VOLUME ONE
CONTAINING
I.THE PRISON HOUSE
II.CLASSIC EDUCATION

“ The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy; but there is a space of life between, in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted. “

J OHN K EATS .

CONTENTS

[BOOK ONE: The Prison House]
[I.]THE NEW WORLD[1]
[II.]BITTERSWEET[20]
[III.]FEARS AND FANTASIES[39]
[IV.]UNENDING CHILDHOOD[46]
[V.]THE FIRST FAIRY PRINCESS[70]
[VI.]THE ENCHANTED PALACE[85]
[VII.]RANDELL HOUSE[97]
[VIII.]SIAMESE STAMPS[113]
[IX.]HOLIDAYS IN FRANCE[129]
[BOOK TWO: Classic Education]
[I.]THE JACOBEAN[141]
[II.]THE QUADRUPLE INTRIGUE[159]
[III.]PASTORAL[176]
[IV.]BOYHOOD’S GLORY[188]
[V.]INCENSE[208]
[VI.]PAX[232]
[VII.]CLOVEN HOOFMARKS[248]
[VIII.]MIRRORS[262]
[IX.]THE YELLOW AGE[281]
[X.]STELLA[308]
[XI.]ACTION AND REACTION[321]
[XII.]ALAN[346]
[XIII.]SENTIMENT[355]
[XIV.]ARABESQUE[378]
[XV.]GREY EYES[397]
[XVI.]BLUE EYES[416]
[XVII.]LILY[427]
[XVIII.]EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD[447]
[XIX.]PARENTS[469]
[XX.]MUSIC[479]

BOOK ONE
THE PRISON HOUSE

“What youth, Goddess—what guest
Of Gods or mortals?”
Matthew Arnold.
“Slow on your dials the shadows creep,
So many hours for food and sleep,
So many hours till study tire,
So many hours for heart’s desire.”
Robert Bridges.