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CONTENTS

PART PAGE
I:AN EVENING AT MRS. ALDWINKLE’S[9]
II:FRAGMENTS FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FRANCIS CHELIFER[93]
III:THE LOVES OF THE PARALLELS[187]
IV:THE JOURNEY[289]
V:CONCLUSIONS[359]


Part I: AN EVENING AT MRS. ALDWINKLE’S


THOSE BARREN LEAVES