Chapter I: Preface: 7

I. THE CHILD AND HER OWN PEOPLE 13

II. WHERE THE ROAD DIVIDES 40

III. CONFIDENCES AND QUESTIONS 56

IV. HER STORY AND FATE 74

V. THE END OF THE DREAM 92

VI. THE BUTTERFLY 110

VII. OPPORTUNITY 131

VIII. DEATH’S NARROW SEA 148

IX. THINGS NOT DREAMED OF IN EVERYDAY PHILOSOPHY 156

X. “YE SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND” 168

XI. A LITTLE BOARD BRIDGES THE GREAT GULF 179

XII. AND THE PROPHET WAS STONED 202

XIII. THE TONGUES OF ANGELS 218

XIV. THE SIMPLE WAY 240

XV. IT IS WELL WITH THE CHILD 248

XVI. THE STORY OF ONE RETURNED FROM THE DEAD 254

XVII. UPROOTING A HUMAN TREE 277

XVIII. BOHEMIA’S HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS 293

XIX. THE JOYS 310

XX. PEOPLE OF THE PAST 317

XXI. THE BUTTERFLY’S FLIGHT 331

XXII. THE PROP THAT FAILED 340

XXIII. THE BOOK AND ITS CRITICS 353

XXIV. WHO ARE THEY? 358

XXV. LAST WORDS 379