Introduction. The sociology of the literary annual
British ingenuity from German invention. The legacy of Rudolph Ackermann
A family history of albums, anthologies, almanacs, and emblems
The first generation's success. Forget Me Not, Friendship's Offering, and The Literary Souvenir
Second generation annuals. A ballroom filled with debutants and comedians, The Keepsake and The Comic Annual
The artistic influence of the annual's engraving "copyists"
Accumulating profits or constructing taste. Editorial control of the literary annuals
Feminizing the textual body. Women and their literary annuals in nineteenth-century Britain
Conclusion. The literary annual's evolution from nineteenth-century gothic to twentieth-century homage
Appendix A. Chronological index of British and American literary annual titles
Appendix B. Prominent contributors to British literary annuals
Appendix C. Editors and publisher's of British literary annuals, 1823-31
Appendix D. Full text of nineteenth-century writings from chapters 3 and 4.