Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later, Both by the Original Discoverer of the Country and by His Son

Name: Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later, Both by the Original Discoverer of the Country and by His Son
Author: Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902

Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902

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Chapter I. UPS AND DOWNS OF FORTUNE—MY FATHER STARTS FOR EREWHON
Chapter II. TO THE FOOT OF THE PASS INTO EREWHON
Chapter III. MY FATHER WHILE CAMPING IS ACCOSTED BY PROFESSORS HANKY AND PANKY
Chapter IV. MY FATHER OVERHEARS MORE OF HANKY AND PANKY'S CONVERSATION
Chapter V. MY FATHER MEETS A SON, OF WHOSE EXISTENCE HE WAS IGNORANT; AND STRIKES A BARGAIN WITH HIM
Chapter VI. FURTHER CONVERSATION BETWEEN FATHER AND SON—THE PROFESSORS'HOARD
Chapter VII. SIGNS OF THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS CATCH MY FATHER'S EYE ON EVERY SIDE
Chapter VIII. YRAM, NOW MAYORESS, GIVES A DINNER-PARTY, IN THE COURSE OF WHICH SHE IS DISQUIETED BY WHAT SHE LEARNS FROM PROFESSOR HANKY: SHE SENDS FOR HER SON GEORGE AND QUESTIONS HIM
Chapter IX. INTERVIEW BETWEEN YRAM AND HER SON
Chapter X. MY FATHER, FEARING RECOGNITION AT SUNCH'STON, BETAKES HIMSELF TO THE NEIGHBOURING TOWN OF FAIRMEAD
Chapter XI. PRESIDENT GURGOYLE'S PAMPHLET “ON THE PHYSICS OF VICARIOUS EXISTENCE”
Chapter XII. GEORGE FAILS TO FIND MY FATHER, WHEREON YRAM CAUTIONS THE PROFESSORS
Chapter XIII. A VISIT TO THE PROVINCIAL DEFORMATORY AT FAIRMEAD
Chapter XIV. MY FATHER MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF MR. BALMY, AND WALKS WITH HIM NEXT DAY TO SUNCH'STON
Chapter XV. THE TEMPLE IS DEDICATED TO MY FATHER, AND CERTAIN EXTRACTS ARE READ FROM HIS SUPPOSED SAYINGS
M. Steps and main entrance.
Chapter XVI. PROFESSOR HANKY PREACHES A SERMON, IN THE COURSE OF WHICH MY FATHER DECLARES HIMSELF TO BE THE SUNCHILD
Chapter XVII. GEORGE TAKES HIS FATHER TO PRISON, AND THERE OBTAINS SOME USEFUL INFORMATION
Chapter XVIII. YRAM INVITES DR. DOWNIE AND MRS. HUMDRUM TO LUNCHEON—A PASSAGE AT ARMS BETWEEN HER AND HANKY IS AMICABLY ARRANGED
Chapter XIX. A COUNCIL IS HELD AT THE MAYOR'S, IN THE COURSE OF WHICH GEORGE TURNS THE TABLES ON THE PROFESSORS
Chapter XX. MRS. HUMDRUM AND DR. DOWNIE PROPOSE A COMPROMISE, WHICH, AFTER an AMENDMENT BY GEORGE, IS CARRIED NEM. CON
Chapter XXI. YRAM, ON GETTING RID OF HER GUESTS, GOES TO THE PRISON TO SEE MY FATHER
Chapter XXII. MAINLY OCCUPIED WITH A VERACIOUS EXTRACT FROM A SUNCH'STONIAN JOURNAL
Chapter XXIII. MY FATHER IS ESCORTED TO THE MAYOR'S HOUSE, AND IS INTRODUCED TO A FUTURE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
Chapter XXIV. AFTER DINNER, DR. DOWNIE AND THE PROFESSORS WOULD BE GLAD TO KNOW WHAT IS TO BE DONE ABOUT SUNCHILDISM
Chapter XXV. GEORGE ESCORTS MY FATHER TO THE STATUES; THE TWO THEN PART
Chapter XXVI. MY FATHER REACHES HOME, AND DIES NOT LONG AFTERWARDS
Chapter XXVII. I MEET MY BROTHER GEORGE AT THE STATUES, ON THE TOP OF THE PASS INTO EREWHON
Chapter XXVIII. GEORGE AND I SPEND A FEW HOURS TOGETHER AT THE STATUES, AND THEN PART—I REACH HOME—POSTSCRIPT