I. Why I recount the singular Occurrences of my Life
II. My Home at the Queen Pedauque Cookshop - I turn the Spit and learn to read - Entry of Abbe Jerome Coignard
III. The Story of the Abbe's Life
IV. The Pupil of M. Jerome Coignard - I receive Lessons in Latin, Greek and Life
V. My Nineteenth Birthday - Its Celebration and the Entrance of M. d'Asterac
VI. Arrival at the Castle of M. d'Asterac and Interview with the Cabalist
VII. Dinner and Thoughts on Food
VIII. The Library and its Contents
IX. At Work on Zosimus the Panopolitan - I visit my Home and hear Gossip about M. d'Asterac
X. I see Catherine with Friar Ange and reflect - The Liking of Nymphs for Satyrs - An Alarm of Fire - M. d'Asterac in his Laboratory
XI. The Advent of Spring and its Effects - We visit Mosaide
XII. I take a Walk and meet Mademoiselle Catherine
XIII. Taken by M. d'Asterac to the Isle of Swans I listen to his Discourse on Creation and Salamanders