Translated from the Hungarian
By

NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
Copyright, 1900, by Doubleday & McClure Co.
In rendering into English this novel of Dr. Jókai's, which many of hiscountrymen consider his masterpiece, I have been fortunate enough tosecure the collaboration of my friend, Mr. Zoltán Dunay, a formercolleague, whose excellent knowledge of the English language andliterature marked him out as the most competent and desirablecollaborator.
Arthur B. Yolland.
Budapest, 1898.
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | The Journal of Desiderius | 1 |
| II. | The Girl Substitute | 30 |
| III. | My Right Honorable Uncle | 59 |
| IV. | The Atheist and the Hypocrite | 71 |
| V. | The Wild-Creature's Haunt | 104 |
| VI. | Fruits Prematurely Ripe | 114 |
| VII. | The Secret Writings | 122 |
| VIII. | The End of the Beginning | 131 |
| IX. | Aged at Seventeen | 143 |
| X. | I and the Demon | 148 |
| XI. | "Parole d'Honneur" | 172 |
| XII. | A Glance into a Pistol Barrel | 185 |
| XIII. | Which Will Convert the Other | 199 |
| XIV. | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |