236
    From a drawing by Eugene Field.

  Field witnessing Modjeska as Camille 244
    From a drawing by Eugene Field.

  Two profiles of Eugene field 247
    The upper one drawn in pencil by Field himself;
    the lower one drawn by Modjeska.  Reproduced from
    a flyleaf of Mrs. Thompson’s volume of autograph
    verse.

  A bar of music 295
    Written by Eugene Field.

  Two good knights at feast 297
    From a drawing by Eugene Field.

HALF-TONE PLATES FACING PAGE

  General Martin field 6
    Eugene Field’s Grandfather.

  Esther S. Field 10
    Eugene Field’s Grandmother.

  Roswell Martin field 18
    Eugene Field’s Father.

  CHARLES KELLOGG FIELD 46

  EUGENE FIELD’S MOTHER 50
    From a Daguerreotype taken a year or two before
    his birth.