HIDE AND SEEK

By Wilkie Collins

OPENING CHAPTER.	A CHILD’S SUNDAY
BOOK I.	THE HIDING
CHAPTER I.	A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, AND A STRANGE CHARACTER
CHAPTER II.	MR. BLYTH IN HIS STUDIO
CHAPTER III.	MADONNA’S CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER IV.	MADONNA’S MOTHER
CHAPTER V.	MADONNA’S MISFORTUNE
CHAPTER VI.	MADONNA GOES TO LONDON
CHAPTER VII.	MADONNA IN HER NEW HOME
CHAPTER VIII.	MENTOR AND TELEMACHUS
CHAPTER IX.	THE TRIBULATIONS OF ZACK
CHAPTER X.	MR. BLYTH’S DRAWING ACADEMY
CHAPTER XI.	THE BREWING OF THE STORM
BOOK II.	THE SEEKING
CHAPTER I.	THE MAN WITH THE BLACK SKULL-CAP
CHAPTER II.	THE PRODIGAL’S RETURN
CHAPTER III.	THE SEARCH BEGUN
CHAPTER IV.	FATE WORKS, WITH ZACK FOR AN INSTRUMENT
CHAPTER V.	FATE WORKS, WITH MR. BLYTH FOR AN INSTRUMENT
CHAPTER VI.	THE FINDING OF THE CLUE
CHAPTER VII.	THE BOX OF LETTERS
CHAPTER VIII.	JOANNA GRICE’S NARRATIVE
CHAPTER IX.	MORE DISCOVERIES
CHAPTER X.	THE SQUAW’S MIXTURE
CHAPTER XI.	THE GARDEN DOOR
CHAPTER XII.	THE HAIR BRACELET
CHAPTER XIII.	THE SEARCH FOR ARTHUR CARR
CHAPTER XIV.	MARY’S GRAVE
CHAPTER XV.	THE DISCOVERY OF ARTHUR CARR
CHAPTER XVI.	THE DAY OF RECKONING
CHAPTER XVII.	MATTHEW GRICE’S REVENGE
CLOSING CHAPTER.	A YEAR AND A HALF AFTERWARDS

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I.	A Letter of Introduction	1
II.	A Cornish Fishing Town	5
III.	Holy Wells and Druid Relics	23
IV.	Cornish People	55
V.	Loo-pool	86
VI.	The Lizard	97
VII.	The Pilchard Fishery	120
VIII.	The Land's End	139
IX.	Botallack Mine	155
X.	The Modern Drama in Cornwall	180
XI.	The Ancient Drama in Cornwall	197
XII.	The Nuns of Mawgan	216
XIII.	Legends of the Northern Coast	231
POSTSCRIPT.
The Cruise of the Tomtit to the Scilly Islands		253

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Sketches of Character: I.
	Talk-Stoppers	1
Social Grievances: I.
	A Journey in Search of Nothing	22
Nooks and Corners of History: I.
	A Queen's Revenge	48
Social Grievances: II.
	A Petition to the Novel-Writers	72
Fragments of Personal Experience: I.
	Laid Up in Lodgings	90
Sketches of Character: II.
	A Shockingly Rude Article	135
Nooks and Corners of History: II.
	The Great (Forgotten) Invasion	152
Curiosities of Literature: I.
	The Unknown Public	169
Social Grievances: III.
	Give us Room!	192
Curiosities of Literature: II.
	Portrait of an Author, Painted by his Publisher	205
Fragments of Personal Experience: II.
	My Black Mirror	250
Sketches of Character: III.
	Mrs. Badgery	274

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Cases Worth Looking At: I.
	Memoirs of an Adopted Son	1
Sketches of Character: IV.
	The Bachelor Bedroom	30
Nooks and Corners of History: III.
	A remarkable Revolution	55
Douglas Jerrold		75
Sketches of Character: V.
	Pray employ Major Namby!	95
Cases Worth Looking At: II.
	The Poisoned Meal	114
Sketches of Character: VI.
	My Spinsters	173
Dramatic Grub Street. (Explored in Two Letters)		193
To Think, or Be Thought For?		211
Social Grievances: IV.
	Save Me from my Friends	230
Cases Worth Looking At: III.
	The Cauldron of Oil	250
Bold Words by a Bachelor		281
Social Grievances: V.
	Mrs. Bullwinkle	292