Because Mohism disappeared as a living tradition from China, its texts were not well maintained, and many chapters are missing or in a corrupted state.

The book originally contained 26 chapters, listed by the author in his introduction, but chapters 23 through 26 are missing from the surviving manuscript.

The first few chapters of this section are missing.

Curiously, she finds that chapters 7 and 8 ("Voice-Only Hypnosis" and "Long Distance Hypnosis") are missing.

Typical of sentimental fiction, The Man of Feeling is fragmented; chapters and passages are missing, although this is contrived, as the narrative is still comprehendible.

The final chapter of the Maroons history is missing from the sports pages of the local paper.

Yet one chapter of Cheney's life is missing.

While rightly calling attention to the languishing plans for downtown, this latest chapter still misses an essential fact: Why did the Metropolitan Transportation Authority insist on underselling the West Side site at taxpayers' ultimate expense?

A whole chapter of his life was missing, and he wanted it back.

(The chapters on how to make red, green and blue glass are missing from De Divers Artibus.)