| No. | | Page |
| 1.— | Book Cover. | Frontispiece. |
| 2.— | Title Page | 1 |
| 3.— | The Founder of the Village (Initial Letter) | 25 |
| 4.— | A Professor of Music | 26 |
| 5.— | A Disgusted Agriculturist | 28 |
| 6.— | New Castle from the River (Full Page) | 32 |
| 7.— | The Real Peasant-Girl (Initial Letter) | 36 |
| 8.— | A Dangerous Invention | 37 |
| 9.— | The Early Morning Fire | 39 |
| 10.— | The Ideal Peasant-Girl | 42 |
| 11.— | Unsymmetrical Cold Beef | 43 |
| 12.— | The View down the River (Full Page) | 46 |
| 13.— | A Family Jar (Initial Letter) | 47 |
| 14.— | A Musical Navigator | 48 |
| 15.— | The Nocturnal Dog | 49 |
| 16.— | Mr. Sawyer's Nose | 52 |
| 17.— | The Man with the Century Plant | 53 |
| 18.— | A Lively Vegetable | 54 |
| 19.— | Judge Pitman's Bag (Initial Letter) | 56 |
| 20.— | The Judge introduces Himself | 57 |
| 21.— | Pitman's Musical Experiment | 59 |
| 22.— | That Infamous Egg | 60 |
| 23.— | The Dog by the Wayside | 61 |
| 24.— | Catching the Train | 61 |
| 25.— | Hauled In | 62 |
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| 26.— | An Altercation with Cooley | 64 |
| 27.— | My Lung Exercise | 66 |
| 28.— | A Female Professor (Initial Letter) | 68 |
| 29.— | The Lamp Turned Low | 68 |
| 30.— | Studying Up | 69 |
| 31.— | Parker Relating his Woes | 69 |
| 32.— | Magruder's Wooing | 72 |
| 33.— | A Queer Feeling in his Head | 72 |
| 34.— | Magruder Tells his Brother | 73 |
| 35.— | The Class Going Up | 74 |
| 36.— | A Secreted Observer | 74 |
| 37.— | A General Attack on the Subject (Full Page) | 78 |
| 38.— | Peeping Through the Crack | 79 |
| 39.— | A Furious Husband | 80 |
| 40.— | An Asinine Being (Initial Letter) | 84 |
| 41.— | The Colonel's Bravery | 85 |
| 42.— | An Interview with Cooley | 86 |
| 43.— | That Tombstone | 87 |
| 44.— | Mr. Mullins Explains | 88 |
| 45.— | Exit Murphy | 89 |
| 46.— | A Late Call | 91 |
| 47.— | A Captive Maiden | 91 |
| 48.— | Excavating Her | 92 |
| 49.— | Her Feet | 92 |
| 50.— | That Antiquarian | 92 |
| 51.— | The Raging Rhinoceros | 94 |
| 52.— | The King of Beasts | 94 |
| 53.— | The Rival Lovers | 96 |
| 54.— | On the Settee | 96 |
| 55.— | She Sat on Him | 97 |
| 56.— | Too Thin | 97 |
| 57.— | The Wild Man | 98 |
| 58.— | The Fat Woman | 98 |
| 59.— | The Boy of the Period (Initial Letter) | 99 |
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| 60.— | The Battery (Full Page) | 102 |
| 61.— | An Ancient Warrior | 103 |
| 62.— | A Raid on the Melon-Patch | 105 |
| 63.— | Communing with Jones's Boy | 106 |
| 64.— | Held Fast | 107 |
| 65.— | The Solemnity of Jones | 107 |
| 66.— | Taking him Out | 108 |
| 67.— | Not Matched | 109 |
| 68.— | Dosing a Cur | 110 |
| 69.— | Over the Fence and Back Again | 110 |
| 70.— | Much too Faithful | 111 |
| 71.— | Cruelty to an Animal | 112 |
| 72.— | Removing a Mouthful | 112 |
| 73.— | A Patron of the "Argus" (Initial Letter) | 113 |
| 74.— | The Poet | 114 |
| 75.— | The Editor Explaining his Views | 115 |
| 76.— | The Throes of Composition | 116 |
| 77.— | A Row of Readers | 117 |
| 78.— | Taking a Peep | 117 |
| 79.— | The Scene in the Sanctum | 118 |
| 80.— | That Monkey | 119 |
| 81.— | Mrs. Smith's Woe | 120 |
| 82.— | Bartholomew's Indignant Father | 122 |
| 83.— | Mr. Mcfadden | 124 |
| 84.— | The Editor meets the Poet | 126 |
| 85.— | The Colonel in a Tight Place | 127 |
| 86.— | Going up Stairs | 128 |
| 87.— | In Highland Costume | 130 |
| 88.— | Why Bob Stayed | 130 |
| 89.— | Sawing him Out | 131 |
| 90.— | Mrs. Adeler's Views | 132 |
| 91.— | Bob's Trousers | 133 |
| 92.— | The New Mazeppa (Initial Letter) | 134 |
| 93.— | Cooley at an Auction | 135 |
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| 94.— | Our Urbane Horse | 136 |
| 95.— | Trying to Catch Up | 138 |
| 96.— | Kicking | 139 |
| 97.— | A Nightmare | 140 |
| 98.— | Haunted | 141 |
| 99.— | An Artificial Tail | 142 |
| 100.— | A Demoralized Horse | 142 |
| 101.— | It Came Off! | 143 |
| 102.— | The Melodramatic Freebooter | 144 |
| 103.— | Mrs. Jones's Pirate | 145 |
| 104.— | Sweeping the Horizon | 146 |
| 105.— | The Weekly Wash | 146 |
| 106.— | Hailing the "Mary Jane" | 147 |
| 107.— | A General Massacre | 147 |
| 108.— | The Paternal Jones | 148 |
| 109.— | She Puts on her Things | 148 |
| 110.— | Slaying the Captain | 149 |
| 111.— | "False! False!" | 150 |
| 112.— | More Butchery | 150 |
| 113.— | Suicide of the Widow | 150 |
| 114.— | The Wreck of Mrs. Jones | 151 |
| 115.— | A Chorister (Initial Letter) | 152 |
| 116.— | The Spire | 153 |
| 117.— | Sinful Games | 154 |
| 118.— | The Old Church (Full Page) | 156 |
| 119.— | A Chinese Prayer | 157 |
| 120.— | The Minister and I | 157 |
| 121.— | In the Pipe | 158 |
| 122.— | Bob in the Choir | 158 |
| 123.— | The Undertaker's Sign | 159 |
| 124.— | A Gloomy Man | 160 |
| 125.— | Very Warm Work | 161 |
| 126.— | Collamer Falls In | 161 |
| 127.— | The Clergyman | 162 |
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| 128.— | Collamer Sings | 162 |
| 129.— | He Asks a Question | 163 |
| 130.— | A Ribald Boy | 163 |
| 131.— | A Fisherman (Initial Letter) | 164 |
| 132.— | Bringing 'em Home | 164 |
| 133.— | Pushing Off | 165 |
| 134.— | We Change Places | 165 |
| 135.— | Cooling Off | 166 |
| 136.— | Waiting for Bites | 166 |
| 137.— | Anchor Gone | 166 |
| 138.— | Fixing an Oar | 167 |
| 139.— | Lost Him | 167 |
| 140.— | Saved | 167 |
| 141.— | A Tangle | 168 |
| 142.— | The Man who Owned the Boat | 168 |
| 143.— | A Successor of Izaak Walton | 169 |
| 144.— | A Disheartened Digger | 170 |
| 145.— | Tears | 171 |
| 146.— | Watching the Cork | 171 |
| 147.— | A Naked Hook | 171 |
| 148.— | The Last Match | 172 |
| 149.— | Caught on a Limb | 173 |
| 150.— | A Playful Eel | 174 |
| 151.— | Wriggling | 174 |
| 152.— | Pulling In | 175 |
| 153.— | That Infamous Boy | 175 |
| 154.— | A South Sea Islander | 177 |
| 155.— | Mr. Blodgett, Missionary | 177 |
| 156.— | Going to the Picnic | 177 |
| 157.— | The Vestry Meeting | 178 |
| 158.— | Putting them to Sleep | 178 |
| 159.— | The Funeral Service | 179 |
| 160.— | The Remaining Warden | 179 |
| 161.— | Going Home | 180 |
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| 162.— | He Paddled his own Canoe | 180 |
| 163.— | Smashing poor Mott | 181 |
| 164.— | A Fijian | 182 |
| 165.— | Our Plumber (Initial Letter) | 183 |
| 166.— | He Examines the Range | 184 |
| 167.— | I Meet Him | 184 |
| 168.— | How he Goes to Wilmington | 184 |
| 169.— | An Indignant Artisan | 185 |
| 170.— | On the Asparagus Bed | 185 |
| 171.— | The Condition of my Grass-plot | 186 |
| 172.— | At the Front Gate | 186 |
| 173.— | A View of the Ruins | 187 |
| 174.— | Watching | 188 |
| 175.— | One of the Robbers | 188 |
| 176.— | Mr. Nippers Enters | 188 |
| 177.— | I Expostulate with Nippers | 189 |
| 178.— | Mrs. Cooley's Servant | 190 |
| 179.— | She Shakes Henry | 190 |
| 180.— | Bob as an Author | 191 |
| 181.— | Young Chubb | 191 |
| 182.— | Mysterious Music | 192 |
| 183.— | "What does this Mean?" | 193 |
| 184.— | Trying to Make him Disgorge | 193 |
| 185.— | HEnry's Brother tries Pressure | 194 |
| 186.— | Exit with the Sexton | 194 |
| 187.— | The Tomb of Chubb | 195 |
| 188.— | General Chubb's Legs | 196 |
| 189.— | The Influence of Art | 197 |
| 190.— | The General Dives In | 197 |
| 191.— | Through the Canvas | 197 |
| 192.— | Pilloried (Initial Letter) | 200 |
| 193.— | Infant Spectators | 201 |
| 194.— | The Whipping-post | 201 |
| 195.— | An Ancient Custom | 202 |
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| 196.— | That Remarkable Judge | 204 |
| 197.— | George Washington Busby | 205 |
| 198.— | The Jury | 205 |
| 199.— | Maternal Love | 206 |
| 200.— | Manhood's Toil | 206 |
| 201.— | Busby Whispers to the Tipstaff | 207 |
| 202.— | More Hopeful Still | 207 |
| 203.— | His Infant Steps | 208 |
| 204.— | Busby's Heart grows Lighter | 209 |
| 205.— | The Thunderbolt Falls | 209 |
| 206.— | Leading him Out | 210 |
| 207.— | Wielding the Lash (Initial Letter) | 211 |
| 208.— | Hob-nobbing | 212 |
| 209.— | The Major in a Sulk | 213 |
| 210.— | The Lovers | 215 |
| 211.— | "Where did You get That?" | 217 |
| 212.— | The Flight by the River | 219 |
| 213.— | Dick Confesses | 226 |
| 214.— | Wearing the Wooden Collar | 228 |
| 215.— | A Flogging Seventy Years Ago (Full Page) | 230 |
| 216.— | Pardoned | 233 |
| 217.— | A Broken Man | 235 |
| 218.— | The Market Green and the Old Church | 236 |
| 219.— | A Juvenile Musician (Initial Letter) | 237 |
| 220.— | Caught | 238 |
| 221.— | Can't Reach It | 238 |
| 222.— | Creeping Out | 239 |
| 223.— | Back Again in a Hurry | 239 |
| 224.— | A Mighty Ugly Situation | 240 |
| 225.— | Listening | 240 |
| 226.— | Parker Exults | 241 |
| 227.— | The Second Hornpipe | 241 |
| 228.— | He Surveys her Dwelling | 241 |
| 229.— | Old Sparks's Sacred Dust | 244 |
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| 230.— | A Conscientious Tombstone | 244 |
| 231.— | Bishop Potts | 246 |
| 232.— | A Warm Welcome | 246 |
| 233.— | A Surprise for the Bishop | 247 |
| 234.— | The Bride goes Home in a Row | 248 |
| 235.— | Potts Meditates | 249 |
| 236.— | Waving Farewell | 249 |
| 237.— | The Bishop is Confounded | 250 |
| 238.— | Starting the Third Time | 252 |
| 239.— | Potts Becomes Hysterical | 253 |
| 240.— | The Peruvian Monk | 253 |
| 241.— | The Maniac Doctor | 253 |
| 242.— | Bob gives an Opinion | 254 |
| 243.— | Potts's Child | 254 |
| 244.— | On the Ramparts (Initial Letter) | 255 |
| 245.— | The Site of Fort Kasimir (Full Page) | 258 |
| 246.— | Modern Warriors | 259 |
| 247.— | A Dutch Goblin | 260 |
| 248.— | Pitman tells of his Griefs | 260 |
| 249.— | A Troublesome Cow | 261 |
| 250.— | That Scandalous Blind-board | 261 |
| 251.— | The Temperance Society makes an Inspection | 262 |
| 252.— | "I'll Knock the Stuffin' out o' him" | 262 |
| 253.— | The Judge's Bitters Advertisements | 263 |
| 254.— | He Takes a Tonic | 263 |
| 255.— | Another Dozen | 264 |
| 256.— | Cooley's Illuminated Nose | 265 |
| 257.— | "Out, Brief Candle" | 266 |
| 258.— | "There was Mrs. Cooley a-Watchin'" | 266 |
| 259.— | Dr. Hopkins is Amazed | 267 |
| 260.— | Appalling Intelligence | 268 |
| 261.— | The Commodore's Tomb | 269 |
| 262.— | The Fall of Simms | 270 |
| 263.— | "Knock 'em with a Pole" | 270 |
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| 264.— | Hit by an Apple | 271 |
| 265.— | Tim Keyser's Nose | 272 |
| 266.— | "He Slid Around so Quick" | 272 |
| 267.— | "He Cut an Opening in the Ice" | 273 |
| 268.— | The Pickerel Bites | 273 |
| 269.— | "The Better of the Fight" | 274 |
| 270.— | "And Pulled Tim Keyser Through" | 274 |
| 271.— | Under Water | 275 |
| 272.— | An Awful Sneeze | 275 |
| 273.— | He Floats Ashore | 276 |
| 274.— | "He Very Roundly Swore" | 276 |
| 275.— | At Dinner | 277 |
| 276.— | A Very Wet Time (Initial Letter) | 278 |
| 277.— | A Damp Fisherman | 279 |
| 278.— | Forlorn | 279 |
| 279.— | The Comic Umbrella | 280 |
| 280.— | Delicate Warriors | 281 |
| 281.— | The Experiment of Coombs | 281 |
| 282.— | An Embarrassed Panther | 282 |
| 283.— | Bringing Home the Monster | 282 |
| 284.— | Getting Ready for Action | 283 |
| 285.— | The Medicine Man Dies | 283 |
| 286.— | Cooley Awaits the Simoom | 286 |
| 287.— | The Judge Enjoys the Weather | 290 |
| 288.— | Perfectly Satisfied | 291 |
| 289.— | The Genuine Weather-Gauge | 292 |
| 290.— | "A Friend of Man" (Initial Letter) | 293 |
| 291.— | The Impetuosity of Bob | 296 |
| 292.— | A Somnambulist | 297 |
| 293.— | A Precautionary Measure | 297 |
| 294.— | Dreaming of Magruder | 297 |
| 295.— | Under the Bed | 298 |
| 296.— | Bob is Amazed | 298 |
| 297.— | Hunting for Henry | 298 |
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| 298.— | The Mystery Unraveled | 299 |
| 299.— | "Perfectly Still" | 300 |
| 300.— | The Consequences of a Sneeze | 301 |
| 301.— | The Dog Leaves | 301 |
| 302.— | I Suddenly Climb the Fence | 301 |
| 303.— | Sold | 302 |
| 304.— | "Commere To Me" | 302 |
| 305.— | A Victim | 303 |
| 306.— | A Human Echo | 304 |
| 307.— | It Won't Answer | 304 |
| 308.— | After That Boy | 305 |
| 309.— | A Bald-headed Party (Initial Letter) | 306 |
| 310.— | A Deluge of Letters | 308 |
| 311.— | Mrs. Singerly's Poodle | 309 |
| 312.— | The Rally of the Baldheaded | 309 |
| 313.— | A Microscopic Examination | 310 |
| 314.— | Benjamin P. Gunn | 313 |
| 315.— | A Visit to Mrs. Kemper | 315 |
| 316.— | Gunn Waits with the Doctor | 317 |
| 317.— | Pounding on the Partition | 317 |
| 318.— | Up the Steeple | 318 |
| 319.— | Into the Crater | 318 |
