General description and statistics of London, pp. 1-15

The sensational novel, p. 16

Harriette Noel-Thatcher, Sir John the giant-slayer: an allegorical temperance tale, pp. 17-36

India in the north-west, pp. 37-56

The gossips, p. 56

Henry Gore, From London to the Falls of Niagara, pp. 57-72

Henry Gore, A walk in the 'Zoo', pp. 73-100

Sir Isaac Newton and the apple, p. 100

The Tower of London, pp. 101-110

The settler and the savages: or, ingratitude punished, p. 110

Westminster Abbey, pp. 111-120

Death of the bluebottle, p. 120

J.W. McCall, The bottle, pp. 121-125

The juvenile smokers, p. 125

J.W. McCall, The drunkard's children, pp. 126-128

Five senses, p. 128

J.W. McCall, The progress of intemperance, pp. 129-132

R.D.S., Brown and the bear, p. 133

Simon and his pig, p. 134

The hollow tooth, p. 135

The mouse-hunt, p. 136

John P. Cheyne, Arctic regions, pp. 137-163

Little Snow-white, pp. 163-164

Henry Dixon, Mysore and southern India, pp. 165-178

The travels of the Sultan of Ragobago in Grogolfland, pp. 179-187

Cat and mouse, pp. 187-188

Charles Dickens, Gabriel Grub: or, the goblins who stole the sexton, pp. 189-197

W. Harry Rogers, Ice Peter, pp. 198-199

William Cowper, Androcles and the lion, pp. 200-201

C.C.J., The hostile neighbours: or, the musician and the painter, pp. 202-203

The elephant's revenge, pp. 204-206

Midnight adventures with a flea, p. 206

Paris Exhibition, 1878, pp. 207-224