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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

GLENDALE AND THE BORDER COUNTRY BIRTH AND

EARLY RECOLLECTIONS-ILLNESS AND RECOVERY-

LITERARY TASTES AND PRIVATE THOUGHTS-TOUR

ON THE CONTINENT

MARRIAGE

FIRST PUBLIC

THE PRO-

SPEECH INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS

PERTY-TAX-LORD ALTHORP AND MR. LAMBTON

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SUSPECTED OF DISLOYALTY-PUBLIC SPEECHES AND
MEETINGS-PROTESTS AGAINST THE QUEEN'S TRIAL

THE CASE OF THE INFERIOR LANDOWNERS

LETTERS TO THE TIMES

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CHAPTER III.

EXERTIONS IN THE ANTI-SLAVERY CAUSE-ACQUAINT-

ANCE WITH CLARKSON-PETITIONS TO PARLIAMENT

-FAMILY BEREAVEMENTS

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CHAPTER IV.

THE NORTHUMBERLAND ELECTION OF 1826-

DEFEAT

OF THE WHIGS LETTERS FROM EARL GREY

REMOVAL OF TAX FROM SHEPHERDS' DOGS-AGRI-

CULTURAL CUSTOMS IN NORTHUMBERLAND-FEMALE

LABOUR IN THE FIELDS-LIFE AT MILFIELD HILL-

RIDING AND FAVOURITE HORSES

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CHAPTER V.

THE REFORM BILL-THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN OUR

COLONIES-THE REFORM OF THE POOR LAWS-MY

FATHER'S CONNECTION WITH, AND CORRESPONDENCE

ON, THESE SUBJECTS

CHAPTER VI.

APPOINTMENT TO THE RECEIVERSHIP OF GREENWICH
HOSPITAL ESTATES-THE VARIED CHARACTER OF

THE WORK AT DILSTON WOODLANDS, MINING,
RIVER EMBANKMENTS, COLLIERIES, ETC.—LORD DUR-

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HAM'S MISSION-ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY—

BEAUTY OF OUR DILSTON HOME-FAMILY JOYS AND

SORROWS — A DARK SHADOW-HOPE UNDYING

SECESSION OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND-

DEATH OF EARL SPENCER

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CHAPTER VII.

REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS-CORRESPONDENCE ON THE

CULTURAL CHEMISTRY-DUTIES OF LANDLORDS AND

TENANTS-LABOURERS' COTTAGES-GAME-PRESERV-

ING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION-HIS VIEWS ON

THESE SUBJECTS-HIS INCULCATION OF COURAGE

AND SELF-RELIANCE HIS FAITHFUL AND ABLE

STEWARDSHIP

CHAPTER IX.

CANADIAN CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS TO HIS DAUGH-
TERS-DEATH OF HIS WIFE-HIS SORROW-FAMILY

CORRESPONDENCE-RETIREMENT FROM HIS OFFICE

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AT DILSTON-REMOVAL TO LIPWOOD-EMPLOYMENT

OF LEISURE LECTURES ON POETRY - VISIT TO

SWITZERLAND -FAMILY GATHERINGS-CONTINUED

INTEREST IN PUBLIC MATTERS A DAUGHTER'S

SKETCH OF HIS CHARACTER PERSONAL TRAITS—

PURITY OF MIND AND OF LIFE

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CHAPTER X.

LAST ACTS-PEACEFUL DEATH-THE TESTIMONY OF POOR

MEN

EXTERNAL FRUITS OF HIS LABOURS

LOSS TO NORTHUMBERLAND

THE

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