[ VII The complaint of books against wars ]

[ VIII Of the numerous opportunities we have had of collecting a store of books ]

[ IX How, although we preferred the works of the ancients, we have not condemned the studies of the moderns ]

[ X Of the gradual perfecting of books ]

[ XI Why we have preferred books of liberal learning to books of law ]

[ XII Why we have caused books of grammar to be so diligently prepared ]

[ XIII Why we have not wholly neglected the fables of the poets ]

[ XIV Who ought to be special lovers of books ]

[ XV Of the advantages of the love of books ]

[ XVI That it is meritorious to write new books and to renew the old ]