قراءة كتاب My Schools and Schoolmasters; Or, The Story of My Education
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My Schools and Schoolmasters; Or, The Story of My Education
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MY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS.
Morrison and Gibb, Edinburgh,
Printers to Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
Hugh Miller
MY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS
OR
THE STORY OF MY EDUCATION.
BY HUGH MILLER,
AUTHOR OF 'THE OLD RED SANDSTONE,' 'FOOTPRINTS OF THE CREATOR,'
ETC. ETC.
EDINBURGH:
W. P. NIMMO, HAY, & MITCHELL.
1889.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
|---|---|
| PAGE | |
| A sailor's early career—First marriage—Escape from shipwreck—Second Love—Traits of character, | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Childhood and childish visions—A Father's death—Favourite books—Sketch of two maternal uncles, | 20 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Dawn of patriotism—Cromarty Grammar School—Prevalent amusements—Old Francie—Earliest geological researches, | 40 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Uncle Sandy as a Naturalist—Important discovery—Cromarty Sutors and their caves—Expedition to the 'Doocot'—Difficulties and dangers—Sensation produced, | 62 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| A would-be patroness—Boyish games—First friendship—Visit to the Highlands—Geologizing in the Gruids—Ossian-worship, | 85 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Cousin George and Cousin William—Excursion with Cousin Walter—Painful accident—Family bereavements—Links between the present and the past, | 107 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Subscription school—Vacation delights—Forays and fears—Quarrel with the schoolmaster—Poetical revenge—Johnstone the forester, | 129 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Choice of a calling—Disappointment to relatives—Old Red Sandstone quarry—Depression and walking-sleep—Temptations of toil—Friendship with William Ross, | 151 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Life in the bothie—Mad Bell—Mournful history—Singular intimacy—Manners and customs of north-country masons, | 173 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Evening walks—Lines on a sun-dial—A haunted stream—Insect transformations—Jock Moghoal—Musings, | 195 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| An antiquary in humble life—Poor Danie—Proficiency in porridge-making—Depressed health—A good omen—Close of apprenticeship, | 219 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Swimming the Conon—Click-Clack the carter—Loch Maree—Fitting up a barrack—Highland characteristics, | 245 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| The Brothers Fraser—Flora of the Northern Hebrides—Diving in the Gareloch—Sabbaths in Flowerdale woods—Causes of Highland distress, | 268 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| A cragsman's death—Providential escape—Property in Leith—First sight of Edinburgh—Peter M'Craw—Niddry Woods—Researches among the Coal Measures, | 296 |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| A worthy Seceder—The hero of the squad—Apology for fanaticism—Strikes—Recollections of the theatre, | 321 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| Great fires in Edinburgh—Dr. Colquhoun—Dr. M'Crie—Return to the North—Stanzas written at sea—Geological dreams, |
348 |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| Religious phases—True centre of Christianity—Bearing of geology upon theological belief—Delicate health—A gipsy | |