Beyond the Garden Gate : The Life of Celia Laighton Thaxter

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi Introduction 1(143) 1 Home in Lighthouse 7(13) 2 Enter: Levi Thaxter 20(14) 3 The Early Years, 1851-186o 34(10) 4 New Horizons, 1861 44(8) 5 Coming of Age, 1862-1868 52(17) 6 The Difficult Years, 1868-1877 69(25) 7 New Beginnings, 1878-1886 94(21) 8 Annie and Sarah 115(14) 9 The Aesthetic Movement: Finding a Voice 129(15) 10 Finale, 1888-1894 144(18) Daring: A Postscript 162(3) NOTES 165(18) BIBLIOGRAPHY 183(6) INDEX 189