Introductory material
Reading edition
PART I
CHAPTER PAGE
I. "Hinter die Kirche blühe die blaue Blumeleft der Zufriedenheit" 3
II. Of Thaddeus Bourn and his Purposes 11
III. Of Morgan Map and his Purposes 24
IV. In which Thaddeus uses the term "Moral Justification" 32
V. Introducing Hamilton and Saint Mary's Organ 41
VI. Introducing Gard Windham and the Brotherhood of Consolation 56
VII. Introducing Moselle and Mavering 71
VIII. Of Mrs. Mavering, and of the Philosophy of the Individual 85
IX. Of Estates in Happiness 99
X. Of Spring in Hamilton—Of Thaddeus's Opportunity to be Candid 118
XI. The Whirlpool—Mr. Paulus's Reminiscences of Women 135
PART II
XII. Antietam 149
XIII. In which Appears a General of Division, and one of "the Brethren" 164
XIV. In which Mavering Concludes that Cavalry Officers as a Class are Eccentric and Deep 181
XV. Treats of the Distribution of Tracts in the Valley of the Shenandoah 192
XVI. Which Discloses one Daddy Joe, and Disposes of an Evangelist 207
XVII. On the Question of the Exact Location of the Divinity which is Ultimately Called Worth While 223
XVIII. In which there is Discovered a Compunction 235
XIX. In which Windham Drops Out of the Fight—and Mavering Remarks on Human Adaptability 253
XX. Treats of Further Incidents in the House with the White Door 264
XXI. In which We Go Down the River and Return 274
XXII. Of Mavering, who Disappears—Of the Gray Poet—Of Morgan, Who Appears Once More 286
XXIII. The End 307