Ancient lights and certain new reflections, being the memories of a young man; . G AGAINST ROSSETTI. ROSSETTI WAS A KING . 30 THE ROSSETTIS ALWAYS CIRCLED ROUND BLOOMSBURY. THE MOTHER OF THE ROSSETTIS . . . -35 SWINBURNE, SURELY THE MOST LOYAL OF FRIENDS . 38 SO FRAIL A THING IS GENIUS AND SO TENUOUS ITS HOLD UPON EXISTENCE. OLIVER MADOX BROWN . . 50 it STRUCK ME AS ODD THAT PEOPLE SHOULD CRY BECAUSE LISZT WAS PLAYING THE MOONLIGHT SONATA . 73 at THE HOUSE OF THE FEROCIOUS CRITIC OF THE CHIEF NEWSPAPER OF ENGLAND ...... 83 SHE HAD SUCH MUCH BETTER MATERIAL IN HER OWN CHILDREN. MRS. WILLIAM ROS
Ancient lights and certain new reflections, being the memories of a young man; . G AGAINST ROSSETTI. ROSSETTI WAS A KING . 30 THE ROSSETTIS ALWAYS CIRCLED ROUND BLOOMSBURY. THE MOTHER OF THE ROSSETTIS . . . -35 SWINBURNE, SURELY THE MOST LOYAL OF FRIENDS . 38 SO FRAIL A THING IS GENIUS AND SO TENUOUS ITS HOLD UPON EXISTENCE. OLIVER MADOX BROWN . . 50 it STRUCK ME AS ODD THAT PEOPLE SHOULD CRY BECAUSE LISZT WAS PLAYING THE MOONLIGHT SONATA . 73 at THE HOUSE OF THE FEROCIOUS CRITIC OF THE CHIEF NEWSPAPER OF ENGLAND ...... 83 SHE HAD SUCH MUCH BETTER MATERIAL IN HER OWN CHILDREN. MRS. WILLIAM ROSSETTI . . 104 WHERE ROSSETTI THE FATHER TALKED OF DANTE AND OF ITALIA una . . . , . -145 well, THAT WAS JUST LIKE OLD TOPSY .... 204 MILLAIS, A VERY GREAT PAINTER, DIED IN THE CHAIR ONCE OCCUPIED BY GRANT, 2l8 and THERE WAS ONLY ONE PRE-RAPHAELITE—THAT WAS MR. HOLMAN HUNT 221 CHRIST WASHES PETERs FEET 245 {Frorn the picture by Aladox Brown in the Tate Gallery)work .... 285 {From t lie picture by Madox Brown in the Manchester Municipal ArtGallery) vi. l Til l.(inK|N(; AT MYSELF Kl!(iM (H TSIDe (From ihc picture ralUil 7V7/,s Hov hji Fiml (.he Aiilhorspossession) \To/(in /I. vii DEDICATION to christina and katharine My dear Kids, Accept this book, the best Christmas presentthat I can give you. You will have received beforethis comes to be printed, or at any rate before—bound, numbered and presumably indexed—it willhave come in book form into your hands—you willhave received the amber necklaces, and the otherthings that are the outward and visible sign of thepresence of Christmas. But certain other thingsunderlie all the presents that a father makes tohis children. Thus there is the spiritual gift ofheredity. It is with some such idea in my head—with theidea, that is to say, of analysing for your benefitwhat my heredity had to bestow upon you that Ibegan this book. That of course would be noreason for making it a book, which is a thing
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