| CHAP. | | PAGE. |
| PART I. |
| Life of the author | [9] |
| I. | Introduction, | [15] |
| II. | Influence of solitude upon the mind, | [19] |
| III. | Influence of solitude upon the heart, | [60] |
| IV. | General advantages of retirement, | [109] |
| V. | Advantages of solitude in exile, | [134] |
| VI. | Advantages of solitude in old age and on the bed of death, | [138] |
| PART II. |
| I. | Introduction, | [149] |
| II. | Of the motives to solitude, | [157] |
| III. | Disadvantages of solitude, | [185] |
| IV. | Influence of solitude on the imagination, | [200] |
| V. | Effects of solitude on a melancholy mind, | [216] |
| VI. | Influence of solitude on the passions, | [235] |
| VII. | Of the danger of idleness in solitude, | [274] |
| VIII. | Conclusion, | [279] |