• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction
1. “Beware of Print and Fancy Goods Stores”
2. Flash Weeklies
3. Fancy Books and Racy Pamphlets
4. The Publishers
5. Venus in the Mail
6. The Triumph of Pornography
7. The Comstock Act
8. New Frontiers
• Appendix: Titles of Books Named in New York Obscenity Indictments, 1840–1860
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• Index

Donna Dennis is Professor of Law and Justice Frederick W. Hall Scholar at Rutgers School of Law-Newark.