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MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS
MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN
Birth and childhood--Edinburgh--Frankfort-on-the-Main--Paris--The Revolution of 1848--The Insurrection--Flight to Italy--Sympathy with Italy--The insurrection in Genoa--A student in Genoa--The lad and his mother 184
Return to England--Fleeming at Fairbairn's--Experience in a strike--Dr. Bell and Greek architecture--The Gaskells--Fleeming at Greenwich--The Austins--Fleeming and the Austins--His engagement--Fleeming and Sir W. Thomson 203
Fleeming's marriage--His married life--Professional difficulties--Life at Claygate--Illness of Mrs. F. Jenkin--and of Fleeming--Appointment to the Chair at Edinburgh 220
Notes of Telegraph Voyages, 1858-1873 231
Mrs. Jenkin's illness--Captain Jenkin--The golden wedding--Death of Uncle John--Death of Mr. and Mrs. Austin--Illness and death of the Captain--Death of Mrs. Jenkin--Effect on Fleeming--Telpherage--The end 293
MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS
TO MY MOTHER
IN THE NAME OF PAST JOY AND PRESENT SORROW
I DEDICATE
THESE MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS
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