CHAPTER I.
Living in the Country—Rural Anticipations—Early Rising—Baked Hippoppotaml—
Our New Chickens—A Discovery—The Advantages of having a Watch-Dog
in the Country—A Finale to the First Garden, and Unpleasant Prospects for
the Future.—Page 13.

CHAPTER II.
We conclude to give the Country another Year's Trial—Spring Birds—Mr.
Sparrowgrass becomes the Owner of a Boat—A Visit from a Friend—First
Experience with a Fish-net—An Irishman in a Fyke—Exchange of Civilities
and Cucumbers—Bate's Cow, and a Hint to Horticulturists—Local Designations.—
Page 19

CHAPTER III.
The Clouds in the Country—A Thunder-Shower—Mr. Sparrowgrass buys a
Bugle—Ineffectual Music—A Serenade and an Interruption—First Fruits—A
Surprise, and the Entire Loss of our Cherry Crop.—Page 20.

CHAPTER IV.
Mrs. Sparrowgrass discourses of Social Life in the Rural Districts—Town and
Country—A Rural Party—The Advantages of dressing in a Plain Way—Our
New Dog—Autumnal Scenery—A Family Acqueduct.—Page 41.

CHAPTER V.
Children in Town and Country—A Mistake about a Lady—The Menagerie—
Amusement for Children—Winter Scenery—Another Amusement for Children—
Sucker Fishing—General Washington.—Page 52.

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CHAPTER VI.
An Event—Wolfert's Roost—The Nepperhan and its Legends—Mr. Sparrowgrass
descends to the Infernal Regions on a Dumb Waiter—Carrier Pigeons
and Roosters—The great Polish Exile—Poetry—Altogether a Chapter of
Birds.—Page 64.

CHAPTER VII.
A Country Fire-place—Lares and Penates—Sentiment—Spring Vegetables in
the Germ—A Garden on Paper—Warm Weather—A Festa—An Irruption of
Noseologists—Constitutional Law, and so forth.—Page 79.

CHAPTER VIII.
Mr. Sparrowgrass concludes to buy a Horse—Reminiscences of Bloomingdale—
The difference between now and then—A Horse as can go—An Artist Story—
Godiva—Homeward and Outward bound—The Curtained Dais of the Life
School—A new “Lady of Coventry.”—Page 94.

CHAPTER IX.
A Horse of another color—Ancient and Modern Points of a Horse—A suspected
Organ and Retrograde Movement—Mr. Sparrowgrass buys the Horse that
belongs to the Man's Brother—A valuable Hint as to Stable-building—A
Morning Ride, and a Discovery—Old Dockweed—An Evening Ride, and a
Catastrophe.—Page 118.

CHAPTER X.
Children—An Interrupted Discourse—Mrs. Sparrowgrass makes a Brilliant
Remark—Philadelphia Phrases—Auother Interruption—Quarkers—A few
Quakeristics—A Quaker Baby—The Early Quakers—John Woolman—Thomas
Lurting—Broadbrims in a Cathedral—And a Friendly Suggestion.—Page 132.

CHAPTER XI.
Our new Horse improves—He is loaned to to a Neighbor, and disgraces himself—
Autumnal Vegetation—The Palisades and Rock Cataract—An agreeable
Surprise—Mr. Sparrowgrass takes a short trip to the County of Broome——
Meets with a Disappointment on his Return, but indulges in a flowing vein
of “Adversity's sweet milk.”—Page 146.

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CHAPTER XII.
Our New Barber—Reminiscences of our Old Barber—A Dog of another Color—
October Woods—A Party on the Water—Home, Sweet Home, with Variations
(flute obligato)—A row to the Palisades—Iroquois Legend—Return to the
Cottage.—Page 160.

CHAPTER XIII.
The Children are sent to School—Old Soldiers—An Invitation, and Cruel Disappointment—
Our Eldest begins to show Symptoms of the Tender Passion—
Poetry—The Melodies of Mother Goose—Little Posterity by the Wayside—A
Casualty—The Drowning of Poor Little Tommy.—Page 183

CHAPTER XIV.
Winter once more—Mr. Sparrowgrass feels as if he would like to Chirp a little—
Thomas Fuller, D.D.—The Good Wife—Old Dockweed again—A Barrel of
Cider—News of the Saddle and Bridle—Superior Tactics of the Village Teamster—
Christmas—Great Preparations—Christmas Carols and Masques—A Suggestion
of Mrs. Sparrowgrass.—Page 195.

CHAPTER XV.
An offer for the Horse—Difficulty of Shipping him according to the Terms of
Bill of Lading—Anticipations—Marine Sketch—Mrs. Sparrowgrass buys a
Patent Bedstead—An essay on Mechanical Forces, and Suggestions in regard
to a Bronze Legislature—The New Bedstead is tried and found—“not available.”—
Page 208.

CHAPTER XVI.
Casualties will occur—Ice and ice-houses—A hint from the Flowery Nation—
Baldwin's Pond—Skaters—Our horse gets into business and is launched upon
an ice island—A Derrick—The result thereof.—Page 225.

CHAPTER XVII.
The great Snow-storm—A quotation from Samuel—Recollections of Town—What
we then thought—A Song—Scraps in a Commonplace-book—An old epistle—
And anticipations.—Page 233.

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CHAPTER XVIII.
A Conference in the Library—Mr. Sparrowgrass writes an Essay—Life in Town
and Life in the Rural Districts—Mrs. Sparrowgrass continues the theme—Two
Pictures from Nature—and the Last Word.—Page 244.

Captain Davis,—a California Ballad, 267

Captain Belgrave, 288