Theodore Roosevelt's : letters to his children / edited by Joseph Bucklin Bishop

Introduction -- In the Spanish war -- Youthful bible commentators -- Fine names for guinea pigs -- A cougar and lynx hunt -- Dogs that climb tress -- The Pig named Maude -- Advice and news -- Archie and Quentin -- Incidents of home-coming -- Uncle Remus and White house pets -- The Dog "Gem" -- Presidential nurse for guinea pigs -- Thanksgiving in the white house -- A white house Christmas -- Tom Quartz and Jack -- A Far Western trip -- Tame wild creatures -- Western customs and scenery -- Treasure for the children -- More treasures -- A homesick president -- Josiah's passionate day -- Loves and sports of the children -- A President at play -- To Ted on a hunting trio -- End of summer at Oyster Bay -- "Valuablest" kind of rabbits -- A Preaching letter -- Proper place for sports -- Concerning getting "smashed" -- The Art of Uncle Remus -- A ride and a pillow fight -- Study and play -- Quentin's first fall -- Homesick for Sagamore hill -- Joy over a football victory -- Vice-Mother of the children -- Quentin's sixth birthday -- A President's poor protection -- Ted's sprained ankle -- The Supreme Christmas joy -- A Day with a juggler -- Merits of military and civil life -- Root and Taft -- Senator Hanna's death -- Irritating remark by Quentin -- Japanese wrestling -- Love for the White House -- Peter Rabbit's funeral -- Charms of Valley Forge -- Washington's companions at Valley Forge -- On the Eve of election -- Bill the Lizard -- On the eve of election -- Big Jim White -- Winter life in the White House -- Playtime of the children -- A Japanese boy's letter -- On counting days and wrestling -- Spring in Washington -- A hunting trip -- Abernethy the Wolf hunter -- Prairie girls -- Bears, bobcats and skip -- Home again with skip -- Skip in the White House -- Officers of Togo's fleet -- A President as cook -- Quentin's quaint sayings -- Advice regarding newspaper annoyances -- Incidents of a Southern trip -- Poets and princes -- Novels and games -- Christmas present of his old nurse -- Dickens and Thackeray -- A Tribute to Archie -- Pillow fights with the boys -- Sorrows of Skip -- "An interesting circus experience" -- A Big and lonely White House -- A New puppy and a new house -- A Quentin anecdote -- A Visit to Washington's birthplace -- More about Dickens -- No place like Sagamore Hill -- Attic delights -- Presidential rescue of a kitten -- Sports of Quentin and Archie -- Skip and Archie -- A Trukey Hunt at Pine Knot -- Pets on shipboard -- Names of the guns -- Reflections on the way -- Events since Columbus's discovery -- Pride in America -- What the President saw at Panama -- On the way to Porto Rico -- What he saw in Porto Rico -- Sickness of Archie -- At the Jamestown exposition -- General Kuroki -- Temporary absence of Skip -- Death of Skip -- Quentin's snake adventure -- Trials of travelling president -- Changes of three centuries -- Peculiarities of Mississippi steamboats -- The Lone cat of the camp -- Shooting the bear -- Quentin's "exquisite jest" -- Tom Pinch -- "Martin Chuzzlewit" -- Good reading for pacifists -- Quentin as a ball-player -- Four sheepish small boys -- John Burroughs and the flying squirrels -- Beauty of White House grounds -- Quentin and a beehive -- Quentin and turner -- Quentin and the pig -- A Presidential fall -- More about Quentin -- Tribute to Kermit -- Longing for home -- The Last hunt -- Quentin grown-up

Most of the letters in this volume were written by Theodore Roosevelt to his children during a period of more than a dozen years.