I. An Advertisement 1

II. Great Excitement 7

III. Antecedents 21

IV. Byles Gridley, A. M. 38

V. The Twins 50

VI. The Use of Spectacles 54

VII. Myrtle's Letter. — The Young Men's Pursuit 60

VIII. Down the River 71

IX. Mr. Clement Lindsay receives a Letters, and
begins his Answer 94

X. Mr. Clement Lindsay finishes his Letter. —
What came of it 105

XI. Vexed with a Devil 124

XII. Skirmishing 143

XIII. Battle 152

XIV. Flank Movement 163

XV. Arrival of Reinforcements 175

XVI. Victory 183

XVII. Saint and Sinner 188

XVIII. The Village Poet 192

XIX. Susan's Young Man 209

XX. The Second Meeting 227

XXI. Madness? 242

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XXII. A Change of Programme 251

XXIII. Myrtle Hazard at the City School 259

XXIV. Mustering of Forces 277

XXV. The Poet and the Publisher 288

XXVI. Mrs. Clymer Ketchum's Party 302

XXVII. Mine and Countermine 319

XXVIII. Mr. Bradshaw calls on Miss Badlam 324

XXIX. Mistress Kitty Fagan calls on Master
Byles Gridley 331

XXX. Master Byles Gridley calls on Miss Cynthla
Badlam 338

XXXI. Master Byles Gridley consults with Jacob
Penhallow, Esquire 350

XXXII. Susan Posey's Trial 358

XXXIII. Just as you expected 367

XXXIV. Murray Bradshaw plays his last Card 382

XXXV. The Spotted Paper 393

XXXVI. Conclusion 405