| PAGE | | EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION | ix | | | PREFACE | xxi | | CHAP. | | | | I. | BIRTH, PARENTAGE AND FAMILY | 1 | | | II. | LIFE IN A DOCKYARD—FRIENDS, FAVOURITES AND RETAINERS | 15 | | | III. | MY FIRST PLAY—MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF CLARENCE—DEPARTURE FOR SHEERNESS | 25 | | | IV. | EARLY DRAMATIC RECOLLECTIONS—RESIDENCE AT HAMPTON COURT | 33 | | | V. | LIFE AT HAMPTON COURT | 41 | | | VI. | OUR EXTRA HOMES | 51 | | | VII. | MY GRANDMOTHER’S MAID | 64 | | | VIII. | OUR HOUSEHOLD | 73 | | | IX. | BRIGHTON—SCHOOLDAYS | 80 | | | X. | VISITS IN CUMBERLAND AND LEICESTERSHIRE—ACCESSION OF WILLIAM IV. | 92 | | | XI. | FIRST CONTINENTAL TRAVELS—TURIN AND GENOA | 103 | | | XII. | SUMMER AT THE BATHS OF LUCCA | 115 | | | XIII. | SHORT SOJOURN IN FLORENCE | 125 | | | XIV. | SUMMER AT NAPLES | 134 | | | XV. | PISA AND FLORENCE | 145 | | | XVI. | RETURN TO ENGLAND—ACCESSION OF QUEEN VICTORIA—HER CORONATION | 158 | | | XVII. | MILLARD’S HILL—TENBY—CHARLES YOUNG AND A COURT BALL | 163 | | | XVIII. | 1844. TRIP TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS | 170 | | | XIX. | WHITTLEBURY | 179 | | | XX. | MUNICH—SECOND VISIT TO ITALY | 187 | | | XXI. | ARRIVAL IN ROME, 1846—OCTOBER FESTIVALS AND “POSSESSO” | 194 | | | XXII. | SUMMER OF 1847—FLORENCE, VILLA CAREGGI | 201 | | | XXIII. | RESIDENCE IN FLORENCE—CHARLES LEVER—REVOLUTION, AND THE BROWNINGS | 210 | | | XXIV. | LAST DAYS AT FLORENCE—RETURN TO ENGLAND—MILLARD’S HILL, LONDON, 1848 | 221 | | | XXV. | ROCKINGHAM CASTLE—CHARLES DICKENS | 229 | | | XXVI. | PROTECTIONIST PARTY AT BURGHLEY | 244 | | | XXVII. | ALTHORP | 253 | SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER | WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR | 262 | | | VISCOUNT STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE | 265 | | | CARLYLE | 267 | | | THE GROVE | 269 | | |
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