While he was at school, Grahame dreamt of attending Oxford University, but his uncle, John Grahame, was opposed to the idea and refused to finance it. Instead, Grahame began work as a clerk in his uncle's firm of parliamentary agents Grahame, Currie and Spens. While working in the Westminster office, he lodged with another uncle, Robert Grahame, in Fulham, joined the London Scottish Volunteers and, having met Frederick James Furnivall in a Soho restaurant, became a member of the New Shakspere Society.
While he was at school, Grahame dreamt of attending Oxford University, but his uncle, John Grahame, was opposed to the idea and refused to finance it. Instead, Grahame began work as a clerk in his uncle's firm of parliamentary agents Grahame Currie and Spens While working in the Westminster office, he lodged with another uncle, Robert Grahame, in Fulham, joined the London Scottish Volunteers and having met Frederick James Furnivall in a Soho restaurant, became a member of the New Shakspere Society.