A Book of New England legends and folk lore in prose and poetry

Part First: Boston Legends. Solitary of Shawmet

J.L. Motley

Boston common

O.W. Holmes

Mistress Anne Hutchinson

Death of Rainsborough

Case of Mistress Ann Hibbins

Mary Dyer

The King's Missive

The Quaker Prophetess

In the old South Church

J. G. Whittier

More Wonders of the invisible world

Calef in Boston

J. G. Whittier

Nix-s Mate

The duel on the Common

Due d'Anville's Descent

Ballad of the French Fleet

H.W. Longfellow

Christ Church

Edwin B. Russell

Paul Revere's Ride

Peter Rugg

William Austin

A Legend of the Old Elm

Isaac McLellan, Jr.

Roxbury Pudding Stone

The Dorchester Giant

O.W. Holmes

Part Second: Cambridge Legends. The Washington Elm

The Last of the Highwaymen

The Eliot Oak

Part Third: Lynn and Nahant Legends. The Bridal of Pennacook

The Pirate's Glen

Moll Pitcher

High rock

Elizabeth F. Merrill

Nahant

The Sea Serpent

The Floure of Souvenance

Swampscott Beach

Part Fourth: Legends of Salem. Salem

Escape of Philip English

Endicott and the Red cross

The Witchcraft Tragedy

Giles Corey the Wizard

The Bell Tavern Mystery

Part Fifth: Marblehead Legends. Marblehead the town

The Shrieking Woman

The Strange Adventures of Philip Ashton

Agnes, the Maid of the Inn

Skipper Ireson's Ride

A plea for Flood Ireson

Charles T. Broooks

Part Sixth: Cape-Ann Legends. Cape Ann

Captain John Smith

Thacher's Island

Anthony Thacher's Shipwreck

The Swan Song of Parson Avery

J.G. Whittier

Old Meg the Witch

An escape from Pirates

Norman's Woe

Hannah binding shoes

Lucy Larson

Part Seventh: Ipswich and Newbury Legends. Ipswich

Old Ipswich Town

Appleton Morgan

Heartbreak Hill

Newburyport

Lord Timothy Dexter

The Old Elm of Newbury

The Prophecy of Samuel Sewall

The Double-headed Snake

Thomas Macy, the Exile

Telling the Bees

Part Eighth: Hampton and Portsmouth Legends. Hampton

Jonathan Moulton and the Devil

Goody Cole

The Wreck of Rivermouth

J. G. Whittier

Portsmouth

The Stone Throwing Devil

Lady Wentworth

Part Ninth: York, Isles of Shoals, and Boon-Island Legends. Isles of Shoals

On Star Island

Sarah O. Jewett

Legend of Blackbeard

The Spanish Wreck

The Spaniards Graves

Celia Thaxter

Boon Island

The Watch of Boon Island

Celia Thaxter

The Grave of Champernowne

Agamenticus (York, Maine)

Mount Agamenticus

Saint Aspenquid

John Albee

Part Tenth: Old Colony Legends. Hanging by Proxy

The Old Oaken Bucket

Samuel Woodworth

Destruction of Minot's Light

Fitz-James O'Brien

Legends of Plymouth Rock

Mary Chilton

George Bancroft Griffin

The courtship of Myles Standish

The Pilgrim Fathers

Percival, Pierpont, Hemans, Sprague

Part Eleventh: Rhode-Island Legends. The Skelton in Armor

The Newport Tower

J.G. Brainard, L. H. Sigourney

Block Island

The Buccaneer

The Palatine

J.G. Whittier

The Last of the Wampanoags

Part Twelfth: Connecticut Legends. The Phantom Ship

The Charter Oak

The Charter Oak (poem)

L. H. Sigourney

The Places of Noises

Matchit Moodus

J.G. Brainard

The Spanish Galleon

The Money Diggers

J. G. Brainard

The Norwich Elms

L. H. Sigourney

Part Thirteenth: Nantucket and Other Legends. Nantucket Legends

The Alarmed Skipper

James T. Fields

The Unknown Champion.