Category: Biographies

The Story of My Life, volumes 1-3

In the autumn of 1878, the desire to comfort and amuse one of my kindest friends during hours of wearing pain and sickness induced me to begin writing down some of the reminiscences of my life. As almost all those who shared my earlier interests and affections had passed away,...

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2. VOLUME II

MARIA HARE. _From G. Canevari._ (_Photogravure_) _Frontispiece_ PAGE DRAWING-ROOM, LIME 15 FROM THE DEAN'S GARDEN, CANTERBURY 24 LA MADONNA DEI. SASSO, LOCARNO 45 IN S. APOLLINA...

1. VOLUME 1

In the autumn of 1878, the desire to comfort and amuse one of my kindest friends during hours of wearing pain and sickness induced me to begin writing down some of the reminisce...

4. mild. After breakfast I went down through the wood to the sea, not

a mile distant, and a very fine bit of coast, with rich colour in the rocks and water, and Dunstanborough Castle on its crag as the great feature. The place reminds me a little...

5. letter M.' The play, _L'Aïeule_, was wonderfully well done by

Princess Radziwill, Princess Pallavicini, Princess Scilla, Duca del Gallo, and others, a most beautiful electric light being let in when the grandmother steals in to give the po...

7. iii. 3, 84, 103, 107, 110, 141, 183, 187-190, 202-232, 320-322, 331,

Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, i. 67, 118-120, 230, 236, 238, 264, 284, 357-366, 383, 393, 402, 439, 471, 481, 483, 491; ii. 122-126, 132, 135-137, 153-155, 158-159, 220-222, 290, 380...

3. VOLUME III

ENGLISH PLEASURES AND ROMAN TRIALS 1 LAST YEARS OF ESMERALDA 233 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CONSPIRACY 273 LAST YEARS WITH THE MOTHER 314 INDEX TO VOLS. I., II. AND III. 421

6. ii. 33, 468, 489;

---- Augustus John Cuthbert: birth of, i. 42; baptism, 50; adoption, 51; is sent to England, 53; childhood of, 54-166; sent to school at Harnish, 167; private school life of, 17...