A table is here given to enable the reader to arrange the various events related according to time, nation, and place. Those in capitals are those circumstantially narrated; the others are those merely alluded to.
| Date | Deed | Nation | Country | Page |
| ALCESTIS' SACRIFICE FOR HER HUSBAND | Greek | Thrace | 18 | |
| B. C. | Antigone's Burial of her Brother | Greek | Thebes | 19 |
| 1068. | Codrus' Devotion | Greek | Athens | 56 |
| 1050. | DAVID'S DRAUGHT OF WATER | Israelite | Palestine | 22 |
| 512. | The silence of Leæna | Greek | Athens | 14 |
| 507. | HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE | Roman | Rome | 26 |
| 480. | THE SPARTANS AT THERMOPYLÆ | Greek | Thessaly | 34 |
| 389. | COMINIUS AT THE ROCK | Roman | Rome | 42 |
| 380. | DAMON'S FRIENDSHIP | Sicilian Greek | Syracuse | 53 |
| 339. | THE DEVOTION OF DECIUS THE ELDER | Roman | Italy | 56 |
| 326. | ALEXANDER'S CUP OF WATER | Greek | Persia | 24 |
| 294. | The Devotion of Decius the Younger | Roman | Italy | 60 |
| 249. | THE CONSTANCY OF REGULUS | Roman | Carthage | 61 |
| 219. | The Rescue of Scipio | Roman | Italy | 206. |
| 180. | THE RISING OF THE MACCABEES | Jewish | Palestine | 66 |
| 52. | THE SURRENDER OF VERCINGETORIX | Gallic | Gaul | 74 |
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| 42. | The Affection of Arria | Roman | Rome | 116 |
| 60. | The Sentinel at Pompeii | Roman | Italy | 13 |
| 290. | Beatrix Burying her Brother | Roman | Rome | 168 |
| 306. | NATALIA'S AFFECTION | Greek | Bithynia | 117 |
| 389. | THE REBUKE TO THEODOSIUS | Italian | Milan | 82 |
| 404. | THE HERMIT IN THE COLISÆUM | Rome | Egyptian | 92 |
| 483. | GENEVIÈVE PLEADING FOR PARIS | Gallic | Paris | 93 |
| 533. | THE ESCAPE OF ATTALUS | Gallic | France | 98 |
| 991. | THE BATTLE OF THE BLACKWATER | English | Essex | 108 |
| 1064. | THE REBUKE TO SVEND | English | Denmark | 85 |
| 1066. | The Northman on Stamford Bridge | Norse | England | 31 |
| 1141. | The Ladies of Weinsburg | Bavarian | Germany | 200 |
| 1273. | Rudolf's Draught of Water | Swiss | Germany | 25 |
| 1291. | GUZMAN'S FIDELITY | Spaniard | Tarifa | 113 |
| 1306. | Bruce's Defence | Scottish | Scotland | 32 |
| 1308. | GERTRUDE VON DE WART'S FAITHFULNESS | German | Austria | 118 |
| 1314. | Bruce's Protection of the Lavender | Scottish | Ireland | 33 |
| 1332. | DIEUDONNE'S SUBMISSION | Provençal | Rhodes | 122 |
| 1347. | SURRENDER OF THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS | French | Calais | 127 |
| 1397. | WINKELRIED'S CHARGE | Swiss | Switzerland | 137 |
| 1401. | The Succourer of Rothesay | Scottish | Scotland | 15 |
| 1433. | FERNANDO'S CONSTANCY | Portuguese | Africa | 141 |
| 1435. | CATHERINE DOUGLAS'S DEFENCE | Scottish | Scotland | 146 |
| 1440. | HELEN KOTTENNER AND ST. STEPHEN'S CROWN | Hungarian | Hungary | 152 |
| 1450. | The Succourer of Gilles de Bretagne | Breton | Brittany | 15 |
| 1455. | GEORGE THE TRILLER'S RESCUE | German | Saxony | 159 |
| 1491. | The Spaniard at the Gates of Grenada | Spaniard | Spain | 13 |
| 1535. | Margaret Roper's Filial Love | English | England | 169 |
| 1564. | KOURBSKY'S LETTER CARRIER | Russian | Russia | 174 |
| 1565. | DEFENCE OF FORT ST. ELMO | Order of St. John | Malta | 186 |
| 1576. | SYDNEY'S DRAUGHT OF WATER | English | Holland | 25 |
| 1576. | BORROMEO IN THE PLAGUE OF MILAN | Italian | Milan | 227 |
| 1622. | VINCENT DE PAUL AS A CONVICT | French | France | 195 |
| 1631. | THE HOUSEWIVES OF LÖWENBURG | German | Germany | 201 |
| 1643. | The Spanish Infantry's Fall at Rocroy | Spaniard | Flanders | 13 |
| 1648. | THE LINDSAYS AT EDGEHILL | English | England | 206 |
| 1652. | The Flask at Flensborg | Danish | Holstein | 25 |
| 1666. | THE PLAGUE-STRICKEN EYAM | English | England | 228 |
| 1672. | The Soldier's Cloaks covering Turenne | French | Germany | 214 |
| 1700, c. | LADY EDGEWORTH'S PRESENCE OF MIND | Irish | Ireland | 219 |
| 1720, c. | HELEN WALKER'S PETITION | Scottish | England | 263 |
| 1721. | BISHOP BELZUNCE IN THE PLAGUE OF MARSEILLES | French | France | 232 |
| 1760. | THE SHOUT OF D'ASSAS | French | Germany | 33 |
| 1790. | Madame Augguier at the Queen's Door | French | France | 235 |
| 1792. | THE RESCUE OF ABBÉ SICARD | French | France | " |
| 1792. | THE DAUGHTER'S DEFENCE | French | France | " |
| 1792. | THE PRINCESSE DE LAMBALLE'S FRIENDSHIP | French | France | " |
| 1793. | THE REVOLT OF LA VENDÉE | French | France | 242 |
| 1793. | THE FAITHFUL SLAVES OF HAITI | Negro | West Indies | 257 |
| 1798. | CASABIANCA'S OBEDIENCE | French | Aboukir Bay | 210 |
| 18--. | Rose Pasquer's Faithfulness | French | France. | 305 |
| 1804. | THE GUNPOWDER AT ST. HELIERS | Jerseyman | Jersey | 220 |
| 1804. | Crew of the Hindostan | English | Mediterranean | 222 |
| 1805. | PRASCOVIA'S JOURNEY | Russian | Russia | 264 |
| 1807. | THE FORTITUDE OF AGNES GREEN | English | England | 279 |
| 1808. | THE DEFENCE OF ZARAGOZA | Spanish | Spain | 284 |
| 1810. | The Fidelity of Ivan | Russian | Caucasus | 102 |
| 1811. | THE FIELD OF CASAL NOVO | English | Spain | 290 |
| 1812. | THE MAGAZINE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO | English | Spain | 222 |
| 1812. | THE HESSIAN SOLDIERS IN THE RETREAT | German | Russia | 215 |
| 1812. | JEANNE PARELLE'S FILIAL PIETY | French | France | 299 |
| 1816. | MR. BUXTON AND THE MAD DOG | English | England | 295 |
| 1820. | The Fire at Strasburg | French | France | 223 |
| 1822. | THE CREW OF THE DRAKE | English | Newfoundland | 312 |
| 1823. | MÈRE JAQUEMIN AND HER LODGER | French | France | 309 |
| 1824. | The Saint Remi Fever | French | France | 325 |
| 1825. | THE OSMOTHERLY FEVER | American | England | 319 |
| 1825. | DEFYING THE VOLCANO | Polynesian | Hawaii | 325 |
| 1826. | THE LOSS OF THE MAGPIE | English | West Indies | 312 |
| 1830. | Albony's Fight with the Mad Dog | French | France | 297 |
| 1830. | FANNY MULLER'S SELF-DENIAL | German | France | 308 |
| 1830. | MARTIN'S FIDELITY TO SULLY'S DESCENDANTS | French | France | 303 |
| 1837. | JEAN VIGIER'S LOVE TO HIS MOTHER | French | France | 301 |
| 1838. | GRACE DARLING | English | England | 335 |
| 1840. | MADELEINE SAUNIER'S CHARITY | French | France | 310 |
| 1848. | PAUL DUNEZ'S FAITHFULNESS | Negro | Cayenne | 262 |
| 1850, c. | SOLDIERS IN THE BIRKENHEAD | English | African Coast | 330 |
| 1850, c. | Crew of the Atalante | English | Nova Scotia | 329 |
| 1850, c. | ANNA GURNEY'S RESCUES | English | England | 332 |
| 1852. | MADELEINE BLANCHET'S DEFENCE | French | France | 305 |
| 1853. | DR. KANE'S RESCUE PARTY | American | Arctic Regions | 337 |
| 1854. | Dr. Thomson at the Alma | English | Crimea | 16 |
| 1854. | Florence Nightingale | English | Crimea | 16 |
| 1857. | Lieut. Willoughby in the Magazine at Delhi | English | India | 225 |
| 1857. | Dr. Hay at Benares | English | India | 16 |
| 1857. | Deeds of the English in the Mutiny | English | India | 343 |
| 1863. | Unselfish Soldier | American | N. States | 17 |
| 1864. | Dying Engineer | American | N. States | 17 |
| 1864. | The Substitute | American | S. States | 136 |
| 1864. | AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN IN THE WOOD | English | Australia | 346 |
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