I. Hans and Gretel 13
II. Holland 18
III. The Silver Skates 28
IV. Hans and Gretel Find a Friend 34
V. Shadows in the Home 42
VI. Sunbeams 50
VII. Hans Has His Way 55
VIII. Introducing Jacob Poot and His Cousin 59
IX. The Festival of Saint Nicholas 66
X. What the Boys Saw and Did in Amsterdam 76
XI. Big Manias and Little Oddities 86
XII. On the Way to Haarlem 94
XIII. A Catastrophe 98
XIV. Hans 102
XV. Homes 108
XVI. Haarlem, The Boys Hear Voices 116
XVII. The Man with Four Heads 123
XVIII. Friends in Need 129
XIX. On the Canal 137
XX. Jacob Poot Changes the Plan 144
XXI. Mynheer Kleef and His Bill of Fare 152
XXII. The Red Lion Becomes Dangerous 156
XXIII. Before the Court 169
XXIV. The Beleaguered Cities 173
XXV. Leyden 180
XXVI. The Palace and the Wood 187
XXVII. The Merchant Prince, and the Sister-Princess 190
XXVIII. Through the Hauge 204
XXIX. A Day of Rest 212
XXX. Homeward Bound 216
XXXI. Boys and Girls 220
XXXII. The Crisis 227
XXXIII. Gretel and Hilda 234
XXXIV. The Awakening 241
XXXV. Bones and Tongues 245
XXXVI. A New Alarm 249
XXXVII. The Father's Return 254
XXXVIII. The Thousand Guilders 259
XXXIX. Glimpses 265
XL. Looking for Work 269
XLI. The Fairy Godmother 275
XLII. The Mysterious Watch 281
XLIII. A Discovery 290
XLIV. The Race 299
XLV. Joy in the Cottage 316
XLVI. Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Higgs 325
XLVII. Broad Sunshine 328
XLVIII. Conclusion 334