I. The Life.- II. Tyssots Personality.- III. What Tyssot Read.- IV. The Formation and Development of Tyssots Ideas.- V. The First Publication.- VI. The Publication of Jaques Mass?.- VII. The Story of Jaques Mass?.- VIII. Jaques Mass? as Literature.- IX. The Voyage de Groenland.- X. The Voyage de Groenland as Literature.- XI. The Discourse on Chronology.- XII. The Ruvres po?tiques.- Conclusion.- Appendix A. Extracts from the Tyssot family genealogy.- B. Notice de Jean Tijssot de la famille de Patot.- C. Extracts from the Rumpf family genealogy.- D. A guide to the chronology of the Lettres choisies.- E. List, according to title-page, of libraries holding editions dated 1710 of Voyages et avantures de Jaques Mass?.- F. List of libraries holding editions of Jaques Mass? not dated 1710.- G. List of libraries holding works other than Jaques Mass?.- Archives.Springer Book Archives