Part I
- I Remember Brooklyn
- Happenings in the Streets
- The Shoeshine Boy
- Play Activities
- Our Playhouse
- Hoppy Toad Houses
- Lightning Bugs and Evening Play
- Doodle Bugs
- Rainy Day Fun
- June Bugs
Part II
- Homes and Their Surroundings
- Household Chores
- The Garden and Canning Time
- The Outdoor Privy
Part III
- Billy, Our Goat
- Wash Day
- Jack
- Fun on the Red Hills
- Greasy Mouth
- My Aunt's Home and Surroundings
- Billy, the Pony
Part IV
- My Mother
- My Father—John Sinclair Leary
- Books
- Bessie Wilson—Our Aunt
- Our Episcopal Priest
Part V
- A Jewish Friend
- Peddlers
- Transportation
- Our Physician Friend
- Our Laundry Man
Part VI
- String Bands
- Banjo Pickers
- Water from the Well
- The Gold Digger
- Liz
- Spring Alley
- Superstitions
- The Dance in the Old Mill
- Herbs, Their Use, and Other Old-Fashioned Remedies
Part VII
- Our Wonderful Neighbor
- Miss Hannah Stewart
- Aunt Elsie
- Bill Houser--One of Brooklyn's Earliest Settlers
- Mrs. Amay James
Part VIII
- Churches and Religious Activities of Various Members of the Brooklyn Community
- A Great Tenor--Mr. Oscar Jackson
- Old Myers Street School
- A Terrible Fire