il--A Letter to Mrs. Cleveland--Strange Contents--Ida's
Letter Bag--Appeals for Money, for Clothing, and for her Hand--An
Original Letter from a Trapper

CHAPTER XV.

Life in the Woods of Pennsylvania--Journey from Vermont to Pennsylvania
in 1826--Travelling on Canal-boats--Incidents by the Way--Home in the
Wilderness--Aggressions of Bears and Wolves

CHAPTER XVI.

A Birthday--A Surprise--The Day celebrated by a Dinner--An Awkward
Mistake--A Queen of Fashion--A Drive to Tarrytown--A Poem to Ida

CHAPTER XVII.

Gabrielle and her Embroidery--Life in Pennsylvania
continued--Sugar-making--Horrible Incident--A Woman devoured by
Wolves--A Domestic Picture--Evening Readings--The Library of Mr.
Greeley's Father--Mr. Greeley's Mother intellectually considered--Her
Education--Mr. Greeley's Eldest Sister--She teaches School at the Age
of Twelve

CHAPTER XVIII.

Visitors--A Sunday Drive--Croton Lake by Daylight--A Sail--A Sudden
Squall--Anxiety about our Fate--Miraculous Escape from
Drowning--Arrival of a Pretty Cousin--A Child Poetess

CHAPTER XIX.

Mr. Greeley visits his Family in Pennsylvania--He expounds Mathematics
and Philosophy to his Brother and Sisters--Fishing and Bee
Hunting--Forest Fires--A Subsequent Visit--He returns as Editor of the
_New Yorker_--He writes the 'Faded Stars'--Characteristics of Mr.
Greeley's Brother--His Children--Mr. Greeley's Younger Sisters--Their
Education

CHAPTER XX.

A Quiet Household--Absence of Marguerite and Gabrielle--Amusing Letters
from them--A Gypsy Fortune-teller--Marguerite returns with a
Visitor--The Harvest Moon--Preparing for Company--Arranging the Blue
Room--Intense Anticipation--"'He Cometh Not,' She Said"

CHAPTER XXI.

The Story of Mr. Greeley's Parents continued--He accompanies his Mother
to New Hampshire--Her Sisters--Three Thanksgivings in One Year--Pickie
as a Baby--His Childhood--Mrs. Greeley's Careful Training--His
Playthings--His Death--A Letter from Margaret Fuller

CHAPTER XXII.

The Friends' Seminary--The Principal Chappaqua
Residences--Reminiscences of Paris during the War--An Accomplished
Lady--Her Voice--Festivities--A Drive to Rye Lake--Making Tea on the
Beach--A Sail at Sunset--Fortune-telling by Firelight--The Drive
Home--Sunday Morning--A Row on the Pond--Dramatic Representations in
the Barn--A Drive to Lake Wampus--Starlight Row

CHAPTER XXIII.

Marriage of a Cousin--A Pretty Bride--Letters--Home Circle Complete--A