FOREWORD.
The Committee are indebted to numerous Borrovians for the loan of Illustrations and Contributions of literary items to the text, to Miss C. M. Nichols, R.E., for her charming Pen Pictures of nooks and corners of Borrow’s old home in Willow Lane, the Rev. F. W. Orde Ward for his appreciative stanzas, and Mr. E. Peake for his Ode to the Flower, whilst special mention must be made of Mr. A. J. Munnings’ inspiring design of George Borrow and Petulengro overlooking the City of Norwich for the cover.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| George Borrow | Frontispiece |
| Staircase doorway, Borrow’s house | facing page 4 |
| George Borrow’s birthplace, Dumpling Green, East Dereham | 8 |
| Plan of Dumpling Green, East Dereham | 9 |
| Roger Kerrison | 9 |
| Crown and Angel, St. Stephen’s | 12 |
| The grammar school | 13 |
| Borrow’s house, Willow Lane | 16 |
| The winding river, near Norwich | 17 |
| The Yare at Earlham, near Norwich | 17 |
| The Strangers’ Hall, Norwich | 20 |
| Earlham bridge | 21 |
| Bowling Green Inn | 24 |
| William Simpson | 24 |
| Tuck’s Court, St. Giles | 24 |
| John Crome | 25 |
| The Windmill on Mousehold Heath | 28 |
| Ned Painter | 29 |
| Norwich castle and cattle market in Borrow’s time | 32 |
| Marshland Shales | 33 |
| A quaint corner in Borrow’s house | 36 |
| William Taylor | 40 |
| George Borrow’s house, Oulton, near Lowestoft | 40 |
| George Borrow in 1848 | 40 |
| George Borrow (painted by his brother) | 41 |
| Corner of Borrow’s bedroom | 44 |
| George Borrow’s grave, Brompton cemetery | 48 |
George Borrow.
1
Man of the Book, thou Pilgrim of the Road,
The love of travel
Drave thee on ever with pursuing goad;
Trust was thy burning light, Truth was thy load—
Sweet riddles for the weary to unravel,
Within thy breast
Glowed the pure fire of an Eternal Quest.
2
The Bible was thy chart, the open sky
Thy roof and rafter
Often, and thou didst learn night’s mystery;
Learning some tale from each poor passer-by,
Some gracious secret for the grand Hereafter.
Master of lore
Occult, and wanderer on the wildest shore.