Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; The Black-bellied Tarantula; The Banded Epeira; The Narbonne Lycosa; The Narbonne Lycosa: the Burrow; The Narbonne Lycosa: the Family; The Narbonne Lycosa: the Climbing-instinct; The Spiders' Exodus; The Crab Spider; The Garden Spiders: Building the Web; The Garden Spiders: My Neighbour; The Garden Spiders: the Lime-snare; The Garden Spiders: the Telegraph-wire; The Garden Spiders: Pairing and Hunting; The Garden Spiders: the Question of Property; The Labyrinth Spider; The Clotho Spider; Appendix: the Geometry of the Epeira's Web.