Chapter 1 The Young Voyager Returns 1
Chapter 2 To Helen:First Tragedy 17
Chapter 3 ＂You Were All to Me，Love＂ 29
Chapter 4 University Days 43
Chapter 5 Tamerlane，and Deepening Sorrow 55
Chapter 6 West Point and the Urge to Create 63
Chapter 7 A Beginning of Success 73
Chapter 8 Marrying，Literary Criticism and the Scientific Mind 91
Chapter 9 Tales of Death and Terror 99
Chapter 10 The Detective Story 107
Chapter 11 More Detective Stories，Cryptograms and The Gold Bug 115
Chapter 12 The Raven and the Greatest Tragedy of All 123
Chapter 13 The Last Emotions 129
Glossary 141