CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
[I.]PRELIMINARY AND DISCURSIVE1
[II.]CHILDHOOD22
[III.]THE POSITION OF THE CLERGY34
[IV.]HOME LIFE AT STEVENTON49
[V.]THE NOVELS80
[VI.]LETTERS AND POST105
[VII.]SOCIETY AND LOVE-MAKING117
[VIII.]VISITS AND TRAVELING148
[IX.]CONTEMPORARY WRITERS161
[X.]A TRIO OF NOVELS176
[XI.]THE NAVY196
[XII.]BATH212
[XIII.]DRESS AND FASHIONS229
[XIV.]AT SOUTHAMPTON249
[XV.]CHAWTON266
[XVI.]IN LONDON278
[XVII.]FANNY AND ANNA296
[XVIII.]THE PRINCE REGENT AND EMMA303
[XIX.]LAST DAYS313
[INDEX]327