Yonge Charlotte Mary. Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL, 1827-1838
CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD AT ETON. 1838—1845
CHAPTER III. UNDERGRADUATE LIFE AT BALLIOL AND JOURNEYS ON THE CONTINENT
CHAPTER IV. FELLOWSHIP OF MERTON. 1852—1854
CHAPTER V. THE CURACY AT ALFINGTON. 1853-1855
CHAPTER VI. THE VOYAGE AND FIRST YEAR. 1855-1856
CHAPTER VII. THE MELANESIAN ISLES. 1856-1857
CHAPTER VIII. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE AND LIFU. 1857-1859
CHAPTER IX. MOTA AND ST. ANDREW'S COLLEGE, KOHIMARAMA. 1859-1862
CHAPTER X. THE EPISCOPATE AT KOHIMARAMA. 1866
CHAPTER XI. ST. BARNABAS COLLEGE, NORFOLK ISLAND. 1867—1869
CHAPTER XII. THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS. 1870-1871
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So much of a man's cast of character depends upon his home and parentage, that no biography can be complete which does not look back at least as far as the lives of the father and mother, from whom the disposition is sure to be in part inherited, and by whom it must often be formed. Indeed, the happiest natures are generally those which have enjoyed the full benefit of parental training without dictation, and have been led, but not forced, into the way in which they should go.
Therefore it will not be irrelevant to dwell on the career of the father whose name, though still of great weight in his own profession, may not be equally known to the younger generation who have grown up since the words 'Mr. Justice Patteson' were of frequent occurrence in law reports.
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A few days more and the boy's departure from the enthusiastically loved school had taken place, together with his final exploits as captain in the cricket-field, where too he formed an acquaintance with Mr. C. S. Roundell, the captain of the Harrow eleven, which ripened into a lifelong friendship.
'You may suppose,' writes Coley, 'that I was really very miserable at leaving Eton. I did not, I assure you, without thanking God for the many advantages I have there enjoyed and praying for His forgiveness for my sin in neglecting so many. We began our match with Harrow yesterday, by going in first; we got 261 runs by tremendous hitting, Harrow 32, and followed up and got 55: Eton thus winning in one innings by 176 runs, the most decided beating ever known at cricket.'
