CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PACE 



I. Childhood (1810-1827)... ... ... ... .. i 



II. Newfoundland (1827, 1828) ... ... ... 30 



III. Newfoundland (1828-1835) ... ... ... ... 61 



IV. Canada (1835-1838) ... ... ... ... 89 



V. Alabama {1838) ... ... ... ... ... no 



VI. Literary Struggles (1839-1844) ... ... ... 149 



VII. Jamaica (1844-1846) ... ... ... ... ... iSo 



VIII. Literary Work in London ( 1846-185 1) ... ... 206 



IX. Work at the Seashore (1852-1856) ... ... ... 235 



X. Literary Work in Devonshire (1857-1864) ... 271 



XI. Last Years (1864-1888) ... ... ... ... 306 



XII. General Characteristics ... .. 3-4 



Appendix I. ... ... ... .• ••• ••• 353 



Appendix II. ... ... ••• ••• 375 



