“A Happy Half-Century,” “The Perils of Immortality,” and “The Correspondent” appeared first in Harper’s Magazine, “Our Accomplished Great-Grandmother” in Harper’s Bazar, and “On the Slopes of Parnassus” in the Atlantic Monthly; they are here reprinted by permission of the publishers of those magazines.

A Happy Half-Century	1
The Perils of Immortality	16
When Lalla Rookh was Young	32
The Correspondent	51
The Novelist	73
On the Slopes of Parnassus	94
The Literary Lady	116
The Child	138
The Educator	155
The Pietist	177
The Accursed Annual	196
Our Accomplished Great-Grandmother	217
The Album Amicorum	234

CONTENTS