Chapter 7

1869-1885

Edinburgh--Colleagues--_Farrago vitæ_--I. The family circle--Fleeming and his sons--Highland life--The cruise of the steam-launch--Summer in Styria--Rustic manners--II. The Drama--Private theatricals--III. Sanitary associations--The phonograph--IV. Fleeming's acquaintance with a student--His late maturity of mind--Religion and morality--His love of heroism--Taste in literature--V. His talk--His late popularity--Letter from M. Trélat 260