Part one: Editor's introduction ; Dedication ; Paine's preface to the English edition ; Paine's preface to the French edition ; Miscellaneous chapter ; Conclusion. Part two: Combining principle and practice -- French translator's preface ; Preface ; Introduction ; Chapter I. Of society and civilisation ; Ch. II. Of the origin of the present old governments ; Ch. III. Of the old and new systems of government ; Ch IV. Of constitutions ; Ch. V. Ways and means of improving the condition of Europe interspersed with miscellaneous observations ; Appendix ; Notes.