[FOREWORD.]

[CHAPTER I.]

THE EARLY DAYS OF RICHARD F. BURTON.

[Family history][The Napoleon Romance][The Louis XIVth Romance].

[CHAPTER II.]

RICHARD'S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD.

[Richard Burton's early life][At Tours][His first school][Trips][Grandmammas Baker and Burton][Aunt G.][They leave Tours].

[CHAPTER III.]

THE CHILDREN ARE BROUGHT TO ENGLAND.

[School at Richmond][Measles disperse the school][Education at Blois][They leave Blois for Italy][Pisa][Siena][Vetturino-travelling][Florence][Shooting][Rome in Holy Week][Sorrento][Classical games][Chess][Naples][Cholera][Marseille][Pau—Bagnières de Bigorres][Contrabandistas][Pau education][Argélés][The boys fall in love][Drawing][Music][The baths of Lucca][The boys get too old for home][Schinznach and England][The family break up.]