PREFATORY NOTE.

CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. Introductory 1 CHAPTER II. Childhood

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD AND EARLY HOME.

CHAPTER III. YOUTHFUL STUDIES AND FRIENDSHIPS.

CHAPTER IV. TRANSLATION OF STRAUSS AND FEUERBACH. TOUR ON THE CONTINENT.

CHAPTER V. THE 'WESTMINSTER REVIEW.'

CHAPTER VI. GEORGE HENRY LEWES.

CHAPTER VII. SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE.

CHAPTER VIII. ADAM BEDE.

CHAPTER IX. THE MILL ON THE FLOSS.

CHAPTER X. SILAS MARNER.

CHAPTER XI. ROMOLA.

CHAPTER XII. HER POEMS.

CHAPTER XIII. FELIX HOLT AND MIDDLEMARCH.

CHAPTER XIV. DANIEL DERONDA.

CHAPTER XV. LAST YEARS.

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