日本の宮大工・数寄屋大工・建具屋・大工らの木材利用法を解説（英文）。資料として1876年のフィラデルフィア万国博覧会で披露された「有用木材捷覧」から特に重要な樹種について抜粋して掲載。木工芸についての英語ー日本語対照用語集付。
Part I Japanese Carpenters and the Wood They Employ
1. Miya-daiku, Temple and Shrine Carpenters
　Large-Diameter Domestic Timber for Temples and Shrines
　Substitutes for Large-Diameter Hinoki Cypress
2. Sukiya-daiku, Carpenters of Refined Teahouses and Residences
Chashitsu
　Finishing Techniques and Materials
　The Tokonoma
　Wood Species of the Katsura Imperial Villa
3. Tateguya, Joiners of Doors, Windows, and Screens
　Techniques and Materials
　Usage of the Outer Shirata Sapwood of Cedar
　Usage of the Inner Akami Heartwood of Cedar
　Fusuma and Byôbu Frames: Techniques and Wood Species
　A Tsuitate
4. Daiku, General Carpenters
　The Kamiseya Farmhouse
　A Weaver’s House from the Kiso District
　A Kyoto Machiya

Part II Facsimiles of Thirty-Two Pages from the Yûyô Mokuzai Shôran Handbook

Epilogue

Appendices
　Names of Timber, Trees, and Plants Used in Traditional Japanese Architecture
　Complete List of Woods Mentioned in the Yûyô Mokuzai Shôran Handbook
　Maps of Old Japanese Provinces and Modern Japanese Prefectures
　Glossary
　Bibliography
　Index of Timber and Tree Names