Contents -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- PART I -- CHAPTER I. Grandfather and the Children and the Chair. -- CHAPTER II. The Puritans and the Lady Arbella. -- CHAPTER III. A Rainy Day. -- CHAPTER IV. Troublous Times. -- CHAPTER V. The Government of New England. -- CHAPTER VI. The Pine-Tree Shillings. -- CHAPTER VII. The Quakers and the Indians. -- CHAPTER VIII. The Indian Bible. -- CHAPTER IX. England And New England. -- CHAPTER X. The Sunken Treasure. -- CHAPTER XI. What the Chair had Known. -- APPENDIX TO PART I. -- PART II -- CHAPTER I. The Chair In The Firelight. -- CHAPTER II. The Salem Witches. -- CHAPTER III. The Old-Fashioned School. -- CHAPTER IV. Cotton Mather. -- CHAPTER V. The Rejected Blessing. -- CHAPTER VI. Pomps And Vanities. -- CHAPTER VII. The Provincial Muster. -- CHAPTER VIII. The Old French War and the Acadian Exiles. -- CHAPTER IX. The End Of The War. -- CHAPTER X. Thomas Hutchinson. -- APPENDIX TO PART II. -- PART III -- CHAPTER I. A New-Year's Day. -- CHAPTER II. The Stamp Act. -- CHAPTER III. The Hutchinson Mob. -- CHAPTER IV. The British Troops In Boston. -- CHAPTER V. The Boston Massacre. -- CHAPTER VI. A Collection Of Portraits. -- CHAPTER VII. The Tea Party And Lexington. -- CHAPTER VIII. The Siege Of Boston. -- CHAPTER IX. The Tory's Farewell. -- CHAPTER X. The War For Independence. -- CHAPTER XI. Grandfather's Dream. -- APPENDIX TO PART III.