Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Preamble: A Danse Macabre Towards a New World -- 1 In the City of Frogs (1857-1901) -- 2 Infernal Chaos (1902-1904) -- 3 The Gentleman (1905-1907) -- 4 The American Prisco (1908-1910) -- Epilogue -- Notes on Methodology -- Bibliography -- Index