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Acknowledgments -- Ancestry And Boyhood -- College, 1821-1825 -- The Solitary Years, ' 1825-1837 -- Courtship, Marriage, And The Old Manse, 1838-1845 -- Salem And The Scarlet Letter, 1846-1850 -- With Melville In The Berkshires, 1850-1851 -- West Newton And The Wayside, 1851-1853 -- England, 1853-1857 -- Italy, 1858-1859 -- The Wayside Once More, 1860-1864 -- The Collected Works -- Chief Biographical Sources -- Index. Bibliography: P. [266]-268.