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111. Mineralogy. 112, 113. Dr. Grant; his birds, butterflies, and minerals. 114-116. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gray, and her mother, Mrs. Monro, at Camberwell Grove. 117, 118. Mr. and Mrs. Cockburn and their sons-Marryat and Fenimore Cooper-The field of Waterloo.

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CHAFFHAUSEN AND MILAN (1833)104

119. Paris, 1823. 120, 121. Author’s recollection of his visit there and to Brussels. 122. Nanny Clowsley and Chelsea. 123. Travelling chariots in old days. 124. “Vix ea nostra voco.” 125. French post-horses. 126. Couriers-Salvador. 127, 128. Author’s father, his expenditure and habits in travelling. 129. The Rhine and Strassburg. 130. Schaffhausen, 1833. 131. The Black Forest -The gates of the hills-William Tell. 132, 133. Switzerland in the olden time. 134, 135. First sight of the Alps: the author’s entrance into life. 136, 137. Into Italy by the Splügen -The Lake of Como-Milan-Burford’s Panorama. 138. Modern electro-plate tourists-What went ye out for to see?

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PAPA AND MAMMA (1834)120

139. Author’s quadrilateral of occupations: poetry without ideas, engraving, architecture without design, geology. 140. Character of his parents-His father’s reading aloud. 141, 142. His mother’s birth and education. 143. His father’s youth and education. 144. Letter (1807) of Dr. Thomas Brown to him. 145, 146, 147, 148. His parents’ nine years’ engagement-Their marriage-Author’s ignorance of his family affairs-His mother’s self-culture-His father’s health. 149. Business powers and position-Commercial guests at Herne Hill. 150, 151. Secluded and simple life there. 152. Dr. Andrews and his chapel at Walworth. 153, 154, 155. The pleasures of contrast: Walworth and Rouen-Offices of Ruskin, Telford, and Domecq-Maisie-Love of home. 156, 157, 158. Death of Cousin Charles at sea (Jan. 22, 1834).

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VESTER, CAMENAE (1835)138

159-161. Herne Hill friends-Mr. and Mrs. Fall and their son Richard. 162. Author’s reading. 163. The Annuals-Byron read aloud to him by his father. 164, 165, 166. His mother’s puritanism, inoffensive prudery, and humour. 167. Byron’s true qualities. 168-175. Remarks on his letters to Moore about Sheridan, and to Murray about poetry-Author’s early but limited

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