ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
The waterside at Martin’s Ferry Frontispiece
The Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia Facing p. 10
Hamilton, Ohio, the “Boy’s Town” of Mr. Howells’s youth " 16
The Miami Canal at Hamilton" 22
The now abandoned canal at Dayton as it appears on the borders of the city" 40
The Little Miami River at Eureka Mills, twelve miles east of Dayton" 44
Overlooking the island which the Howells family cultivated" 54
The vicinity where Mr. Howells lived his “Year in a Log Cabin”" 60
One of the last log houses to survive in the vicinity of Jefferson" 82
The four-story office erected by Mr. Howells’s father" 116
The Ohio State House at Columbus viewed from High Street" 138
The State House yard on the State Street side" 158
Old-time dwellings on one of the Columbus streets that Mr. Howells used to frequent" 170
The Medical College at Columbus" 184
The quaint doorway of the Medical College through which Mr. Howells passed daily while he roomed in the building" 224
Looking into the State House grounds toward the broad flight of steps before the west front of the building" 236