I: A Personal History
My Butterfly Life
II: A History in Time
Early Times: A Slow Awakening of Interest
The Eighteenth Century: Enchanted Aurelians
Victorian Times: Men with Nets
Pins, Poisons and Field Guides
The Twentieth Century: Conservation, Citizen Science, New Wonders
The Mindful Present: Seeing and Being
III: A History in the Mind
The Parallel History: Dreams, Art, Literature, Music and Obsession
Meanings and Lessons
IV: Into Butterfly Country
Where Are the Butterflies?
Practicalities
Questions and Answers
The Butterflies, and Where (and When) to Find Them
