[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.]