
By Oliver Wendell Holmes
PREFACE.
A MORTAL ANTIPATHY. - FIRST OPENING OF THE NEW PORTFOLIO.
INTRODUCTION. - “And why the New Portfolio, I would ask?”
THE NEW PORTFOLIO: FIRST OPENING.
A MORTAL ANTIPATHY.
I. GETTING READY.
II. THE BOAT-RACE.
III. THE WHITE CANOE.
IV. THE YOUNG SOLITARY
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (491K characters)
Release date
2004-09-29
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1809–1894
A celebrated voice of 19th-century America, this physician-writer mixed wit, warmth, and sharp observation in poems and essays that made him a household name. He is especially remembered for the lively Breakfast-Table series and for "Old Ironsides," the poem that helped save the USS Constitution.
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