My Life as an Author

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Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889

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English

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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889

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17558

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17558

Release Date

January 20, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Martin Tupper's Autobiography — MY LIFE
2. 2.MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER D.C.L. F.R.S. — Viri, vivo, vivam. — LONDON: — SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET, E.C. 1886 [ All rights reserved ]
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.MY LIFE AS AN AUTHOR.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — PRELIMINARY.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — INFANCY AND SCHOOLDAYS.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — YOUNG AUTHORSHIP IN VERSE AND PROSE.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — COLLEGE DAYS.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — ORDERS: AND LINCOLN'S INN.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — STAMMERING AND CHESS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — PRIZE POEMS, ETC.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — SUNDRY PROVIDENCES.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — YET MORE ESCAPES.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — FADS AND FANCIES.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — "SACRA POESIS" AND "GERALDINE."
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — A MODERN PYRAMID.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — AN AUTHOR'S MIND: PROBABILITIES. — Probabilities.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — THE CROCK OF GOLD, ETC.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — ÆSOP SMITH.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — STEPHAN LANGTON—ALFRED. — King Alfred's own Poems.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — SHAKESPEARE COMMEMORATION.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — TRANSLATIONS AND PAMPHLETS. — Sundry Pamphlets.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — PATERFAMILIAS, GUERNSEY, MONA. — Guernsey. — Isle of Man.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — NEVER GIVE UP, AND SOME OTHER BALLADS.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — PROTESTANT BALLADS.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. — PLAYS.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — ANTIQUARIANA.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — HONOURS—INVENTIONS. — Inventions.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — COURTLY AND MUSICAL.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — F.R.S.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — PERSONATION.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — HOSPITALITIES—FARNHAM, ETC. — Parham . — Other Visits .
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. — SOCIAL AND RURAL.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — AMERICAN BALLADS.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. — AMERICAN VISITS.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. — SECOND AMERICAN VISIT.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. — ENGLISH AND SCOTCH READINGS. — Miscellaneous Poems .
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. — ELECTRICS.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE RIFLE: A PATRIOTIC PROPHECY.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. — AUTOGRAPHS AND ADVERTISEMENTS. — As to Advertising.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. — ORKNEY AND SHETLAND.
44. 44.CHAPTER XL. — LITERARY FRIENDS. — A Dining-out Anecdote. — A Mormon Guest.
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI. — A FEW OLDER FRIENDSHIPS.
46. 46.CHAPTER XLII. — POLITICAL.
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII. — A CURE FOR IRELAND.
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV. — SOME SPIRITUALISTIC REMINISCENCES.
49. 49.CHAPTER XLV. — FICKLE FORTUNE.
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI. — DE BEAUVOIR CHANCERY SUIT: AND BELGRAVIA. — A Lost Chance in Belgravia.
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII. — FLYING. — Extract from Proverbial Philosophy (Series iv. p. 375).
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII. — LUTHER.
53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX. — FINAL. — THE END. — Transcriber's Notes

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