Chapter I: Friendship

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AGASSIZ 1

TO HOLMES ON HIS SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY 23

IN A COPY OF OMAR KHAYYÁM 26

ON RECEIVING A COPY OF MR. AUSTIN DOBSON’S “OLD WORLD IDYLLS” 27

TO C. F. BRADFORD ON THE GIFT OF A MEERSCHAUM PIPE 29

BANKSIDE 32

JOSEPH WINLOCK 36

SONNET. TO FANNY ALEXANDER 37

JEFFRIES WYMAN 38

TO A FRIEND 39

WITH AN ARMCHAIR 40

E. G. DE R. 41

BON VOYAGE! 42

TO WHITTIER ON HIS SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY 43

ON AN AUTUMN SKETCH OF H. G. WILD 44

TO MISS D. T. 45

WITH A COPY OF AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE 46

ON PLANTING A TREE AT INVERARA 47

AN EPISTLE TO GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS 49