Ch. I. The first efforts, and the kind of people who made them -- Ch. II. Appointment of a deputation to the masters - great debate in the flannel weavers parliament -- Ch. III. The doffers appear at the opening day - moral buying as well as moral selling -- Ch. IV. The society tried by two well-know difficulties - prejudice and sectarianism -- Ch. V. Enemies within and enemies without, and how they all were conquered -- Ch. VI. The great flour mill panic -- Ch. VII. Successive steps of success - the Rochdale store on a Saturday night -- Ch. VIII. Anecdotes of the members - the working-class stand by the store, and they 'know the reason why' -- Ch. IX. Rules and aims of the society -- Ch. X. The old co-operators - why they failed. The new co-operators - why they succeed -- Ch. XI. A supplementary chapter of illustrative papers and notes