[Henry Adams], Vol. 1

✍ Scribed by Ernest Samuels

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Year: 1948
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 394
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Factual account of Adams' early life, tracing development as writer and thinker.

✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter
CHAPTER ONE: BRAHMIN PATTERN 1838-1858
The Boston Standard of Thought (page 3)
College Justice (page 8)
The Mental Scale of Harvard (page 16)
Of Men and Books (page 31)
Cambridge Life and Letters (page 36)
The Harvard Magazine (page 42)
The Pattern of Success (page 47)
CHAPTER TWO: THE GRAND TOUR 1858-1860
The Pierian Springs of the Civil Law (page 53)
A Pleasant Series of Letters (page 68)
CHAPTER THREE: WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT 1860-1861
Disciples of the Massachusetts School (page 76)
In the Field of Grain (page 84)
The Great Secession Winter of 1860-61 (page 90)
CHAPTER FOUR: LONDON CORRESPONDENT 1861
Outside of the Legation (page 97)
War of Nerves (page 104)
Extracts from a Private Diary (page 112)
CHAPTER FIVE: A GOLDEN TIME 1861-1868
Young England, Young Europe (page 121)
The New Science (page 128)
Political Acolyte (page 136)
Path to Power (page 151)
CHAPTER SIX: A YOUNG REFORMER OF THIRTY 1868-1870
A Power in the Land (page 168)
Fundamental Principles (page 183)
Fame and Its Aftermath (page 195)
CHAPTER SEVEN: HARVARD COLLEGE ONCE MORE 1870-1877
The Academic Rebel (page 208)
From Tea Kettle to Steam Engine (page 218)
Editorial Principles (page 227)
Wedding Journey of a Scholar (page 234)
Work and Plans (page 242)
Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law (page 247)
The Primitive Rights of Women (page 258)
American History and the Constitution (page 266)
Political Reformer: Final Phase (page 275)
Emancipation (page 289)
EPILOGUE
Appendix: The Writings of Henry Adams. 1855-1877 (page 313)
Notes (page 323)
Bibliography (page 353)
Index (page 363)