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Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography · Charles Kingsley
ALTON LOCKE,
TAILOR AND POET
An Autobiography.
BY THE REV. CHARLES KINGSLEY,
CANON OF WESTMINSTER, RECTOR OF EVERSLEY, AND CHAPLAIN IN ORDINARY TO THE QUEEN AND PRINCE OF WALES,
_NEW EDITION_,
WITH A PREFATORY MEMOIR BY THOMAS HUGHES, ESQ., Q. C.,
AUTHOR OF "TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS."
CONTENTS.
PREFATORY MEMOIR
CHEAP CLOTHES AND NASTY
PREFACE--TO THE UNDERGRADUATES OF CAMBRIDGE
PREFACE--TO THE WORKING MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN
CHAPTER I. A POET'S CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER II. THE TAILORS' WORKROOM
CHAPTER III. SANDY MACKAYE
CHAPTER IV. TAILORS AND SOLDIERS
CHAPTER V. THE SCEPTIC'S MOTHER
CHAPTER VI. THE DULWICH GALLERY
CHAPTER VII. FIRST LOVE
CHAPTER VIII. LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE
CHAPTER IX. POETRY AND POETS
CHAPTER X. HOW FOLKS TURN CHARTISTS