BOOK I

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CHAPTER ONE SHEWING THE WHOLESOME USES DRAWN FROM RECORDING THE ACHIEVEMENTSOF THOSE WONDERFUL PRODUCTIONS OF NATURE CALLED GREAT MEN.
CHAPTER TWO GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF AS MANY OF OUR HERO'S ANCESTORS AS CAN BEGATHERED OUT OF THE RUBBISH OF ANTIQUITY, WHICH HATH BEENCAREFULLY SIFTED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
CHAPTER THREE THE BIRTH, PARENTAGE, AND EDUCATION OF MR. JONATHAN WILD THEGREAT.
CHAPTER FOUR MR. WILD'S FIRST ENTRANCE INTO THE WORLD. HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITHCOUNT LA RUSE.
CHAPTER FIVE A DIALOGUE BETWEEN YOUNG MASTER WILD AND COUNT LA RUSE, WHICH,HAVING EXTENDED TO THE REJOINDER, HAD A VERY QUIET, EASY, ANDNATURAL CONCLUSION.
CHAPTER SIX FURTHER CONFERENCES BETWEEN THE COUNT AND MASTER WILD, WITH OTHERMATTERS OF THE GREAT KIND.
CHAPTER SEVEN MASTER WILD SETS OUT ON HIS TRAVELS, AND RETURNS HOME AGAIN. AVERY SHORT CHAPTER, CONTAINING INFINITELY MORE TIME AND LESSMATTER THAN ANY OTHER IN THE WHOLE STORY.
CHAPTER EIGHT AN ADVENTURE WHERE WILD, IN THE DIVISION OF THE BOOTY, EXHIBITS ANASTONISHING INSTANCE OF GREATNESS.
CHAPTER NINE WILD PAYS A VISIT TO MISS LETITIA SNAP. A DESCRIPTION OF THATLOVELY YOUNG CREATURE, AND THE SUCCESSLESS ISSUE OF MR. WILD'SADDRESSES.
CHAPTER TEN A DISCOVERY OF SOME MATTERS CONCERNING THE CHASTE LAETITIA WHICHMUST WONDERFULLY SURPRISE, AND PERHAPS AFFECT, OUR READER.
CHAPTER ELEVEN CONTAINING AS NOTABLE INSTANCES OF HUMAN GREATNESS AS ARE TO BEMET WITH IN ANCIENT OR MODERN HISTORY. CONCLUDING WITH SOMEWHOLESOME HINTS TO THE GAY PART OF MANKIND.
CHAPTER TWELVE OTHER PARTICULARS RELATING TO MISS TISHY, WHICH PERHAPS MAY NOTGREATLY SURPRISE AFTER THE FORMER. THE DESCRIPTION OF A VERY FINEGENTLEMAN. AND A DIALOGUE BETWEEN WILD AND THE COUNT, IN WHICHPUBLIC VIRTUE IS JUST HINTED AT, WITH, ETC.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN A CHAPTER OF WHICH WE ARE EXTREMELY VAIN, AND WHICH INDEED WE LOOKON AS OUR CHEF-D'OEUVRE; CONTAINING A WONDERFUL STORY CONCERNINGTHE DEVIL, AND AS NICE A SCENE OF HONOUR AS EVER HAPPENED.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN IN WHICH THE HISTORY OF GREATNESS IS CONTINUED.

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