Preface
1. Parentage and childhood, 1809-1819
2. At school and college, 1820-1829
3. Student life in Göttingen, 1829
4. Student life in Berlin, 1829-1830
5. Rome, 1830-1831
6. End of wanderjahre, 1831-1832
7. Years of struggle, 1832-1837
8. The Test Acts, 1837-1849
9. Installation and marriage, 1841-1842
10. Aberdeen and university reform, 1842-1850
11. Aeschylus and the Greek chair, 1850-1852
12. Edinburgh, 1852-1857
13. Lays, lectures, and lyrics, 1857-1860
14. Homer, 1861-1866
15. The highlands and islands, 1866-1870
16. Pilgrim years, 1870-1872
17. Self-culture, 1873-1874
18. The Celtic chair, 1875-1876
19. Egypt, 1876-1879
20. Retirement from the Greek chair, 1880-1882
21. Class-room and platform, 1841-1882
22. Recreations of an emeritus professor, 1882-1887
23. Living Greek, 1888-1891
24. Closing years, 1892-1895
Index.
