The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter | Page 2

New York, to
the Great Delight of Little Barnstable
19.--The Most Pleasant and Satisfactory Mode of Displaying Courage
and Military Skill
20.--A Mistake that had Nearly Cost Major Potter his Life
21.--The Happiest Way of Settling a Difference
22.--The Least Expensive Way of Manufacturing Heroes
23.--Which Treats of a Party of Yachters Met on the Sound
24.--A Remarkable Interview between the Renowned Major Roger
Potter and the Commander of the Fleet
25.--A Small Accident which had well nigh Lost the Renowned Major
all His Reputation for Gallantry
26.--Major Roger Potter's Grand Reception in New York, and How he
was Fairly Suffocated with the Attentions of Our Aldermen
27.--What was Said and Done when the Renowned Major Potter
Arrived at the Great St. Nicholas Hotel
28.--A Remarkable Mayor of the City; how he Received the Major,
Exchanged Speeches, and was Serenaded, to the Great Delight of
Politicians and Vagabonds in general
29.--Wherein is Pleasantly Related how Major Roger Potter was Found

Almost Suffocated
30.--How to Regulate the Good Conduct of Young Gentlemen Entering
the "Century Club."
31.--How the Landlord of the Astor pursued the Renowned Major with
a Small Bill
32.--A Queer Account of How the Major got into Debt to the Landlord
of the Astor
33.--How the Major became a General, and Joined the Young
American Banking House of Pickle, Prig & Flutter
34.--A Remarkable Showman, and what was Done with the Intelligent
Pig
35.--Two Great Generals, and an Amusing Account of the Very
Unmilitary Predicament they were Found in on the Morning of the
Review
36.--The Story of a very Learned Critic, together with other Queer and
Interesting Matters, all of which took place at the New York Hotel
37.--A Chapter on Military Politicians and Critics, all of which is set
down in Writing by Mr. Orlando Tickler, one of the Order
38.--Major Roger Potter Engages to get the Kingdom of Kalorama for
us, and Prepares to Depart for Washington, to Procure the Mission
promised him by the Government
39.--A Remark or two concerning our Grand Opera House
40.--How certain Well-Known Adepts and Office-Seekers were
Alarmed at General Roger Potter's Arrival in Washington
41.--An Adept of the Name of Ben Stretcher, and what He Does for
those who Stand in Need of His Services

42.--Which Records the Singular Character of the Application made by
General Roger Potter for an Office, and how he is sent Minister to the
King of the Kaloramas, that being the Easiest Method of Getting Rid of
Him
43.--Which Records how the General Got His Commission, and
Returned to New York, with Other Things Common to Politicians
44.--General Roger Potter gets a Mission, and Returns to New York,
with the Loss of his Secretary, Mr. Tickler
45.--An Affair of Gallantry that had Nearly Cost Mr. Tickler his Life,
an event that would have been a Serious Loss to the Nation; also, the
Story of Leon and Linda, as Told by the Critic
46.--The Renowned General Potter takes his Departure as Minister
Plenipotentiary for Kalorama; as, also, a True and Accurate Account of
What Took Place when the Ship Crossed the Line. To which is Added
the Sad History of Spark Island
47.--Which Describes the Rejoicing that Took Place when the General
Landed at Buzabub, on the Coast of Kalorama
48.--How the Renowned General Potter Spent a Night Among the Dead
49.--Sorry Trials of a Great Minister Plenipotentiary, all of which arise
from his Ignorance of the Language spoken at Court
50.--The Journey to Nezub; as, also, a Curious Conversation which
took place between Minister Potter and his Secretary
51.--In which is Minutely Described an Entirely New and Most
Extraordinary Mode of Punishing Ministers and Secretaries of Legation
52.--Things which the Author Ventures to Assert Cannot Fail to Amuse
and Instruct the Reader
53.--How the Renowned General Potter had an Army of Vagabonds
sent him, and how the Terrible Battle of the Banana Hills was Fought

Without Bloodshed
54.--An Amusing Result of a Great Battle
55.--Which Recounts how General Potter Condemned the Priests to
Ride Asses Three Times a Day, as a Good Enough Punishment for their
Intriguing; also, a Plain and Unvarnished Account of the
ever-Memorable Battle of "The Miracle," in which Old Battle, the
Greatest War Horse of these times, Lost his Life
56.--An Amusing Quarrel, which Arose Concerning the Government of
Kolorama
57.--Which Treats of How the Ruler of a Kingdom was Carried Off
into Captivity on a Mule, and how he Escaped from the Priests
58.--An Account of how the Renowned General Potter stole the Hat
and Mule of a Poor Priest, that he might go in Search of his Straying
Army
59.--The Vagaries of Mr. Tickler, Secretary and Critic to General
Roger Potter. He Relates the Story of Angelio
60.--The Last and Most Melancholy Chapter in this Eventful History,
and wherein will be found