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INTRODUCTION, xv

CHAPTER I

CAPTAIN BORROW OF THE WEST NORFOLK MILITIA, 1

CHAPTER II

BORROW'S MOTHER, 12

CHAPTER III

JOHN THOMAS BORROW, 18

CHAPTER IV

A WANDERING CHILDHOOD, 36

CHAPTER V

GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE GURNEYS, 54

CHAPTER VI

GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE TAYLORS, 63

CHAPTER VII

GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 70

CHAPTER VIII

GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE LAWYER'S OFFICE, 79

CHAPTER IX

SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS, 87

CHAPTER X

'FAUSTUS' AND 'ROMANTIC BALLADS,' 101

CHAPTER XI

'CELEBRATED TRIALS' AND JOHN THURTELL, 112

CHAPTER XII

BORROW AND THE FANCY, 126

CHAPTER XIII

EIGHT YEARS OF VAGABONDAGE, 133

CHAPTER XIV

SIR JOHN BOWRING, 138

CHAPTER XV

BORROW AND THE BIBLE SOCIETY, 153

CHAPTER XVI

ST. PETERSBURG AND JOHN P. HASFELD, 162

CHAPTER XVII

THE MANCHU BIBLE--'TARGUM'--'THE TALISMAN,' 169

CHAPTER XVII

THREE VISITS TO SPAIN, 179

CHAPTER XIX

BORROW'S SPANISH CIRCLE, 201

CHAPTER XX

MARY BORROW, 215

CHAPTER XXI

'THE CHILDREN OF THE OPEN AIR,' 226

CHAPTER XXII

'THE BIBLE IN SPAIN,' 237

CHAPTER XXIII

RICHARD FORD, 248

CHAPTER XXIV

IN EASTERN EUROPE, 260

CHAPTER XXV

'LAVENGRO,' 275

CHAPTER XXVI

A VISIT TO CORNISH KINSMEN, 289

CHAPTER XXVII

IN THE ISLE OF MAN, 296

CHAPTER XXVIII

OULTON BROAD AND YARMOUTH, 304

CHAPTER XXIX

IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND, 320

CHAPTER XXX

'THE ROMANY RYE,' 341

CHAPTER XXXI

EDWARD FITZGERALD, 350

CHAPTER XXXII

'WILD WALES,' 364

CHAPTER XXXIII

LIFE IN LONDON, 379

CHAPTER XXXIV

FRIENDS OF LATER YEARS, 389

CHAPTER XXXV

BORROW'S UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS, 401

CHAPTER XXXVI

HENRIETTA CLARKE, 413

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