VI. OUR EXTRA HOMES 51 VII. MY GRANDMOTHER’S MAID 64 VIII. OUR HOUSEHOLD 73 IX. BRIGHTON—SCHOOLDAYS 80 X. VISITS IN CUMBERLAND AND 92 LEICESTERSHIRE—ACCESSION OF WILLIAM IV. XI. FIRST CONTINENTAL TRAVELS—TURIN 103 AND GENOA XII. SUMMER AT THE BATHS OF LUCCA 115 XIII. SHORT SOJOURN IN FLORENCE 125 XIV. SUMMER AT NAPLES 134 XV. PISA AND FLORENCE 145 XVI. RETURN TO ENGLAND—ACCESSION OF 158 QUEEN VICTORIA—HER CORONATION XVII. MILLARD’S HILL—TENBY—CHARLES 163 YOUNG AND A COURT BALL XVIII. 1844. TRIP TO THE CHANNEL 170 ISLANDS XIX. WHITTLEBURY 179 XX. MUNICH—SECOND VISIT TO ITALY 187 XXI. ARRIVAL IN ROME, 1846—OCTOBER 194 FESTIVALS AND “POSSESSO” XXII. SUMMER OF 1847—FLORENCE, VILLA 201 CAREGGI XXIII. RESIDENCE IN FLORENCE—CHARLES 210 LEVER—REVOLUTION, AND THE BROWNINGS XXIV. LAST DAYS AT FLORENCE—RETURN TO 221 ENGLAND—MILLARD’S HILL, LONDON, 1848 XXV. ROCKINGHAM CASTLE—CHARLES 229 DICKENS XXVI. PROTECTIONIST PARTY AT BURGHLEY 244 XXVII. ALTHORP 253 SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR 262 VISCOUNT STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE 265 CARLYLE 267 THE GROVE 269 HINCHINGBROOKE 272 OSSINGTON 278 ASHRIDGE 279 WREST PARK 281 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS _SUB SOLE VANITAS, from a drawing by E. _Frontispiece_ V. B._ “THE BONBONNIÈRE,” 22 SOUTH AUDLEY xiv STREET SIR COURTENAY BOYLE, _from a photograph xx by J. Russell & Sons_ MARY BOYLE, _from a picture by Madame 2 Perugini_