CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



The Jenkins of Stowting — Fleeming's grandfather — 

 Mrs. Buckner's fortune — Fleeming's father ; goes 

 to sea ; at St. Helena ; meets King Tom ; service 

 in the West Indies; end of his career — The 

 Camphell-Jacksons — Fleeming's mother — Fleem- 

 ing*s uncle John . . 



CHAPTER n 



1833-1851 



Birth and Childhood — Edinburgh — Frank for t-on-the- 

 Main— Paris— The Revolution of 1848— The In- 

 surrection — Flight to Italy — Sympathy with Italy 

 — ^The Insurrection in Genoa — A Student in Genoa 

 —The Lad and his Mother . . .28 



CHAPTER III 



1861-1868 



Return to England — Fleeming at Fairbairn's — Experi- 

 ence in a Strike — Dr. Bell and Greek Architecture 

 — The Gaskells — Fleeming at Greenwich — The 

 Austins — Fleeming and the Austins — His Engage- 

 ment — Fleeming and Sir William Thomson . 68 



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