Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. The Victorian Geologist 27
7. Tennyson’s Fairy Tale of Science 65
8. Accidental Archaeology in London and Pompeii 97
9. Dickens among the Ruins 143
10. Final Fragments 177
11. Notes 179
12. Bibliography 207
13. Index 225