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V.I

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College Library.

First reprinting, 1968, Johnson Reprint Corporation

Printed in the United States of America

VI. I AM INTRODUCED TO THE WARFARE OF A PUBLIC

SCHOOL

VII. I ENTER THE WORLD

VIII. THE NATION OF LONDON

IX. DUBLIN.

X. FIRST IRISH REBELLION OF 1798

XI. FRENCH INVASION OF IRELAND, AND SECOND RE-

BELLION OF 1798

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ILLUSTRATIONS

1. GROUP of De Quincey (ætat. 70) with two daughters and grandchild. From chalk drawing made in 1855 by James Archer, R.S.A..

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. Frontispiece

2. Medallion Portrait of De Quincey (ætat. 60). Bas-relief by Shakespeare Wood .

3. De Quincey's Cottage at Lasswade

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4. De Quincey's last Edinburgh Lodging, No. 42 Lothian Street.

5. Greenhay, near Manchester, the home of De Quincey's childhood

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