TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: Printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained except the following: Pg. 117, Ch. VII: Changed comma to period in (relation to life,) Pg. 255, Ch. XVI: Removed ending quote in (the highest sense.") THE DAUGHTER OF THE STORAGE WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS THE DAUGHTER OF THE STORAGE AND OTHER THINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE W. D. HOWELLS HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Daughter of the Storage The Daughter of the Storage Copyright, 1915, 1916, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published April, 1916 CONTENTS The Daughter of the Storage A Presentiment Captain Dunlevy's Last Trip The Return to Favor Somebody's Mother The Face at the Window An Experience