| I | IN THE BEGINNING The Bible |
| II | GLORIOUS DESCENDANTS China |
| III | HUNGRY FOR PHOENIX-EGGS The Adventurers |
| IV | THE PEACOCK’S PLUME Egypt, Greece, Rome |
| V | ONE MAN’S MEAT Cannibals and Poisoners |
| VI | PARFIT GENTIL KNIGHTS The Middle Ages |
| VII | NOBLE AND ENOUGH The Renaissance |
| VIII | VANITY FAIR Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century England |
| IX | A CONFUSION OF TONGUES Russia, France, Germany, and England |
| X | THIS NOBLE FLUMMERY Fantasy |
| XI | O PIONEERS! America |