Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: MY FATHER, ÆT. 50 _Frontispiece_] OUR FAMILY AFFAIRS 1867-1896 BY E. F. BENSON AUTHOR OF “DODO,” “DAVID BLAIZE,” “MICHAEL,” “QUEEN LUCIA,” ETC. WITH PORTRAITS [Illustration] NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE WELLINGTON AND THE BEGINNING 13 CHAPTER II LINCOLN AND EARLY EMOTIONS 32 CHAPTER III LINCOLN AND DEMONIACAL POSSESSION 52 CHAPTER IV THE NEW HOME AT TRURO 62 CHAPTER V PRIVATE SCHOOL AND HOLIDAYS 80 CHAPTER VI THE DUNCE’S PROGRESS 108 CHAPTER VII THE WIDENING HORIZONS 137 CHAPTER VIII LAMBETH AND ADDINGTON 163 CHAPTER IX THE FALL OF THE FIRST LEAF 189 CHAPTER X CAMBRIDGE 209 CHAPTER XI THE CIRCLE IS BROKEN 237 CHAPTER XII AN ARCHÆOLOGICAL EXCURSION 255 CHAPTER XIII ATHENS AND DODO 276 CHAPTER XIV ATHENS AND EGYPT 303 INDEX 325 PORTRAITS MY FATHER, _aet._ 50 _Frontispiece_ PAGE MY MOTHER, _aet._ 20 19 ELIZABETH COOPER: “BETH”, _aet._ 78 69 E. F. BENSON, _aet._ 19 119 “HIS GRACE” 169 “HER GRACE” 219 E. F. BENSON, _aet._ 22 269 E. F. BENSON, _aet._ 26 287 OUR FAMILY AFFAIRS CHAPTER I WELLINGTON AND THE BEGINNING