| PAGE | | Introduction | ix | | I. Adventures in a Boy's Town | | HOW PONY BAKER CAME PRETTY NEAR RUNNING OFF WITH A CIRCUS | 3 | | THE CIRCUS MAGICIAN | 13 | | JIM LEONARD'S HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE | 23 | | II. Life in a Boy's Town | | THE TOWN | 41 | | EARLIEST MEMORIES | 45 | | HOME LIFE | 47 | | THE RIVER | 51 | | SWIMMING | 55 | | SKATING | 61 | | MANNERS AND CUSTOMS | 64 | | GIRLS | 68 | | MOTHERS | 69 | | A BROTHER | 73 | | A FRIEND | 79 | | III. Games and Pastimes | | MARBLES | 89 | | RACES | 91 | | A MEAN TRICK | 93 | | TOPS | 96 | | KITES | 98 | | THE BUTLER GUARDS | 103 | | PETS | 108 | | INDIANS | 124 | | GUNS | 129 | | NUTTING | 138 | | THE FIRE-ENGINES | 145 | | IV. Glimpses of the Larger World | | THE TRAVELLING CIRCUS | 151 | | PASSING SHOWS | 163 | | THE THEATRE COMES TO TOWN | 168 | | THE WORLD OPENED BY BOOKS | 171 | | V. The Last of a Boy's Town | 183 |
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