The Life of George Borrow
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1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTION3. CHAPTER I Captain Borrow of the West Norfolk Militia4. CHAPTER II Borrow’s Mother5. CHAPTER III John Thomas Borrow6. CHAPTER IV A Wandering Childhood7. CHAPTER V The Gurneys and the Taylors of Norwich8. CHAPTER VI At the Norwich Grammar School9. CHAPTER VII In a Lawyer’s Office10. CHAPTER VIII An Old-Time Publisher11. CHAPTER IX “Faustus” and “Romantic Ballads”12. CHAPTER X “Celebrated Trials” and John Thurtell13. CHAPTER XI Borrow and The Fancy14. CHAPTER XII Eight Years of Vagabondage15. CHAPTER XIII Sir John Bowring16. CHAPTER XIV Borrow and The Bible Society17. CHAPTER XV St. Petersburg and John P. Hasfeld18. CHAPTER XVI The Manchu Bible—“Targum”—“The Talisman”19. CHAPTER XVII Three Visits to Spain20. CHAPTER XVIII Borrow’s Spanish Circle21. CHAPTER XIX Mary Borrow22. CHAPTER XX “The Children of the Open Air”23. CHAPTER XXI “The Bible in Spain”24. CHAPTER XXII Richard Ford25. CHAPTER XXIII In Eastern Europe26. CHAPTER XXIV Lavengro27. CHAPTER XXV A Visit to Cornish Kinsmen28. CHAPTER XXVI In the Isle of Man29. CHAPTER XXVII Oulton Broad and Yarmouth30. CHAPTER XXVIII In Scotland and Ireland31. CHAPTER XXIX “the romany rye”32. CHAPTER XXX Edward Fitzgerald33. CHAPTER XXXI “Wild Wales”34. CHAPTER XXXII Life In London, 1860–187435. CHAPTER XXXIII Friends of Later Years36. CHAPTER XXXIV Henrietta Clarke37. CHAPTER XXXV The Aftermath38. Footnotes