Volume I – Nature, Addresses & Lectures
Volume II – Essays I
| I. History |
| II. Self-Reliance |
| III. Compensation |
| IV. Spiritual Laws |
| V. Love |
| VI Friendship |
| VII. Prudence |
| VIII Heroism |
| IX. The Over-Soul |
| X. Circles |
| XI. Intellect |
| XII. Art |
Volume III – Essays II
| I The Poet |
| II Experience |
| III Character |
| IV Manners |
| V Gifts |
| VI Nature |
| VII Politics |
| VIII Nominalist and Realist |
| IX New England Reformers |
Volume IV – Representative Men
| Uses of Great Men |
| Plato; or, the Philosopher |
| Swedenborg; or, the Mystic |
| Montaigne; or, the Skeptic |
| Shakspeare; or, the Poet |
| Napoleon; or, the Man of the World |
| Goethe; or, the Writer |
Volume V – English Traits
Volume VI – Conduct of Life