CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PACK 



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 

 Campbell- Jacksons Fleeming's mother Fleem- 

 ing's uncle John ..... 1 



CHAPTER II 



1833-1851 



Birth and Childhood Edinburgh Frankfort-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 

 1851-1858 



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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