Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; PREFACE; I. BIRTH AND BOYHOOD AT BOCKHAMPTON; II. IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION; III. LONDON TRIED; IV. LONDON FOUND WANTING; V. 'THE POOR MAN' AND THE CRITICS; VI. EXCURSION INTO LYONNESSE; VII. 'CORNHILL' COMPLICATIONS; VIII. 'NEGATIVE BEAUTY OF TRAGIC TONE; IX. SHORT STORIES AND LITTLE IRONIES; X. 'TROUBLES IN BATTALIONS'; XI. PORTRAIT OF A MAN OF CHARACTER; XII. 'ATMOSPHERE OF CIDER'; XIII. 'A PURE WOMAN FAITHFULLY PRESENTED'; XIV. 'HIGH-WATER MARK OF LATE-VICTORIAN FICTION'; XV. AN INTERLUDE
Xvi. sad music of humanityxvii. 'deep division'; xviii. the end of prose; xix. the first books of poems; xx. 'the dynasts'; xxi. 'magic lights'; xxii. 'let me enjoy the earth no less'; xxiii. 'throbbings of noontide'; xxiv. 'afterwards'; notes and references; index
