Chapter I: Front Matter

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS

BY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH.

ABRIDGED, CHIEFLY IN PARTS PERTAINING TO POLITICAL AND OTHER CONTROVERSIES PREVALENT AT THE TIME IN GREAT BRITAIN.

CONTENTS.

LETTER I.

CHILDHOOD.--Reasons--Design--Martyrs' prison--Palace garden--Scenery-- Music--Study--Politics--A brother--Protestantism--The Bible--Judicious plan

LETTER II.

YOUTH.--Private journals--Romance--The drama--Poetical taste--Loss of hearing--Books--A change--Rural life--Stays--Tight-lacing--Ruinous custom--The country

LETTER III.

EARLY DAYS.--Idling--Convictions--Anticipating evil--Mischievous errors --Unreal estimates--Fake views--A parting--Fraternal love

LETTER IV.

YOUTH.--A grandmother--Unfashionable taste--A bereavement--Changes-- Travels--Punctuality--Ocean scenery--False confidence--A storm--Wonders of the deep--Recklessness--An Arab steed--A fragment--Escapes-- Housewifery--Nova Scotia--Indians--Cosmopolitanism--Home

LETTER V.

IRELAND.--Oxford--Irishmen--The journey--The arrival--An escape--Dublin --St. John's eve--The dance--Paganism--Trials--Levying distress-- Convictions--Terrors--Awakened conscience--God's teaching--Joy and peace

LETTER VI.

RELIGIOUS PROGRESS.--The church--Socinianism--Temptation--Metaphysics-- Athanasian creed--An epoch--My first tract--A new friend--"Hail Mary"-- Christian communion

LETTER VII.

KILKENNY.--A new residence--Another snare--Compromise--An apostate--"End of controversy"--The snare broken--Another attack--An argument-- Discussion--The result

LETTER VIII.

The dumb boy.--A pupil--Jack's commencement--Inquiry--A dilemma--Dawning light--Seasonings--A sunbeam--A soul born--A protester--Idolatry-- Faithfulness--Summons--Superstition--National character--Confession-- Infernal machinery

LETTER IX.

England.--The dumb boy--Jack's adventure--Departure from Ireland--Hannah More--A carnal politician--Treachery--Afflictions--Jack's progress-- Prayer--Mercies--A soldier--A home--False judgment--Tranquillity

LETTER X.

Sandhurst.--A proposal--A snare--An incident--Papal fulmination--Jack's petition--Happy caution--Perseverance--Zeal--Testimonies--A contrast

LETTER XI.

Separation.--Prejudices--Home--Forebodings--Danger--Trying scenes-- Queries--Awful contrast--Cadets--Retrospections--A visitation--Sympathy --True feeling

LETTER XII.

Employment.--Sabbath meetings--Boys--An event--Forgiveness--Prejudices-- The Irish language--St. Giles's--A project--The Irish church

LETTER XIII.

A sunset.--A termination--A sunset--Resignation--The red hand--Joy and peace--True wisdom--Sympathy--Earnestness--A dying protest--Sleeping in Jesus

LETTER XIV.

A removal.--An appeal--Irish schools--Literary labors--Antinomianism-- Conclusion

SUBSEQUENT LIFE AND DEATH OF THE AUTHOR

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS