| Table of Contents | |
| Section | Page |
| Start of eBook | 1 |
| CHAPTER I | 1 |
| BIRTH—PARENTS—HOME SURROUNDINGS AND EARLY LIFE | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | 10 |
| MISS MITCHELL’S COMET—EXTRACTS FROM DIARY—THE COMET | 10 |
| CHAPTER III | 19 |
| EXTRACTS FROM DIARY—RACHEL—EMERSON—A HARD WINTER | 19 |
| CHAPTER IV | 28 |
| SOUTHERN TOUR | 28 |
| CHAPTER V | 42 |
| CHAPTER VI | 56 |
| CHAPTER VII | 69 |
| CHAPTER VIII | 79 |
| LETTER FROM ADMIRAL SMYTH. | 84 |
| CHAPTER IX | 86 |
| LIFE AT VASSAR COLLEGE | 86 |
| CHAPTER X | 99 |
| CHAPTER XI | 110 |
| CHAPTER XII | 120 |
| CHAPTER XIII | 128 |
| INTRODUCTORY NOTE | 133 |
| CORRESPONDENCE | 138 |

