  Academy, of good standing, 137 Adams, J. Q., 134 Addison on English Superstition, 176 Adventure of American Sea-captain with Christophe, Emperor of Hayti, 61 “Algerines;” their Quarrel with Foreign Sailors, 74 Ancient Elder, 120 Ancient Episcopal Church; its former Rector, Bishop of Massachusetts, 114, 130 Apparition, an, 184 Aristocracy, 21 Aunt Judith, 23 Aunt Judith’s Narrative of Witchcraft, 169 Balaklava Charge, 28 Bar, dangerous, 6 Bartlett, William, 33 Beggars, mimic, 106 Beverages, formerly, 96 Bishop Bass, 130 Bold Youngster, 165 Books, some that we read, 138, 139 Borderers, 74 Boyish Sports, 14 Bradbury, Judge, 34 British Orders in Council, 108 Bromfield Legacy, 18 Buchan, Earl of, 63 Campbell, “Tom,” 27 Cannon for street posts, 58 Capen, Parson, 178 Characteristic Letter, 40 Christmas Evening, 161 Christmas Hymn, 163 Christophe of Hayti, 61 Clergy of the town, 122 Clergyman, Scottish, 166 Collector Marquand, 37 Collector Wigglesworth, 36 Comparative value of money, 21 Congregation, “Scrupulous,” 122 Consequences of war and embargo, 57 Court of Common Pleas, 83 Cunning expedient, 22 Dalton, Tristram, 34 Damage of war, 38 Dana, Rev. Dr., 128 Dangerous bar, 6 Devil’s den, 15 Dexter, “Lord,” 63 Dexter’s poet, 66 Dinah for Diana, 145 Discourse of Rev. Mr. Murray, 99 Dissatisfied washerwoman, 104 Dogberry and Verges, 198 Domestic, Scottish, 104 Earl of Buchan, 63 Earthquakes in former times, 113 Edinburgh, similar habits in, 10 Elder, an old-fashioned, 120 English Clergymen, 124 English Reader. Are modern text-books as useful?, 137 English superstition, 176 Enterprise, Maritime and Commercial, 5 Extraordinary images, 63 Failure, swindling, 103 Favor, Johnny: his opinion of polemics, 133 Few insane persons, and the treatment of them formerly, 45 Fights of boys, 10 Fine trees, 17 Fire, strange, 190 Fire, the “great,” 103 Foot-warming process, 118 Former Rector of St. Paul’s a Bishop, 130 Former severe winters, 1 Former solemn proceedings in naturalization, 110 Fourth of July, 98 Fright of an old woman, 100 Fugitive Sea-captain and a lively chase, 58 Ghost, reputed, 180 Gould, Miss Hannah F., 31 Gourmand, a, 98 Great Fire, 103 Greys, Silver, 56 Grouse, Old, story of, 146 Growth of Episcopal Church, 130 Habits in Edinburgh, 10 Habits, jovial, of old times, 96 Hardships of early times, 40 “Hinx-minx,” origin of, 174 Hohenlinden, 28 Holt, Granny, 169 Home, return to, 202 How they used to “break,” 103 Huntington, Countess of, and her Seminary, 124 Hymn, Christmas, 163 Images, extraordinary, 63 Indifference to cold, 119 Inquisitive spinster, 123 Insane persons, few, 45 Internal trade, 67 Introductory chapters to Scott’s novels, 159 Jackson family, 24 James, King of Scotland, 106 Johnson, Samuel, Dr., 26 “Joppa Jine,” 144 Jovial habits of old times, 109 Judith, Aunt, 23 July 4th, 98 King James of Scotland, 106 King Louis Philippe, 4 King, Rufus, 135 Lee, Mrs. George, 31 Longfellow, 32 Lowells, The, 24 Magistrate and culprit, 51 Mansions, remarkable, 18 Maritime enterprise, 5 Market Square, triangular, 66 Marquand, Collector, 37 Massachusetts, Diocese of, 130 Meeting-houses—stoves and organs, 118 Merchant, rich, 34 Milton, Rev. Mr., 124 Mimic beggars, 106 Money, comparative value of, 21 “Moses is come!,” 100 Murray, Rev. Mr., 99 Murray’s Reader, 137 Naturalization, etc., 110 New England pronunciation, 144 New England superstition, of old, 160 Novelist, English, his surprise, 9 Nutting, etc., 14 Old-fashioned hospitality in beverages, 109 “Old Grouse,” story of, 146 Old Peddlers, 67 Old Woman, fright of, 100 Orders in Council, British, 108 Organ of St. Paul’s, 118 Origin of “Hinx-Minx,” 174 Our Town, 5 Paine, Robert Treat, 134 Parson, Capen, 178 Parsonage and its curious picture, 52 Parsons, Chief Justice, 134 Particular Shoemaker, 48 Peace of 1783, 99 Peddlers, old, 67 People of St. James’s, 131 Perkins, Jacob, 25 Personal part of leading citizens in politics, 94 Persons, distinguished, 34 Picture, curious, 52 Pike, Nicholas, 25 Polemics, 132 Political hostilities, 55 Poultry in profusion, 67 Practice, modern, of naturalization, 110 Professional persons, etc., 83 “Project,” what it is, 174 Putnam, Oliver, 33 Quaker meeting, 136 Queer contrast of language, 61 Railways and their influence, 142 Ramsay, Dean, and others, Reminiscences of, 10 Reader, Murray’s English, 137 Reading parties, 142 Refinement of certain classes, 133 Reputed apparition, 192 Respect for the clergy, 29 “Retort courteous,” 27 Rev. Dr. Dana, 128 Rev. Mr. Milton, 124 Rev. Dr. Morse, 131 Rev. Mr. Murray, 122 Rev. Dr. Spring, 29 Richard, Uncle, 162 Sabbath, how kept, 120 Sailing adventure, 7 “Salt,” ancient, 3 Saturday and Sunday evenings, 30 Scenery on the river, 5 School books, etc., 137 Schoolmaster, a shrewd, 140 Scott’s Autobiography, 10 Scott’s reply to certain critics, 159 Scottish domestic, cool and faithful, 104 “Scrupulous” congregation, 122 Scrupulous shoemaker, 48 Severe winters, 1 Shipbuilding, etc., 5 Silver Greys, 56 Singular companion, 168 Singular night adventure, 87 Snow-storm in old times, 2 Social security, 85 Stage-house, 53 St. James’s, 143 Story of an apparition, 179 Story of bold youngster, 165 Stove in Church, 118 Street fights of boys, 10 Striking adventure of Rufus King, 135 Surprise of Thackeray, 9 Swett and Schwedt, 30 Swindling failure, 103 Sympathetic young lady, 17 Tennyson’s “Charge at Balaklava,” 28 Text instead of sermon, 119 “Thanks be to Praise!,” 202 Timber and shipbuilding, 5 “Tom” Campbell, 27 Topsfield spectre, 177 Town-meeting and resolute chairman, 96 Trade, internal, of the town, 67 Traders, small, 67 Treating in hay-time, 109 Trees of great beauty, 17 Triangular Market Square, 66 Tyng Family, 24 Uncle Richard, 162 United States after a runaway, 58 Unterrified clergyman, 166 Verges and Dogberry, 198 Vulgarian of the nouveaux riches, 62 Wages, low rate of, 23 Walsh, Michael, 25 What a “project” is or was, 174 Wheelwright, William, 32 Whipping-post, 123 Wigglesworth, Colonel, 36 Winters, severe formerly, 1 Witchcraft, and Uncle Richard’s opinion of it, 167 Wood’s account of the aristocracy., 21 Yankee acuteness, 141 Young persons sent to the town for education, 134
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