CONTENTS.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY.


CHAPTER I.

My reasons for writing an Autobiography.--That a man knows the history
of his own life better than a biographer can know it.--Frankness and
reserve.--The contemplation of death.


CHAPTER II.

1834.

My birthplace.--My father and mother.--Circumstances of their
marriage.--Their short married life.--Birth of their child.--Death of
my mother.--Her character and habits.--My father as a widower.--Dulness
of his life.--Its degradation.


CHAPTER III

1835-1841.

My childhood is passed at Barnley with my aunts.--My grandfather and