Chapter 14, First Sketches Summary and Analysis

Have reached the end of the normal text, this monumental work is loaded with additional materials. The first of these postscripts is First Sketches. These were all written earlier, and have been added to the end. This has mainly been done for those who have been passionately interested. There are times when what one most wants is for a book to not end. First Sketches gives more, rather like the literary equivalent of an encore. There are impressive, brief schematics included here, showing how the author developed his work in an orderly manner.

First Sketches is followed by another large section that has its own heading page. Early Drafts is reads on this one leaf. The next page is headed as Arcades. This is followed by a tidy note from an editor which explains that what follows...