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THE STORY OF MY LIFE
VOLUMES 4-6
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Augustus J. C. Hare
Augustus J. C. Hare
1871
THE STORY OF
MY LIFE
BY
AUGUSTUS J. C. HARE
AUTHOR OF “MEMORIALS OF A QUIET LIFE.”
“THE STORY OF TWO NOBLE LIVES.”
ETC. ETC.
VOLUME IV
LONDON
GEORGE ALLEN, 156, CHARING CROSS ROAD
1900
[All rights reserved]
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents of Volume 4
List of Illustrations Volume 4
Contents of Volume 5
List of Illustrations Volume 5
Contents of Volume 6
List of Illustrations Volume 6
Index to Volumes 4-5:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z
Footnotes
PREFACE
WITH the exception of the last two chapters, these three volumes were printed at the same time with the first three volumes of “The Story of my Life” in
1896, therefore many persons are spoken of in them as still living who have since passed away, and others, mentioned as children, have since grown up.
Reviews will doubtless, in general, continue to abuse the book, especially for its great length. But personally, if I am interested in a story, I like it to be a long one; and there is no obligation for any who dislike a long book to read this one: they may look at a page or two here and there, where they seem promising; or, better still, they can leave it quite alone: they really need have nothing to complain of.
In the later volumes I have used letters for my narrative even more than in the former. Many will feel with Dr. Newman that “the true life of a man is in
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