| Chapter 1 | HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURN'S TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HIM |
| Chapter 2 | REDBURN'S DEPARTURE FROM HOME |
| Chapter 3 | HE ARRIVES IN TOWN |
| Chapter 4 | HOW HE DISPOSED OF HIS FOWLING-PIECE |
| Chapter 5 | HE PURCHASES HIS SEA-WARDROBE, AND ON A DISMAL RAINY DAY PICKS UP HIS BOARD AND LODGING ALONG THE WHARVES |
| Chapter 6 | HE IS INITIATED IN THE BUSINESS OF CLEANING OUT THE PIG-PEN, AND SLUSHING DOWN THE TOP-MAST |
| Chapter 7 | HE GETS TO SEA AND FEELS VERY BAD |
| Chapter 8 | HE IS PUT INTO THE LARBOARD WATCH; GETS SEA-SICK; AND RELATES SOME OTHER OF HIS EXPERIENCES |
| Chapter 9 | THE SAILORS BECOMING A LITTLE SOCIAL, REDBURN CONVERSES WITH THEM |
| Chapter 10 | HE IS VERY MUCH FRIGHTENED; THE SAILORS ABUSE HIM; AND HE BECOMES MISERABLE AND FORLORN |
| Chapter 11 | HE HELPS WASH THE DECKS, AND THEN GOES TO BREAKFAST |
| Chapter 12 | HE GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF ONE OF HIS SHIPMATES CALLED JACKSON |
| Chapter 13 | HE HAS A FINE DAY AT SEA, BEGINS TO LIKE IT; BUT CHANGES HIS MIND |
| Chapter 14 | HE CONTEMPLATES MAKING A SOCIAL CALL ON THE CAPTAIN IN HIS CABIN |
| Chapter 15 | THE MELANCHOLY STATE OF HIS WARDROBE |
| Chapter 16 | AT DEAD OF NIGHT HE IS SENT UP TO LOOSE THE MAIN-SKYSAIL |
| Chapter 17 | THE COOK AND STEWARD |
| Chapter 18 | HE ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE HIS MIND; AND TELLS OF ONE BLUNT AND HIS DREAM BOOK |
| Chapter 19 | A NARROW ESCAPE |
| Chapter 20 | IN A FOG HE IS SET TO WORK AS A BELL-TOLLER, AND BEHOLDS A HERD OF OCEAN-ELEPHANTS |
| Chapter 21 | A WHALEMAN AND A MAN-OF-WAR'S-MAN |
| Chapter 22 | THE HIGHLANDER PASSES A WRECK |
| Chapter 23 | AN UNACCOUNTABLE CABIN-PASSENGER, AND A MYSTERIOUS YOUNG LADY |
| Chapter 24 | HE BEGINS TO HOP ABOUT IN THE RIGGING LIKE A SAINT JAGO's MONKEY |
| Chapter 25 | QUARTER-DECK FURNITURE |
| Chapter 26 | A SAILOR A JACK OF ALL TRADES |
| Chapter 27 | HE GETS A PEEP AT IRELAND, AND AT LAST ARRIVES AT LIVERPOOL |
| Chapter 28 | HE GOES TO SUPPER AT THE SIGN OF THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER |
| Chapter 29 | REDBURN DEFERENTIALLY DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF SAILORS |
| Chapter 30 | REDBURN GROWS INTOLERABLY FLAT AND STUPID OVER SOME OUTLANDISH OLD GUIDE-BOOKS |
| Chapter 31 | WITH HIS PROSY OLD GUIDE-BOOK, HE TAKES A PROSY STROLL THROUGH THE TOWN |
| Chapter 32 | THE DOCKS |
| Chapter 33 | THE SALT-DROGHERS, AND GERMAN EMIGRANT SHIPS |
| Chapter 34 | THE IRRAWADDY |
| Chapter 35 | GALLIOTS, COAST-OF-GUINEA-MAN, AND FLOATING CHAPEL |
| Chapter 36 | THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS, AND THE DEAD-HOUSE |
| Chapter 37 | WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTT'S-HEY |
| Chapter 38 | THE DOCK-WALL BEGGARS |
| Chapter 39 | THE BOOBLE-ALLEYS OF THE TOWN |
| Chapter 40 | PLACARDS, BRASS-JEWELERS, TRUCK-HORSES, AND STEAMERS |
| Chapter 41 | REDBURN ROVES ABOUT HITHER AND THITHER |
| Chapter 42 | HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE CROSS OLD GENTLEMAN |
| Chapter 43 | HE TAKES A DELIGHTFUL RAMBLE INTO THE COUNTRY; AND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THREE ADORABLE CHARMERS |
| Chapter 44 | REDBURN INTRODUCES MASTER HARRY BOLTON TO THE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF THE READER |
| Chapter 45 | HARRY BOLTON KIDNAPS REDBURN, AND CARRIES HIM OFF TO LONDON |
| Chapter 46 | A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT IN LONDON |
| Chapter 47 | HOMEWARD BOUND |
| Chapter 48 | A LIVING CORPSE |
| Chapter 49 | CARLO |
| Chapter 50 | HARRY BOLTON AT SEA |
| Chapter 51 | THE EMIGRANTS |
| Chapter 52 | THE EMIGRANTS' KITCHEN |
| Chapter 53 | THE HORATII AND CURIATII |
| Chapter 54 | SOME SUPERIOR OLD NAIL-ROD AND PIG-TAIL |
| Chapter 55 | NIGH TO THE LAST SCENE IN JACKSON'S CAREER |
| Chapter 56 | UNDER THE LEE OF THE LONG-BOAT, REDBURN AND HARRY HOLD CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNION |
| Chapter 57 | ALMOST A FAMINE |
| Chapter 58 | THOUGH THE HIGHLANDER PUTS INTO NO HARBOR AS YET; SHE HERE AND THERE LEAVES MANY OF HER PASSENGERS BEHIND |
| Chapter 59 | THE LAST END OF JACKSON |
| Chapter 60 | HOME AT LAST |
| Chapter 61 | REDBURN AND HABBY, ARM IN ARM, IN HARBOR |
| Chapter 62 | THE LAST THAT WAS EVER HEARD OF HARRY BOLTON |