ndson of Sir John Bowring. To Mr. Wilfrid Bowring I am
indebted in that he has handed to me the whole of Borrow's letters to
his grandfather. I have to thank Mr. James Hooper of Norwich for the
untiring zeal with which he has unearthed for me a valuable series of
notes including certain interesting letters concerning Borrow. Mr.
Hooper has generously placed his collection, with which he at one time
contemplated writing a biography of Borrow, in my hands. I thank Dr.
Aldis Wright for reading my chapter on Edward FitzGerald; also Mr. W.H.
Peet, Mr. Aleck Abrahams, and Mr. Joseph Shaylor for assistance in the
little known field of Sir Richard Phillips's life. I have further to
thank my friends, Edward Clodd and Thomas J. Wise, for reading my
proof-sheets. To Theodore Watts-Dunton, an untiring friend of thirty
years, I have also to acknowledge abundant obligations.

C. K. S.

CONTENTS

PREFACE, v

INTRODUCTION, xv

CHAPTER I

CAPTAIN BORROW OF THE WEST NORFOLK MILITIA, 1

CHAPTER II

BORROW'S MOTHER, 12

CHAPTER III

JOHN THOMAS BORROW, 18

CHAPTER IV

A WANDERING CHILDHOOD, 36

CHAPTER V

GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE GURNEYS, 54

CHAPTER VI

GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE TAYLORS, 63

CHAPTER VII

GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 70

CHAPTER VIII

GEORGE BORROW'S NORWICH--THE LAWYER'S OFFICE, 79

CHAPTER IX

SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS, 87

CHAPTER X

'FAUSTUS' AND 'ROMANTIC BALLADS,' 101

CHAPTER XI

'CELEBRATED TRIALS' AND JOHN THURTELL, 112

CHAPTER XII

BORROW AND THE FANCY, 126

CHAPTER XIII

EIGHT YEARS OF VAGABONDAGE, 133

CHAPTER XIV

SIR JOHN BOWRING, 138

CHAPTER XV

BORROW AND THE BIBLE SOCIETY, 153

CHAPTER XVI

ST. PETERSBURG AND JOHN P. HASFELD, 162

CHAPTER XVII

THE MANCHU BIBLE--'TARGUM'--'THE TALISMAN,' 169

CHAPTER XVII

THREE VISITS TO SPAIN, 179

CHAPTER XIX

BORROW'S SPANISH CIRCL