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Love

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of Animals. - Sandford and Merton.-Abhorrence of Finery.—

Swiss Bonne. - Alps. - Impressions. - Miss de Luc.

Sidney. The Skull. - Removal to Barr. — Sir Joseph Scott.—

Mr. Hoo. Description of Barr. Haunts for Reading or Bota-

nising. The House itself. - Her Mother's Care. Swiss Gover-

ness.-Switzerland. — Magpie. — Parrot. —“Alphonse."-" Prose

Hymns."- Funeral Procession. Mr. Hoo's Hounds. Squire

Chase. Her Mother's Instructions.-Habits of Barr.-Reflections

-Lady Scott. Visitors. Her Father. Lunar Meetings.-

Mr. Boulton. - Mr. Watt. — Dr. Withering. — Dr. Stoke. The

Snake. Dr. Priestley.-Phrenologic Descriptions.- Anecdote.-

Fungi. Mr. Berrington. Her Grandfather Barclay. - Dudson.

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- Her Grandfather Galton.- Lizzie Forster. - Early Walks. —

Lake. Symbols. - Birth-day Gifts.-Asthma.- Æsop.-Visit

her Mother's.

her Mother.

versation.

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Lady Egremont.

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1787-1788.

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Her Mother's Illness.-Miss P.-Young Governesses: their Rule and
Terrors of Childhood. - Goes to Bath.- Meets
Pump Room. - Abbey. - Mrs. Priestley.
- Anecdotes. Lord Chesterfield.. - Visits of George

I., II., and III. to her Great Grandfather. Her Mother and the

King.

- Description of her Mother. - Dr.

- Baron

Hastings. Anecdote. - Miss Berrington. - Anecdote. -

Her Mother leaves Bath. — Her Misery.

Walks. - Sir William and Lady Watson.

Anecdotes. Mr. Leathes. - Goes to Dawlish. - Liberty. -

Christiana Gurney. - Antagonistic Principles. - Difficulties. -

Literature. Libraries. Sir Walter Scott. - Mrs. Waring.

Arrival of her Parents.- Cousin Sally. Mr. Leathes' teaching. -

Occupations with him and with William Priestley.-Arabian Nights.

- Sir Walter Scott. Anecdotes. Her Mother -

and Baroness Dimsdale.

-Little Dog Moses.

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1788-1789.

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Return to Barr.-Her Delight. Her Mother's Teaching.- Mr. Ber-
rington. Studies. Catholic Boy. - Visits to Dudson.
Meetings.-State of France. - Dr. Darwin. - Her Mother goes to
Birmingham.-Her Visits there.-Interest in her Studies.-William
Priestley. Temple of Diana. — Fortification. - English History.
-Anthony Babington and John Polly. - Memory.

Progress.
tion to her Mother. - Effects of Character.
Interest in Countenances. - Her Mother's Illness. - Dr. Darwin.
Anti-Slavery. —Apollyon.- Plain Dress.- Her Grandfather.—

Fragile Health. - Dudson: its Society. Betsy and Susanna

Bradley. Sampson Lloyd. His Story. Charles Lloyd. - Her

Great-aunt Farmer. -Tribes of Israel. - Mary Capper's History. -

Her Mother's Kindness. - Early Walks.-Her Mother's Counsel.-

Social Evenings at Mr. Berrington's. - Prince Charles Edward.

Schools of Religious Training

PART IV.

1789-1792.

French Revolution.-Reflections.-Popular Movements.-Dudson.—
Priscilla Hannah Gurney. — Richard Reynolds.—Coalbrook Dale.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher. - Priscilla's Home.-Priscilla and

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Miss Berrington described. - St. Francis. - Scene in the Drawing-
room. - Dr. Darwin's Conversation. Her Reasoning. - Botanic
Garden. Works of Art.- Free Inquiry. — Her Father. — His
Early Life. -Academy at Warrington. Book of Knowledge. -
Her Father's Attainments. Antagonistic Influences. -Jones's
Machine. - Her Reading. - Her Father's Mode of Instruction. -
Solitude. Dogs. Her Experience. - Sunday's In-
- Her Mother's Reading. - The Holy Scriptures: how
Left at Home. Difficulties.- Importance of Early
Misery. - Visits to Roman Catholic Chapel.
Anti-Slavery. — Catholic Truth. -

Doubts.

struction.

esteemed.
Habits.

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Events in France.
ings. Journey to Liverpool. Social Circle there. Black
Servants.-Anecdotes.-Her Father. His accurate Information

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1792-1793.

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Hopeless State.
Religious
Books. -Studies Dr. Priestley's Writings: their Effect. - Her
Need.-Perplexities. —Isolation and Misery.-Character changes.
-Effects of Calamity.-Is heedless of Duties.-The only Beacon
left. - Her Mother's Gift. - Her Tastes.-Yields to Temptation.-
Misery of a burdened Conscience. - Basket of Fruit. - Deep
Humiliation.— Birmingham.— Conversational Evenings.— Bruce's
Travels Presents of Books. - Her Mother's Narrative. - The
Winter. No Remission of Sin without Confession. Pardon of
Sin. Human Opinion. - Her Mother's Love of Poetry.- Pagan
Poets. Teaching of Homer. Teaching of the Gospels. — Her
Mother's Reading. — Saturday and Sunday. - Pagan Heroism.-
Christian Instruction. - Solitude. - Mr. and Mrs. Watt. -Gre-
gory and Jessy Watt.- Fortification. Women
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY

OF

MARY ANNE SCHIMMELPENNINCK.

PART I.

1778-1787.

"The aged Christian stands upon the shore
Of Time, a storehouse of experience,

Filled with the treasures of rich heavenly lore.
I love to sit and hear him draw from thence
Sweet recollections of his journey past,
A journey crowned with blessings to the last."

"Oft in my way have I

Stood still, though but a casual passenger,

So much I felt the awfulness of life."-WORDSWORTH.

I was born in the evening of the 25th of November, 1778, in Steel-House Lane, at my grandfather's house of business in Birmingham, where my father, Samuel Galton, then lived. My mother was Lucy Barclay. My grandfather resided at that time at Dudson, a