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action. 54. General effect on author’s character. 55. Præterita and Fors Clavigera. 56, 57. Herne Hill then and now further described. 58. Præterita to be amiable. 59. The Herne Hill garden.

CHAPTER III

THE BANKS OF TAY (1826-1828)51

60. Author’s powers as a child. 61, 62. Early reading and writing-First efforts in authorship-Harry and Lucy Concluded. 63. Poems on steam-engine and rainbow. 64. Daily routine. 65. Love of toy bricks-Modern toys-Interest in flowers. 66. “Eudosia, a Poem on the Universe.” 67. Mineralogy. 68. Evenings at home-His father reading aloud. 69. Paternal grandparents-His father’s sister Jessie. 70. Her home at Perth. 71. Her servant Mause. 72. Her children. 73, 74. By the banks of Tay. 75. Accidents of childhood-A dog’s bite-A good ducking. 76. The harvests of Strath-Tay.

CHAPTER IV

UNDER NEW TUTORSHIPS (1828-1834)70

77. Illness at Dunkeld (1828)-Death of cousin Jessie and her mother-Foresight dreams. 78. Author’s cousin Mary, adopted by his parents (1829). 79, 80. Sundays in childhood. 81. Dr. Andrews of Beresford Chapel, author’s first tutor-Greek lessons. 82. Copying Cruikshank’s Grimm-Cousin Mary. 83. Matlock (1829) and mineralogy-Author’s poem “Iteriad” (1830-1832). 84. First drawing master, Mr. Runciman (1831). 85. Author’s first sketch book. 86. Love of watching the sea. 87. 1832: At Herne Hill-Gift of Rogers’s Italy. 88. 1833: Prout’s Sketches in Flanders and Germany. 89, 90. Tour abroad-Author’s drawings there. 91. Poetical journal (1834)-Author’s schoolmaster, Rev. T. Dale-Schoolfellows, Matson, Key, Jones. 92. Author’s Scotch grammar. 93. Mr. Rowbotham and mathematics. 94. Author (1833) gets leave to copy in the Louvre-A dinner at Mr. Domecq’s. 95. Author’s mathematical studies.

CHAPTER V

PARNASSUS AND PLYNLIMMON (1829-1835)87

96. Death of author’s Croydon aunt. 97. Her family. 98, 99, 100. Careers of her sons. 101. Cousin Charles at Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co. 102. Annuals-Forget-me-not. 103. Friendship’s Offering. 104. Mr. Pringle-Prints author’s verses. 105. Takes him to see Samuel Rogers. 106. The Ettrick Shepherd-Visits to Clifton, Bristol, Chepstow, Malvern. 107. The English Lakes. 108, 109. Tour in Wales (1831)-Plynlimmon. 110. Riding lessons.

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