TABLE OF CONTENTS
| To the Public | |
| I | THE GREAT CITY |
| II. | MY ADVENTURE |
| III. | THE BEGGAR'S HOME |
| IV. | THE UNDER-WORLD |
| V. | ESTELLA WASHINGTON |
| VI. | THE INTERVIEW |
| VII. | THE HIDING-PLACE |
| VIII. | THE BROTHERHOOD |
| IX. | THE POISONED KNIFE |
| X. | PREPARATIONS FOR TO-NIGHT |
| XI. | HOW THE WORLD CAME TO BE RUINED |
| XII. | GABRIEL'S UTOPIA |
| XIII. | THE COUNCIL OF THE OLIGARCHY |
| XIV. | THE SPY'S STORY |
| XV. | THE MASTER OF "THE DEMONS" |
| XVI. | GABRIEL'S FOLLY |
| XVII. | THE FLIGHT AND PURSUIT |
| XVIII. | THE EXECUTION |
| XIX. | THE MAMELUKES OF THE AIR |
| XX. | THE WORKINGMEN'S MEETING |
| XXI. | A SERMON OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY |
| XXII. | ESTELLA AND I |
| XXIII. | MAX'S STORY-THE SONGSTRESS |
| XXIV. | MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE JOURNEYMAN PRINTER |
| XXV. | MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE DARK SHADOW |
| XXVI. | MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE WIDOW AND HER SON |
| XXVII. | MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE BLACKSMITH SHOP |
| XXVIII. | MAX'S STORY CONCLUDED--THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS |
| XXIX. | ELYSIUM |
| XXX. | UPON THE HOUSE-TOP |
| XXXI. | "SHEOL" |
| XXXII. | THE RAT-TRAP |
| XXXIII. | "THE OCEAN OVERPEERS ITS LIST" |
| XXXIV. | THE PRINCE GIVES HIS LAST BRIBE |
| XXXV. | THE LIBERATED PRISONER |
| XXXVI. | CÆSAR ERECTS HIS MONUMENT |
| XXXVII. | THE SECOND DAY |
| XXXVIII. | THE FLIGHT |
| XXXIX. | EUROPE |
| XL. | THE GARDEN IN THE MOUNTAINS |
"The true poet is only a masked father-confessor, whose special function it is to exhibit what is dangerous in sentiment and pernicious in action, by a vivid picture of the consequences."--Goethe.
To the Public
It is to you, O thoughtful and considerate public, that I dedicate this book. May it, under the providence of God, do good to this generation and posterity!
I earnestly hope my meaning, in the writing thereof, may not be misapprehended.
It must not be thought, because I am constrained to describe the overthrow of civilization, that I desire it. The prophet is not responsible for the event he foretells. He may contemplate it with profoundest sorrow. Christ wept over the doom of Jerusalem.
Neither am I an anarchist: for I paint a dreadful picture of the world-wreck which successful anarchism would produce.
I seek to preach into the ears of the able and rich and powerful the great truth that neglect of the sufferings of their fellows, indifference to the great bond of brotherhood which lies at the base of Christianity, and blind, brutal and degrading worship of mere wealth, must--given time and pressure enough--eventuate in the overthrow of society and the destruction of civilization.