| CONTENTS | 
    
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      CHAPTER |   | 
    
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      I. | 
      CHILDHOOD: LEICESTER, EXETER, GAINSBOROUGH: 1805—1811 | 
    
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      II. | 
      BOYHOOD : THOMAS MILLER : 1811—1814 | 
    
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      III. | 
      BOYHOOD: GAINSBOROUGH MEMORIES: 1814—1816 | 
    
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      IV. | 
      BOYHOOD: SCHOOL-DAYS ENDED: 1816—1820 | 
    
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      V. | 
      SHOEMAKER LIFE: EARLY FRIENDSHIPS: 1820—1824 | 
    
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      VI. | 
      STUDENT LIFE : ITS ENJOYMENTS: 1824—1828 | 
    
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      VII. | 
      ILLNESS: SCHOOLMASTER LIFE: IN EARNEST: 1828, 1829 | 
    
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      VIII. | 
      WESLEYAN METHODIST LIFE: STRUGGLE FOR HOLINESS: 1829—1834 | 
    
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      IX. | 
      LOCAL PREACHER LIFE: SPIRITUAL FALL: 1829—1835 | 
    
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      X. | 
      LINCOLN: MECHANICS' INSTITUTE: MUSIC : 1834—1837 | 
    
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      XI. | 
      LINCOLN: BUSY LIFE AS A NEWSPAPER WRITER: 1836—1838 | 
    
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      XII. | 
      FIRST LONDON LIFE: VICISSITUDES: 1839, 1840 | 
    
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      XIII. | 
      LEICESTER: WRETCHEDNESS OF STOCKINGERS: 1840, 1841 | 
    
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      XIV. | 
      LEICESTER: MY CHARTIST LIFE BEGUN : 1841 | 
    
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      XV. | 
      ELECTIONS: CHARTIST LIFE: 1841 | 
    
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      XVI. | 
      CHARTIST POETS: CHARTIST LIFE CONTINUED: 1842 | 
    
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      XVII. | 
      CHARTIST LIFE CONTINUED: CORN LAW REPEALERS: 1842 | 
    
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      XVIII. | 
      CHARTIST LIFE CONTINUED : THE RIOT IN THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES: 1842 | 
    
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      XIX. | 
      CHARTIST LIFE CONTINUED: REMARKABLE NIGHT JOURNEY: 1842 | 
    
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      XX. | 
      CHARTIST LIFE CONTINUED: MY FIRST TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL: 1842 | 
    
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      XXI. | 
      CHARTIST LIFE CONTINUED: STURGE CONFERENCE: SECOND TRIAL: 1842, 1843 | 
    
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      XXII. | 
      PLEADING IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH: CHARTIST PRISON LIFE: 1843 | 
    
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      XXIII. | 
      CHARTIST PRISON LIFE CONTINUED: 1843—1845 | 
    
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      XXIV. | 
      SCEPTICISM IN THE GAOL: LONDON: DISAPPOINTMENTS: 1845 | 
    
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      XXV. | 
      DIFFICULTIES AND SUCCESS "THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES" IS PUBLISHED: 1845 | 
    
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      XXVI. | 
      JOURNEY FOR JERROLD'S PAPER: INTERVIEW WITH WORDSWORTH: 1846 | 
    
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      XXVII. | 
      LITERARY AND LECTURING LIFE IN LONDON: 1847 1848 | 
    
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      XXVIII. | 
      LITERARY AND LECTURING LIFE CONTINUED: 1848—1850 | 
    
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      XXIX. | 
      LECTURING IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND: FUNERAL OF THE GREAT DUKE | 
    
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      XXX. | 
      LITERARY AND LECTURING LIFE CONTINUED: W. J. FOX AND TALFOURD : 1852—1854 | 
    
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      XXXI. | 
      LITERARY AND LECTURING LIFE CONTINUED: RELIGIOUS CHANGE: 1852—1856 | 
    
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      XXXII. | 
      LECTURING LIFE CONTINUED: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE "REASONER": 1848—1853 | 
    
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      XXXIII. | 
      ENTRANCE ON THE RIGHT LIFE: THE LIFE OF DUTY: 1856—1858 | 
    
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      XXXIV. | 
      RENEWED PREACHER LIFE; AND LIFE AS A LECTURER ON RELIGIOUS EVIDENCE: 
      1858—1866 | 
    
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      XXXV. | MY 
      LIFE AND WORK FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS: CONCLUSION : 1867—1872 |