| OF THE BUDDING OF THE TREE OF LIFE |
| Chapter | | Page |
| I. | Which shows some of the Gods in their Machinery, with but a Shadowy Hint of the Printer’s Devil | 3 |
| II. | Wherein it is discovered that, likely enough from an Ancestor who was Master of the Horse to King Harry the Eighth, Master Oliver had inherited some Gift of Horseplay, together with a Keen Eye for a Fine Leg on a Woman | 13 |
| III. | Wherein Master Oliver comes to the Conclusion that, to complete the Dramatic Picture, Greatness should have known the Hair-Shirt and the Makeshifts of Adversity | 20 |
| IV. | Wherein it would appear that the most respectable Stucco Architecture may be but a Screen for Gnawing Secrets | 30 |
| V. | Wherein Miss Betty Modeyne is introduced to the Study of Nature | 36 |
| VI. | Wherein it is hinted that to be Famous is not necessarily to be Great | 41 |
| VII. | Wherein Ambition shrinks from looking down the Ladder | 51 |
| VIII. | Wherein it is discovered that the Strength of Genius may lie in the Hair | 55 |
| IX. | Wherein Master Oliver is convinced that it is Difficult to play the Man’s Part on a Weak Stomach | 71 |
| X. | Wherein Master Oliver entertains Guests | 77 |
| XI. | Wherein Egoism begins to suspect that there is a Bottom to the Pint Pot | 82 |
| XII. | Wherein Miss Betty Modeyne wins more Hearts | 88 |
| XIII. | Which contains Some Hints towards the Making of a Baronet | 93 |
| XIV. | Which has to do with the Fascination of Naughtiness | 97 |
| XV. | Which tells of a Poet that offered Himself for Sacrifice, and was rejected of the Gods | 100 |
| XVI. | Which hints at an Age of Gold | 105 |
| OF THE BUDDING OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE |
| XVII. | Which has to do with the Awakening of Youth | 111 |
| XVIII. | Of the Coming of Quilliam O’Flaherty Macloughlin Myre upon the Town | 115 |
| XIX. | Wherein a Strutting Cock comes near to losing a Feather upon his Own Dunghill | 118 |
| XX. | Wherein Master Devlin throws a Fierce Sidelight upon the Genius of Poetry | 121 |
| XXI. | Which discovers a Great Man in the Hour of his Triumph | 124 |
| XXII. | Wherein we are obliged to spend a Brief Moment in the Company of the Titled Aristocracy | 128 |
| XXIII. | Wherein the Major fights a Brilliant Rearguard Action; and beats off a Pressing Attack | 133 |
| XXIV. | Which tells, with quite Unnecessary Frankness, of what chanced at the Tavern of The Cock and Bull in Fleet Street | 138 |
| XXV. | Wherein the Major takes to his Bed | 142 |
| XXVI. | Wherein Tom Folly blunders along in his Self-centred Gig—and drags a Dainty Little Lady’s Skirts into the Wheel | 144 |
| XXVII. | Wherein a Dainty Little Lady, looking out of the Window of a Shabby Home at a Shabbier Destiny, joins the Streaming Crowd whose Faces pass in the Street, drifting towards the Strange Riot of Living | |
