CONTENTS
PAGE CHAPTER I [PORTSMOUTH AND CHATHAM] 1 CHAPTER II [BOYHOOD AND YOUTH IN LONDON] 23 CHAPTER III [THE LONDON AND SUBURBAN HOMES] 49 CHAPTER IV [IN THE WEST COUNTRY] 83 CHAPTER V [IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND] 101 CHAPTER VI [IN EAST ANGLIA] 112 CHAPTER VII [IN THE NORTH] 123 CHAPTER VIII [IN THE MIDLANDS AND HOME COUNTIES] 160 CHAPTER IX [IN DICKENS LAND] 183 CHAPTER X [THE GAD’S HILL COUNTRY] 204