The Great Seal (Frontispiece)
   The Birth of the Prince and the Pauper (Chapter 1)
   “Splendid pageants and great bonfires.”
   Tom’s Early Life (Chapter 2)
   Offal Court
   “With any miserable crust.”
   “He often read the priest’s books.”
   “Saw poor Anne Askew burned.”
   “Brought their perplexities to Tom.”
   “Longing for the pork-pies.”
   Tom’s Meeting with the Prince (Chapter 3)
   “At Temple Bar.”
   “Let him in!”
   “How old be these?”
   “Doff thy rags and don these splendors.”
   “I salute your gracious highness.”
   The Prince’s Troubles Begin (Chapter 4)
   “Set upon by dogs.”
   “A drunken ruffian collared him.”
   Tom as a Patrician (Chapter 5)
   “Next he drew the sword.”
   “Resolved to fly.”
   “The boy was on his knees.”
   “Great nobles walked upon each side of him.”
   “He dropped upon his knees.”
   “He turned a joyful face.”
   “The physician bowed low.”
   “The king fell back upon his couch.”
   “Is this man to live forever?”
   Tom Receives Instructions (Chapter 6)
   “Prithee, insist not.”
   “The lord St. John made reverence.”
   Hertford and the princesses
   “She made reverence.”
   “Offered it to him on a golden salver.”
   “They mused a while.”
   “Peace, my lord, thou utterest treason!”
   “He began to pace the floor.”
   Tom’s First Royal Dinner (Chapter 7)
   “Fastened a napkin about his neck.”
   “Tom ate with his fingers.”
   “He gravely took a draught.”
   “Tom put on the greaves.”
   The Question of the Seal (Chapter 8)
   “The attendants eased him back upon his pillows.”
   The River Pageant (Chapter 9)
   “A troop of halberdiers appeared in the gateway.”
   “Tom Canty stepped into view.”
   The Prince in the Toils (Chapter 10)
   “A dim form sank to the ground.”
   “Who art thou?”
   “Sent him staggering into Goodwife Canty’s arms.”
   “She bent heedfully and warily over him.”
   “The prince sprang up.”
   “Hurried him along the dark way.”
   “He wasted no time.”
   At Guildhall (Chapter 11)
   “A rich canopy of state.”
   “Began to lay about him.”
   “Long live the king!”
   The Prince and His Deliverer (Chapter 12)
   “Our friends threaded their way.”
   “Object-lessons” in English history
   “John Canty moved off.”
   “Smoothing back the tangled curls.”
   “Prithee pour the water.”
   “Go on—tell me thy story.”
   “Thou hast been shamefully abused!”
   “He dropped upon one knee.”
   “Rise, Sir Miles Hendon, Knight.”
   The Disappearance of the Prince (Chapter 13)
   “He dropped asleep.”
   “These be very good and sound.”
   “Explain, thou limb of Satan!”
   “Hendon followed after him.”
   “Le roi est mort—Vive le roi.” (Chapter 14)
   “Wilt deign to deliver thy commands?”
   “The First Lord of the Bedchamber received the hose.”
   “A secretary of state presented an order.”
   “The boy rose, and stood at graceful ease.”
   “’Tis I that take them.”
   “If your majesty will but tax your memory.”
   Tom as King (Chapter 15)
   “Tom had wandered to a window.”
   “Tom scanned the prisoners.”
   “Let the prisoner go free!”
   “What is it that these have done?”
   “Several old heads nodded their recognition.”
   The State Dinner (Chapter 16)
   “A gentleman bearing a rod.”
   “The Chancellor, between two.”
   “I thank ye, my good people.”
   “He marched away in the midst of his pageant.”
   Foo-Foo the First (Chapter 17)
   “The ruffian followed their steps.”
   “He seized a billet of wood.”
   “He was soon absorbed in thinkings.”
   “A grim and unsightly picture.”
   “They roared out a rollicking ditty.”
   “Whilst the flames licked upward.”
   “They were whipped at the cart’s tail.”
   “Thou shalt not!”
   “Knocking Hobbs down.”
   “Throne him!”
   The Prince with the Tramps (Chapter 18)
   “The troop of vagabonds set forward.”
   “They threw bones and vegetables.”
   “Began to writhe and wallow in the dirt.”
   “The king fled in the opposite direction.”
   “He stumbled along.”
   “What seemed to be a warm rope.”
   “Cuddled up to the calf.”
   The Prince with the Peasants (Chapter 19)
   “Took a good satisfying stare.”
   “The children’s mother received the king kindly.”
   “Brought the king out of his dreams.”
   “Gave him a butcher knife to grind.”
   The Prince and the Hermit (Chapter 20)
   “He turned and descried two figures.”
   “The king entered, and paused.”
   “I will tell you a secret!”
   “Chatting pleasantly all the time.”
   “Drew his thumb along the edge.”
   “The next moment they were bound.”
   Hendon to the Rescue (Chapter 21)
   “He sunk upon his knees, his knife in hand.”
   “Then followed a confusion of kicks and plungings.”
   “The fettered little king.”
   A Victim of Treachery (Chapter 22)
   “Hugo stood no chance.”
   “Hugo bound the poultice tight and fast.”
   “Tarry here till I come again.”
   “The king sprang to his deliverer’s side.”
   The Prince a Prisoner (Chapter 23)
   “Gently, good friend.”
   “She sprang to her feet.”
   The Escape (Chapter 24)
   “The pig may cost thy neck, man!”
   “Bear me up, bear me up, sweet sir!”
   Hendon Hall (Chapter 25)
   “Jogging eastward on sorry steeds.”
   “There is the village, my prince!”
   “ ‘Embrace me, Hugh,’ he cried.”
   “Hugh put up his hand in dissent.”
   “A beautiful lady, richly clothed, followed Hugh.”
   “Hugh was pinned to the wall.”
   Disowned (Chapter 26)
   “Obey, and have no fear.”
   “Am I Miles Hendon?”
   In Prison (Chapter 27)
   “Chained in a large room.”
   “The old man looked Hendon over.”
   “Information delivered in a low voice.”
   “The king!” he cried. “What king?”
   “Two women, chained to posts.”
   “Torn away by the officers.”
   “The king was furious.”
   The Sacrifice (Chapter 28)
   “He confronted the officer in charge.”
   “Whilst the lash was applied the poor king turned away his face.”
   “Sir Hugh spurred away.”
   To London (Chapter 29)
   “Hendon mounted and rode off with the king.”
   “In the midst of a jam of howling people.”
   Tom’s Progress (Chapter 30)
   “To kiss his hand, at parting.”
   “Commanded her to go to her closet.”
   The Recognition Procession (Chapter 31)
   The start for the Tower
   “Welcome, O king!”
   “A largess! a largess!”
   “She was at his side.”
   “My liege! It is an ill time for dreaming!”
   “She was my mother!”
   Coronation Day (Chapter 32)
   “Gathers up the lady’s long train.”
   “Tom Canty appeared.”
   “And fell on his knees before him.”
   “The Great Seal—fetch it hither.”
   “Sire, the Seal is not there!”
   “Bethink thee, my king.”
   “Long live the true king!”
   “To crack nuts with!”
   Edward as King (Chapter 33)
   “He stretched himself on the ground.”
   “Arrested as a suspicious character.”
   “It is his right!”
   “Strip this robber.”
   “Tom rose and kissed the king’s hand.”
   Justice and Retribution (Conclusion)
   Notes