This classic includes 382 diagrams and illustrations, and is organized as follows:
Preface
Part I. Stairbuilding Chapter I. General Remarks and Preliminary Definitions Chapter II. Observations on the Designing and Planning of Stairs Chapter III. Construction of Straight Stairs Chapter IV. Construction of Quarter-Turn Newelled Stair, Winders at the Starting Chapter V. Half-Turn Newelled Stairs Chapter VI. Construction of Half-Turn Geometrical Stairs Chapter VII. Construction of Half-Turn Geometrical Stairs (Continued). Chapter VIII. Construction of Stairs for Passenger Ships Chapter IX. Construction of Stairs for Passenger Ships (continued). Side-Flight Stairs Chapter X. Construction of Circular Stairs for Passenger Ships Chapter XI. Miscellaneous Illustrations of Stair Startings and Balustrades—Characteristic Examples of Newel Staircases of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
Part II. Handrailing. Theoretical and Practical Chapter XII. Remarks and Definitions Chapter XIII. Determination of Face Moulds and Bevels Chapter XIV. The Way to Make a Quarter-Circle Wreath Chapter XV. Quarter-Circle Wreath for Stair With Winders in the Quarter Space Chapter XVI. Wreath at Top of Circular Stair (Rising From Rake to Level). Chapter XVII. Complex Cases of Wreaths. (Easings Formed on the Wreath Pieces) Chapter XVIII. System of Handrailing by Normal Sections Chapter XIX. Further Considerations Respecting the System by Normal Sections
Part III. Stone Stairs Chapter XX. General Details of Construction Chapter XXI. Construction of Spiral and Elliptic Stairs Chapter XXII. Terrace Stair With Stone Balustrade