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 V - ROME. 1830–1831
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
John Blackie was hurried away from Berlin by his impetuous friends, John and Francis Forbes, who arrived on the scene earlier than they were expected, and stayed a much shorter time than was quite convenient. Excellent fellows as they were, their patriotism was of that type which scorns to be greatly interested in foreign sights, and it disposed them to make short work of a tour imposed upon them by the paternal wisdom, but offering no particular attractions to sound Calvinists and practical Aberdonians. Francis scouted as ridiculous John Blackie's assertion that he could stop a week at every place they passed, and being a masterful spirit, he swept the little party forward. Now and then young Blackie rebelled, and insisted on a longer stay where his interest was specially awakened. Their first halt was at Dresden, from which place he wrote to his father. This letter describes the hurry imposed on his final arrangements and leave-takings at Berlin, but speaks with sincere regard of his comrades. He managed to take impressive farewells not only of Miss Minna Doering, but also of other gracious Fräulein, who deigned to accept the little volumes of English poetry which he offered as parting tokens, not without a tear or two on either side—those facile Teutonic tears that come for little, and go as they come.
The farewell visits to the Professors were of sterner stuff, and less evanescent in their results. For Neander gave him a most valuable introduction to Mr Bunsen, Prussian Ambassador at the Papal Court; and Boeckh provided him with a letter to Professor E. Gerhard, an archaeologist at Rome of European fame.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- John Stuart BlackieA Biography, pp. 62 - 85Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1896