Contents.

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CHAPTER I
Romanticism; Maturin’s family and descent; childhood, college course, marriage; curacy of Loughrea, curacy of St. Peter’s[1]
CHAPTER II
Gothic Romance; Montorio; The Wild Irish Boy; The Milesian Chief; Bertram written, sent to Scott and Byron, accepted to Drury Lane; Waterloo[14]
CHAPTER III
Bertram; Maturin’s visit to London, personality and habits; Manuel[107]
CHAPTER IV
Women; Fredolfo; Sermons; Melmoth the Wanderer[142]
CHAPTER V
The Universe; changed mode of living, intercourse with the Morgans; Siege of Salerno and other unpublished productions; Five Sermons; The Albigenses; last illness and death; conclusion[271]
Notes[312]
Index[323]