V.1: Acknowledgements; Introduction; LIFE; LETTERS; FORMAT; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One; Life: 1855-1881; Letters: 1877-1881; Bill of Fare; Chapter Two; Life: 1882-1884; Letters: 1882-1884; Chapter Three; Life: 1885-1886; Letters: 1885-1886; To A Poet; TO ERIC SUTHERLAND ROBERTSON; Chapter Four; Life: 1887-1888; Letters: 1887-1889; Chapter Five; Life: 1889; Letters: 1889; Chapter Six; Life: 1890; Letters: 1890; WILLIAM SHARP; WILLIAM SHARP; Chapter Seven; Life: 1891; Letters: 1891; Chapter Eight; Life: January-June, 1892; Letters: January-June, 1892; Chapter Nine; Life: July-December, 1892Letters: July-December, 1892; Chapter Ten; Life: 1893; Letters: 1893; Chapter Eleven; Life: 1894; Letters: 1894; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Appendix; Letter location; Recipients of letters; List of Illustrations.
V. 2: Chapter twelve: January-June, 1895; Chapter Thirteen: July-December, 1895; Chapter Fourteen: January-June, 1896; Chapter Fifteen: July-December, 1896; Chapter Sixteen: 1897; Chapter Seventeen: 1898; Chapter Eighteen: January-June, 1899; Chapter Nineteen: July-December, 1899.
V. 3: Chapter twenty: 1900; Chapter twenty-one: 1901; Chapter twenty-two: 1902; Chapter twenty-three: 1903; Chapter twenty-four: 1904; Chapter twenty-five: 1905.