CONTENTS.[Preliminary Chapter.—Ursus][Another Preliminary Chapter.—The Comprachicos][PART I.][BOOK THE FIRST.—NIGHT NOT SO BLACK AS MAN.][I.—Portland Bill][II.—Left Alone][III.—Alone][IV.—Questions][V.—The Tree of Human Invention][VI.—Struggle between Death and Night][VII.—The North Point of Portland][BOOK THE SECOND.—THE HOOKER AT SEA.][I.—Superhuman Laws][II.—Our First Rough Sketches Filled in][III.—Troubled Men on the Troubled Sea][IV.—A Cloud Different from the Others enters on the Scene][V.—Hardquanonne][VI.—They Think that Help is at Hand][VII.—Superhuman Horrors][VIII.—Nix et Nox][IX.—The Charge Confided to a Raging Sea][X.—The Colossal Savage, the Storm][XI.—The Caskets][XII.—Face to Face with the Rock][XIII.—Face to Face with Night][XIV.—Ortach][XV.—Portentosum Mare][XVI.—The Problem Suddenly Works in Silence][XVII.—The Last Resource][XVIII.—The Highest Resource][BOOK THE THIRD.—THE CHILD IN THE SHADOW.][I.—Chesil][II.—The Effect of Snow][III.—A Burden Makes a Rough Road Rougher][IV.—Another Form of Desert][V.—Misanthropy Plays Its Pranks][VI.—The Awaking][PART II.][BOOK THE FIRST.—THE EVERLASTING PRESENCE OF THE PAST. MAN REFLECTS MAN.][I.—Lord Clancharlie][II.—Lord David Dirry-Moir][III.—The Duchess Josiana][IV.—The Leader of Fashion][V.—Queen Anne][VI.—Barkilphedro][VII.—Barkilphedro Gnaws His Way][VIII.—Inferi][IX.—Hate is as Strong as Love][X.—The Flame which would be Seen if Man were Transparent][XI.—Barkilphedro in Ambuscade][XII.—Scotland, Ireland, and England][BOOK THE SECOND.—GWYNPLAINE AND DEA.][I.—Wherein we see the Face of Him of whom we have hitherto seen only the Acts][II.—Dea][III.—"Oculos non Habet, et Videt"][IV.—Well-matched Lovers][V.—The Blue Sky through the Black Cloud][VI.—Ursus as Tutor, and Ursus as Guardian][VII.—Blindness Gives Lessons in Clairvoyance][VIII.—Not only Happiness, but Prosperity][IX.—Absurdities which Folks without Taste call Poetry][X.—An Outsider's View of Men and Things][XI.—Gwynplaine Thinks Justice, and Ursus Talks Truth][XII.—Ursus the Poet Drags on Ursus the Philosopher][BOOK THE THIRD.—THE BEGINNING OF THE FISSURE.][I.—The Tadcaster Inn][II.—Open-Air Eloquence][III.—Where the Passer-by Reappears][IV.—Contraries Fraternize in Hate][V.—The Wapentake][VI.—The Mouse Examined by the Cats][VII.—Why Should a Gold Piece Lower Itself by Mixing with a Heap of Pennies?][VIII.—Symptoms of Poisoning][IX.—Abyssus Abyssum Vocat][BOOK THE FOURTH.—THE CELL OF TORTURE.][I.—The Temptation of St. Gwynplaine][II.—From Gay to Grave][III.—Lex, Rex, Fex][IV.—Ursus Spies the Police][V.—A Fearful Place][VI.—The Kind of Magistracy under the Wigs of Former Days][VII.—Shuddering][VIII.—Lamentation][BOOK THE FIFTH.—THE SEA AND FATE ARE MOVED BY THE SAME BREATH.][I.—The Durability of Fragile Things][II.—The Waif Knows Its Own Course][III.—An Awakening][IV.—Fascination][V.—We Think We Remember; We Forget][BOOK THE SIXTH.—URSUS UNDER DIFFERENT ASPECTS.][I.—What the Misanthrope said][II.—What He did][III.—Complications][IV.—Moenibus Surdis Campana Muta][V.—State Policy Deals with Little Matters as Well as with Great][BOOK THE SEVENTH.—THE TITANESS.][I.—The Awakening][II.—The Resemblance of a Palace to a Wood][III.—Eve][IV.—Satan][V.—They Recognize, but do not Know, Each Other][BOOK THE EIGHTH.—THE CAPITOL AND THINGS AROUND IT.][I.—Analysis of Majestic Matters][II.—Impartiality][III.—The Old Hall][IV.—The Old Chamber][V.—Aristocratic Gossip][VI.—The High and the Low][VII.—Storms of Men are Worse than Storms of Oceans][VIII.—He would be a Good Brother, were he not a Good Son][BOOK THE NINTH.—IN RUINS.][I.—It is through Excess of Greatness that Man reaches Excess of Misery][II.—The Dregs][CONCLUSION.—THE NIGHT AND THE SEA.][I.—A Watch-dog may be a Guardian Angel][II.—Barkilphedro, having aimed at the Eagle, brings down the Dove][III.—Paradise Regained Below][IV.—Nay; on High!][!-- RULE4 1 --]