Copyright, 1878 and 1884
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

All rights reserved

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
DEC 9 1955

Two Hundred and Seventy-five Copies printed

No. 14

CONTENTS.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

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INTRODUCTION

I. 1803-1823. To Ær. 20 .

Birthplace. - Boyhood. - College Life.

II. 1823-1828. Ær. 20-25

Extract from a Letter to a Classmate. School-

Teaching. - Study of Divinity.- “Approbated"
to Preach. — Visit to the South. — Preaching in

Various Places.

III. 1828–1833. Ær. 25-30.

Settled as Colleague of Rev. Henry Ware. – Mar-

ried to Ellen Louisa Tucker. -Sermon at the

Ordination of Rey. H. B. Goodwin. His Pas-

toral and Other Labors. Emerson and Father
Taylor. - Death of Mrs. Emerson. Differ-

ence of Opinion with some of his Parishioners.

Sermon explaining his Views. — Resignation

of his Pastorate.

IV. 1833-1838. Ær. 30-35 .

§ 1. Visit to Europe. - On his Return preaches in

Different places. Emerson in the Pulpit. At
Newton. Fixes his Residence at Concord. -

The Old Manse. - Lectures in Boston. - Lec-
tures on Michael Angelo and on Milton pub-
lished in “The North American Review." - Be-

ginning of the Correspondence with Carlyle. –
Letters to the Rev. James Freeman Clarke.
Republication of “Sartor Resartus.”

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