| I. | The Miracle of Books | 9 |
| II. | How to Use Books | 18 |
| III. | Cultivating the Memory | 26 |
| IV. | What to Read and the Abuse of Books | 31 |
| V. | The Art of Reading | 40 |
| VI. | Classification of Books | 54 |
| VII. | Poetry | 62 |
| VIII. | Biography | 70 |
| IX. | History | 77 |
| X. | Fiction | 85 |
| XI. | Libraries and the Care of Books | 91 |