From the Book - Regular Print
I Of what is attempted in this book 3 --
II Of the naming that was before history 4 --
III How the first Spaniards gave names 11 --
IV Of English, Spanish, and French in the same years 20 --
V Of Charles Stuart and some others 35 --
VI How the Massachusetts General Court dealt with names 44 --
VII How the people began to give names 57 --
VIII How names were symbols of empire 67 --
IX History of New York 78 --
XI How the Spaniards named another kingdom 95 --
XII When King Charles came to his own 97 --
XIII How the names became more English and less English 108 --
XIV How they took the names into the mountains 126 --
XV Of the years when they fought the French 135 --
XVI Of a pause between wars 149 --
XVII How the Leather-Jackets rode north 156 --
XVIII Of new names in the Land 162 --
XIX America discovers Columbus 169 --
XX Of the last voyagers 174 --
XXI Of ancient glory renewed 181 --
XXII Of the new nation 188 --
XXIII Yankee flavor 205 --
XXIV How they took over the French names 209 --
XXV Of Mr. Jefferson's western lands 214 --
XXVI Of the dry country and the farther mountains 219 --
XXVII Of a new generation 226 --
XXVIII Of patterns for street-names 244 --
XXIX Flavor of the New South 250 --
XXX Melodrama in the Forties 252 --
XXXI "Ye say they all have passed away..." 270 --
XXXII How the tradition of the States was broken 285 --
XXXIII Of the cities of the Fifties 289 --
XXXIV How they fought again 295 --
XXXV How Congress took over 301 --
XXXVI Of the last flourishing 314 --
XXXVII "Change the name of Arkansas-Never!" 335 --
XXXVIII Of rules and regulations 340 --
XXXIX Flavor of California 346 --
XL Of modern methods 353 --
XLII Unfinished business 372 --
XLVI Current affairs-1944-1958 423.