I. Toys -- II. Tasks -- III. On attention -- IV. Servants -- V. Acquaintance -- VI. On temper -- VII. On obedience -- VIII. On truth -- IX. On rewards and punishments -- X. On sympathy and sensibility -- XI. On vanity, pride and ambition -- XII. Books -- XIII. On grammar, and classical literature -- XIV. On geography and chronology -- XV. On arithmetick -- XVI. Geometry -- XVII. On mechanicks -- XVIII. Chemistry -- XIX. On public and private education -- XX. On female accomplishments, masters, and governesses -- XXI. Memory and invention -- XXII. Taste and imagination -- XXIII. Wit and judgment -- XXIV. Prudence and economy -- XXV. Summary