Contents
Introduction by Roger Shattuck vii
BOOK ONE: PROCEEDINGS
1 Summons pursuant to article 819 5
2 Concerning the habits and bearing of Doctor Faustroll 7
3 Service of Writ 9
4 Concerning the equivalent books of Doctor Faustroll. 10
5 Notice of warrant enabling immediate sale 13
6 Concerning the Doctor's boat , which is a sieve 14
7 Concerning the chosen few 17
BOOK T W O : ELEMENTS OF PATAPHYSICS
8 Definition 21
9 Faustroll smaller than Faustroll 24
10 Concerning the dogfaced baboon Bosse-de-N age, who knew no human words but "ha ha" 26
BOOK T H R E E : FROM PARIS TO PARIS BY SEA
OR THE BELGIAN FAMILY ROBINSON
11 Concerning the embarkation in the ark 30
12 Concerning the Squitty Sea, the olfactory lighthouse, and the isle of Cack, where we drank not 32
13 Concerning the land of Lace 35
14 Concerning the forest of Love 36
15 Concerning the great staircase of black marble 40
16 Concerning the Amorphous isle 41
17 Concerning the Fragrant isle 43
18 Concerning the Castle-Errant, which is a junk 45
19 Concerning the isle of Ptyx 47
20 Concerning the isle of Her, the Cyclops, and the great swan which is of crystal. 48
21 Concerning the isle of Cyril. 51
22 Concerning the great church of Snoutfigs 53
23 Concerning the Ringing isle 56
24 Concerning the hermetic Shades and the king who awaited death 59
BOOK FOUR: CEPHALORGY
25 Concerning the land-tide and the marine bishop Mendacious 62
26 Drink 65
27 Capitally 68
28 Concerning the death of a number of people, and more especially of Bosse-de-Nage. 71
29 Concerning some further and more evident meanings of the words "ha ha" 74
BOOK FIVE: OFFICIALLY
30 Concerning a thousand varied matters 77
31 Concerning the musical jet 81
32 How one obtained canvas 83
BOOK SIX: A VISIT TO LUCULLUS
33 Concerning the termes 87
34 Clinamen 88
BOOK SEVEN: KHURMOOKUM
35 Concerning the great ship Mour-de-Zencle 95
36 Concerning the line 98
BOOK EIGHT: ETHERNITY
3 7 Concerning the measuring rod, the watch and the tuning fork.....I 00
38 Concerning the sun as a cool solid 105
39 According to Ibicrates the Geometer 107
40 Pantaphysics and Catachemy 110
41 Concerning the surface of God 111
Notes by Simon Watson Taylor 115
Bibliography by Alastair Brotchie 137