Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. 1 THE FOUR FACES OF VICTORIAN TIME 1
5. II. THE USES OF HISTORY 14
6. III. THE IDEA OF PROGRESS 34
7. IV. THE RECESSION OF PROGRESS 53
8. V. THE IDEA OF DECADENCE 66
9. VI THE PASSION OF THE PAST 94
10. VII THE LIVING PRESENT 116
11. VIII THE ETERNAL NOW 137
12. NOTES 157
13. INDEX 181