PREFACE. JACK RATTLETON GOES TO SPRINGFIELD AND BACK. THE WAKING NIGHTMARE OF HOLLIS HOLWORTHY. THE PLOT AGAINST BULLAM. THE DOG BLATHERS. A HOWARD AND HARVARD EVENING. THE HARVARD LEGION AT PHILIPPI. IN THE EARLY SIXTIES. LITTLE HELPING HANDS. A RAMBLING DISCUSSION AND AN ADVENTURE, PERHAPS UNCONNECTED. SERIOUS SITUATIONS IN BURLEIGH'S ROOM.[1] A HARVARD-YALE EPISODE. THE DAYS OF RECKONING. CLASS DAY. HOW RIVERS' LUCK TURNED. THE NEWEST FICTION.