This notebook is complete, written by Lyell in ink, and featuring diverse subjects like fine art, museums, education, reform, and notes on geological advancements from Europe.

The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and contractions have been expanded using brackets []. When writing is unclear, and transcription is not possible, this is denoted using [...]. Quotation marks are Lyell's own notation for ditto, as is the abbreviation "d'o". The inclusion of [sic] indicates the misspelling of a word is deliberate and taken from the notebook.

p. 1, Journals and transact[ions]. If good cannot be too many
p. 2, 4, Brit[ish] Mus[eum]
p. 3, Férussac's Journal
p. 3, 12, 60, Coll[ege] of Surgeons
p. 4, Bodleian Lib[rarie]s
p. 4, Societies Officers
p. 6, 13, Glasgow Mus[eum]
p. 6, 8, Edinburgh
p. 7, Mining in France and Engl[and]
p. 8, Societies
p. 8, 14, Ireland, Phil[osophical?] Inst[itute]
p. 9, Subdiv[ision] of Sciences
p. 10, Foreign Science
p. 10, Communication
p. 11, Amer[ican] Journals
p. 12, America, Theology
p. 17, Celibacy of Clergy
p. 17, National [Emulation]
p. 16,17, Phrases
p. 20, Ireland
p. 21, Ed[ucation]
p. 36, Works of art in Catholic countries and England
p. 44, Institutions sh[oul]d be open on holiday
p. 48, 62, Loddiges
p. 50, Edinburgh exhibition of fine arts
p. 55, Italy, present
p. 60, Thefts at museum
p. 60, College of Surgeons
p. 62, Scotland
p. 64, Freshw[ater] formation near Strasburgh [sic] containing Lophiodons
p. 65, England, extinct animals
p. 66, Climate of n[orthern] hemisph[ere]
p. 68, Weald clay, thickness
p. 68, Palaeolithic size of diff
p. 69, Reptiles, age of
p. 70, Ichthyosaurus
p. 71, Brander, extract from on Ha[mpshire] foss[il] shells
p. 74, Lophiodons, Cuvier on
p. 76, Cuvier on Potamides
p. 77, Thickness of freshw[ater] shells
[unpaginated] W Broderip on the British animals