CONTENTS PAGE[INTRODUCTION]1CHAPTER I [FIRST STUDIO IN LONDON, 1859-1863]36CHAPTER II [ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CORNHILL MAGAZINE—FRESCO FOR LYNDHURST CHURCH—ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY—MRS. LEIGHTON'S DEATH, 1863-1865]91CHAPTER III [JOURNEYS TO THE EAST—CONSTANTINOPLE—SMYRNA—ATHENS—DIARY "UP THE NILE TO PHYLÆ," 1866-1869]128CHAPTER IV [ROYAL ACADEMICIAN—MUSIC—ARAB HALL, 1869-1878]188CHAPTER V [LEIGHTON AS PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1878-1896]223CHAPTER VI [LIFE WANING—DEATH, 1887-1896]312[APPENDIX] [PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS]341[LORD LEIGHTON'S HOUSE]362[LIST OF DIGNITIES AND HONOURS CONFERRED ON FREDERIC LEIGHTON]380[LIST OF PRINCIPAL WORKS]381[INDEX]393[ERRATA]