Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography   By: George William Erskine Russell (1853-1919)

UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME.

THE GREAT BOER WAR. Arthur Conan Doyle.

COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. G. W. E. Russell.

FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO. E. S. Grogan.

SPURGEON'S SERMONS. Sir W. Robertson Nicoll, LL.D.

SIR FRANK LOCKWOOD. Augustine Birrell, K.C., M.P.

THE MAKING OF A FRONTIER. Colonel Durand.

LIFE OF RICHARD COBDEN. Lord Morley.

LIFE OF PARNELL. R. Barry O'Brien.

MEMORIES GRAVE AND GAY. Dr. John Kerr.

A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. S. Reynolds Hole.

RANDOM REMINISCENCES. Charles Brookfield.

AT THE WORKS. Lady Bell.

MEXICO AS I SAW IT. Mrs. Alec Tweedie.

PARIS TO NEW YORK BY LAND. Harry de Windt.

LIFE OF LEWIS CARROLL. Stuart Dodgson Collingwood.

THE MANTLE OF THE EAST. Edmund Candler.

LETTERS OF DR. JOHN BROWN.

JUBILEE BOOK OF CRICKET. Prince Ranjitsinhji.

BY DESERT WAYS TO BAGHDAD. Louisa Jebb.

SOME OLD LOVE STORIES. T. P. O'Connor.

FIELDS, FACTORIES, & WORKSHOPS. Prince Kropotkin.

PROBLEMS OF POVERTY. Dr. Chalmers.

THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANS. M. E. Durham.

LIFE AND LETTERS OF LORD MACAULAY. I. & II. Sir George O. Trevelyan, Bart.

WHAT I SAW IN RUSSIA. Hon. Maurice Baring.

WILD ENGLAND OF TO DAY. C. J. Cornish.

THROUGH FINLAND IN CARTS. Mrs. Alec Tweedie.

THE VOYAGE OF THE "DISCOVERY." I. & II. Captain Scott.

FELICITY IN FRANCE. Constance E. Maud.

MY CLIMBS IN THE ALPS AND CAUCASUS. A. F. Mummery.

JOHN BRIGHT. R. Barry O'Brien.

POVERTY. B. Seebohm Rowntree.

SEA WOLVES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. Commander E. Hamilton Currey, R.N.

FAMOUS MODERN BATTLES. A. Hilliard Atteridge.

THE CRUISE OF THE "FALCON." E. F. Knight.

A.K.H.B. (A Volume of Selections).

THE PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS. Jack London.

GRAIN OR CHAFF? A. Chichele Plowden.

LIFE AT THE ZOO. C. J. Cornish.

THE FOUR MEN. Hilaire Belloc.

CRUISE OF THE "ALERTE." E. F. Knight.

FOUR FRENCH ADVENTURERS. Stoddard Dewey.

A REAPING. E. F. Benson.

Etc., etc.

Others to follow.

Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography

BY THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE W. E. RUSSELL

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NOTE.

This book was originally published under the title of "One Look Back."

TO

HENRY SCOTT HOLLAND

IN HONOUR OF THE BEST GIFT WHICH OXFORD GAVE ME

CONTENTS

I. BEGINNINGS 9

II. HARROW 35

III. HARROVIANA 56

IV. OXFORD 82

V. OXONIANA 102

VI. HOME 125

VII. LONDON 143

VIII. HOSPITALITY 171

IX. ELECTIONEERING 195

X. PARLIAMENT 222