[Chapter II.]—Alida loses her mother and one of her brothers.
[Chapter III.]—Alida is removed to a female seminary in New-York to finish her education . . . . A description of her only surviving brother.
[Chapter IV.]—A war is meditated between the United States and Great Britain . . . . Causes why it was expected to take place.
[Chapter V.]—War declared in a manifesto by the President of the United States against Great Britain . . . . Causes of the war stated.
[Chapter VI.]—An indissoluble friendship . . . . Celebration of a birth-day . . . . Description of a parish minister.
[Chapter VII.]—Entrance of a gentleman on professional study with an eminent attorney in New-York.
[Chapter VIII.]—Meeting of two rivals.
[Chapter IX.]—Disappointment of the rivals.
[Chapter X.]—An unexpected meeting.
[Chapter XI.]—Unexpected misfortune.