The Golden Dream
  • Chapter One. Adventures in the Far West. The Cause of the Whole Affair.
  • Chapter Two. Our Hero.
  • Chapter Three. Hopes and Fears—Mr. Shirley receives a Visit and a Wild Proposal.
  • Chapter Four. The End of the Beginning—Farewell to Old England.
  • Chapter Five. The Sea—Dangers of the Deep, and Uncertainty of Human Affairs—A Disastrous Night and a Bright Morning—California at last.
  • Chapter Six. San Francisco—An Unexpected Desertion—Captain Bunting takes a Gloomy View of Things in General—New Friends and New Plans—Singular Facts and Curious Fancies.
  • Chapter Seven. The Fate of the Roving Bess—Gambling Scenes—Mr. Sinton makes a New Friend—Larry O'Neil makes Money in Strange Ways—A Murder, and a Beggar's Death—Ned becomes a Poor Man's Heir.
  • Chapter Eight. Our Hero and his Friends start for the Diggings—The Captain's Portrait—Costumes, and Scenery, and Surprises—The Ranche by the Road-Side—Strange Travellers—They meet with a New Friend, and adopt him—The Hunter's Story—Larry offers to fight a Yankee—High Prices and Empty Purses.
  • Chapter Nine. A Night Ride in the Woods—The Encampment—Larry's First Attempt to dig for Gold—An Alarm—A Suspicious Stranger—Queer Creatures.
  • Chapter Ten. Game and Cookery—Arrival at the Diggings—Little Creek—Law and Order in the Mines—Nooning at Little Creek—Hard-up—Our Adventurers get Credit and begin Work—A Yankee Outwitted.
  • Chapter Eleven. Gold-Washing—Our Adventurers count their Gains, and are Satisfied—The “R'yal Bank o' Calyforny" begins to Prosper—Frying Gold—Night Visit to the Grave of a Murdered Man—A Murderer Caught—The Escape and Pursuit.
  • Chapter Twelve. Sabbath at the Diggings—Larry O'Neil takes to Wandering, and meets with Adventures—An Irish Yankee discovered—Terrible Calamities befall Travellers on the Overland Route.
  • Chapter Thirteen. Kindness to Strangers in Distress—Remarks in Reference to Early Rising—Diggings wax Unproductive—Ned takes a Ramble, and has a Small Adventure—Plans Formed and Partly Developed—Remarkable Human Creatures Discovered, and still more Remarkable Converse held with them.
  • Chapter Fourteen. The New Diggings—Bright Prospects—Great Results spring from Great Exertions, even in California—Captain Bunting is seized with a Great Passion for Solitary Rambling, and has two Desperate Encounters; one with a Man, the other with a Rear.
  • Chapter Fifteen. Ah-wow saved from an Untimely Fate—Lynch Law Enforced—Ned Sinton resolves to renounce Gold-Digging for a Time, and Tom Collins seconds him.
  • Chapter Sixteen. Ned and Tom take to Wandering—Philosophical Speculations—A Startling Apparition—The Digger Indians—Water boiled in a Basket—The Gloomy Pass—The Attack by Robbers—The Fight—A Surprise—The Encampment.
  • Chapter Seventeen. A Curious and Valuable Draught—Lynch Law applied—Black Jim's Confession—Ned becomes a Painter, and finds the Profession Profitable as well as Amusing—The First Portrait.
  • Chapter Eighteen. Ned's New Profession pays admirably—He and Tom Wax Philosophical—“Pat” comes for a “Landscape" of himself—Lynch Law and the Doctors—Ned's Sitters—A Yankee Swell receives a Gentle Rebuff.
  • Chapter Nineteen. The Wilderness again—A Splendid Valley—Gigantic Trees and Waterfalls—Tom meets with an Accident—Both meet with many Surprises—Mysteries, Caverns, Doleful Sounds, and Grizzly-Bear-Catchers.
  • Chapter Twenty. Grizzly-Bear-Catching in the Mountains—Ned and Tom dine in the midst of Romantic Scenery, and hold Sagacious Converse—The Strange Devices of Woodpeckers.
  • Chapter Twenty One. Curious Trees, and still more Curious Plains—An Interesting Discovery, followed by a Sad one—Fate of Travellers in the Mountains—A Sudden Illness—Ned proves himself to be a friend in Need and in Deed, as well as an Excellent Doctor, Hunter, Cook, and Nurse—Deer-Shooting by Firelight.
  • Chapter Twenty Two. Powerful Effects of Gold on the Aspect of Things in General—The Doings at Little Creek Diggings—Larry becomes Speculative, and digs a Hole which nearly proves the Grave of many Miners—Captain Bunting takes a Fearful Dive—Ah-wow is smitten to the Earth—A Mysterious Letter, and a Splendid Dish.
  • Chapter Twenty Three. The Rainy Season, and its Effects—Disease and Misery at Little Creek—Reappearance of Old Friends—An Emigrant's Death—An Unexpected Arrival.
  • Chapter Twenty Four. Ned decides on visiting San Francisco—Larry pays a Visit, and receives a Severe Disappointment—The Road and the City—Unexpected News.
  • Chapter Twenty Five. Gold not All-Powerful—Remarkable Growth of Sacramento—New Style of bringing a Hotel into Notice—A Surprising Discovery—Death of A Mexican Horse-Tamer—The Concert, and another Discovery—Mademoiselle Nelina creates a Sensation.
  • Chapter Twenty Six. Deep Plots and Plans—Bill Jones relates his Misadventures—Mademoiselle Nelina consents to run off with Larry O'Neil—A Yankee Musician outwitted—The Escape.
  • Chapter Twenty Seven. San Francisco again—A Terrible Misfortune—An Old Friend in surprisingly New Circumstances—Several Remarkable Discoveries and New Lights.
  • Chapter Twenty Eight. More Unexpected Discoveries—Captain Bunting makes Bill Jones A First Mate—Larry O'Neil Makes himself a First Mate—The Parting—Ned Sinton proves himself, a Second Time, to be a Friend in Need and in Deed.
  • Chapter Twenty Nine. Our Story comes to an End.
  • The End.
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