CONTENTS

PART I

[MY EARLY ASSOCIATIONS WITH GINGER STOTT]

CHAP.PAGE
I.[THE MOTIVE]3
II.[NOTES FOR A BIOGRAPHY OF GINGER STOTT]14
III.[THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF GINGER STOTT]52

PART II

[THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WONDER]

IV.[THE MANNER OF HIS BIRTH]65
V.[HIS DEPARTURE FROM STOKE-UNDERHILL]86
VI.[HIS FATHER’S DESERTION]101
VII.[HIS DEBT TO HENRY CHALLIS]113
VIII.[HIS FIRST VISIT TO CHALLIS COURT]139

[INTERLUDE] 145

PART II (continued)

[THE WONDER AMONG BOOKS]

IX.[HIS PASSAGE THROUGH THE PRISON OF KNOWLEDGE]151
X.[HIS PASTORS AND MASTERS]175
XI.[HIS EXAMINATION]189
XII.[FUGITIVE]213

PART III

[MY ASSOCIATION WITH THE WONDER]

XIII.[HOW I WENT TO PYM TO WRITE A BOOK]219
XIV.[THE INCIPIENCE OF MY SUBJECTION TO THE WONDER]230
XV.[THE PROGRESS AND RELAXATION OF MY SUBJECTION]251
XVI.[RELEASE]268
XVII.[IMPLICATIONS]283

[EPILOGUE: THE USES OF MYSTERY] 289

PART I

MY EARLY ASSOCIATIONS WITH GINGER STOTT

CHAPTER I

THE MOTIVE