Chapter 1

BOOK THE FIRST.--NIGHT NOT SO BLACK AS MAN.

I. Portland Bill II. Left Alone III. Alone IV. Questions V. The Tree of Human Invention VI. Struggle between Death and Night VII. The North Point of Portland

BOOK THE SECOND.--THE HOOKER AT SEA.

I. Superhuman Laws II. Our First Rough Sketches Filled in III. Troubled Men on the Troubled Sea IV. A Cloud Different from the Others enters on the Scene V. Hardquanonne VI. They Think that Help is at Hand VII. Superhuman Horrors VIII. Nix et Nox IX. The Charge Confided to a Raging Sea X. The Colossal Savage, the Storm XI. The Caskets XII. Face to Face with the Rock XIII. Face to Face with Night XIV. Ortach XV. Portentosum Mare XVI. The Problem Suddenly Works in Silence XVII. The Last Resource XVIII. The Highest Resource

BOOK THE THIRD.--THE CHILD IN THE SHADOW.

I. Chesil II. The Effect of Snow III. A Burden Makes a Rough Road Rougher IV. Another Form of Desert V. Misanthropy Plays Its Pranks VI. The Awaking