CONTENTS OF VOL. II

CHAPTER I

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1. Character of Vol. II. 2, 3. Author’s early love of landscape, contrasted with Evelyn’s Diary. 4. Mr. Rowbotham, author’s mathematical master. 5. Mr. W. H. Harrison (editor of Friendship’s Offering)-Dr. Grant of Richmond: the maze at Hampton Court. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Gray. 7. Mr. H. Telford and his sisters -Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cockburn-Mr. Lockhart. 8, 9, 10. Osborne Gordon at Herne Hill-Author’s pugnacious Protestantism at this time. 11. Mr. Windus of Tottenham. 12. Author’s first and second Turner: “Richmond, Surrey” and “Gosport.” 13. Return to Oxford (Jan. 1840)-Of age-Turner’s “Winchelsea.” 14. Author’s allowance: objects of expenditure-Mr. Griffith, the picture-dealer. 15, 16. Author buys Turner’s “Harlech.” 17. Author’s illness-Degree postponed-Leaves Oxford. 18. Plans tour abroad. 19. Oxford influences.

CHAPTER II

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20. David Roberts’s sketches in the East: author’s study of his methods. 21. His sketch of the Château de Blois. 22. Summer abroad-Blois, Amboise, Tours, Aubusson, Pont Gibaud, Le Puy, Rhone Valley, Avignon, Fréjus, Riviera, Sestri, Genoa, Albenga, Savona. 23. Author’s impressions of the Riviera. 24. Artistic studies at Genoa-Travelling in the Riviera in olden days. 25. Stormy weather: crossing the fords. 26. Author’s mother and the passage of the Magra-Purchase of a “Bacchus and Ariadne” at Carrara. 27. First impressions of Italy-Lucca and Pisa. 28. First impression of Florence: 29. And of its works of art in the Uffizi. 30. Siena, Viterbo, Rome. 31. Author’s stock of learning for the appreciation of Rome. 32. First impressions of St. Peter’s. 33. The ruins: the Forum and Coliseum. 34. First impressions of the pictures-The Vatican-Perugino-Angelico, Raphael and the Stanze. 35, 36. Author’s

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