INDEX
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]
239 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]
240 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]
241 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]
242 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]
244 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]
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