| I. | [The Idea Suggested] | 11 |
| II. | [The Young America] | 27 |
| III. | [The Ensign at the Peak] | 43 |
| IV. | [Officers and Seamen.] | 59 |
| V. | [Our Fellows.] | 75 |
| VI. | [The Fourth of July.] | 91 |
| VII. | [Heaving the Log.] | 106 |
| VIII. | [Outward Bound.] | 122 |
| IX. | [The Watch Bill.] | 138 |
| X. | [Making a Chain.] | 154 |
| XI. | [The Gamblers in No. 8.] | 170 |
| XII. | [The Root of all Evil.] | 186 |
| XIII. | [Piping to Mischief.] | 202 |
| XIV. | [All Hands, Reef Topsail!] | 218 |
| XV. | [After the Gale.] | 233 |
| XVI. | [The Wreck of the Sylvia.] | 248 |
| XVII. | [Peas and Beans] | 263 |
| XVIII. | [The Result of the Ballot] | 280 |
| XIX. | [Man Overboard!] | 299 |
| XX. | [The End of the Chain League.] | 318 |