CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION xi 



CHAPTER I 



THE LUBBOCK FAMILY 



CHAPTER II 



CHILDHOOD 



Relations with parents — Interest in insects — His mother's 

 notes of his sayings and character 



CHAPTER III 



PRIVATE SCHOOL 



First letters from school — Dislike of algebra — Diligence in 



other studies — Physical delicacy . . .10 



CHAPTER IV 



ETON 



System of education at Eton — His tutor's singular estimate 



of him — Not suited by the system . . .15 



CHAPTER V 



INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS 



Reasons for his early entry into business — His loneliness — 

 Darwin's influence — Mr. P. Norman's account of the 

 cricket at High Elms ..... 22 



