King Lear.
CHAPTER I.
THE LITTLE CASTLE-BUILDERS.
The House by the Sea—The Round Window—God's eyes in Flowers—TheDay-Dreamers—A Picture—An Angel—Old Nanny—On the Sea-Shore—Shell-Hunting—Bell's Freak and Mortimer's Dream—Asleep.
CHAPTER II.
THE DEAD HOPE.
Time's Changes—Fall-down Castles—Little Bell waiting—When will Fathercome Home?—Little Bell weary—What the Sea said—Nevermore.
CHAPTER III.
SOUL-LAND.
Autumn and Winter—By the Fireside—Where little Bell is going—Nanny singsabout Chloe—Bell reads a poem—The flight of an Angel—The Funeral—Thegood Parson—The two Grave-stones.[Pg vi]
CHAPTER IV.
A FEW SPECIMENS OF HUMANITY.
Down Town—Messrs. Flint & Snarle—Tim, the Office Boy, and the paleBook-keeper—The Escritoire—The Purloined Package—Mr. Flint goesHome—Midnight—Miss Daisy Snarle—The Poor Author.
CHAPTER V.
DAISY SNARLE.
Sunday morning—Harvey Snarle and Mortimer—A Tale of Sorrow—TheSnow-child—Mortimer takes Daisy's hand—Snarle's death.
CHAPTER VI.
THE PHANTOM AT SEA.
A Storm in the Tropics—The Lone Ship—The Man at the Wheel—How he sangstrange Songs—The Apparition—The drifting Bark.
CHAPTER VII.
IN WHICH THERE IS A MADMAN.
Mr. Flint sips vino d'oro—The Stranger—The Letter—Mr. FlintOutwitted—Mr. Flint's Photograph—The Madman's Story—The WreckedSoul—How Mr. Flint is troubled by his Conscience, and dreams of a Pair ofEyes.[Pg vii]
CHAPTER VIII.
MR. FLINT IS PERFECTLY ASTONISHED, AND MORTIMER HAS A VISION.
The Light Heart—A Scene—The Sunny Heart—A Dream of Little Bell—A Hint.
CHAPTER IX.
DAISY AND THE NECKLACE.
Our petite Heroine—How she talked to the Poets—The MoroccoCase—Daisy's Eyes make Pictures—Tears, idle Tears!
CHAPTER X.
ST. AGNES' EVE.
The Old Year—St. Agnes—Keats' Poem—The Circlet of Pearls—A Cloud—ThePromise—Mrs. Snarle continues her Knitting.
CHAPTER XI.
MORTIMER HAS AN INTERV