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Part 1 Harrow and London: gentle origins; Harrow day boy; Wykehamist;Harrow weald; famous mother; St Martins-le-Grand; aspirations. Part 2Ireland: Banagher and good fortune; marriage and authorship;conservative liberal; the West Country and "The Warden"; Egypt and theHoly Land; the West Indies. Part 3 Waltham Cross: Waltham House and the"Cornhill"; literary London; North America; almost a nationalinstitution; Pallisers and periodicals; farewells and "Saint PaulsMagazine"; other politics; Australia and New Zealand. Part 4 MontaguSquare: "The Way We Live Now"; Pallisers again; "An Autobiography";South Africa; "Popenjoy" and "Ayala"; extending the range. Part 5 SouthHarting: a country residence; a late masterwork; an old man; last days.