INTRODUCTION 9
Biographical Background 9
Background to De l＇Amour 11
Métilde 12
The Book De l＇Amour 15
The Text 22
Suggestions for Further Reading 22
Preface to the First Edition 23
First Attempt at a Preface 25
Second Attempt at a Preface 31
Final Preface 33
BOOK ONE 41
1．On Love 43
2．Concerning the Birth of Love 45
3．Concerning Hope 48
4 50
5 51
6．the Salzburg Bough 51
7．Concerning the Different Beginnings of Love for the Two Sexes 53
8 54
9 57
10 57
11 59
12．Crystallization Continued 59
13．Concerning the First Step，High Society，Misfortunes 61
14 62
15 64
16 65
17．Beauty Usurped by Love 66
18 67
19．Beauty＇s Limitations Further Discussed 68
20 70
21．Concerning ＇First Sight＇ 71
22．Concerning Infatuation 73
23．Concerning ＇Thunderbolts＇ 73
24．Journey into an Unknown Country 76
25．The Introduction 81
26．Concerning Modesty 82
27．Concerning Glances 88
28．Concerning Feminine Pride 89
29．Concerning Women＇s Courage 95
30．A Strange and Sorry Spectacle 97
31．Extract from Salviati＇s Diary 98
32．Concerning Intimacy 104
33 109
34．Concerning Confidences 109
35．Concerning Jealousy 111
36．More Concerning Jealousy 116
37．Roxana 118
38．Concerning Wounded Self-Esteem 119
39 124
(i) Love at Loggerheads 124
(ii) Cures for Love 128
(iii) 130
BOOK TWO 133
40 135
41．Concerning the Love-Life of Nations - France 137
42．More Concerning France 140
43．Italy 142
44．Rome 145
45．England 146
46．England (continued) 149
47．Spain 152
48．Love in Germany 154
49．A Day in Florence 158
50．Love in the United States 163
51．Love in Provence，before the Conquest of Toulouse by Northern Barbarians in 1328 165
52．Provence in the Twelfth Century 169
53．Arabia 174
Fragments from the Divan of Love 177
54．Concerning the Education of Women 181
55．Objections to Education for Women 184
56 191
(i) Continuation 191
(ii) Concerning Marriage 194
57．Concerning What is Called Virtue 196
58．Marriage - The Position in Europe 197
Switzerland 200
59．Werther and Don Juan 204
60．Concerning Fiascos 212
Various Fragments 217
APPENDIX 273
Concerning Courts of Love 275
The Salzburg Bough 284
Ernestine or The Birth of Love 293
An Example of Love among the Wealthy Class in France 315