The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. WHICH TREATS OF THINGS NOT PARTICULARLY
INTERESTING, AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN OMITTED WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THIS
HISTORY.
CHAPTER II. WHICH TREATS OF HOW I LEFT MY NATIVE
CAPE, AND SUNDRY OTHER MATTERS.
CHAPTER III. IN WHICH IS RELATED A PLEASANT
MEETING WITH A RENOWNED MAJOR.
CHAPTER IV. MAJOR ROGER POTTER RECOUNTS HIS
NUMEROUS EXPLOITS IN WAR AND POLITICS.
CHAPTER V. WHICH TREATS OF HOW THE MAJOR FELL
AMONG POLITICIANS AND OTHER NEW YORK VAGABONDS.
CHAPTER VI. WHAT BEFELL MAJOR RODGER POTTER, AND
HOW HE FOUND HIMSELF OUTWITTED.
CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH IS RELATED HOW PLEASANTLY
THE MAJOR TOOK HIS MISFORTUNES.
CHAPTER VIII. WHAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE MAJOR
AND THE FISHMONGER.
CHAPTER IX. HOW MAJOR ROGER POTTER GOT HIS
DINNER, MADE AN EXCHANGE OF CHICKENS, AND TOOK LEAVE OF MRS.
TROTBRIDGE.
CHAPTER X. THE MAJOR RESUMES THE STORY OF HIS
ADVENTURES IN NEW YORK.
CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH MAJOR POTTER ENCOUNTERS A
SWINE DRIVER, AND TRADES WITH HIM FOR AN INTELLIGENT PIG.
CHAPTER XII. WHICH TREATS OF HOW MAJOR POTTER
ARRIVED IN BARNSTABLE, AND SUNDRY OTHER QUEER THINGS, WITHOUT WHICH
THIS HISTORY WOULD NOT BE PERFECT.
CHAPTER XIII. WHICH TREATS OF TWO STRANGE
CHARACTERS I MET AT THE INDEPENDENT TEMPERANCE HOTEL.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH THERE IS AN INTERESTING
MEETING BETWEEN MAJOR POTTER AND HIS WIFE POLLY.
CHAPTER XVI. WHEREIN IS RECORDED EVENTS WHICH
TOOK PLACE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING THE MAJOR'S ARRIVAL AT BARNSTABLE,
WITH SUNDRY OTHER QUEER THINGS.
CHAPTER XVII. WHICH TREATS OF WHAT WAS DONE WITH
THE PIG; AND ALSO OF THE LECTURE ON CRABBE, BY GILES SHERIDAN, AND
VARIOUS THINGS.
CHAPTER XVIII. WHICH TREATS OF HOW MAJOR ROGER
SHERMAN POTTER, SOLELY IN OBEDIENCE TO THE DEMANDS OF THE NATION,
TURNED A DEAF EAR TO THE REMONSTRANCES OF HIS WIFE POLLY, AND SAILED
FOR NEW YORK, TO THE GREAT DELIGHT OF LITTLE BARNSTABLE.
CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH THE READER IS INFORMED HOW
MAJOR ROGER POTTER, IN LOVE OF HIS COUNTRY, AND TO SUSTAIN THE HONOR
OF HIS PROFESSION, DISPLAYED HIS COURAGE DURING A STORM.
CHAPTER XX. WHICH TREATS OF A DELICATE AFFAIR
THAT TOOK PLACE, AND WHICH WAS THE RESULT OF A MISTAKE, THAT HAD
NEARLY COST THE MAJOR HIS LIFE.
CHAPTER XXI. WHICH TREATS OF WHAT TOOK PLACE WHEN
THE CAUSE WAS EXPLAINED.
CHAPTER XXII. HOW NEWS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY
CHARACTER WAS RECEIVED AND RESTORED THE MAJOR TO SOUND HEALTH; ALSO A
FEW REMARKS CONCERNING THE MANUFACTURE OF HEROES.
CHAPTER XXIII. WHICH TREATS OF A PARTY OF
YACHTERS MET ON THE SOUND, AND WHAT PAINS THEY TOOK TO COMFORT THE
MAJOR, ON BEING MADE ACQUAINTED WITH HIS VARIOUS EXPLOITS.
CHAPTER XXIV. WHICH TREATS OF HOW THE MERRY
VOYAGERS MADE MUCH OF MAJOR ROGER POTTER, AND HOW THEY INVITED HIM TO
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE COMMODORE OF THE FLEET.
CHAPTER XXV. WHICH RELATES HOW THE MAJOR WAS
RECEIVED BY THE COMMODORE OF THE YACHT SQUADRON, AND SUNDRY OTHER
QUEER THINGS, WITHOUT WHICH THIS HISTORY WOULD NOT SUSTAIN ITS
CHARACTER FOR TRUTH.
CHAPTER XXVI. WHICH RELATES HOW THE MAJOR WAS
RESTORED TO PERFECT HEALTH; AND ALSO AN AUTHENTIC DESCRIPTION OF WHAT
TOOK PLACE ON HIS ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK.
CHAPTER XXVII. WHICH TREATS OF MANY THINGS UNIQUE
AND WONDERFUL, ALL OF WHICH TOOK PLACE WHEN THE MAJOR ARRIVED AT THE
GREAT ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL.
CHAPTER XXVIII. WHICH CAREFULLY RECORDS WHAT
PASSED BETWEEN THE MAJOR AND THE MAYOR-HOW THEY MADE SPEECHES, AND
WERE SERENADED.
CHAPTER XXIX. IN WHICH MAJOR ROGER POTTER IS
FOUND ALMOST SUFFOCATED; AND HOW HE DECLARES THAT MEN OF LOWLY BIRTH
BECOME DANGEROUS WHEN ELEVATED TO POWER.
CHAPTER XXX. WHICH TREATS OF HOW THE MAJOR
RECEIVED THE CALLS OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS, AND HOW HE DISCOVERED THE
OBJECT OF HIS MISSION.
CHAPTER XXXI. RELATING TO THE APPEARANCE OF AN
UNEXPECTED CHARACTER, WHICH GRIEVOUSLY DISTURBED THE MAJOR'S
EQUANIMITY.
CHAPTER XXXII. WHICH DESCRIBES WHAT TOOK PLACE
WHEN THE MAJOR RETURNED TO THE SAINT NICHOLAS; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HOW
HE GOT INTO DEBT AT THE ASTOR, AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS.
CHAPTER XXXIII. WHICH RELATES HOW THE MAJOR
DROPPED THE TITLE OF MAJOR, AND TOOK THAT OF GENERAL; ALSO, HOW HE
JOINED THE YOUNG AMERICAN BANKING HOUSE OF PICKLE, PRIG, FLUTTER.
CHAPTER XXXIV. WHICH DESCRIBES SEVERAL STRANGE
INCIDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE, AND MUST BE RECORDED, OR THE TRUTH OF THIS
HISTORY MAY BE QUESTIONED.
CHAPTER XXXV. WHICH RELATES THE VERY UNMILITARY
PREDICAMENT THE MAJOR WAS FOUND IN ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING, WHEN HIS
PRESENCE WAS EXPECTED AT THE REVIEW.
CHAPTER XXXVI. WHICH RELATES HOW THE MAJOR WAS
RESTORED TO CONSCIOUSNESS; AND OF THE STORY OF AN ECCENTRIC CRITIC.
CHAPTER XXXVII. IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND SEVERAL
THINGS COMMON TO MILITARY POLITICIANS; ALSO, A CURIOUS HISTORY OF THE
CRITICS, AS RELATED BY MR. TICKLER.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. GENERAL POTTER RECEIVES A LETTER
FROM HIS WIFE POLLY; HE ENGAGES TO FIGHT THE KING OF THE KALORAMAS;
PREPARES TO LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON; AND VARIOUS THINGS CURIOUS AND
INTERESTING.
CHAPTER XXXIX. IN WHICH GENERAL POTTER FINALLY
SECURES THE SERVICES OF MR. TICKLER; AND, TOGETHER WITH PEKLEWORTH
GLANMOREGAIN, THEY VISIT THE OPERA BEFORE SETTING OUT FOR WASHINGTON.
CHAPTER XL. GENERAL ROGER POTTER AND HIS
SECRETARY ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON, TO THE NO SMALL ALARM OF CERTAIN
ADEPTS AND OFFICE SEEKERS.
CHAPTER XLI. IN WHICH IS RECORDED A CURIOUS
CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN STRETCHER, TICKLER, AND THE
GENERAL, AND WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF THE STATE OF THE NATION.
CHAPTER XLII. WHICH RECORDS THE SINGULAR
CHARACTER OF THE APPLICATION MADE BY GENERAL ROGER POTTER FOR AN
OFFICE, AND HOW HE IS SENT MINISTER TO THE KING OF THE KALORAMAS, THAT
BEING THE EASIEST METHOD OF GETTING RID OF HIM.
CHAPTER XLIII. WHICH RECORDS HOW THE GENERAL GOT
HIS COMMISSION, AND RETURNED TO NEW YORK, WITH SEVERAL OTHER THINGS
COMMON TO POLITICIANS.
CHAPTER XLIV. WHICH TREATS OF A GRIEVOUS
DISAPPOINTMENT, AS WELL AS MANY THINGS OF GREAT INTEREST THAT TOOK
PLACE ON THE GENERAL'S RETURN TO NEW YORK.
CHAPTER XLV. OF THE MEETING BETWEEN THE GENERAL
AND HIS SECRETARY, WHO RELATES AN AFFAIR OF GALLANTRY THAT HAD
WELL-NIGH COST HIM HIS LIFE; ALSO, OF THE DEPARTURE FOR KALORAMA.
CHAPTER XLVI. CONTAINING A FAITHFUL ACCOUNT OF
WHAT TOOK PLACE WHEN GENERAL POTTER AND HIS SECRETARY CROSSED THE
LINE, AND HOW HE RODE THE FLYING HORSE.
CHAPTER XLVII. OF THE GENERAL'S RECOVERY, AND HIS
INTERVIEW WITH MR. TICKLER; ALSO, OF THE LANDING AT BUZABUB, AND
VARIOUS OTHER STRANGE AND AMUSING THINGS.
CHAPTER XLVIII. ONE OF THE MOST TRUTHFUL ACCOUNTS
OF HOW GENERAL POTTER SPENT A NIGHT AMONG THE DEAD.
CHAPTER XLIX. WHICH TREATS OF WHAT TOOK PLACE
WHEN THE GENERAL AND HIS SECRETARY GAINED THEIR UNDERSTANDINGS.
CHAPTER L. IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND THE MOST
FAITHFUL ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY TO NEZUB; AND ALSO WHAT TOOK PLACE
WHEN GENERAL POTTER WAS PRESENTED TO THE KING.
CHAPTER LI. WHICH EXPLAINS WHY DON PEREZ GONETI
PRACTISED THE DECEPTION; AND OF THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERY OF A NEW MODE
OF PUNISHING AMBASSADORS.
CHAPTER LII. WHICH RECORDS SEVERAL AMUSING THINGS
THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN THE ICE WAS DISSOLVED.
CHAPTER LIII. WHICH DESCRIBES THE ARRIVAL OF AN
ARMY OF VAGABONDS; AND HOW THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE BANANA HILLS WAS
FOUGHT.
CHAPTER LIV. WHICH TREATS OF VARIOUS CURIOUS
THINGS THAT OCCURRED WHEN THE RESULT OF THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE BANANA
HILLS WAS ANNOUNCED TO THE COMMANDER.
CHAPTER LV. WHICH TREATS OF HOW THE PRIESTS BORE
THE PUNISHMENT; AND ALSO A DESCRIPTION OF THE EVER-MEMORABLE BATTLE OF
THE MIRACLE.
CHAPTER LVI. WHICH RELATES SEVERAL CURIOUS THINGS
THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE MIRACLE WAS DECIDED; AND
ALSO HOW A GREAT QUARREL AROSE CONCERNING THE GOVERNMENT OF KALORAMA.
CHAPTER LVII. TREATING OF HOW THE RULER WAS
CARRIED OFF INTO CAPTIVITY ON A MULE, ACCOMPANIED BY DIVERS PRIESTS.
CHAPTER LVIII. IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND MUCH
THAT IS CURIOUS AND INTERESTING.
CHAPTER LIX. WHICH RELATES A CURIOUS CONVERSATION
THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN THEY REACHED THE HOUSE OF ANGELIO'S PARENTS.
CHAPTER LX. THE LAST AND MOST CURIOUS CHAPTER IN
"THIS EVENTFUL HISTORY."
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