Jim Hawkins starts his tale of an island. An old imposing sailor stays at Jim’s father’s inn and terrorizes the other inhabitants. He warns Jim about a one-legged sailor whom he fears and threatens Dr. Livesey with a knife.
The Tin Soldier tells the Tin Man and his friends how he came to be made of Tin. His story surprises them. They continue on their journey to find Nimmie Amee.
The narrator describes a negro man who works in a pinery and turpentine camp.
The ships are repaired and preparations are made for the travels through the Everglades.
"He scribbles some in prose and verse,"
"When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes"
How the teachers attitude and viewpoint can affect their students.
"‘Twixt a smile and a tear,"
MAECENAS, you, beneath the myrtle shade,
"It may be misery not to sing at all"
"I saw thee on thy bridal day–"
"Thou art the soul of a summer’s day,"
More about life on Lloyd's Plantation.
A cheerful poem about springtime.
Munro and Chingachgook mourn their losses. Tamenund laments the end of the Mohican bloodline.
A story about a blue jay named Jakie. This chapter focuses on the relationship between Jakie and the speaker.
A bamboo cutter finds a small, luminescent girl, and raises her as Princess Moonlight. She refuses all suitors, befriends the Emperor, and eventually returns to her rightful home, the Moon.
"A little bird, with plumage brown,"
"The whole question of choosing one’s next working hypothesis has been fogged, owing to people’s neglect of a very simple principle..."
A poem about the orange tree.
The narrator arrives in Tallahassee in time to hear a political economist speak. The narrator then goes on to describe Tallahassee itself.
As they make their escape, Hump instructs Maud on the finer aspects of sailing and steering. Hump, although concerned with the nature of their situation, remains unafraid.
This poem describes a haunted scene after a battle and how the flow of life has won.
Who will believe my verse in time to come