This conviction must be my apology for again forcing upon the public a fragment so hostile to it in tone and spirit. I would reiterate the observation made elsewhere in the work, that none of the characters are intended to represent any members of society who were then, or are now, alive.
CONTENTS.
[PREFACE.]
[PART I. LOVE]
[PART II. MADNESS]
[PART III. SUICIDE]
[PART IV. THE WORLD]
[PART V. THE FLESH]
[PART VI. THE "——"]
[CONCLUSION—MORAL]
PICCADILLY.
PART I.
LOVE.
Piccadilly, 2d February 1865.