The Black Tulip

Intro

A Grateful People

The Two Brothers

The Pupil of John De Witt

The Murderers

The Tulip-Fancier and His Neighbour

The Hatred of a Tulip-Fancier

The Happy Man Makes Acquaintance with Misfortune

An Invasion

The Family Cell

The Jailer's Daughter

Cornelius Van Baerle's Will

The Execution

What Was Going on All This Time in the Mind of One of the Spectators

The Pigeons of Dort

The Little Grated Window

Master and Pupil

The First Bulb

Rosa's Lover

The Maid and the Flower

The Events Which Took Place During Those Eight Days

The Second Bulb

The Opening of the Flower

The Rival

The Black Tulip Changes Masters

The President Van Systens

A Member of the Horticultural Society

The Third Bulb

The Hymn of the Flowers

In Which Van Baerle

Wherein the Reader Begins to Guess the Kind of Execution That Was Awaiting Van Baerle

Haarlem

A Last Request

Conclusion

Outro