CRITIC.--I never read a more improbable story in my life. AUTHOR.--Notwithstanding, it may be true. CONTENTS. ---- PART I. WHAT GINX DID WITH HIM. I. Ab initio II. Home, sweet Home! III. Work and Ideas IV. Digressive, and may be skipped without mutilating the History V. Reasons and Resolves VI. The Antagonism of Law and Necessity VII. Malthus and Man VIII. The Baby's First Translation