The Heart of the Bush
Contents
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- The Heart of the Bush
- [half-title] p. i
- [title page] p. v
- Contents p. vii
- The Heart of the Bush
- Introduction. Love in Infancy p. 1
- Part First. Between Two Hemispheres
- Chapter I. Haeremai p. 9
- Chapter II. Mountain Lilies and Mountain Mists p. 26
- Chapter III. The Wonderful Wertheim p. 43
- Chapter IV. Petruchio at Play p. 54
- Chapter V. Adelaide at Confession p. 71
- Chapter VI. Under the Tree Ferns p. 88
- Chapter VII. At the Boss's Levee p. 102
- Chapter VIII. Apple Blossom p. 116
- Chapter IX. Te Rama-Rama.—the Bride comes Rejoicing—Let the Bridegroom Rejoice p. 129
- Part Second. The Hidden Vale
- Maori Words Used in Part II p. 147
- Chapter I. A Retrospect—Where Childhood Sleeps p. 149
- Chapter II. The River Gates p. 157
- Chapter III. Adelaide's Bower of Bliss p. 166
- Chapter IV. The White Tohunga p. 176
- Chapter V.The River of Images p. 186
- Chapter VI. Tapu p. 195
- Chapter VII. Hine-Nui-Te-Po p. 208
- Chapter VIII. The Return to Light p. 212
- Part Third. The Book of Dennis and Adelaide
- Chapter I. How Dennis was being Civilised p. 227
- Chapter II. How Adelaide repented of her Besetting Sin p. 240
- Chapter III. How Dennis loved his Boss p. 249
- Chapter IV. How Dennis confessed to His Wife p. 256
- Chapter V. How Dennis went on killing his Love p. 278
- Chapter VI. How Birth and Breeding Always Show Themselves in an Emergency p. 287
- Chapter VII. How Dennis MacDiarmid fought with Death for the Soul of Adelaide p. 294
- Chapter VIII. How the Heavens Smote MacDiarmid p. 302
- Chapter IX. How Dennis came back to Adelaide, and of the Joy they had, and how True Love is likened to Spring p. 317