v. 1-4. Tales of the grotesque and arabesque:

1. Romances of death. Old-world romance.
2. Tales of Conscience, natural beauty and pseudo-science.
3. Tales of ratiocination and illusion.
4. Extravaganza and caprice. v. 5. Tales of adventure and exploration: Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. The journal of Julius Rodman. v. 6-8. Literary criticism:
5. On poetry and the poets.
6. On novels, essays, and travels marginalia. 3. The literati minor contemporaries, etc. v. 9. Eureka, and miscellanies. v. 10. Poems.