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CONTENTS

PART I

THIS WORLD

1. Section

2. 1

   Of the Nature of Flatland

   3

3. 2

   Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland

   5

4. 3

   Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland

   8

5. 4

   Concerning the Women

   12

6. 5

   Of our Methods of Recognizing one another

   17

7. 6

   Of Recognition by Sight

   23

8. 7

   Concerning Irregular Figures

   29

9. 8

   Of the Ancient Practice of Painting

   33

10. 9

    Of the Universal Colour Bill

    36

11. 10

    Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition

    40

12. 11

    Concerning our Priests

    45

13. 12

    Of the Doctrine of our Priests

    48

PART II

OTHER WORLDS

1. 13

   How I had a Vision of Lineland

   57

2. 14

   How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland

   62

3. 15

   Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland

   68

4. 16

   How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland

   72

5. 17

   How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds

   81

6. 18

   How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there

   84

7. 19

   How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it

   89

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