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Title: Christopher Crayon's Recollections
The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself

Author: J. Ewing Ritchie

Release Date: June 14, 2010 [eBook #32806]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRISTOPHER CRAYON'S
RECOLLECTIONS***

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.

In 1837 Lord Melbo