Introduction to the Mentor Edition＆by Christian Gauss 7
1．THE VARIOUS KINDS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE WAYS BY WHICH THEY ARE ESTABLISHED 33
2．OF HEREDITARY MONARCHES 34
3．OF MIXED MONARCHIES 35
4．WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS,OCCUPIED BY ALEXANDER,DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF THE LATTER AFTER HIS DEATH 43
5．THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR DOMINIONS THAT,PREVIOUS TO BEING OCCUPIED,LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS 46
6．OF NEW DOMINIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN AC-QUIRED BY ONE＇S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY 48
7．OF NEW DOMINIONS ACQUIRED BY THE POWER OF OTHERS OR BY FORTUNE 52
8．OF THOSE WHO HAVE ATTAINED THE POSITION OF PRINCE BY VILLAINY 59
9．OF THE CIVIC PRINCIPALITY 63
10．HOW THE STRENGTH OF ALL STATES SHOULD BE MEASURED 67
11．OF ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES 69
12．THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MILITIA AND MERCENARY SOLDIERS 72
13．OF AUXILIARY,MIXED,AND NATIVE TROOPS 77
14．THE DUTIES OF A PRINCE WITH REGARD TO THE MILITIA 81
15．OF THE THINGS FOR WHICH MEN,AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES,ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED 84
16．OF LIBERALITY AND NIGGARDLINESS 86
17．OF CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY,AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED OR FEARED 89
18．IN WHAT WAY PRINCES MUST KEEP FAITH 92
19．THAT WE MUST AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED 95
20．WHETHER FORTRESSES AND OTHER THINGS WHICH PRINCES OFTEN CONTRIVE ARE USEFUL OR INJURIOUS 105
21．HOW A PRINCE MUST ACT IN ORDER TO GAIN REPUTATION 110
22．OF THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES 114
23．HOW FLATTERERS MUST BE SHUNNED 116
24．WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES 118
25．HOW MUCH FORTUNE CAN DO IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW IT MAY BE OPPOSED 120
26．EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS 124