此次收入中文譯本的篇章,分別選自紐頓的五部同類著作,恰分為五卷都十九章:
◆《藏書之樂,及其相關逸趣》(The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections, 1918)
◆《洋相百出話藏書,兼談藏書家的其他消遣》(A Magnificent Farce and Other Diversions of a Book-Collector, 1921)
◆《最偉大的書,與其他零篇》(The Greatest Book and Other Papers, 1925)
◆《蒐書之道》(This Book-Collecting Game, 1928)
◆《蝴蝶頁——文藝隨筆集》(End Papers: Literary Recreations, 1933)