[6] See Porter’s account of “The Spirit of the Times.”

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

I.
PAGE
THE EDITOR’S CREED[1]
II.
JOSH BEANPOLE’S COURTSHIP[8]
III.
PETER BRUSH, THE GREAT USED UP[27]
IV.
COUSIN SALLY DILLIARD[45]
V.
THE AGE OF WONDERS[51]
VI.
HOW SIMON SUGGS “RAISED JACK”[59]
VII.
MY FIRST VISIT TO PORTLAND[80]
VIII.
BILLY WARRICK’S COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE[88]
IX.
OUR TOWN[111]
X.
“FALLING OFF A LOG,” IN A GAME OF “SEVEN UP”[113]
XI.
A YANKEE CARD-TABLE[119]
XII.
DICK M’COY’S SKETCHES OF HIS NEIGHBOURS[125]
XIII.
KICKING A YANKEE[134]
XIV.
WHY MR. SELLUM DISPOSED OF THE HORSE[140]
XV.
METAPHYSICS[146]
XVI.
A TIGHT RACE CONSIDERIN’[157]
XVII.
A SHARK STORY[175]
XVIII.
A BEAR STORY[192]
XIX.
THE BEST-NATURED MAN IN THE WORLD[203]
XX.
CHUNKEY’S FIGHT WITH THE PANTHERS[216]
XXI.
A BULLY BOAT, AND A BRAG CAPTAIN[230]
XXII.
FYDGET FYXINGTON[239]
XXIII.
DOING A SHERIFF[259]
XXIV.
THE MUSCADINE STORY[265]
XXV.
POLLY PEABLOSSOM’S WEDDING[280]
XXVI.
THE MOTHER AND HER CHILD[297]
XXVII.
PELEG PONDER; OR, THE POLITICIAN WITHOUT A SIDE[304]

TRAITS

OF