CONTENTS

A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF SAMUEL BUTLER

AND OF THE BOOKS AND ARTICLES CONCERNING HIM

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of Samuel Butler, from the oil-painting by himself
(1878) now at St. John's College, Cambridge

. Frontispiece

TO FACE PAGE

Portrait of Samuel Butler (1854), from a pencil drawing by
D. Y. Blakiston, found among Butler's papers, now at St.
John's College, Cambridge

Portrait of Samuel Butler, from a photograph, about 1858.
Portrait of Samuel Butler, from a photograph lent by the Rev.
Dr. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S. The negative was probably
made in 1859, shortly before Butler went to New Zealand

Butler's Homestead, Mesopotamia, N.Z. From a drawing, now
at St. John's College, Cambridge, made by H. F. Jones from
a photograph
Portrait of Samuel Butler (about 1866), from a drawing by James
Ferguson, found among Butler's papers, now at St. John's
College, Cambridge

"Mr. Heatherley's Holiday" (1874), from the oil-painting by
Butler now in the Tate Gallery

Corner of Butler's sitting-room at 15 Clifford's Inn (1865),
from the oil-sketch by Butler, now at St. John's College,
Cambridge

Facsimile of a Letter from Butler to Henry M. Paget (Feb. 3,
1880)

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View from Butler's window (1882), from the oil-sketch by H. F.
Jones, now at St. John's College, Cambridge

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Side of Butler's sitting-room, showing piano, from a photograph

taken by Butler

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