| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I. | —The first day | [1] |
| II. | —Uncle Benjamin, the poet | [10] |
| III. | —Benjamin and Benjamin | [18] |
| IV. | —Franklin's story of a holiday in childhood | [24] |
| V. | —The boy Franklin's kite | [28] |
| VI. | —Little Ben's guinea pig | [34] |
| VII. | —Uncle Tom, who rose in the world | [39] |
| VIII. | —Little Ben shows his handwriting to the family | [46] |
| IX. | —Uncle Benjamin's secret | [50] |
| X. | —The stone wharf, and Lady Wiggleworth, who fell asleep in church | [56] |
| XI. | —Jenny | [70] |
| XII. | —A chime of bells in Nottingham | [74] |
| XIII. | —The elder Franklin's stories | [78] |
| XIV. | —The treasure-finder | [83] |
| XV. | —"Have I a chance?" | [92] |
| XVI. | —"A book that influenced the character of a man who led his age" | [99] |
| XVII. | —Benjamin looks for a place wherein to start in life | [102] |
| XVIII. | —Little Ben's adventure as a poet | [111] |
| XIX. | —Leaves Boston | [132] |
| XX. | —Laughed at again | [138] |
| XXI. | —London and a long swim | [148] |
| XXII. | —A penny roll with honor.—Jenny's spinning-wheel | [160] |
| XXIII. | —Mr. Calamity | [168] |
| XXIV. | —Franklin's struggles with Franklin | [174] |
| XXV. | —The magical bottle | [179] |
| XXVI. | —The electrified vial and the questions it raised | [186] |
| XXVII. | —The great discovery | [192] |
| XXVIII. | —Home-coming in disguise | [200] |
| XXIX. | —"Those pamphlets" | [209] |
| XXX. | —A strange discovery | [213] |
| XXXI. | —Old Humphrey's strange story | [220] |
| XXXII. | —The eagle that caught the cat.—Dr. Franklin's English fable.—The doctor's squirrels | [225] |
| XXXIII. | —Old Mr. Calamity again | [230] |
| XXXIV. | —Old Mr. Calamity and the tearing down of the King's Arms | [242] |
| XXXV. | —Jenny again | [250] |
| XXXVI. | —The Declaration of Independence.—A mystery | [257] |
| XXXVII. | —Another signature.—The story of Auvergne sans tache | [267] |
| XXXVIII. | —Franklin signs the treaty of peace.—How George III receives the news | [281] |
| XXXIX. | —The tale of an old velvet coat | [287] |
| XL. | —In service again | [293] |
| XLI. | —Jane's last visit | [299] |
| XLII. | —For the last time | [307] |
| XLIII. | —A lesson after school | [311] |
| APPENDIX. | —Franklin's famous proverb story of the old auctioneer | [314] |