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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
The Evolution and Method of these Reminiscences-The Victorian
Era-My Birth and Parentage-The Old House at Home-The Irish
Famine-The Birkenhead
CHAPTER II
The Great Exhibition-The Koh-i-noor-Soyer's Symposium-A Plate-
Snatcher-The Old Cornish Woman-The Sydenham Palace
-Railways-An Old Whip
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CHAPTER III
My Soldiering Days-Fort Belan-School Drills-The Volunteers—
The Hyde Park Review-The Humours of Volunteering—The
Lasting Effects of the Movement .
CHAPTER IV
The Crimean War-Its Mismanagement-Royal Artists-Peace Pro-
clamation-A General Illumination
CHAPTER V
The Expulsion of the Book-worm from the Oxford City Free Public
Library The Bodleian Library-The Camera-My Work-The
Chief The Staff.
CHAPTER VI
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Readers at the Camera-Pusey, Liddon, Stanley, and Jowett-The Old
Order Changeth-The Apotheosis of the Book-worm
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CHAPTER VII
Some Ancient Observances-Christmas Day-Twelfth Day-Valentine's
Day-May Day-Oak-Apple Day-Guy Fawkes' Day
CHAPTER VIII
Some Municipal Customs-The Civic Drummer and Fifer-The Making
of a Freeman-Almsmen of Bartlemas-"Going the Franchise
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CHAPTER IX
Old Educational Methods and their Defects—A Schoolboy's Experiences
-Local Examinations-The Cult of the Stick-Scholastic Tread-
mills-Terpsichorean Tribulations
CHAPTER X
Some Election Reminiscences-How I learnt Politics-Election Manners
and Customs-Bribery and Corruption-How Cardwell lost his Seat 111
CHAPTER XI
Thackeray's Bid for Parliament-His Opponent-The Polling-Why
Thackeray failed-A Happy Defeat-Political Instability
CHAPTER XII
Open Voting versus the Ballot-Sir William Harcourt's Defeat-
Dramatic Sequel-A Petition and a Commission-How Votes
were paid for
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134
The Victorian Drama-The Patent Monopoly-The Status of the Pro-
fession-The Queen's Influence-Early Theatrical Experiences-
Behind the Scenes-The Old Stock-Company Days
153
The Young Man in the Cape-Kean-Matthews-Astley's-The Colleen
Bawn
165
CHAPTER XVI
The Bancrofts-Benson-The Little Vic.-Gilbert and Sullivan
175
CHAPTER XVII
The Amateur Stage-My First Appearance-Peter, the Page-A Bolt
from the Blue-A Piebald Tragedian
CHAPTER XVIII
Play-writing-How I sold my Piece and got to London-The Reading-
Rehearsals The Night-Some Curious Experiences-The Regenera-
tion of Pantomime-The Stage and its Mission
CHAPTER XIX
The Majesty of the Law-The Assizes-Punishments-The Apotheosis
of the Stocks-Improved Methods-How a Riot was Stopped-A
Day in Court-Coleridge-Chitty
186
199
CHAPTER XX
The Evolution of a Journalist-Some Hints to Beginners-My First
Journalistic Earnings A Phantom Legacy-The Editorial Chair—
The Press-Man and his Work
211
226
CHAPTER XXI
Some Phases of Victorian Art-The Restoration Period-The Gothic
Revival-The Pre-Raphaelites-Their Dissolution.
CHAPTER XXII
The Esthetes-The Philosophers-The Poets-The Painters-The
Grosvenor Gallery-Whistler
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CHAPTER XXIII
Home Decorations-William Morris-The Fine Old English Drawing-
room-Esthetic Costume-The Patrons-The Satirists-Oscar
Wilde The Fall of the Curtain-The Latest Craze-A Plea for Art
for the People
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CHAPTER XXIV
Some Old Entertainments-A Day in London-Cremorne-Evans's-
The Music Hall of the Past-Nigger Minstrels-The Old Polly-
The Coliseum-The Circus
CHAPTER XXV
Some Experiences of Crowds-Entry of the Princess Alexandra-The
Emperor's Fête Day-Some Loyal Tributes-The Influence of a
Great Queen
CHAPTER XXVI
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Some Literary Recollections-Books in the Fifties-Thackeray-Dickens
-Ruskin-A Glorious Heritage
CHAPTER XXVII
305
The Transformation of Alma Mater-The Don of the Past-A Mere
Soldier-An Era of Change-Class Distinctions-The Don of To-day 321
CHAPTER XXVIII
Some Recollections of a Church-Goer-The Dawn of a Belief-Religious
Gloom-Early Church-going-St. Martin's-Church Cakes-Church
Wanderings-The Tractarian Movement-Theological Battles
CHAPTER XXIX
333
An Old-fashioned High Churchman-A Surprise Visit-A Slantorum-
Colenso-Eternal Hope-An Untenable Belief-The Brotherhood
of Sacrifice
348
CHAPTER XXX
The Last Furrow-Indebtedness of the Present to the Past-A Great
Queen-A Mitigatory Plea-The Faith of an Optimist
INDEX
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