What 'tis to be a MAN: to give, not take;
To serve, not rule; to nourish, not devour;
To help, not crush; if needs, to die, not live."

2 BELLE VUE GARDENS,
WALPOLE ROAD, BRIGHTON,
_Nov. 1, 1899_.




CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--INTRODUCTORY 1

II.--"WHY SHOULD I INTERFERE?" 13

III.--FIRST PRINCIPLES 26

IV.--THE SECRET AND METHOD 38

V.--EARLY BOYHOOD 56

VI.--BOYHOOD AND SCHOOL LIFE 69

VII.--EARLY MANHOOD 131

VIII.--THE INFLUENCE OF SISTERS 157