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| Preface to the Illustrated Edition | vii |
I. | Being a Boy | 1 |
II. | The Boy as a Farmer | 8 |
III. | The Delights of Farming | 15 |
IV. | No Farming without a Boy | 22 |
V. | The Boy's Sunday | 30 |
VI. | The Grindstone of Life | 38 |
VII. | Fiction and Sentiment | 47 |
VIII. | The Coming of Thanksgiving | 56 |
IX. | The Season of Pumpkin-Pie | 65 |
X. | First Experience of the World | 73 |
XI. | Home Inventions | 82 |
XII. | The Lonely Farm-House | 92 |
XIII. | John's First Party | 101 |
XIV. | The Sugar Camp | 113 |
XV. | The Heart of New England | 123 |
XVI. | John's Revival | 134 |
XVII. | War | 150 |
XVIII. | Country Scenes | 164 |
XIX. | A Contrast to the New England Boy | 179 |