A Twentieth Century Idealist

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[Illustration: View from Pinnacle on Roof of Cathedral--the Delectable Mountains beyond.

Among the Himalayas. Supposed highest summits on the earth’s surface. Elevation, 29,000 feet. From near Sundookphoo, 1885.]

A TWENTIETH CENTURY IDEALIST

by

HENRY PETTIT

Under the Surface of the Ordinary Life Lie Great Mysteries-- The Real Part of Man Is in His Ideals

[Illustration: (Colophon)]

The Grafton Press Publishers New York

Copyright, 1905, by Henry Pettit

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AND

PLAN OF THE BOOK

CHAP. PAGE

PROLOGUE.

I. (a) INQUISITIVE ADMIRATION--TWO KINDS 1

II. (b) HOW THE PROFESSOR WAS WON 7

PART FIRST.

At Home in the States. The Physical Dominant.

III. ADELE HERSELF 17

IV. SHE HEARS THE WORDS OF A SONG 23

V. AFTER DARK IN THE PARK--THE DOCTOR 39

VI. AN AVATAR IN THE OCCIDENT 44

(a) Conversation with Papa.

(b) The Theophany of Spring. Adele in the Park.

VII. OFF TO ASIA 55

PART SECOND.

Crossing the Atlantic--Up the Mediterranean. Mentality Dominant.

VIII. A STUDIO FOR IMPRESSIONS 61

IX. A BUDGET OF NEW SCIENCES 64

X. PALMISTRY POSES AS MENTAL SCIENCE 71

XI. AMATEUR MENTAL SCIENCE 76

XII. AMATEUR TACTICS--A FRIGHT-FULL CURE 83

XIII. ADELE’S MEDITATIONS 89

XIV. ANOTHER COMMOTION--RELIGIOUS-CURATIVE 92

What is Perfection?

XV. TWO SIMULTANEOUS SOLILOQUIES 105

XVI. COURAGE VERSUS FOOLHARDINESS 110

XVII. TWO RESCUES, AND TWO GIRLS 115

XVIII. A SENSATION VERSUS AN IMPRESSION 120

XIX. GIBRALTAR APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS 124

XX. THE ARTISTIC SENSE. AT CAPRI 130

XXI. AN ARTIST WITH DOUBLE VISION 135

XXII. THE SECRET OF A LIFE 144

XXIII. OLYMPUS--COURT FESTIVITIES 149

XXIV. THE GODS INTERFERE 152

XXV. APHRODITE RISES FROM THE SEA 159

Eros-Cupid--The Modern-Antique.

Intermezzo.

XXVI. ALLEGRO--THE WORLD’S HIGHWAY 169

XXVII. ANDANTE--THE ROYAL ROUTE 173

XXVIII. THE AFTERGLOW 174

PART THIRD.

In the Far East. Spirituality Dominant.

XXIX. MYSTIFICATION--ILLNESS AND HALLUCINATION 180

XXX. CONVALESCENCE AND COMMON SENSE 188

XXXI. OFF TO THE HIMALAYAS 196

XXXII. THE START UPWARDS 200

The Himalaya Railway--Fly Express.

XXXIII. A GLIMPSE OF THE PRIMITIVE 214

THE HIMALAYA CATHEDRAL.

XXXIV. ADELE SEES THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS 217

XXXV. THE CATHEDRAL BY THE SUPREME ARCHITECT 225

XXXVI. PROGRESS OF THE BUILDING 229

XXXVII. PRIMATE OF THE CATHEDRAL 233

The Message of the Seer--Ex-Cathedra.

Intermezzo.

The Voice in Nature.

XXXVIII. CATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA AND ORGAN 241

Divine Solos.

XXXIX. ON A PINNACLE IN NATURE 243

XL. A GLIMPSE OF TAOISM 253

XLI. PROCESSIONAL BEFORE THE VEIL 262

XLII. ON HOLY GROUND 269

XLIII. SACRIFICE 274

XLIV. THE EVERYDAY RITUAL 282

Adele and Paul. A Dandy passes by.

XLV. RITUAL OF THE HUMAN RACE 292

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

VIEW FROM PINNACLE ON ROOF OF CATHEDRAL--THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS BEYOND.

Among the Himalayas. Supposed highest summits on the earth’s surface. Elevation, 29,000 feet. From near Sundookphoo, 1885 Frontispiece

AS INCENSE ASCENDS--SYMBOLIC, FROM AGES PAST, OF THE PRAYERS OF HUMANITY.

The Kunchingunga Snowy Range. Elevation, 28,156 feet. Scene from Observatory Hill, Darjeeling 268