XIV. A GOSSIP ON A NOVEL OF DUMAS'S 124

XV. A GOSSIP ON ROMANCE 134

XVI. A HUMBLE REMONSTRANCE 148

MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN

CHAPTER I
PAGE
The Jenkins of Stowting--Fleeming's grandfather--Mrs. Buckner's
fortune--Fleeming's father; goes to sea; at St. Helena; meets
King Tom; service in the West Indies; end of his career--The
Campbell-Jacksons--Fleeming's mother--Fleeming's uncle John 165

CHAPTER II

1833-1851

Birth and childhood--Edinburgh--Frankfort-on-the-Main--Paris--The
Revolution of 1848--The Insurrection--Flight to Italy--Sympathy
with Italy--The insurrection in Genoa--A student in Genoa--The
lad and his mother 184

CHAPTER III

1851-1858

Return to England--Fleeming at Fairbairn's--Experience in a
strike--Dr. Bell and Greek architecture--The Gaskells--Fleeming
at Greenwich--The Austins--Fleeming and the Austins--His
engagement--Fleeming and Sir W. Thomson 203

CHAPTER IV

1859-1868

Fleeming's marriage--His married life--Professional
difficulties--Life at Claygate--Illness of Mrs. F. Jenkin--and
of Fleeming--Appointment to the Chair at Edinburgh 220

CHAPTER V

Notes of Telegraph Voyages, 1858-1873 231

CHAPTER VI

1869-1885

Edinburgh--Colleagues--_Farrago vitae_--I. The family
circle--Fleeming and his sons--Highland life--The cruise of the
steam-launch--Summer in Styria--Rustic manners--II. The
Drama--Private theatricals--III. Sanitary associations--The
phonograph--IV. Fleeming's acquaintance with a student--His late
maturity of mind--Religion and morality--His love of
heroism--Taste in literature--V. His talk--His late
popularity--Letter from M. Trelat 260

CHAPTER VII

1875-1885

Mrs. Jenkin's illness--Captain Jenkin--The golden wedding--Death
of Uncle John--Death of Mr. and Mrs. Austin--Illness and death
of the Captain--Death of Mrs. Jenkin--Effect on
Fleeming--Telpherage--The end 293

MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS

TO
MY MOTHER

IN THE NAME OF PAST JOY
AND PRESENT SORROW

I DEDICATE