CHAPTER I.
NAGENDRA'S JOURNEY BY BOAT CHAPTER II.
"COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE" CHAPTER III.
OF MANY SUBJECTS CHAPTER IV.
TARA CHARAN CHAPTER V.
OH! LOTUS-EYED, WHO ART THOU?
CHAPTER VI.
THE READER HAS CAUSE FOR GREAT DISPLEASURE CHAPTER VII.
HARIDASI BOISNAVI CHAPTER VIII.
THE BABU CHAPTER IX.
SURJA MUKHI'S LETTER CHAPTER X.
THE SPROUT CHAPTER XI.
CAUGHT AT LAST CHAPTER XII.
HIRA CHAPTER XIII.
NO! CHAPTER XIV.
LIKE TO LIKE CHAPTER XV.
THE FORLORN ONE CHAPTER XVI.
HIRA'S ENVY CHAPTER XVII.
HIRA'S QUARREL.

THE BUD OF THE POISON TREE CHAPTER XVIII.
THE CAGED BIRD CHAPTER XIX.
DESCENT CHAPTER XX.
GOOD NEWS CHAPTER XXI.
SURJA MUKHI AND KAMAL MANI CHAPTER XXII.
WHAT IS THE POISON TREE?
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE SEARCH CHAPTER XXIV.
EVERY SORT OF HAPPINESS IS FLEETING CHAPTER XXV.
THE FRUIT OF THE POISON TREE CHAPTER XXVI.
THE SIGNS OF LOVE CHAPTER XXVII.
BY THE ROADSIDE CHAPTER XXVIII.
IS THERE HOPE?
CHAPTER XXIX.
HIRA'S POISON TREE HAS BLOSSOMED CHAPTER XXX.
NEWS OF SURJA MUKHI CHAPTER XXXI.
THOUGH ALL ELSE DIES, SUFFERING DIES NOT CHAPTER XXXII.
THE FRUIT OF HIRA'S POISON TREE CHAPTER XXXIII.
HIRA'S GRANDMOTHER CHAPTER XXXIV.
A DARK HOUSE: A DARK LIFE CHAPTER XXXV.
THE RETURN CHAPTER XXXVI.
EXPLANATION CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE SIMPLETON AND THE SERPENT CHAPTER XXXVIII.
THE CATASTROPHE CHAPTER XXXIX.
KUNDA'S TONGUE IS LOOSENED CHAPTER XL.
THE END GLOSSARY OF HINDU WORDS For the assistance of the reader, the names of the principal characters in the tale are given-- NAGENDRA NATHA DATTA _A wealthy Zemindar_.
SURJA MUKHI _His wife_.
DEBENDRA DATTA _Cousin to Nagendra_.
SRISH CHANDRA MITTRA _Accountant in a Merchant's Office_ KAMAL MANI _His wife, sister to Nagendra_.
SATISH _Their baby boy_.
TARA CHARAN _Adopted brother of Surja Mukhi_.
KUNDA NANDINI _An Orphan Girl_.
HIRA _Servant in Nagendra's household_..