_Introduction_ ix
_The Bad Family_ 1
_The Good Family_ 15
_Foolish Fears_ 29
_The Broken Crutch_ 39
_The Journal; Or, Birthday Gifts_ 45
_The Basket of Plumbs_ 65
_The Choice of Friends_ 75
_Cousin James and Cousin Thomas_ 87
_The Disasters of Impatience_ 97
_The Deaf and Dumb Boy_ 109
_Limby Lumpy_ 119
_The Oyster Patties_ 135