68
Early experiences 69
Strike at Preston 69
Speaking at Drury Lane 70
Stanfield scenes 71
Tavistock House theatricals 71
Peter Cunningham 73
Incident of a November night 74
Degrees in misery 75

CHAPTER III. 1853.

Pages 76-95.

SWITZERLAND AND ITALY REVISITED. AET. 41.

Swiss people 76
Narrow escape 77
Lausanne and Genoa 78
The Peschiere and its owner 79
On the way to Naples 80
A night on board ship 81
A Greek potentate 82
Going out to dinner 83
The old idle Frenchman 84
Changes and old friends 85
A "scattering" party 86
The puppets at Rome 87
Malaria and desolation 88
Plague-smitten places 89
Again in Venice 90
A painter among paintings 91
Liking for the Sardinians 92
Neapolitans in exile 93
Travelling police arrangements 94
Dickens and the Austrian 95

CHAPTER IV. 1853, 1854, and 1856.

Pages 96-120.

THREE SUMMERS AT BOULOGNE. AET. 41, 42, 44.

Visits to France 96
First summer residence (1853) 97
Villa des Moulineaux 98
Doll's house and offices 99
Bon garcon of a landlord 100
Making the most of it 101
Among Putney market-gardeners 102
Shakespearian perfo