VOLUME ONE

CONTAINING I.THE PRISON HOUSE II.CLASSIC EDUCATION

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“ _The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy; but there is a space of life between, in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted._ “

J OHN K EATS .

CONTENTS

_BOOK ONE: The Prison House_

I. THE NEW WORLD 1

II. BITTERSWEET 20

III. FEARS AND FANTASIES 39

IV. UNENDING CHILDHOOD 46

V. THE FIRST FAIRY PRINCESS 70

VI. THE ENCHANTED PALACE 85

VII. RANDELL HOUSE 97

VIII. SIAMESE STAMPS 113

IX. HOLIDAYS IN FRANCE 129

_BOOK TWO: Classic Education_

I. THE JACOBEAN 141

II. THE QUADRUPLE INTRIGUE 159

III. PASTORAL 176

IV. BOYHOOD’S GLORY 188

V. INCENSE 208

VI. PAX 232

VII. CLOVEN HOOFMARKS 248

VIII. MIRRORS 262

IX. THE YELLOW AGE 281

X. STELLA 308

XI. ACTION AND REACTION 321

XII. ALAN 346

XIII. SENTIMENT 355

XIV. ARABESQUE 378

XV. GREY EYES 397

XVI. BLUE EYES 416

XVII. LILY 427

XVIII. EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD 447

XIX. PARENTS 469

XX. MUSIC 479