Chapters (85)
- AUTHOR’S NOTE
- CONTENTS
- OF BEAUTY, FAITH, AND DEATH: A RHAPSODY BY WAY OF PRELUDE
- FANTASIA NAPOLITANA: BEING A REVERIE OF AQUARIUMS, MUSEUMS, AND DEAD CHRISTS
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- THE CARPENTER’S WIFE: A CAPRICCIO
- THE EARTH THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE: OR THE ABSURDITY OF ASTRONOMY
- OF AUTOCOSMS WITHOUT FACTS: OR THE EMPTINESS OF RELIGIONS
- OF FACTS WITHOUT AUTOCOSMS: OR THE IRRELEVANCY OF SCIENCE
- OF FACTS WITH ALIEN AUTOCOSMS: OR THE FUTILITY OF CULTURE
- ST. FRANCIS: OR THE IRONY OF INSTITUTIONS
- I
- II
- THE GAY DOGES: OR THE FAILURE OF SOCIETY AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SOCIALISM
- I
- II
- THE SUPERMAN OF LETTERS: OR THE HYPOCRISY OF POLITICS
- LUCREZIA BORGIA: OR THE MYTH OF HISTORY
- I
- II
- SICILY AND THE ALBERGO SAMUELE BUTLER: OR THE FICTION OF CHRONOLOGY
- I
- II
- INTERMEZZO
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- LACHRYMÆ RERUM AT MANTUA: WITH A DENUNCIATION OF D’ANNUNZIO
- OF DEAD SUBLIMITIES, SERENE MAGNIFICENCES, AND GAGGED POETS
- VARIATIONS ON A THEME
- HIGH ART AND LOW
- AN EXCURSION INTO THE GROTESQUE: WITH A GLANCE AT OLD MAPS AND MODERN FALLACIES
- AN EXCURSION INTO HEAVEN AND HELL: WITH A DEPRECIATION OF DANTE
- ST. GIULIA AND FEMALE SUFFRAGE
- ICY ITALY: WITH VENICE RISING FROM THE SEA
- I
- II
- THE DYING CARNIVAL
- NAPOLEON AND BYRON IN ITALY: OR LETTERS AND ACTION
- I
- II
- THE CONSOLATIONS OF PHLEBOTOMY: A PARADOX AT PAVIA
- RISORGIMENTO: WITH SOME REMARKS ON SAN MARINO AND THE MILLENNIUM
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- 1
- 17
- 43
- 77
- 84
- 104
- 120
- 137
- 159
- 172
- 186
- 195
- 205
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- 227
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- 315
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- 331
- 337
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