Introductory - fire and fuel; geological theories; peat; natural history of coal; organic remains; the coal formation; coal measures; dislocations of strata; boring and sinking; working machinery; underground works and ventilation; getting the coal; underground accidents; the safety lamp; the colliers; the coal trade; varieties of coal; conveyance of coal; the London coal trade; Irish, Scotch and Welsh coal trade; conversion and products of coal; home consumption; foreign coal trade; probable duration of our coal; foreign coal deposits.