This 1825 translation was published as part of a project to introduce the culture of silkworms into Britain.

Preface; 1. Of caterpillars in general, amongst which is comprised the silk-worm; 2. Of the silk-worm; 3. Of the only food suitable to silk-worms; 4. Of the preliminary care necessary for the hatching of the silk-worms; 5. Of the small laboratory into which new-hatched silk-worms must be put; 6. Of rearing silk-worms in the four first ages; 7. Of rearing silk-worms, during the first period of the fifth age; 8. Of rearing silk-worms in the last period of the fifth age; 9. Of the sixth age of the silk-worm, or chrysalis; 10. Of the seventh age of the silk-worm; 11. Observations on the varieties of silk-worms; 12. Of the diseases of silk-worms, in their different ages; 13. Of the buildings and utensils necessary to the cultivation and rearing of silk-worms; 14. General view of all the facts stated in this work; 15. Of the advantages which the country, the proprietors, and cultivators, must derive from the improvement of the ordinary method of rearing silk-worms; Appendix.