| Chapter | | Page |
| I. | [Flying Impressions between Charleston-Kanawha and New Orleans,] | 15 |
| II. | [The Life and Color of New Orleans,] | 25 |
| III. | [Southwestward to the Border,] | 36 |
| IV. | [On to Mexico City,] | 44 |
| V. | [First Impressions of Mexico City,] | 56 |
| VI. | [Vivid Characteristics of Mexican Life,] | 65 |
| VII. | [A Mexican Bullfight,] | 75 |
| VIII. | [From Pullman Car to Mule-back,] | 86 |
| IX. | [A Journey Over Lofty Tablelands,] | 99 |
| X. | [A Provincial Despot and His Residence,] | 107 |
| XI. | [Inguran Mines—Five Thousand Six Hundred Feet Below Ario,] | 117 |
| XII. | [Antique Methods of Mining,] | 128 |
| XIII. | [Some Tropical Financial Morality,] | 142 |
| XIV. | [Wayside Incidents in the Land of Heat,] | 157 |
| XV. | [Morelia—The Capital of the State of Michoacan—Her Streets—Her Parks—Her Churches—Her Music,] | 168 |
| XVI. | [Morelia and Toluca—The Markets—The Colleges—The Schools—The Ancient and the Modern Spirit,] | 181 |
| XVII. | [Cuernavaca—The Country Seat of Montezuma, of Cortez and Spanish Viceroys, of Maximilian—A Pleasant Watering Place of Modern Mexico,] | 188 |
| XVIII. | [The Journey by Night from Mexico City—Over the Mountains to the Sea Coast—The Ancient City of Vera Cruz,] | 198 |
| XIX. | [Voyaging Across the Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Yucatan from Vera Cruz to Progresso and Havana,] | 210 |
| XX. | [The City of “Habana”—Incidents of a Day’s Sojourn in the Cuban Capital,] | 220 |
| XXI. | [Cuba—The Fortress of La Cabaña,] | 236 |
| XXII. | [Cuba—Her Fertile Sugar Lands—Matanzas by the Sea,] | 247 |
| XXIII. | [Cuba—The Tobacco Lands of Guanajay—The Town and the Bay of Mariel,] | 259 |
| XXIV. | [Steamer Mascot—Conclusion,] | 270 |