The Autobiography of William Jerdan
V. I. Contents
THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF
WILLIAM JERDAN,
M.R.S.L., CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE REAL ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA
OF SPAIN, &c &c.
WITH HIS
Literary, political, and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence
DURING THE LAST FIFTY YEARS.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
ARTHUR HALL, VIRTUE, & Co., 25, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1852.
CONTENTS.
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I.—INTRODUCTORY 1
II.—CHILDHOOD 8
III.—BOYHOOD 19
IV.—LONDON 27
V.—JUVENILE COMPANIONS—THE CYPHER! 35
VI.—THE CYPHER CONTINUED 42
VII.—EDINBURGH 51
VIII.—EDINBURGH—STORIES 59
IX—AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCURSION 67
X.—NAVAL SERVICES 73
XI.—THE PERIODICAL PRESS 81
XII.—THE PERIODICAL PRESS (continued) 88
XIII.—PAST TIMES 96
XIV.—PAST TIMES (continued) 101
XV.—LITERARY OCCUPATIONS 108
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XVI.—WARS AND JUBILEES 116
XVII.—THE CRIMINAL 125
XVIII.—MURDER OF MR. PERCEVAL 133
XIX.—PINDAR, HOGG, BOWLES 142
XX.—THE SUN NEWSPAPER 155
XXI.—SUN ANECDOTES 165
XXII.—PARIS IN 1814 175
XXIII.—PARIS IN 1814 (continued) 186
XXIV.—RETURN—BYRON CHALLENGE—ANECDOTES 198
POSTSCRIPT 208
APPENDIX 209
SKETCH OF THE EARLY LIFE OF THOMSON,
AUTHOR OF THE SEASONS
211
THE SLEEPLESS WOMAN, A TALE BY W. JERDAN 233
LAMIA, A DRAMA, BY THOMAS HOOD, &c, &c. 249
ERRATUM.
In the chapter on Paris in 1814, p. 175 et seq., for “Parris”
of Hamburgh, read, Parish.