Dedication
TO PRIOR AND LOUISE CHRISTIAN, WITH AFFECTION.
Book I
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | AN OLD HOUSE AND ITS BACHELOR |
| II. | IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE |
| III. | AN INDICTMENT OF SPRING |
| IV. | IN WHICH I EAT AND DREAM |
| V. | CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS |
| VI. | IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER |
| VII. | PRANDIAL |
| VIII. | STILL PRANDIAL |
| IX. | THE LEGEND OF HEBE, OR THE HEAVENLY HOUSEMAID |
| X. | AGAIN ON FOOT-THE GIRLS THAT NEVER CAN BE MINE |
| XI. | AN OLD MAN OF THE HILLS, AND THE SCHOOLMASTER’S STORY |
| XII. | THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GIPSIES |
| XIII. | A STRANGE WEDDING |
| XIV. | THE MYSTERIOUS PETTICOAT |
| XV. | STILL OCCUPIED WITH THE PETTICOAT |
| XVI. | CLEARS UP MY MYSTERIOUS BEHAVIOUR OF THE LAST CHAPTER |
| XVII. | THE NAME UPON THE PETTICOAT |
| XVIII. | IN WHICH THE NAME OF A GREAT POET IS CRIED OUT IN A SOLITARY PLACE |
| XIX. | WHY THE STRANGER WOULD NOT LOSE HIS SHELLEY FOR THE WORLD |