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CHAPTER IV 



1859-1868 



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Fleeming's Marriage — His Married Life — Professional 

 Difficulties — Life at Claygate — Illness of Mrs. F. 

 Jenkin — and of Fleeming — Appointment to the 

 Chair at Edinburgh . . . .82 



CHAPTER V 

 Notes of Telegraph Voyages, 1858 to 1873 . . 100 



CHAPTER VI 



1869-1885 



Edinburgh — Colleagues — Farrago Vitce — 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. Trelat . . .162 



CHAPTER VII 



1875-1885 



Mrs. Jenkin's Illness — Captain Jenkin — The Golden 

 Wedding — Death of Uncle John — Death of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Austin — Illness and Death of the 

 Captain — Death of Mrs. Jenkin — Effect on Fleem- 

 ing— Telpherage— The End . .213 



