| 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 |
