| Introduction | page [9] |
| The Young Mouse | [11] |
| The Wasp and Bee | [12] |
| The Goose and Horse | [12] |
| The Flying-Fish | [13] |
| The Little Dog | [14] |
| Travellers’ Wonders | [15] |
| The Discontented Squirrel | [19] |
| On the Marten | [22] |
| Mouse, Lapdog, and Monkey | [24] |
| Animals and their Countries | [25] |
| The Mask of Nature | [25] |
| The Farmyard Journal | [27] |
| The Price of Pleasure | [30] |
| The Rat with a Bell | [32] |
| The Dog balked of his Dinner | [33] |
| The Kid | [36] |
| How to make the Best of it | [39] |
| Order and Disorder | [40] |
| Live Dolls | [43] |
| The Hog and other Animals | [46] |
| The Bullies | [49] |
| The Travelled Ant | [50] |
| The Colonists | [56] |
| The Dog and his Relations | [60] |
| The History and Adventures of a Cat | [62] |
| Canute’s Reproof to his Courtiers | [67] |
| On Things to be Learned | [68] |
| On the Oak | [74] |
| Alfred | [80] |
| On the Pine and Fir Tribe | [85] |
| On Different Stations in Life | [90] |
| The Rookery | [94] |
| The Ship | [97] |
| Things by their Right Names | [103] |
| The Transmigrations of Indur | [105] |
| The Swallow and Tortoise | [117] |
| The Grass-Tribe | [119] |
| A Tea-Lecture | [122] |
| The Kidnappers | [126] |
| On Manufactures | [129] |
| On the Art of Distinguishing | [138] |
| The Phenix and Dove | [144] |
| The Manufacture of Paper | [145] |
| The Two Robbers | [148] |
| The Council of Quadrupeds | [150] |
| Tit for Tat | [158] |
| On Wines and Spirits | [160] |
| The Boy without a Genius | [166] |
| Half a Crown’s Worth | [170] |
| Trial | [172] |
| The Leguminous Plants | [179] |
| On Man | [183] |
| Walking the Streets | [187] |
| The Compound-Flowered Plants | [189] |
| Presence of Mind | [192] |
| Phaeton Junior | [198] |
| Why an Apple falls | [203] |
| Nature and Education | [206] |
| Aversion subdued | [207] |
| The Little Philosopher | [213] |
| What Animals are made for | [216] |
| True Heroism | [219] |
| On Metals | [222] |
| Flying and Swimming | [230] |
| The Female Choice | [232] |
| On Metals | [234] |
| Eyes and No Eyes | [242] |
| Why the Earth moves round the Sun | [249] |
| The Umbelliferous Plants | [252] |
| Humble Life, or the Cottagers | [256] |
| The Birthday Gift | [261] |
| On Earths and Stones | [263] |
| Show and Use, or the Two Presents | [275] |
| The Cruciform-Flowered Plants | [277] |
| The Native Village | [281] |
| Perseverance against Fortune | [287] |
| The Goldfinch and Linnet | [297] |
| The Price of a Victory | [300] |
| Good Company | [304] |
| The Wanderer’s Return | [306] |
| Difference and Agreement, or Sunday Morning | [312] |
| The Landlord’s Visit | [314] |
| On Emblems | [320] |
| Ledyard’s Praise of Women | [325] |
| Generous Revenge | [327] |
| The Power of Habit | [330] |
| The Cost of a War | [333] |
| Great Men | [337] |
| The Four Sisters | [341] |
| The Gain of a Loss | [344] |
| Wise Men | [346] |
| A Friend in Need | [349] |
| Earth and her Children | [357] |
| A Secret Character Unveiled | [359] |
| A Globe-Lecture | [367] |
| Envy and Emulation | [375] |
| Providence, or the Shipwreck | [377] |
| Epilogue | [382] |