INTRODUCTION, xv CHAPTER I CAPTAIN BORROW OF THE WEST NORFOLK MILITIA, 1 CHAPTER II BORROW'S MOTHER, 12 CHAPTER III JOHN THOMAS BORROW, 18 CHAPTER IV A WANDERING CHILDHOOD, 36 CHAPTER V GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE GURNEYS, 54 CHAPTER VI GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE TAYLORS, 63 CHAPTER VII GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 70 CHAPTER VIII GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE LAWYER'S OFFICE, 79 CHAPTER IX SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS, 87 CHAPTER X 'FAUSTUS' AND 'ROMANTIC BALLADS,' 101 CHAPTER XI 'CELEBRATED TRIALS' AND JOHN THURTELL, 112 CHAPTER XII BORROW AND THE FANCY, 126 CHAPTER XIII EIGHT YEARS OF VAGABONDAGE, 133 CHAPTER XIV SIR JOHN BOWRING, 138 CHAPTER XV BORROW AND THE BIBLE SOCIETY, 153 CHAPTER XVI ST.

PETERSBURG AND JOHN P.HASFELD, 162 CHAPTER XVII THE MANCHU BIBLE--'TARGUM'-- 'THE TALISMAN,' 169 CHAPTER XVII THREE VISITS TO SPAIN, 179 CHAPTER XIX BORROW'S SPANISH CIRCLE, 201 CHAPTER XX MARY BORROW, 215 CHAPTER XXI 'THE CHILDREN OF THE OPEN AIR,' 226 CHAPTER XXII 'THE BIBLE IN SPAIN,' 237 CHAPTER XXIII RICHARD FORD, 248 CHAPTER XXIV IN EASTERN EUROPE, 260 CHAPTER XXV 'LAVENGRO,' 275 CHAPTER XXVI A VISIT TO CORNISH KINSMEN, 289 CHAPTER XXVII IN THE ISLE OF MAN, 296 CHAPTER XXVIII OULTON BROAD AND YARMOUTH, 304 CHAPTER XXIX IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND, 320 CHAPTER XXX 'THE ROMANY RYE,' 341 CHAPTER XXXI EDWARD FITZGERALD, 350 CHAPTER XXXII 'WILD WALES,' 364 CHAPTER XXXIII LIFE IN LONDON, 379 CHAPTER XXXIV FRIENDS OF LATER YEARS, 389 CHAPTER XXXV BORROW'S UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS, 401 CHAPTER XXXVI HENRIETTA CLARKE, 413 CHAPTER XXXVII THE AFTERMATH, 434 INDEX, 438 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FULL-PAGE PLATES GEORGE BORROW, _Frontispiece_ _A photogravure portrait from the painting by Henry Wyndham Phillips._ PAGE THE BORROW HOUSE, NORWICH, 16 ROBERT HAWKES, MAYOR OF NORWICH IN 1824, 24 _From the painting by Benjamin Haydon in St.Andrew's Hall, Norwich._ GEORGE BORROW, 32 _From a portrait by his brother, John Thomas Borrow, in the National Portrait Gallery, London._ THE ERPINGHAM GATE AND THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, NORWICH 72 WILLIAM SIMPSON, 80 _From a portrait by Thomas Phillips, R.A., in the Black Friars Hall, Norwich._ FRIENDS OF BORROW'S EARLY YEARS-- SIR JOHN BOWRING IN 1826, 96 JOHN P.HASFELD IN 1835, 96 WILLIAM TAYLOR, 96 SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS, 96 THE FAMILY OF JASPER PETULENGRO, 128 WHERE BORROW LIVED IN MADRID, 192 THE CALLE DEL PRINCIPE, MADRID, 192 A HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED PORTRAIT OF GEORGE BORROW, 304 _Taken in the garden of Mrs.Simms Reeve of Norwich in 1848._ OULTON COTTAGE FROM THE BROAD, 352 THE SUMMER-HOUSE, OULTON, AS IT IS TO-DAY, 352 ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT GEORGE BORROW'S BIRTHPLACE AT DUMPLING GREEN, 35 _From a Drawing by Fortunino Matania._ TITLE-PAGES OF 'TARGUM' AND 'THE TALISMAN,' 178 PORTION OF A LETTER FROM GEORGE BORROW TO THE REV.
SAMUEL BRANDRAM, 187 _Written From Madrid, 13th May 1838._ FACSIMILE OF AN ACCOUNT OF GEORGE BORROW'S EXPENSES IN SPAIN MADE OUT BY THE BIBLE SOCIETY, 190 A LETTER FROM SIR GEORGE VILLIERS, AFTERWARDS EARL OF CLARENDON, BRITISH MINISTER TO SPAIN, TO GEORGE BORROW, 211 MRS.

BORROW'S COPY OF HER MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, 222 AN APPLICATION FOR A BOOK IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, WITH BORROW'S SIGNATURE, 230 A SHEKEL, 244 TITLE-PAGE OF BASQUE TRANSLATION BY OTEIZA OF THE GOSPEL OF ST.

LUKE, 247 TITLE-PAGE OF FIRST EDITION OF ROMANY TRANSLATION OF THE GOSPEL OF ST.

LUKE, 247 TWO PAGES FROM BORROW'S CORRECTED PROOF SHEETS OF ROMANY TRANSLATION OF THE GOSPEL OF ST.