- 1Preface
- 2I — From Old England to New England
- 3II — The Fifteenth Gift
- 4III — Paying Too Dear for the Whistle
- 5IV — In School
- 6V — Out of School
- 7VI — From School to Candle-Shop
- 8VII — Choosing a Trade and Stealing Sport
- 9VIII — Becoming Printer-Boy
- 10IX — Table-Talk Education
- 11X — Leader of Sports and Thought
- 12XI — Starting a Newspaper
- 13XII — The Ruse, and What Came of It
- 14XIII — Books of His Boyhood
- 15XIV — Learning the Art of Composition
- 16XV — The “Courant” in Trouble
- 17XVI — The Boy Editor
- 18XVII — The Young Skeptic
- 19XVIII — How He Quit Boston
- 20XIX — Trials of a Runaway
- 21XX — The Walking Comedy
- 22XXI — Getting On
- 23XXII — Going Up Higher
- 24XXIII — The Surprise, and Its Results
- 25XXIV — His Return, and What Came of It
- 26XXV — Working, Reading, and Courting
- 27XXVI — A Bogus Scheme
- 28XXVII — “Our Water-Drinker”
- 29XXVIII — At Home Again
- 30XXIX — Ups and Downs of Life
- 31XXX — The Leathern-Apron Club
- 32XXXI — Brighter Days
- 33XXXII — No Longer a Skeptic
- 34XXXIII — Poor Richard’s Almanac
- 35XXXIV — More Honors and More Work
- 36XXXV — Philosopher and Statesman
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