Chapter I: Book I

INTERFERENCES WITH THE READING HABIT
CIVILISATION
I--Dust
II--Dust
III--Dust to Dust
IV--Ashes
V--The Literary Rush
VI--Parenthesis--To the Gentle Reader
VII--More Parenthesis--But More to the Point
VIII--More Literary Rush
IX--The Bugbear of Being Well Informed--A Practical Suggestion
X--The Dead Level of Intelligence
XI--The Art of Reading as One Likes
THE DISGRACE OF THE IMAGINATION
I--On Wondering Why One Was Born
II--The Top of the Bureau Principle
THE UNPOPULARITY OF THE FIRST PERSON SINGULAR
I--The First Person a Necessary Evil
II--The Art of Being Anonymous
III--Egoism and Society
IV--i + I = We
V--The Autobiography of Beauty
THE HABIT OF NOT LETTING ONE'S SELF GO
I--The Country Boy in Literature
II--The Subconscious Self
III--The Organic Principle of Inspiration
THE HABIT OF ANALYSIS
I--If Shakespeare Came to Chicago
II--Analysis Analysed
LITERARY DRILL IN COLLEGE
I--Seeds and Blossoms
II--Private Road: Dangerous
III--The Organs of Literature
IV--Entrance Examinations in Joy
V--Natural Selection in Theory
VI--Natural Selection in Practice
VII--The Emancipation of the Teacher
VIII--The Test of Culture
IX--Summary
X--A Note
LIBRARIES. WANTED: AN OLD-FASHIONED LIBRARIAN
I--viz.
II--cf.
III--et al.
IV--etc.
V--O

BOOK II
POSSIBILITIES
I--The Issue
II--The First Selection
III--Conveniences
IV--The Charter of Possibility
V--The Great Game
VI--Outward Bound