TO
MY FRIEND AND CRITIC
HUGH WALPOLE

CONTENTS

PART ONE
MY EARLY ASSOCIATIONS WITH GINGER STOTT
CHAPTERPAGE
I.The Motive[11]
II.Notes for a Biography of Ginger Stott[22]
III.The Disillusionment of Ginger Stott[58]
PART TWO
THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WONDER
IV.The Manner of His Birth[71]
V.His Departure from Stoke-Underhill[92]
VI.His Father's Desertion[107]
VII.His Debt to Henry Challis[118]
VIII.His First Visit to Challis Court[143]
Interlude[149]
THE WONDER AMONG BOOKS
IX.His Passage through the Prison of Knowledge[155]
X.His Pastors and Masters[179]
XI.His Examination[193]
XII.His Interview with Herr Grossmann[217]
XIII.Fugitive[229]
PART THREE
MY ASSOCIATION WITH THE WONDER
XIV.How I Went to Pym to Write a Book[235]
XV.The Incipience of My Subjection to the Wonder[247]
XVI.The Progress and Relaxation of My Subjection[267]
XVII.Release[284]
XVIII.Implications[299]
XIX.Epilogue: The Uses of Mystery[305]

PART ONE
MY EARLY ASSOCIATIONS WITH GINGER STOTT