Mary Russell Mitford

by William James Roberts

CONTENTS

CHAP.	PAGE
I	Early Days in Alresford	[11]
II	Lyme Regis and Tragedy’s Shadow	[23]
III	Reading and School Days at Chelsea	[35]
IV	Schooldays and Miss Rowden’s Influence	[48]
V	Reading	[66]
VI	Bertram House	[80]
VII	The Trip to Northumberland	[92]
VIII	Literature as a Serious and Purposeful Occupation	[112]
IX	The First Book	[124]
X	A Year of Anxiety	[140]
XI	Literary Criticism and an Unprecedented Compliment	[157]
XII	Dwindling Fortunes and a Gleam of Success	[172]
XIII	Literary Friends and Last Days at Bertram House	[184]
XIV	The Cottage at Three Mile Cross	[198]
XV	A Busy Woman	[209]
XVI	“God Grant me to Deserve Success”	[221]
XVII	Our Village is Published	[234]
XVIII	Macready and Rienzi	[246]
XIX	A Slave of the Lamp	[259]
XX	Macready’s Reservation and Lord Lytton’s Praise	[274]
XXI	A Great Sorrow	[287]
XXII	“The Workhouse—A Far Preferable Destiny”	[299]
XXIII	My Oldest and Kindest Friend	[313]
XXIV	Various Friendships	[327]
XXV	The State Pension	[339]
XXVI	Death of Dr. Mitford	[353]
XXVII	Love for Children and Last Days at Three Mile Cross	[367]
XXVIII	Swallowfield and the End	[379]