• PREFACE. TO THE BOOK-LOVER.
• CHAPTER I. THEOLOGY.
• CHAPTER II. FANATICS AND FREE-THINKERS.
• CHAPTER III. ASTROLOGY, ALCHEMY, AND MAGIC.
• CHAPTER IV. SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY.
• CHAPTER V. HISTORY.
• CHAPTER VI. POLITICS AND STATESMANSHIP.
• CHAPTER VII. SATIRE.
• CHAPTER VIII. POETRY.
• CHAPTER IX. DRAMA AND ROMANCE.
• CHAPTER X. BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS.
• CHAPTER XI. SOME LITERARY MARTYRS.
• INDEX.

TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN WALTER, ESQ., M.A., J.P., OF BEARWOOD, BERKS, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.