This story continues the adventure of the circus from the previous chapter. Marmaduke gets lost and meets many different characters in the circus. He meets Tody the Clown who helps him find the Toyman.
How Luck overcomes Intelligence.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
The contents of the sealed packet are revealed, much to everyone’s delight. The boys return home, with future adventures in store.
The girls go boating, running into the Florida wildlife and natural occurences.
Poor soul the centre of my sinful earth
The wind off the Florida Shore touches every part of the landscape.
The evacuation is halted, but the Captain’s assessment of the ship is not good.
Henry's regiment moves to relieve a embattled unit. Henry and the men openly criticize the leadership of the brigade. Henry continues to reflect the previous days events.
Anne is not impressed with the service at Sunday-school.
Uncle Remus tells a story about Brer Bear.
The boy reveals more of his identity, and also brings news of the missing Tom. He encourages the girls to help him rescue the others, but they decide they need help.
George and his friends overcome great odds.
As Harry prepares to leave, he asks a favor of Oliver.
A biography of Johann Friedrich Pfaff.
A hunter arrives just in time. The troupe finally encounters alligators.
A good deal of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy's personalities are divulged to the reader.
A daughter is given in marriage to the king who demands she spin five skeins a day for one month out of the year. She is helped in her task by an creature who demands she guess his name or become his.
Mary is sent to live with an English clergyman and his five children. Afterwards, she is sent to live with Archibald Craven, a hermit uncle. She meets the housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock—she and Mary instantly dislike each other.
This book tells the story of a wood-mouse named Mrs. Tittlemouse and her efforts to keep her house in order despite numerous unwanted visitors.
Sara has become fond of the Large Family.
The girls plan excitedly for their trip to Florida. Grace speaks to her father about her missing brother and the trip south. A letter arrives.
"A great question which people like to quarrel about is:—Who or What made things be as they are?"
Sadie, a lady pig with long earrings, asks Curly and Flop to her party. A bear comes to the house to eat them and Sadie throws marshmallows in his face. The bear thought it was snowing and rushed back to his cave before he got snowed in.
Oliver begins his apprenticeship under Fagin.