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Martin Tupper's Autobiography
MY LIFE
- AS AN AUTHOR
  - BY
- BY
- MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER D.C.L. F.R.S.
  - Viri, vivo, vivam.
  - LONDON:
    - SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET, E.C. 1886 [All rights reserved]
  - SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET, E.C. 1886 [All rights reserved]
- Viri, vivo, vivam.
- LONDON:
  - SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET, E.C. 1886 [All rights reserved]
- SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET, E.C. 1886 [All rights reserved]
- CONTENTS.
- MY LIFE AS AN AUTHOR.
- CHAPTER I.
  - PRELIMINARY.
- PRELIMINARY.
- CHAPTER II.
  - INFANCY AND SCHOOLDAYS.
- INFANCY AND SCHOOLDAYS.
- CHAPTER III.
  - YOUNG AUTHORSHIP IN VERSE AND PROSE.
- YOUNG AUTHORSHIP IN VERSE AND PROSE.
- CHAPTER IV.
  - COLLEGE DAYS.
- COLLEGE DAYS.
- CHAPTER V.
  - ORDERS: AND LINCOLN'S INN.
- ORDERS: AND LINCOLN'S INN.
- CHAPTER VI.
  - STAMMERING AND CHESS.
- STAMMERING AND CHESS.
- CHAPTER VII.
  - PRIZE POEMS, ETC.
- PRIZE POEMS, ETC.
- CHAPTER VIII.
  - SUNDRY PROVIDENCES.
- SUNDRY PROVIDENCES.
- CHAPTER IX.
  - YET MORE ESCAPES.
- YET MORE ESCAPES.
- CHAPTER X.
  - FADS AND FANCIES.
- FADS AND FANCIES.
- CHAPTER XI.
  - "SACRA POESIS" AND "GERALDINE."
- "SACRA POESIS" AND "GERALDINE."
- CHAPTER XII.
  - PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.
- PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.
- CHAPTER XIII.
  - A MODERN PYRAMID.
- A MODERN PYRAMID.
- CHAPTER XIV.
  - AN AUTHOR'S MIND: PROBABILITIES.
    - Probabilities.
  - Probabilities.
- AN AUTHOR'S MIND: PROBABILITIES.
  - Probabilities.
- Probabilities.
- CHAPTER XV.
  - THE CROCK OF GOLD, ETC.
- THE CROCK OF GOLD, ETC.
- CHAPTER XVI.
  - ÆSOP SMITH.
- ÆSOP SMITH.
- CHAPTER XVII.
  - STEPHAN LANGTON—ALFRED.
    - King Alfred's own Poems.
  - King Alfred's own Poems.
- STEPHAN LANGTON—ALFRED.
  - King Alfred's own Poems.
- King Alfred's own Poems.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
  - SHAKESPEARE COMMEMORATION.
- SHAKESPEARE COMMEMORATION.
- CHAPTER XIX.
  - TRANSLATIONS AND PAMPHLETS.
    - Sundry Pamphlets.
  - Sundry Pamphlets.
- TRANSLATIONS AND PAMPHLETS.
  - Sundry Pamphlets.
- Sundry Pamphlets.
- CHAPTER XX.
  - PATERFAMILIAS, GUERNSEY, MONA.
    - Guernsey.
    - Isle of Man.
  - Guernsey.
  - Isle of Man.
- PATERFAMILIAS, GUERNSEY, MONA.
  - Guernsey.
  - Isle of Man.
- Guernsey.
- Isle of Man.
- CHAPTER XXI.
  - NEVER GIVE UP, AND SOME OTHER BALLADS.
- NEVER GIVE UP, AND SOME OTHER BALLADS.
- CHAPTER XXII.
  - PROTESTANT BALLADS.
- PROTESTANT BALLADS.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
  - PLAYS.
- PLAYS.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
  - ANTIQUARIANA.
- ANTIQUARIANA.
- CHAPTER XXV.
  - HONOURS—INVENTIONS.
    - Inventions.
  - Inventions.
- HONOURS—INVENTIONS.
  - Inventions.
- Inventions.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
  - COURTLY AND MUSICAL.
- COURTLY AND MUSICAL.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
  - F.R.S.
- F.R.S.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
  - PERSONATION.
- PERSONATION.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
  - HOSPITALITIES—FARNHAM, ETC.
    - Parham.
    - Other Visits.
  - Parham.
  - Other Visits.
- HOSPITALITIES—FARNHAM, ETC.
  - Parham.
  - Other Visits.
- Parham.
- Other Visits.
- CHAPTER XXX.
  - SOCIAL AND RURAL.
- SOCIAL AND RURAL.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
  - AMERICAN BALLADS.
- AMERICAN BALLADS.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
  - AMERICAN VISITS.
- AMERICAN VISITS.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
  - SECOND AMERICAN VISIT.
- SECOND AMERICAN VISIT.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
  - ENGLISH AND SCOTCH READINGS.
    - Miscellaneous Poems.
  - Miscellaneous Poems.
- ENGLISH AND SCOTCH READINGS.
  - Miscellaneous Poems.
- Miscellaneous Poems.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
  - ELECTRICS.
- ELECTRICS.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
  - THE RIFLE: A PATRIOTIC PROPHECY.
- THE RIFLE: A PATRIOTIC PROPHECY.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
  - AUTOGRAPHS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.
    - As to Advertising.
  - As to Advertising.
- AUTOGRAPHS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.
  - As to Advertising.
- As to Advertising.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
  - KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.
- KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
  - ORKNEY AND SHETLAND.
- ORKNEY AND SHETLAND.
- CHAPTER XL.
  - LITERARY FRIENDS.
    - A Dining-out Anecdote.
    - A Mormon Guest.
  - A Dining-out Anecdote.
  - A Mormon Guest.
- LITERARY FRIENDS.
  - A Dining-out Anecdote.
  - A Mormon Guest.
- A Dining-out Anecdote.
- A Mormon Guest.
- CHAPTER XLI.
  - A FEW OLDER FRIENDSHIPS.
- A FEW OLDER FRIENDSHIPS.
- CHAPTER XLII.
  - POLITICAL.
- POLITICAL.
- CHAPTER XLIII.
  - A CURE FOR IRELAND.
- A CURE FOR IRELAND.
- CHAPTER XLIV.
  - SOME SPIRITUALISTIC REMINISCENCES.
- SOME SPIRITUALISTIC REMINISCENCES.
- CHAPTER XLV.
  - FICKLE FORTUNE.
- FICKLE FORTUNE.
- CHAPTER XLVI.
  - DE BEAUVOIR CHANCERY SUIT: AND BELGRAVIA.
    - A Lost Chance in Belgravia.
  - A Lost Chance in Belgravia.
- DE BEAUVOIR CHANCERY SUIT: AND BELGRAVIA.
  - A Lost Chance in Belgravia.
- A Lost Chance in Belgravia.
- CHAPTER XLVII.
  - FLYING.
    - Extract from Proverbial Philosophy (Series iv. p. 375).
  - Extract from Proverbial Philosophy (Series iv. p. 375).
- FLYING.
  - Extract from Proverbial Philosophy (Series iv. p. 375).
- Extract from Proverbial Philosophy (Series iv. p. 375).
- CHAPTER XLVIII.
  - LUTHER.
- LUTHER.
- CHAPTER XLIX.
  - FINAL.
    - THE END.
    - Transcriber's Notes
  - THE END.
  - Transcriber's Notes
- FINAL.
  - THE END.
  - Transcriber's Notes
- THE END.
- Transcriber's Notes

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