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View from Pinnacle on Roof of Cathedral—the Delectable Mountains beyond.
Among the Himalayas. Supposed highest summits on the earth’s surface.
Elevation, 29,000 feet. From near Sundookphoo, 1885.
A TWENTIETH
CENTURY
IDEALIST
BY
HENRY PETTIT
Under the Surface of the Ordinary Life Lie Great Mysteries—
The Real Part of Man Is in His Ideals
THE GRAFTON PRESS
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1905,
BY
HENRY PETTIT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AND
PLAN OF THE BOOK
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| PROLOGUE. | ||
| I. | (a) Inquisitive Admiration—Two Kinds | [1] |
| II. | (b) How the Professor Was Won | [7] |
| PART FIRST. | ||
| At Home in the States. The Physical Dominant. | ||
| III. | Adele Herself | [17] |
| IV. | She Hears the Words of a Song | [23] |
| V. | After Dark in the Park—The Doctor | [39] |
| VI. | An Avatar in the Occident | [44] |
| (a) Conversation with Papa. | ||
| (b) The Theophany of Spring. Adele in the Park. | ||
| VII. | Off to Asia | [55] |
| PART SECOND. | ||
| Crossing the Atlantic—Up the Mediterranean. | ||
| Mentality Dominant. | ||
| VIII. | A Studio for Impressions | [61] |
| IX. | A Budget of New Sciences | [64] |
| X. | Palmistry Poses as Mental Science | [71] |
| XI. | Amateur Mental Science | [76] |
| XII. | Amateur Tactics—A Fright-full Cure | [83] |
| XIII. | Adele’s Meditations | [89] |
| XIV. | Another Commotion—Religious-Curative | [92] |
| What is Perfection? | ||
| XV. | Two Simultaneous Soliloquies | [105] |
| XVI. | Courage versus Foolhardiness | [110] |
| XVII. | Two Rescues, and Two Girls | [115] |
| XVIII. | A Sensation versus an Impression | [120] |
| XIX. | Gibraltar Appears and Disappears | [124] |
| XX. | The Artistic Sense. At Capri | [130] |
| XXI. | An Artist with Double Vision | [135] |
| XXII. | The Secret of a Life | [144] |
| XXIII. | Olympus—Court Festivities | [149] |
| XXIV. | The Gods Interfere | [152] |
| XXV. | Aphrodite Rises from the Sea | [159] |
| Eros-Cupid—The Modern-Antique. | ||
| Intermezzo. | ||
| XXVI. | Allegro—The World’s Highway | [169] |
| XXVII. | Andante—The Royal Route | [173] |
| XXVIII. | The Afterglow | [174] |
| PART THIRD. | ||
| In the Far East. Spirituality Dominant. | ||
| XXIX. | Mystification—Illness and Hallucination | [180] |
| XXX. | Convalescence and Common Sense | [188] |
| XXXI. | Off to the Himalayas | [196] |
| XXXII. | The Start Upwards | [200] |
| The Himalaya Railway—Fly Express. | ||
| XXXIII. | A Glimpse of the Primitive | [214] |
| THE HIMALAYA CATHEDRAL. | ||
| XXXIV. | Adele Sees the Delectable Mountains | [217] |
| XXXV. | The Cathedral by the Supreme Architect | [225] |
| XXXVI. | Progress of the Building | [229] |
| XXXVII. | Primate of the Cathedral | [233] |
| The Message of the Seer—Ex-Cathedra. | ||
| Intermezzo. | ||
| The Voice in Nature. | ||
| XXXVIII. | Cathedral Orchestra and Organ | [241] |
| Divine Solos. | ||
| XXXIX. | On a Pinnacle in Nature | [243] |
| XL. | A Glimpse of Taoism | [253] |
| XLI. | Processional Before the Veil | [262] |
| XLII. | On Holy Ground | [269] |
| XLIII. | Sacrifice | [274] |
| XLIV. | The Everyday Ritual | [282] |
| Adele and Paul. A Dandy passes by. | ||
| XLV. | Ritual of the Human Race | [292] |