[ 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 ]