CONTENTS
Leslie Stephen
CHAPTER I
FAMILY HISTORY
PAGE
I.
James Stephen, Writer on Imprisonment for Debt
1
II.
James Stephen, Master in Chancery
8
III.
Master Stephen's Children
25
IV.
The Venns
33
V.
James Stephen, Colonial Under-secretary
41
CHAPTER II
EARLY LIFE
I.
Childhood
66
II.
Eton
77
III.
King's College
86
IV.
Cambridge
91
V.
Reading for the Bar
114
CHAPTER III
THE BAR AND JOURNALISM
I.
Introductory
131
II.
First Years at the Bar
136
III.
The 'Saturday Review'
148
IV.
Education Commission and Recordership
165
V.
Progress at the Bar
173
VI.
Essays by a Barrister
177
VII.
Defence of Dr. Williams
184
VIII.
View of the Criminal Law
203
IX.
The 'Pall Mall Gazette'
212
X.
Governor Eyre
227
XI.
Indian Appointment
231
CHAPTER IV
INDIA
I.
Personal History
237
II.
Official Work in India
246
III.
Indian Impressions
282
IV.
Last Months in India
291
CHAPTER V
LAST YEARS AT THE BAR
I.
First Occupations in England
298
II.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
306
III.
Dundee Election
340
IV.
Codification in England
351
V.
The Metaphysical Society
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