CONTENTS, 



CHAPTER I. 



BOYHOOD. 



Paisley— Nursery Amusements— His First Fish— Sermon— Oure John's Teegar— Mr. Peddie's 

 School— Life in the Mearns Manse '. Pa 8 es 1_14 



CHAPTER II. 



GLASGOW COLLEGE. 



1797-1803. 



His Father's Death— Enters College— Professor Jardine— Professor Young— Diary in 1801— Por- 

 trait by Eaeburn— Student Life in Glasgow— Fondness for Barley-sugar— Walking Feats— Es- 

 say Writing— Companions— Letter to Wordsworth 14-52 



CHAPTER IH. 



LOVE AND POETRY. — LIFE AT OXFORD. 



1803-'08. 



Dychmont— First Love— Poems to Margaret— Oxford— Studies— Expenses— Commonplace-books 

 —Cock-fighting— Pugilism— Leaping— Reminiscences of Magdalen College by a Fellow-student 

 —College Anecdotes 3 ' 2-65 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE ORPHAN MAID. — UNIVERSITY CAREER. 



1803-'03. 



Letters to Margaret and to Mr. Findlay— Letter from Mr. Blair— Letters to Mr. Findlay— Let- 

 ter from Mr. Blair— Examination for his Bachelor Degree— Letters to Mr. Findlay— End of the 

 Love Story 56_T7 



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CHAPTER V. 



LIFE AT ELLERAY. 

 1807-'ll. 

 Description of Elleray— The Old Cottage— The New House— First Meeting with Wordsworth; 

 with De Quincey— The Anglers' Tent— Mathetes— Poetic Compositions— Boating— His Fleet 

 on Windermere— Billy Balmer— Lake escapade— Hunting a Bull— Love of Animals— His Game 

 Birds— "A Main at Elleruy"— Wrestling— " A varra bad un to Lick"— Gale House— Its Inmat. a 

 —A Ball ; a Regatta, etc.— Letter to Mr. Harden— Letter to De Quincey— Poetry— Letters to Mr. 

 J. Smith, Publisher 77-104 



