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PREFACEA SECOND PREFACEPREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION1. CHAPTER I. THE BRAHMIN CASTE OF NEW ENGLAND2. CHAPTER II. THE STUDENT AND HIS CERTIFICATE3. CHAPTER III. MR. BERNARD TRIES HIS HAND4. CHAPTER IV. THE MOTH FLIES INTO THE CANDLE5. CHAPTER V. AN OLD-FASHIONED DESCRIPTIVE CHAPTER6. CHAPTER VI. THE SUNBEAM AND THE SHADOW7. CHAPTER VII. THE EVENT OF THE SEASON8. CHAPTER VIII. THE MORNING AFTER9. CHAPTER IX. THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY10. CHAPTER X. THE DOCTOR CALLS ON ELSIE VENNER11. CHAPTER XI. COUSIN RICHARD'S VISIT12. CHAPTER XII. THE APOLLINEAN INSTITUTE13. CHAPTER XIII. CURIOSITY14. CHAPTER XIV. FAMILY SECRETS15. CHAPTER XV. PHYSIOLOGICAL16. CHAPTER XVI. EPISTOLARY17. CHAPTER XVII. OLD SOPHY CALLS ON THE REVEREND DOCTOR18. CHAPTER XVIII. THE REVEREND DOCTOR CALLS ON BROTHER FAIRWEATHER19. CHAPTER XIX. THE SPIDER ON HIS THREAD20. CHAPTER XX. FROM WITHOUT AND FROM WITHIN21. CHAPTER XXI. THE WIDOW ROWENS GIVES A TEA-PARTY22. CHAPTER XXII. WHY DOCTORS DIFFER23. CHAPTER XXIII. THE WILD HUNTSMAN24. CHAPTER XXIV. ON HIS TRACKS25. CHAPTER XXV. THE PERILOUS HOUR26. CHAPTER XXVI. THE NEWS REACHES THE DUDLEY MANSION27. CHAPTER XXVII. A SOUL IN DISTRESS28. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SECRET IS WHISPERED29. CHAPTER XXIX. THE WHITE ASH30. CHAPTER XXX. THE GOLDEN CORD IS LOOSED31. CHAPTER XXXI. MR. SILAS PECKHAM RENDERS HIS ACCOUNT32. CHAPTER XXXII. CONCLUSION