My Reminiscences

CONTENTS PART I 1. MY REMINISCENCES 2. Teaching Begins 3. Within and Without PART II 4. Servocracy 5. The Normal School 6. Versification 7. Various Learning 8. My First Outing 9. Practising Poetry PART III 10. Srikantha Babu 11. Our Bengali Course Ends 12. The Professor 13. My Father 14. A Journey with my Father 15. At the Himalayas PART IV 16. My Return 17. Home Studies 18. My Home Environment 19. Literary Companions 20. Publishing 21. Bhanu Singha 22. Patriotism 23. The Bharati PART V 24. Ahmedabad 25. England 26. Loken Palit 27. The Broken Heart PART VI 28. European Music 29. Valmiki Pratibha 30. Evening Songs 31. An Essay on Music 32. The River-side 33. More About the Evening Songs 34. Morning Songs PART VII 35. Rajendrahal Mitra 36. Karwar 37. Nature's Revenge 38. Pictures and Songs 39. An Intervening Period 40. Bankim Chandra PART VIII 41. The Steamer Hulk 42. Bereavements 43. The Rains and Autumn 44. Sharps and Flats LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Tagore in 1877 The Inner Garden Was My Paradise The Ganges Satya Singing to My Father The Himalayas The Servant-Maids in the Verandah My Eldest Brother Moonlight The Ganges Again Karwar Beach My Brother Jyotirindra