CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
PREFACE.[7]
I.[11]
II.[24]
III.[33]
IV.[45]
V.[54]
VI.[65]
VII.[75]
VIII.[86]
IX.[95]
X.[105]
XI.[116]
XII.[129]
XIII.[136]
XIV.[150]
XV.[161]
XVI.[176]
XVII.[192]
XVIII.[204]
[ADVERTISEMENTS.]

AS A BOY I ATTENDED A VILLAGE SCHOOL WHERE THE BAIRNS CHATTERED AND WERE HAPPY. I TRACE MY LOVE OF FREEDOM TO MY FREE LIFE THERE, AND I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY FORMER DOMINIE, MY FATHER.