nd hate and hell declare
That men have found a thing to love._
_Far from your sunny uplands set
I saw the dream; the streets I trod
The lit straight streets shot out and met
The starry streets that point to God.
This legend of an epic hour
A child I dreamed, and dream it still,
Under the great grey water-tower
That strikes the stars on Campden Hill._
G. K. C.
_CONTENTS_
BOOK I
_Chapter_ _Page_
I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON THE ART OF PROPHECY 13
II. THE MAN IN GREEN 21
III. THE HILL OF HUMOUR 49
BOOK II
I. THE CHARTER OF THE CITIES 65
II. THE COUNCIL OF THE PROVOSTS 82
III. ENTER A LUNATIC 102
BOOK III
I. THE MENTAL CONDITION OF ADAM WAYNE 125
II. THE REMARKABLE MR. TURNBULL 147
III. THE EXPERIMENT OF MR. BUCK 163
BOOK IV
I. THE BATTLE OF THE LAMPS 189
II. THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE "COURT JOURNAL" 208
III. THE GREAT ARMY OF SOUTH KENSINGTON 224
BOOK V
I. THE EMPIRE OF NOTTING HILL 259
II. THE LAST BATTLE 279
III. TWO VOICES 291
_ILLUSTRATIONS_
IN THE DARK ENTRANCE THERE APPEARED A FLAMING FIGURE _Frontispiece_
_To face page_
CITY MEN OUT ON ALL FOURS IN A FIELD COVERED WITH
VEAL CUTLETS 16
"I'M THE KING OF THE CASTLE" 70
"I BRING HOMAGE TO MY KING" 104
MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR 190
KING AUBERON DESCENDED FROM THE OMNIBUS WITH DIGNITY 220
"A FINE EVENING, SIR," SAID THE CHEMIST 264
"WAYNE, IT WAS ALL A JOKE!" 296
BOOK I
_THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILL_
CHAPTER I--_Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy_
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