CONTENTS. 



VAC, E 



Preface ... ... ... ... ... v.— xi. 



CHArTER I. — Birthplace and its Influences ... ... i 



Chapter II.— Birth and Parentage ... ... ... 29 



Chapter III. — Rugby Days ... ... ... ... 45 



Chapter IV. — Cambridge Days and early Married Life ... 82 



Chapter V. — Further Reminiscences of his early Life 114 



Chapter VI. — " The Doncaster Gazette " ... ... 133 



Chapter VII. — "The Druid's" Eccentricities and Absence 



of Mind ... ... ... ... ... 183 



Chapter VIII. — Reminiscences by his eldest Son ... 198 



Chapter IX. — Decline of Cumberland Wrestling ... 212 



Chapter X. — " The Druid's " Versatility ... ... 235 



Chapter XI. — His many-sided Sympathies ... ... 257 



Chapter XII.— His Love of Children ... ... ... 275 



Chapter XIII.— "The Druid" as a Politician ... ... 287 



Chapter XIV.— The " Old Mortality " of the Turf ... 308 

 Chapter XV. — "The Druid's" Endurance, Character, and 



Death ... ... ... ... ... 3 22 



