v.1. Prefatory note. Introduction: life of Mandeville. History of the text. Mandeville's thought. The background. Mandeville's influence. The fable of the bees. Pt. 1.
v.2. The fable of the bees. Pt. II. Appendices: Mandeville's family (with genealogical table). Description of the editions. Criticisms of the fable. A list, chronologically arranged, of references to Mandeville's work.