PART I.—AT PLAY.

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I. The Realm of Fancy 1
The Transforming Wand 2
Fancy's Resting-places 6
In Storyland 8
II. The Enchantment of Play 13
The Young Pretender 13
Mysteries of Dolldom 18
Serious Side of Play 25

PART II.—AT WORK.

III. Attacking our Language 29
The Namer of Things 30
The Sentence-builder 33
The Interpreter of Words 36
IV. The Serious Searcher 40
The Thoughtful Observer 40
The Pertinacious Questioner 44
V. First Thoughts: (a) The Natural World 54
The Fashion of Things 54
The Bigger World 58
Dreams 61
Birth and Growth 64
VI. First Thoughts: (b) Self and other Mysteries 68
The Visible Self 68
The Hidden Self 72
The Unreachable Past 73
The Supernatural World 76
The Great Maker 78
VII. The Battle with Fears: (a) The Onslaught 85
The Battery of Sounds 87
The Alarmed Sentinel 90
VIII. The Battle with Fears (Continued) 97
The Assault of the Beasts 97
The Night Attack 100
(b) Damage of the Onslaught 104
(c) Recovery from the Onslaught 108
IX. Good and Bad in the Making 112
Traces of the Brute 112
The Promise of Humanity 119
The Lapse into Lying 124
Fealty to Truth 131
X. Rebel and Subject 135
(a) The Struggle with Law: First Tussle with Authority 135
Evading the Law 137
The Plea for Liberty 140
(b) On the Side of Law 142
The Young Stickler for the Proprieties 143
The Enforcer of Rules 145
XI. At the Gate of the Temple 151
The Greeting of Beauty 151
First Peep into the Art-world 156
First Ventures in Creation 161
XII. First Pencillings 171
The Human Face Divine 174
The Vile Body 177
Side Views of Things 184