Philadelphia: 1840. che CONTENTS. 158 . MEMOIRS of the life and writings of Dr. Gold- The Preface to the Roman History, 7 The Preface to a History of England, . 231 57 The Preface to the History of the Earth, etc. 232 An Inquiry into the Present State of Polite The Preface to the Beauties of English Poetry, 233 122 The Preface to a Collection of Poems, etc. 238 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. Criticism on Massey's Translation of the ib. Criticism on Barrett's Translation of Ovid's New Simile, in the manner of Swift, 144 Epistles, 242 Description of an Author's Bedchamber, 145 The Hermit; a Ballad, ib. WORLD TO HIS FRIENDS IN THE An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, 147 The Traveller; or, a Prospect of Society, ib. I. Introduction. A character of the Chi- nese Philosopher, II. The arrival of the Chinese in Lon- don. His motives for the journey. Epilogue to the Comedy of the Sisters, ib. Some description of the streets and Epilogue spoken by Mrs. Bulkley and Miss III. The description of London continu- Epilogue intended for Mrs. Bulkley, ed. The luxury of the English. Its benefits. The fine gentleman. Song from the Oratorio of the Captivity, 160 IV. English pride. Liberty. An instance ib. of both. Newspapers. Politeness, 251 V. English passion for politics. A spe- cimen of a newspaper. Character- istic of the manners of different VI. Happiness lost by seeking after re- finement. The Chinese philoso- Epilogue spoken by Mr. Lewes, ib. 253 VII. The tie of wisdom only to make us Stanzas on the Taking of Quebec, happy. The benefits of travelling On a beautiful Youth struck blind by Light- upon the morals of a philosopher, 254 VIII. The Chinese deceived by a prostitute DRAMATIC. IX. The licentiousness of the English The Good-natured Man. A Comedy, 166 with regard to women. A charac- She Stoops to Conquer, or, the Mistakes of a X. The journey of the Chinese from Pe- An Oratorio; first printed in the Paris edi- tion, in 1825, from the original in Dr. XI. The benefits of luxury in making a people more wise and happy, 258 XII. The funeral solemnities of the En- The Preface to Dr. Brookes's Natural His- . • 290 XIV. The reception of the Chinese dom. An allegory to prove its from a Lady of distinction, 262 XV. Against cruelty to animals. A XXXVIII. The Chinese philosopher praises the justice of a late sentence, 263 and instances the injustice of the King of France, in the case of the Prince of Charolais, 298 XVII. Of the war now carried on be- XXXIX. The description of true polite- ness. Two letters of different XVIII. The story of the Chinese ma- thought polite at home, 291 266 XL. The English still have poets, XIX. The English method of treating though not versifiers, XLI. The behaviour of the congrega- XX. Some account of the republic of 269 XLII. The history of China more re- XXI. The Chinese goes to see a play, 270 XXII. The Chinese philosopher's son that of Europe, 20€ XXIII. The English subscription in fa- vour of the French prisoners XLIV. Wisdom and precept may lessen 273 our miseries, but can never in- XXIV. The venders of quack medicines crease our positive satisfaction: 301 and nostrums ridiculed, 274 XLV. The ardour of the people of Lon- don in running after sights and history of the kingdom of Lao, 275 XLVI. A dream, XXVI. The character of the man in XLVII. Misery best relieved by dissipa- his inconsistent conduct, 276 XLVIII. The absurdity of persons in high station pursuing employments beneath them, exemplified in 280 XLIX. The fairy tale continued, 308 XXIX. A description of a club of au- L. An attempt to define what is XXX. The proceedings of the club of LI. A bookseller's visit to the Chi- XXXI. The perfection of the Chinese LII. The impossibility of distinguish- ing men in England by their description of a Chinese garden 384 dress. Two instances of this, 312 XXXII. Of the degeneracy of some of the LIII. The absurd taste for obscene and pert novels, such as Tristram room feast among the Tartars, 285 XXXIII. The manner of writing among LIV. The character of an important the Chinese. The eastern tales of magazines, etc. ridiculed, . 287 LV. His character continued; with that of his wife, his house, and XXXV. The philosopher's son describes LVI. Some thoughts on the present situation of affairs in the differ- XXXVI. A continuance of his correspond- ent countries of Europe, . . 317 The beautiful captive LVII. The difficulty of rising in literā- ry reputation without intrigue XXXVII. The correspondence still con- tinued. He begins to be dis- LVIII. A visitation dinner described, 319 |
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