| | Prologue | p. xiii |
| | A Free American Girl | p. 3 |
| | The Secret Cupboard | p. 40 |
| | "How Quick Can a Woman Go Around the World?" | p. 57 |
| | "The Guessing Match Has Begun in Beautiful Earnest" | p. 197 |
| | The Mysterious Travel Agent | p. 255 |
| | Selected bibliography | p. 415 |
| | The Newspaper Gods of Gotham | p. 17 |
| | Baksheesh | p. 161 |
| | The Temple of the Dead | p. 235 |
| | "I Think Can Beat Phileas Fogg's Record" | p. 69 |
| | Living by Railroad Time | p. 92 |
| | An English Market Town in China | p. 184 |
| | The Special Train | p. 282 |
| | Epilogue | p. 355 |
| | Notes | p. 381 |
| | A Map of the World | p. 116 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 377 |
| | "Et Ego in Arcadia" | p. 139 |
| | The Other Woman Is Going to Win | p. 215 |
| | Father Time Outdone | p. 324 |
| | "From Jersey to Jersey Is Around the World" | p. 307 |
| | Illustration credits | p. 425 |
| | Index | p. 427 |