CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTORY i 



CHAPTER II 



AN APOLOGY TO MR. SURTEES 23 



CHAPTER III 



MR. EGERTON WARBURTON 37 



Song 53 



Tar Wood 54 



CHAPTER IV 



MAJOR WHYTE MELVILLE 62 



In Memoriam ......... 68 



* Your Hand-writing, Sir ' ...... 69 



Extract from * Holmby House ' . , .... 79 



CHAPTER V 



MR. BROMLEY-DAVENPORT 85 



The Dream of an Old Meltonian . . . . . 93 



LowESBY Hall ......... 98 



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