DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. JAMES LEE'S WIFE. I. JAMES LEE'S WIFE SPEAKS AT THE WINDOW 373 II. BY THE FIRESIDE 373 III. IN THE DOORWAY 373 IV. ALONG THE BEACH 374 V. ON THE CLIFF 374 VI. READING A BOOK, UNDER THE CLIFF 374 VII. AMONG THE ROCKS 375 VIII. BESIDE THE DRAWING-BOARD 375 IX. ON DECK 376 GOLD HAIR: A STORY OF PORNIC 376 THE WORST OF IT 378 DÎS ALITER VISUM; OR, LE BYRON DE NOS JOURS 379 TOO LATE 380 ABT VOGLER, AFTER HE HAS BEEN EXTEMPORIZING UPON THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF HIS INVENTION 382 RABBI BEN EZRA 383 A DEATH IN THE DESERT 385 CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS; OR, NATURAL THEOLOGY IN THE ISLAND 392 CONFESSIONS 394 MAY AND DEATH 395 DEAF AND DUMB: A GROUP BY WOOLNER 395 PROSPICE 395 EURYDICE TO ORPHEUS: A PICTURE BY LEIGHTON 395 YOUTH AND ART 396 A FACE 396 A LIKENESS 396 MR. SLUDGE, "THE MEDIUM" 397 APPARENT FAILURE 412 EPILOGUE 413 THE RING AND THE BOOK. I. THE RING AND THE BOOK 414 II. HALF-ROME 427 III. THE OTHER HALF-ROME 441 IV. TERTIUM QUID 456 V. COUNT GUIDO FRANCESCHINI 471 VI. GIUSEPPE CAPONSACCHI 489 VII. POMPILIA 508 VIII. Dominus Hyacinthus de Archangelis, Pauperum Procurator 525 IX. JURIS DOCTOR JOHANNES-BAPTISTA BOTTINIUS, FISCI ET REV. CAM. APOSTOL. ADVOCATUS 540 X. THE POPE 554 XI. GUIDO 572 XII. THE BOOK AND THE RING 594