| Antecedents and Childhood | 1 |
| Our Trip to California via the Isthmus and Early Days There. First Church Choir in Stockton | 13 |
| Stockton in the Fifties. Benicia Seminary. Genesis of Mills College. Distinguished Pioneers. Marriage | 33 |
| How I Made the First Bear Flag in California | 43 |
| Boston. Dedham Choir, 1858. The Civil War. Musicians. Return to California. Santa Cruz | 48 |
| Music in Santa Cruz in the Sixties. Return to San Francisco. How and Why I Became a Dressmaker. Opera. Music in San Francisco in the Seventies | 59 |
| Lady of Lyons Given for the Fire Engine Fund, Santa Cruz. Flag-Raising at Gilroy Hot Springs. Visalia Concerts | 69 |
| On the Road with Dick Kohler, Mr. Vivian, Walter Campbell, Mr. Wand and Charles Atkins | 75 |
| Early Music and Music Houses. Musical Instrument Makers. Old-Time Singers | 83 |
| As a Church Choir Singer in Cincinnati, Stockton, Benicia, Dedham, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Bernardino and Oakland. Rev. Starr King, Howard Dow, Henry Clay Barnabee, Carl Zerrahn, J.C.D. Parker, Carlotta and Adelina Patti, Jenny Lind, Joe Maguire, Georgiana Leach, Sam Mayer, Harry Gates | 92 |
| Golden Jubilee of Song Service, June 12, 1896 | 108 |
| Camilla Urso's Festival, 1873. Madame Anna Bishop, The Loring Club, Alfred Wilkie, Frank Gilder, D.P. Hughes, Ben Clark | 112 |
| St. Patrick's, St. Mary's, St. Ignatius' Cathedrals. Episcopal and Jewish Music. J.H. Dohrmann. The Bianchis | 123 |
| Great Musical Festival in Aid of the Mercantile Library, 1878. At Gilroy Springs | 130 |
| Authors' Carnival, 1880, President Hayes and General Sherman Present | 137 |
| Vacation Episodes at Deer Park, July 4, 1893 | 145 |
| In Oakland. Sad Accident. With Brush and Easel. Kind Friends | 152 |
| Party at Dr. J.M. Shannon's Home in 1907 | 157 |
| Lee Tung Foo | 161 |
| What I Know of the Voice and of Teaching | 167 |
| Tremolo | 172 |
| More About the Voice | 179 |
| Political Campaigning. Work as a Patriot on National Holidays and with the Grand Army of the Republic. Flag Raising at Monterey | 183 |
| Repertoire and Other Data. Distinguished Musicians and Singers of the Last Century | 203 |
| Reminiscences of Early California Musicians and Singers | 216 |
| Reminiscences of Later California Musicians and Singers | 227 |
| With My Pupils | 248 |
| A List of My Pupils | 262 |
