Ballads
| 1. | How a Bibliomaniac Binds his Books | 26 |
| 2. | The Bibliomaniac’s Assignment of Binders | 28 |
| 3. | The Failing Books | 33 |
| 4. | Suiting Paper to Subject | 34 |
| 5. | The Sentimental Chambermaid | 37 |
| 6. | A Woman’s Idea of a Library | 42 |
| 7. | The Shy Portraits | 54 |
| 8. | The Snatchers | 71 |
| 9. | The Stolid Auctioneer | 75 |
| 10. | The Prophetic Book | 80 |
| 11. | The Book-Seller | 82 |
| 12. | The Public Librarian | 85 |
| 13. | The Book-Worm does not care for Nature | 97 |
| 14. | How I go A-Fishing | 99 |
| 15. | The Book-Thief | 111 |
| 16. | The Smoke Traveler | 112 |
| 17. | The Fire in the Library | 116 |
| 18. | Cleaning the Library | 117 |
| 19. | Ode to Omar | 119 |
| 20. | My Dog | 121 |
| 21. | My Clocks | 123 |
| 22. | A Portrait | 125 |
| 23. | My Schoolmate | 126 |
| 24. | My Shingle | 129 |
| 25. | Solitaire | 130 |
| 26. | My Friends the Books | 133 |
To book-worms all, of high or low degree,
Whate’er of madness be their stages,
And just as well unknown as known to me,
I dedicate these trifling pages,
In hope that when they turn them o’er
They will not find the Track a bore.