# The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I

Author: Stillman, William James, 1828-1901

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11546

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Autobiography+of+a+Journalist%2C+Volume+I+Stillman&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

That a man should assume that his life is worth the venture of a record in the form of an autobiography suggests a degree of self-conceit of which I am not guilty. From my own initiative this would never have been written, and the first suggestion that I should write it, coming from a man of such experience in books and judgment of men as the late Mr. Houghton, then head of the firm of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., was as much a surprise to me as the publication will be to any one. The impression it made on me was so vivid that I have never forgotten the details of the occasion which called it out. I had gone with Mr. Houghton and his daughters to the ruins of the Villa of Hadrian, at Tivoli,...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-a-journalist-volume-i-11546/chapters/1/index.md)