CONTENTS.
PART I.—AT PLAY.
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I. The Realm of Fancy [1]
The Transforming Wand [2]
Fancy's Resting-places [6]
In Storyland [8]
II. The Enchantment of Play [13]
The Young Pretender [13]
Mysteries of Dolldom [18]
Serious Side of Play [25]
PART II.—AT WORK.
III. Attacking our Language [29]
The Namer of Things [30]
The Sentence-builder [33]
The Interpreter of Words [36]
IV. The Serious Searcher [40]
The Thoughtful Observer [40]
The Pertinacious Questioner [44]
V. First Thoughts: (a) The Natural World [54]
The Fashion of Things [54]
The Bigger World [58]
Dreams [61]
Birth and Growth [64]
VI. First Thoughts: (b) Self and other Mysteries [68]
The Visible Self [68]
The Hidden Self [72]
The Unreachable Past [73]
The Supernatural World [76]
The Great Maker [78]
VII. The Battle with Fears: (a) The Onslaught [85]
The Battery of Sounds [87]
The Alarmed Sentinel [90]
VIII. The Battle with Fears (Continued) [97]
The Assault of the Beasts [97]
The Night Attack [100]
(b) Damage of the Onslaught [104]
(c) Recovery from the Onslaught [108]
IX. Good and Bad in the Making [112]
Traces of the Brute [112]
The Promise of Humanity [119]
The Lapse into Lying [124]
Fealty to Truth [131]
X. Rebel and Subject [135]
(a) The Struggle with Law: First Tussle with Authority [135]
Evading the Law [137]
The Plea for Liberty [140]
(b) On the Side of Law [142]
The Young Stickler for the Proprieties [143]
The Enforcer of Rules [145]
XI. At the Gate of the Temple [151]
The Greeting of Beauty [151]
First Peep into the Art-world [156]
First Ventures in Creation [161]
XII. First Pencillings [171]
The Human Face Divine [174]
The Vile Body [177]
Side Views of Things [184]