is children, 9-33;
the Venns, 33-41;
Sir James Stephen (father), 41-65

Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames--_Early Life_: Birth, 65_n_, 66;
material for his biography, 66, 67;
examples of a retentive memory, 67, 68;
infantile greeting to Wilberforce, 67;
acquaintance with the poets and other standard works, 68, 69;
precocious views on religion and moral conduct, 69-72;
love for his father, their talks on theology and other subjects,
69, 71, 75, 76, 82, 84;
home life and behaviour, 71, 72;
school life at Brighton and the effect of an excess of Evangelical
theology received there, 72-74, 76;
visits Rugby, impression of Dr. Arnold, 76;
at Eton, account of his public school life, 77-82;
argument with Herbert Coleridge on the subject of Confirmation, 82;
contempt for sentimental writers, 83;
discussions with his brother Herbert on ethics, 83, 84;
progress at Eton, his contemporaries and amusements, 84, 85;
visit to the Beamonts, 85;
leaves Eton, 86;
enters King's College, London, 86;
enters its debating society, 87;
progress of his studies, 87;
his opinion of Henry Venn, 87;
and Dr. Jelf, 88;
relations with F. D. Maurice, 88;
death of his brother Herbert, 88;
analysis of his character in his Cambridge days, 91, 92;
dislike for mathematics and classics, 93, 94;
Mr. Watson on his Cambridge career, 94, 95;
distaste for athletics generally, 95;
but fondness for walking as an exercise, 96;
his Alpine ascents, 96;
tutors and contemporaries at Cambridge, 97;
his share in a scene during one of the debates, at the Union, 98,
99;
encounters with Sir William Harcourt, 99, 106;
connection with the Cambridge Conversazione Society, 100-108;
themes supported by him whilst an 'Apostle,' 103-106;
theological opinions at this period, 106;
interest in contemporary politics, the French Revolution, 107-109;
and the Gorham case, 109;
visits Paris, 109;
his affection for Cambridge and reasons for his failure there,
110-114;
reading for the Bar, 114;
autobiographical memoranda and criticisms dealing with the choice
of a profession, 114-116;
a clerical career suggested, 117;
enters the Inner Temple, 118;
early legal education and practice, 118, 119;
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