Transcribed from the 1898 James Clarke & Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: J. Ewing Ritchie, from a photo by The Parade Studio, Leamington Spa] CHRISTOPHER CRAYON’S RECOLLECTIONS: _The Life and Times of the late_ JAMES EWING RITCHIE, _As told by Himself_. * * * * * London: JAMES CLARKE & CO., 13 & 14, FLEET STREET. * * * * * 1898. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. East Anglia in 1837 3 II. A Life’s Memories 33 III. Village Life 51 IV. Village Sports and Pastimes 65 V. Out on the World 83 VI. At College 95 VII. London Long Ago 105 VIII. My Literary Career 127 IX. Cardiff and the Welsh 151 X. A Great National Movement 171 XI. The Old London Pulpit 185 XII. Memories of Exeter Hall 207 XIII. Men I Have Known 217 XIV. How I Put Up for M.P. 229 XV. How I was Made a Fool Of 241 XVI. Interviewing the President 253 XVII. A Bank Gone 261 CHAPTER I. EAST ANGLIA IN 1837.