FIRST PERIOD CHAPTER I
| (1839-1855)
| BIRTH AND EARLY TRAINING
| CHAPTER II
| (1855-1856)
| BEFORE THE MAST
| CHAPTER III
| (1856-1857)
| LEARNS TO SET TYPE
| CHAPTER IV
| (1858)
| WORKS HIS PASSAGE TO CALIFORNIA
| CHAPTER V
| (1858)
| AT THE FRAZER RIVER GOLD FIELDS
| CHAPTER VI
| (1858-1859)
| TOSSED ABOUT BY FORTUNE
| CHAPTER VII
| (1860-1861)
| SIX PRINTERS AND A NEWSPAPER
| CHAPTER VIII
| (1861)
| COURTSHIP AND RUNAWAY MARRIAGE
| CHAPTER IX
| (1861-1865)
| SUFFERS EXTREME PRIVATION
| CHAPTER X
| (1865-1866)
| BEGINS WRITING AND TALKING
| CHAPTER XI
| (1866-1869)
| MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT
| SECOND PERIOD CHAPTER I
| (1869)
| COMMENCES THE GREAT INQUIRY
| CHAPTER II
| (1869-1871)
| STRIFE AND THE NATURAL ORDER
| CHAPTER III
| (1871)
| ANSWERS THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX
| CHAPTER IV
| (1871-1875)
| THE SAN FRANCISCO EVENING POST
| CHAPTER V
| (1873-1876)
| DOMESTIC LIFE
| CHAPTER VI
| (1876-1877)
| FIRST SET POLITICAL SPEECH
| CHAPTER VII
| (1877)
| LECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
| CHAPTER VIII
| (1877)
| A FOURTH OF JULY ORATION
| CHAPTER IX
| (1877-1878)
| PROGRESS AND POVERTY BEGUN
| CHAPTER X
| (1878-1879)
| PROGRESS AND POVERTY FINISHED
| THIRD PERIOD CHAPTER I
| (1879-1880)
| PROGRESS AND POVERTY PUBLISHED
| CHAPTER II
| (1880-1881)
| COMMENCING THE NEW YORK CAREER
| CHAPTER III
| (1881-1882)
| THE IRISH LAND LEAGUE MOVEMENT
| CHAPTER IV
| (1882)
| STARTING THE REVOLUTION IN GREAT BRITAIN
| CHAPTER V
| (1882-1883)
| KINDLING THE FIRE AT HOME
| CHAPTER VI
| (1884)
| BRITISH LECTURE CAMPAIGN
| CHAPTER VII
| (1884-1886)
| PROTECTION OR FREE TRADE?
| CHAPTER VIII
| (1886)
| CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF NEW YORK
| CHAPTER IX
| (1886-1887)
| THE STANDARD AND THE ANTI-POVERTY SOCIETY
| CHAPTER X
| (1887-1889)
| PROGRESS THROUGH DISSENSIONS
| CHAPTER XI
| (1890)
| AUSTRALIA AND AROUND THE WORLD
| CHAPTER XII
| (1891-1897)
| PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC MATTERS
| CHAPTER XIII
| (1891-1896)
| THE LAST BOOKS
| CHAPTER XIV
| (1897)
| THE LAST CAMPAIGN | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ILLUSTRATIONS [A]
| Bust of H.G.
| [B]
| House where H.G. was born
| [C]
| H.G. at about five
| [D]
| H.G. less than fourteen
| [E]
| Just before going to sea
| [F]
| H.G.'s mother and sister
| [G]
| When learning to set type
| [H]
| H.G.'s father
| [I]
| Annie C. Fox (Mrs George)
| [J]
| H.G. at 26
| [K]
| H.G. at 32
| [L]
| Shortly after writing Progress and Poverty
| [M]
| London lecture tour
| [N]
| Mrs George
| [O]
| Work-room in the old house at Fort Hamilton
| [P]
| Exterior of old mansion at Fort Hamilton
| [Q]
| Last photograph taken
| [R]
| Denis Kearney
| [S]
| Edward R. Taylor
| [T]
| John Swett
| [U]
| Judge cartoon | | |