Chapters
from
Some Unwritten Memoirs
BY
ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE
AUTHOR OF"RECORDS OF TENNYSON, RUSKIN, BROWNING" ETC.
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1895
Copyright, 1894, by HARPER &
BROTHERS
All rights reserved.
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All rights reserved.
TO
GEORGE AND ELIZABETH MURRAY SMITH
These chapters out of the past (and
how many more that are not written here) are
Affectionately Dedicated
BY THE WRITER
THE END HOUSE, WIMBLEDON
September 13, 1894
Le bonheur m'a préte plus d'un lien fragile
Mais c'est
adversité qui m'a fait un ami
CONTENTS
- PAGE
- I. MY POET . . . 1
- II. MY MUSICIAN . . . 15
- III. MY TRIUMPHAL ARCH . . . 29
- IV. MY PROFESSOR OF HISTORY . . .43
- V. MY WITCHES' CALDRON . . . 55
- VI. IN KENSINGTON . . . 83
- VII. TO WEIMAR AND BACK . . . 101
- VIII. VIA WILLIS'S ROOMS TO CHELSEA . . . 119
- IX. IN VILLEGGIATURA . . . 141
- X. TOUT CHEMIN . . . 165
- XI. MRS. KEMBLE . . . 185