The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

1858

Holmes's 1858 book, first serialised in the Atlantic Monthly, in which a talker holds forth at a Boston boarding-house table over twelve mornings. The talk ranges over conversation, age, faith and Boston itself, and is broken by poems including The Chambered Nautilus and The Deacon's Masterpiece.

The Autocrat’s Autobiography
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII