A Domestic Story
By W. Gilmore Simms
Wagner. But of the world--the heart, the mind of man,
How happy could we know!
Faust. What can we know?
Who dares bestow the infant his true name?
The few who felt and knew, but blindly gave
Their knowledge to the multitude—they fell!
Incapable to keep their full hearts in,
They, from the first of immemorial time,
Were crucified or burnt.
Goethe's Faust, MS. Version.
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I. — CONFESSION, OR THE BLIND HEART. ]
[ CHAPTER II. — BOY PASSIONS—A PROFESSION CHOSEN. ]
[ CHAPTER III. — ADMITTED AMONG THE LAWYERS ]
[ CHAPTER IV. — “SHE STILL SOOTHED THE MOCK OF OTHERS.” ]
[ CHAPTER VI. — DENIAL AND DEFEAT. ]
[ CHAPTER VII. — TEMPTATION. ]
[ CHAPTER VIII. — LOVE FINDS NO SMOOTH WATER IN THE SEA OF LAW ]
[ CHAPTER XII. — “GONE TO BE MARRIED.” ]
[ CHAPTER XIII. — BAFFLED FURY. ]
[ CHAPTER XIV. — ONE DEBT PAID. ]
[ CHAPTER XV. — HONEYMOON PERIOD. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI. — THE HAPPY SEASON. ]
[ CHAPTER XVII. — THE EVIL PRINCIPLE. ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII. — PRESENTIMENTS. ]
[ CHAPTER XX. — PROGRESS OF THE EVIL SPIRIT. ]
[ CHAPTER XXI. — CHANGES OF HOME. ]
[ CHAPTER XXII. — SELF-HUMILIATION. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII. — PROGRESS OF PASSION. ]
[ CHAPTER XXV. — THE OLD GOOSE FINDS A YOUNG GANDER. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE HEART-FIEND FINDS AN ECHO FROM THE FIEND WITHOUT. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII. — KINGSLEY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. — MORALS OF ENTERPRISE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXX. — FALSE LUCK. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI. — HOW THE GAME WAS PLAYED ]
[ CHAPTER XXXII. — SUDDEN LESSON AND NEW SUSPICIONS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. — STILL THE CLOUD. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. — A FATHER'S GRIEFS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV. — APPLICATION OF “THE QUESTION.” ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. — MEDITATED EXILE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. — “AND STILL THE BITTER IN THE CUP OF JOY.” ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. — RENEWED AGONIES. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIX. — THE NEW HOME. ]
[ CHAPTER XL. — THE BLACK DOG ONCE MORE UPON THE SCENE. ]
[ CHAPTER XLI. — TRIAL—THE WOMAN GROWS STRONG. ]
[ CHAPTER XLII. — CROSS PURPOSES. ]
[ CHAPTER XLIII. — ACCIDENT AND MORE AGONIES. ]
[ CHAPTER XLIV. — THE DAMNING LETTER. ]
[ CHAPTER XLV. — VERGE OF THE PRECIPICE. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVI. — THE UNBRIDLED MADNESS. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVII. — FATAL SILENCE. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVIII. — TOO LATE! ]
[ CHAPTER L. — CONFESSION OF EDGERTON. ]
[ CHAPTER LI. — DOUBTS—SUMMONS. ]
[ CHAPTER LIII. — REVELATION—THE LETTER OF JULIA. ]