CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. Childhood (1810-1827)... ... ... ... ... 1 



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



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



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



V. Alabama (1838) ... ... ... ... ... 110 



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



VII. Jamaica (1844-1846) ... ... ... ... ... 180 



VIII. Literary Work in London (1846-1851) ... ... 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 ... ... ... 324 



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



Appendix II. ... ... ... ... ... 375 



