INDEX
Reading edition
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
Emperor of Hayti, 61
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
Hay-time treating, 109
“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
Manufacturing establishments, 4
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
Peabody, George, 33
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
Thanksgiving, 105
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
Additional Transcriber’s Notes: The following changes were made to the original text. The correction is enclosed in brackets: Page 106: and they skurried away [scurried] Page 116: but the fact incontestibly proves, [incontestably] Page 187: My mother was in close attendance upon sick members of my sister’s family? [changed punctuation to a period] Page 230: Fall from his hands—his idle scimetar [scimitar]