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]

238

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]

243

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]


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]