Introductory material
Reading edition
PART I.—AT PLAY.
CHAPTER I. The Realm of Fancy The Transforming Wand Fancy's Resting-places In Storyland II. The Enchantment of Play The Young Pretender Mysteries of Dolldom Serious Side of Play
PART II.—AT WORK.
III. Attacking our Language The Namer of Things The Sentence-builder The Interpreter of Words IV. The Serious Searcher The Thoughtful Observer The Pertinacious Questioner V. First Thoughts: (a) The Natural World The Fashion of Things The Bigger World Dreams Birth and Growth VI. First Thoughts: (b) Self and other Mysteries The Visible Self The Hidden Self The Unreachable Past The Supernatural World The Great Maker VII. The Battle with Fears: (a) The Onslaught The Battery of Sounds The Alarmed Sentinel VIII. The Battle with Fears (Continued) The Assault of the Beasts The Night Attack (b) Damage of the Onslaught (c) Recovery from the Onslaught IX. Good and Bad in the Making Traces of the Brute The Promise of Humanity The Lapse into Lying Fealty to Truth X. Rebel and Subject (a) The Struggle with Law: First Tussle with Authority Evading the Law The Plea for Liberty (b) On the Side of Law The Young Stickler for the Proprieties The Enforcer of Rules XI. At the Gate of the Temple The Greeting of Beauty First Peep into the Art-world First Ventures in Creation XII. First Pencillings The Human Face Divine The Vile Body Side Views of Things