CONTENTS

[PREFACE]
I. [MY EDUCATION, 1815-1834.]
II. [MY MOTHER.]
III. [THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, 1834-1841.]
IV. [IRELAND—MY FIRST TWO NOVELS, 1841-1848.]
V. [MY FIRST SUCCESS, 1849-1855.]
VI. [BARCHESTER TOWERS AND
THE THREE CLERKS, 1855-1858.]
VII. [DOCTOR THORNE—THE BERTRAMS—THE WEST
INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN.]
VIII. [THE CORNHILL MAGAZINE AND
FRAMLEY PARSONAGE.]
IX. [CASTLE RICHMOND—BROWN, JONES, AND
ROBINSON—NORTH AMERICA—ORLEY FARM.]
X. [THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON—CAN YOU
FORGIVE HER?—RACHEL RAY—AND THE
FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW.]
XI. [THE CLAVERINGS—THE PALL MALL
GAZETTE—NINA BALATKA—AND
LINDA TRESSEL.]
XII. [ON NOVELS AND THE ART OF WRITING THEM.]
XIII. [ON ENGLISH NOVELISTS OF THE PRESENT DAY.]
XIV. [ON CRITICISM.]
XV. [THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET—LEAVING
THE POST OFFICE—ST. PAUL'S MAGAZINE.]
XVI. [BEVERLEY.]
XVII. [THE AMERICAN POSTAL TREATY—THE
QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT WITH
AMERICA—FOUR MORE NOVELS.]
XVIII. [THE VICAR OF BULLHAMPTON—SIR HARRY
HOTSPUR—AN EDITOR'S TALES—CÆSAR.]
XIX. [RALPH THE HEIR—THE EUSTACE
DIAMONDS—LADY ANNA—AUSTRALIA.]
XX. [THE WAY WE LIVE NOW AND THE PRIME
MINISTER—CONCLUSION.]