Synopsis Preface. Illustrations. 1. What's in a name? 2. Day's 'no-man's-sand'. 3. To metropolitan limits. 4. The fort where it all began. 5. The mall to the mount. 6. The Thoman tradition. 7. The road south. 8. A tale of two islands. 9. Magnificent Marina. 10. The town of Thomas. 11. Of peacocks and lilies. 12. The retreats of theosophy. 13. Where the deer and the black buck play. 14. Bhavans of the Raj. 15. The road north. 16. The city within. 17. The road to Poonamallee. 18. In the curves of the Cooum. 19. The Great Choultry plain. 20. The gracious city. A chronological history of Madras. Bibliography. Index.