The Life and Adventures of Maj Roger Sherman Potter

The Life and Adventures of Maj Roger Sherman Potter

Francis Colburn Adams, American miscellaneous writer


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Author's Preface

- Which Treats Of Things Not Particularly Interesting, And Might Have Been Omitted Without Prejudice To This History

- Which Treats Of How I Left My Native Cape, And Sundry Other Matters

- In Which Is Related A Pleasant Meeting With A Renowned Major

- Major Roger Potter Recounts His Numerous Exploits In War And Politics

- Which Treats Of How The Major Fell Among Politicians And Other New York Vagabonds

- What Befell Major Rodger Potter, And How He Found Himself Outwitted

- In Which Is Related How Pleasantly The Major Took His Misfortunes

- What Took Place Between The Major And The Fishmonger

- How Major Roger Potter Got His Dinner, Made An Exchange Of Chickens, And Took Leave Of Mrs. Trotbridge

- The Major Resumes The Story Of His Adventures In New York

- In Which Major Potter Encounters A Swine Driver, And Trades With Him For An Intelligent Pig

- Which Treats Of How Major Potter Arrived In Barnstable, And Sundry Other Queer Things

- Which Treats Of Two Strange Characters I Met At The Independent Temperance Hotel

- In Which The Town Is Thrown Into A State Of Alarm, And Sundry Other Things Worth Mentioning

- In Which There Is An Interesting Meeting Between Major Potter And His Wife Polly

- Wherein Is Recorded Events Which Took Place On The Day Following The Major's Arrival At Barnstable

- Which Treats Of What Was Done With The Pig

- Which Treats Of How Major Roger Sherman Potter, Solely In Obedience To The Demands Of The Nation

- In Which The Reader Is Informed How Major Roger Potter, In Love Of His Country

- Which Treats Of A Delicate Affair That Took Place, And Which Was The Result Of A Mistake

- Which Treats Of What Took Place When The Cause Was Explained

- How News Of An Extraordinary Character Was Received And Restored The Major To Sound Health

- Which Treats Of A Party Of Yachters Met On The Sound

- Which Treats Of How The Merry Voyagers Made Much Of Major Roger Potter

- Which Relates How The Major Was Received By The Commodore Of The Yacht Squadron, And Sundry Other Queer Things

- Which Relates How The Major Was Restored To Perfect Health

- Which Treats Of Many Things Unique And Wonderful

- Which Carefully Records What Passed Between The Major And The Mayor-how They Made Speeches, And Were Serenaded

- In Which Major Roger Potter Is Found Almost Suffocated

- Which Treats Of How The Major Received The Calls Of Distinguished Persons

- Relating To The Appearance Of An Unexpected Character, Which Grievously Disturbed The Major's Equanimity

- Which Describes What Took Place When The Major Returned To The Saint Nicholas

- Which Relates How The Major Dropped The Title Of Major

- Which Describes Several Strange Incidents That Took Place

- Which Relates The Very Unmilitary Predicament The Major Was Found In On The Following Morning

- Which Relates How The Major Was Restored To Consciousness; And Of The Story Of An Eccentric Critic

- In Which Will Be Found Several Things Common To Military Politicians

- General Potter Receives A Letter From His Wife Polly

- In Which General Potter Finally Secures The Services Of Mr. Tickler

- General Roger Potter And His Secretary Arrive In Washington, To The No Small Alarm Of Certain Adepts And Office Seekers

- In Which Is Recorded A Curious Conversation That Took Place Between Stretcher, Tickler

- Which Records The Singular Character Of The Application Made By General Roger Potter For An Office

- Which Records How The General Got His Commission, And Returned To New York

- Which Treats Of A Grievous Disappointment

- Of The Meeting Between The General And His Secretary

- Containing A Faithful Account Of What Took Place When General Potter And His Secretary Crossed The Line

- Of The General's Recovery, And His Interview With Mr. Tickler; Also, Of The Landing At Buzabub

- One Of The Most Truthful Accounts Of How General Potter Spent A Night Among The Dead

- Which Treats Of What Took Place When The General And His Secretary Gained Their Understandings

- In Which The Reader Will Find The Most Faithful Account Of The Journey To Nezub

- Which Explains Why Don Perez Goneti Practised The Deception

- Which Records Several Amusing Things That Took Place When The Ice Was Dissolved

- Which Describes The Arrival Of An Army Of Vagabonds; And How The Great Battle Of The Banana Hills Was Fought

- Which Treats Of Various Curious Things That Occurred

- Which Treats Of How The Priests Bore The Punishment

- Which Relates Several Curious Things That Took Place After The Great Battle Of The Miracle Was Decided

- Treating Of How The Ruler Was Carried Off Into Captivity On A Mule, Accompanied By Divers Priests

- In Which The Reader Will Find Much That Is Curious And Interesting

- Which Relates A Curious Conversation That Took Place When They Reached The House Of Angelio's Parents

- The Last And Most Curious Chapter In This Eventful History