Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works eBook

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Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,188 pages of information about Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works.
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THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE1
CHAPTER I2
ALBUM VERSES.9
LATTER-DAY WARNINGS.13
CHAPTER II15
SUN AND SHADOW.22
THIS IS IT.24
HERE IT IS—­WITH THE SLIGHT ALTERATIONS!26
CHAPTER III27
LE RAT DIES SALONS A LECTURE.31
THE OLD MAN DREAMS.37
CHAPTER IV38
THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS.53
CHAPTER V54
MARE RUBRUM.67
CHAPTER VI68
LES SOCIETES POLYPHYSIOPHILOSOPHIQUES.75
WHAT WE ALL THINK.81
CHAPTER VII82
THE PROFESSOR’S PAPER.83
THE LAST BLOSSOM.89
THE LIVING TEMPLE.97
CHAPTER VIII98
SPRING HAS COME.109
CHAPTER IX110
A GOOD TIME GOING!124
THE TWO ARMIES.125
CHAPTER X126
SYLVA NOVANGLICA.131
MY FIRST WALK WITH THE SCHOOLMISTRESS.132
136
MUSA.138
CHAPTER XI139
AESTIVATION.146
CONTENTMENT.148
149
CHAPTER XII154
THE PROFESSOR UNDER CHLOROFORM.162
167
THE VOICELESS.168
THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE172
PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION.172
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION174
I176
II191
III203
IV217
V232
VI248
VII261
VIII273
IX289
X302
THE BOOK OF THE THREE MAIDEN SISTERS.304
XI317
XII334
THE POET AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE355
PREFACE.355
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.356
II376
III391
IV406
V422
VI439
VII455
VIII472
IX490
X506
XI521
XII538
EPILOGUE TO THE BREAKFAST-TABLE SERIES555
PREFACE.557
OVER THE TEACUPS.557
I557
II566
III579
IV593
V606
VI619
VII633
VIII.648
IX665
X680
XI697
XII713
ELSIE VENNER727
PREFACE.727
A SECOND PREFACE.728
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.729
ELSIE VENNER.730
CHAPTER I.730
CHAPTER II.733
CHAPTER III.741
CHAPTER IV751
CHAPTER V.758
CHAPTER VI.766
CHAPTER VII.773
CHAPTER VIII.794
CHAPTER IX.803
CHAPTER X.805
CHAPTER XI.810
CHAPTER XII.818
CHAPTER XIII.825
CHAPTER XIV.834
CHAPTER XV.839
CHAPTER XVI848
CHAPTER XVII.856
CHAPTER VIII.866
CHAPTER XIX.871
CHAPTER XX.878
CHAPTER XXI.885
CHAPTER XXII.900
CHAPTER XXIII.909
CHAPTER XXIV.917
CHAPTER XXV.923
CHAPTER XXVI.937
CHAPTER XXVII.947
CHAPTER XXVIII.953
CHAPTER XXIX.967
CHAPTER XXX.973
CHAPTER XXXI.981
CHAPTER XXXII.991
THE GUARDIAN ANGEL993
TO MY READERS.994
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.996
THE GUARDIAN ANGEL997
CHAPTER I.997
CHAPTER II.1000
CHAPTER III.1008
CHAPTER IV.1018
CHAPTER V1024
CHAPTER VI.1026
CHAPTER VII.1029
CHAPTER VIII.1036
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII.1046
NOTE BY THE FRIEND.1047
CHAPTER IX.1048
CHAPTER X.1054
CHAPTER XI.1065
CHAPTER XII.1075
CHAPTER XIII.1080
CHAPTER XIV.1086
CHAPTER XV.1093
CHAPTER XVI.1098
CHAPTER XVII.1100
CHAPTER XVIII.1102
CHAPTER XIX.1111
CHAPTER XX.1121
CHAPTER XXI.1129
CHAPTER XXII.1134
CHAPTER XXIII.1138
CHAPTER XXIV.1148
CHAPTER XXV.1153
CHAPTER XXVI.1161
CHAPTER XXVII.1170
CHAPTER XXVIII.1173
CHAPTER XXIX.1176
CHAPTER XXX.1180
CHAPTER XXXI.1187
CHAPTER XXXII.1191
CHAPTER XXXIII.1196
CHAPTER XXXIV.1204
CHAPTER XXXV.1210
CHAPTER XXXVI1218
A MORTAL ANTIPATHY1227
PREFACE.1227
A MORTAL ANTIPATHY.1228
INTRODUCTION.1228
THE NEW PORTFOLIO:  FIRST OPENING.1247
II1254
III1257
IV1261
V1268
VI1270
VII1275
VIII1279
IX1291
X1298
XI1306
XII1314
XIII1317
XIV1321
XV1327
XVI1329
XVII1335
XVIII1337
XIX.1348
XX.1355
XXI1359
XXII1362
XXIII1366
XXIV1375
POSTSCRIPT:  AFTER-GLIMPSES.1378
MISS LURIDA VINCENT TO MRS. EUTHYMIA KIRKWOOD.1382
DR. BUTTS TO MRS. EUTHYMIA KIRKWOOD.1386
DR. BUTTS TO MRS. BUTTS.1388
PAGES FROM AN OLD VOLUME OF LIFE1392
BREAD AND THE NEWSPAPER.1392
MY HUNT AFTER “THE CAPTAIN.”1400
THE INEVITABLE TRIAL1435
CINDERS FROM THE ASHES.1460
THE PULPIT AND THE PEW.1471
MEDICAL ESSAYS1489
CONTENTS: 1490
II.  THE CONTAGIOUSNESS OF PUERPERAL FEVER1490
IV.  BORDER LINES OF KNOWLEDGE IN SOME PROVINCES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE1490
VI.  THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN MASSACHUSETTS1490
VIII.  MEDICAL LIBRARIES1490
PREFACE.1490
A SECOND PREFACE.1493
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.1493
HOMOEOPATHY AND ITS KINDRED DELUSIONS1496
I1497
II.1518
THE CONTAGIOUSNESS OF PUERPERAL FEVER1554
THE AFFIRMATIVE.1554
THE NEGATIVE.1554
III1593
BORDER LINES OF KNOWLEDGE IN SOME PROVINCES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.1613
SCHOLASTIC AND BEDSIDE TEACHING.1650
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN MASSACHUSETTS.1672
THE YOUNG PRACTITIONER1702
MEDICAL LIBRARIES.1717
SOME OF MY EARLY TEACHERS1731
APPENDUM1742
NOTE A.—­1742
NOTE B.—­1743
NOTE C.—­1744
JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY.1746
NOTE.1746
I.1746
II.1749
III.1752
IV.1754
V.1760
VI.1763
VII.1765
VIII.1768
IX.1771
X.1773
XI.1776
XII.1779
XIII.1779
XIV.1781
XV.1783
JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY.1787
XVI.1787
XVII.1789
XVIII.1798
XIX.1805
XX.1808
XXI.1810
JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY.1827
XXII.1827
XXIII.1836
XXIV.1838
APPENDIX.1841
B.1842
C.1843
E.1847
G.1851
American Men of Letters1851
RALPH WALDO EMERSON.1851
NOTE.1852
CONTENTS.1852
INTRODUCTION1852
CHAPTER I.1852
CHAPTER II.1852
CHAPTER III.1852
CHAPTER IV.1852
CHAPTER V.1852
CHAPTER VI.1853
CHAPTER VII.1853
CHAPTER VIII.1853
CHAPTER IX1853
CHAPTER X.1853
CHAPTER XI.1853
CHAPTER XII1854
CHAPTER XIII.1854
CHAPTER XIV.1854
CHAPTER XV.1854
CHAPTER XVI.1854
INTRODUCTION.1854
CHAPTER I.1870
CHAPTER II.1875
CHAPTER III.1877
CHAPTER IV.1880
CHAPTER V.1905
TO JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE.1911
CHAPTER VI.1934
CHAPTER VII.1941
CHAPTER VIII.1948
CHAPTER IX.1954
CHAPTER X.1961
CHAPTER XI.1964
CHAPTER XII.1979
CHAPTER XIII.1985
CHAPTER XIV.1992
CHAPTER XV.2005
CHAPTER XVI.2012
INDEX.2040
OUR HUNDRED DAYS IN EUROPE2067
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES2067
MY DAUGHTER AMELIA2067
MY FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED COMPANION2068
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED2068
INTRODUCTORY2068
OUR HUNDRED DAYS IN EUROPE.2068
CHAPTER2068
II.  EPSOM.—­LONDON.—­WINDSOR2068
V. STONEHENGE.—­SALISBURY.—­OLD SARUM.—­BEMERTON.—­BRIGHTON2068
VII.  BOULOGNE.—­PARIS.—­LONDON.—­LIVERPOOL.—­THE HOMEWARD PASSAGE2068
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS2068
ROBERT BROWNING2068
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL2068
INTRODUCTORY.2068
OUR HUNDRED DAYS IN EUROPE2072
I.2072
II.2089
III.2104
IV.2119
V.2132
VI.2144
VII.2159
VIII.2171
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