| Page | |
| Introduction | 9 |
| How to Become a Steeple-Jack | 9 |
| The Smokestack | 16 |
| To Rig a Stack Without a Gimblet Wire | 31 |
| How to Change the Riggings | 39 |
| Steel Stacks with Brick Lining | 40 |
| Smokestacks with Ladders | 42 |
| Steel Stacks Decay at Band | 43 |
| Reguying | 44 |
| Tripping the Riggings | 50 |
| Self-supporters | 55 |
| Knots | 58 |
| Square Knot | 60 |
| Bow-line Knot | 62 |
| Half-hitches | 64 |
| The Black Wall | 66 |
| Tanks, Towers and Standpipes | 67 |
| Standpipes | 69 |
| Water Towers | 71 |
| Church Spires | 74 |
| The Flagstaff | 78 |
| Tops of Poles | 85 |
| Names of Knots, Bends, Bights and Hitches | 93 |