Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PARENTAGE AND CHILDHOOD. 1809–1819
- CHAPTER II AT SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. 1820–1829
- CHAPTER III STUDENT LIFE IN GÖTTINGEN. 1829
- CHAPTER IV STUDENT LIFE IN BERLIN. 1829–1830
- CHAPTER V ROME. 1830–1831
- CHAPTER VI END OF WANDERJAHRE. 1831–1832
- CHAPTER VII YEARS OF STRUGGLE. 1832–1837
- CHAPTER VIII THE TEST ACTS. 1837–1840
- CHAPTER IX INSTALLATION AND MARRIAGE. 1841–1842
- CHAPTER X ABERDEEN AND UNIVERSITY REFORM. 1842–1850
- CHAPTER XI ‘ÆSCHYLUS’ AND THE GREEK CHAIR. 1850–1852
- CHAPTER XII EDINBURGH. 1852–1857
- CHAPTER XIII LAYS, LECTURES, AND LYRICS. 1857–1860
- CHAPTER XIV HOMER. 1861–1866
- CHAPTER XV THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS. 1866–1870
- CHAPTER XVI PILGRIM YEARS. 1870–1872
- CHAPTER XVII ‘SELF-CULTURE.’ 1873–1874
- CHAPTER XVIII THE CELTIC CHAIR. 1875–1876
- CHAPTER XIX EGYPT. 1876–1879
- CHAPTER XX RETIREMENT FROM THE GREEK CHAIR. 1880–1882
- CHAPTER XXI CLASS-ROOM AND PLATFORM. 1841–1882
- CHAPTER XXII RECREATIONS OF AN EMERITUS PROFESSOR. 1882–1887
- CHAPTER XXIII “LIVING GREEK.” 1888–1891
- CHAPTER XXIV CLOSING YEARS. 1892–1895
- INDEX
CHAPTER XIV - HOMER. 1861–1866
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PARENTAGE AND CHILDHOOD. 1809–1819
- CHAPTER II AT SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. 1820–1829
- CHAPTER III STUDENT LIFE IN GÖTTINGEN. 1829
- CHAPTER IV STUDENT LIFE IN BERLIN. 1829–1830
- CHAPTER V ROME. 1830–1831
- CHAPTER VI END OF WANDERJAHRE. 1831–1832
- CHAPTER VII YEARS OF STRUGGLE. 1832–1837
- CHAPTER VIII THE TEST ACTS. 1837–1840
- CHAPTER IX INSTALLATION AND MARRIAGE. 1841–1842
- CHAPTER X ABERDEEN AND UNIVERSITY REFORM. 1842–1850
- CHAPTER XI ‘ÆSCHYLUS’ AND THE GREEK CHAIR. 1850–1852
- CHAPTER XII EDINBURGH. 1852–1857
- CHAPTER XIII LAYS, LECTURES, AND LYRICS. 1857–1860
- CHAPTER XIV HOMER. 1861–1866
- CHAPTER XV THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS. 1866–1870
- CHAPTER XVI PILGRIM YEARS. 1870–1872
- CHAPTER XVII ‘SELF-CULTURE.’ 1873–1874
- CHAPTER XVIII THE CELTIC CHAIR. 1875–1876
- CHAPTER XIX EGYPT. 1876–1879
- CHAPTER XX RETIREMENT FROM THE GREEK CHAIR. 1880–1882
- CHAPTER XXI CLASS-ROOM AND PLATFORM. 1841–1882
- CHAPTER XXII RECREATIONS OF AN EMERITUS PROFESSOR. 1882–1887
- CHAPTER XXIII “LIVING GREEK.” 1888–1891
- CHAPTER XXIV CLOSING YEARS. 1892–1895
- INDEX
Summary
It seems to have been in August 1861 that Professor Blackie, on his way from Sudbrooke to Southsea, stopped at Winchfield and tramped over the brown heath to Eversley, to visit Kingsley.
At half-past seven I found myself before the dear, rustic, old English rectory, gracefully shaded by acacias and Scotch firs; and entering in by the open door of the dining-room, found the rector sitting alone over the remains of his dinner in a down-bent musing way. On my apparition, up he started immediately, and with an English shake of the hand called out “Blackie!” I sat down and helped him to drain a bottle of Burgundy. He had been out fishing all day, and was glowing in face like a tropical copper sky. He was extremely agreeable all evening, and swung in a Manilla grass hammock which stretched across his study, in a style of the most complete négligé. His brother Henry came in about half-past eight, and we all smoked, and drank tea, and talked, and went early to bed. My room was low, with rafters in the old style, straw carpets, and engravings of the Madonna on the walls. I slept soundly; and next morning we had a bevy of bright-faced daughters at breakfast, with excellent bacon, fruit, and Devonshire cream. At ten I bolted back to the train.
Lectures on “Education,” on “Ancient and Modern Poetry,” articles for ‘Macmillan's’ and other magazines, a paper on “Athens” for the ‘Daily Review,’ supplemented his work on Homer and his academical duties that year and the next. He spent May 1862 in London, and the summer months were divided between Methven, Dollar and Lowland rambles.
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- John Stuart BlackieA Biography, pp. 225 - 242Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010