*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. v*CONTENTS, pg. vii*INTRODUCTION. EARLY HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. GEOMETRIC AND FUNCTION-THEORETIC FOUNDATIONS, pg. 10*CHAPTER II. FIRST MAIN THEOREM FOR MEROMORPHIC CURVES, pg. 69*CHAPTER III. THE SECOND MAIN THEOREM FOR MEROMORPHIC CURVES, pg. 123*CHAPTER IV. FIRST AND SECOND MAIN THEOREMS FOR ANALYTIC CURVES, pg. 163*CHAPTER V. THE DEFECT RELATIONS, pg. 211*Backmatter, pg. 271