Chapter I: Preface: BY WILLA CATHER ix

I. THE RETURN 1
II. MRS. TODD 3
III. THE SCHOOLHOUSE 11
IV. AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE WINDOW 15
V. CAPTAIN LITTLEPAGE 20
VI. THE WAITING PLACE 31
VII. THE OUTER ISLAND 42
VIII. GREEN ISLAND 48
IX. WILLIAM 66
X. WHERE PENNYROYAL GREW 72
XI. THE OLD SINGERS 80
XII. A STRANGE SAIL 86
XIII. POOR JOANNA 98
XIV. THE HERMITAGE 115
XV. ON SHELL-HEAP ISLAND 127
XVI. THE GREAT EXPEDITION 134
XVII. A COUNTRY ROAD 144
XVIII. THE BOWDEN REUNION 156
XIX. THE FEAST’S END 175
XX. ALONG SHORE 184
XXI. A DUNNET SHEPHERDESS 207
XXII. THE QUEEN’S TWIN 242
XXIII. WILLIAM’S WEDDING 279
XXIV. THE BACKWARD VIEW 300