CONTENTS
Francis Henry Gribble
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
Ancestors, Parents, and Hereditary Influences
1
II.
Childhood and Schooldays at Aberdeen, Dulwich, and Harrow
10
III.
A Schoolboy’s Love Affairs—Mary Duff, Margaret Parker, and Mary Chaworth
23
IV.
Life at Cambridge and Flirtations at Southwell
35
V.
Revelry at Newstead—“English Bards and Scotch Reviewers”
50
VI.
The Grand Tour—Flirtations in Spain
63
VII.
Florence Spencer Smith
75
VIII.
The Maid of Athens—Mrs. Werry—Mrs. Pedley—The Swimming of the Hellespont
87
IX.
Return to England—Publication of “Childe Harold”
101
X.
The Secret Orchard
114
XI.
Lady Caroline Lamb
127
XII.
The Quarrel with Lady Caroline—Her Character and Subsequent Career
138
XIII.
Lady Oxford—Byron’s Intention of going Abroad with Her
148
XIV.
An Emotional Crisis—Thoughts of Marriage, of Foreign Travel, and of Mary Chaworth
158
XV.
Renewal and Interruption of Relations with Mary Chaworth
170
XVI.
Marriage
182
XVII.
Incompatibility of Temper
194
XVIII.
Lady Byron’s Demand for a Separation—Rumours that “Gross Charges” might be brought, involving Mrs. Leigh
208
XIX.
“Gross Charges” Disavowed by Lady Byron—Separation agreed to
221
XX.
Revival of the Byron Scandal by Mrs. Beecher Stowe and the late Lord Lovelace
231
XXI.
Inherent Improbability of the Charges against Augusta Leigh—The Allegation that she “Confessed”—The Proof that she did nothing of the kind
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