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CONTENTS TO VOL. XXX.
No.
BIOGRAPHICAL, Historical, and Critical Preface.
1. Survey of the Town-Characters at Garraway's,
Batson's, St. Paul's, and the Chapter Coffee-
houses; at the Temple, the Bedford Coffee-house,
White's, and other Places-Mr. Town's Design
in these Papers
Col. & Thorn.
2. On the different Branches of Virtu-Letter, con-
taining a Catalogue of Pictures collected abroad
by an eminent Jew-Letter from a Gamester, ad-
vising the Author to undertake a Defence of
Gaming
3. The Ocean of Ink, a Dream
4. Account of a new Order of Females, called De-
mi-Reps
5. Letter from a Physician, with the Account of a
Plague newly broke out in London-Different
Appearances and Effects of it on a great Man;
on Members of Parliament; on Land and Sea-
Officers; on a Common-Councilman, and an Al-
derman of the City; on the Club at White's; on
the Ladies, particularly a Maid of Honour; and
others
6. Education of the Muses, a Fable; with its Ap-
plication to Authors-Progress of an Author ex-
emplified in Mr. Town's own Life. Col. & Thorn.
7. Letter on Married People fondling before Com-
pany-Behaviour of a loving Couple at Dinner-
Indecency of Modern Plays censured
8. On the external Ornaments used by Writers--
Advantages arising to them from the Arts used in
Printing
Col, & Thorn.
9 On Freethinking-Abuses committed by the
Vulgar in this Point-Freethinking Debates at
the Robin Hood Society-The Unbeliever's Creed
-Mr. Town's Address to both Houses of Parlia-
ment Col. & Thorn.
10. On the Want of Learning in Land-officers
11. On the Excursions of Young Academics to Lon-
don-Steele's Character of young Bookwit, an
Oxonian-Conversation between two in the Bed-
ford Coffee-house, and a Set of them at the Shak-
speare-Journal of a Week's Transactions of an
Oxonian in Town-Ode, imitated from Horace,
sent by a fellow Collegian to one of these Acade-
mical Rakes Unknown.
12. Absurdity of Lord Bolingbroke representing
Moses as making Beasts accountable for Crimes
-Trial of Beasts, a Vision-Indictments against
a Hog, a Cat, a Parrot, a Milch Ass, a Monkey,
a Lion, and other Animals Col. & Thorn.
13. Letter from Mr. Village concerning Elections
---Account of a Borough Town divided into two
parties, Christians and Jews-An Anti-Judaic
Entertainment-Character of a Country Knight,
a violent Enemy to the Jews Col. & Thorn.
14. Letter, complaining of the Whisperers and Gig-
glers among the Fair Sex-Instance of their rude
Behaviour during a Visit-Whispering and Gig-
gling improper at Church, in the Playhouse, and
other Places Earl of Cork.
15. On Bets; particularly on the Custom of Pitting,
as practised at White's; i. e. staking one Man's
Life against another-Character of Montano, a
noble Gamester
16. Letter from Oxford, on the Story of Shakspeare's
Merchant of Venice-Copy of an original Ballad
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(preserved in the Ashmolean Museum), from which
Shakspeare is supposed to have borrowed Part of
his Plot
17. Letter, proving the City of London to be a Uni-
versity-Arts and Sciences taught there in greater
Perfection than at Oxford or Cambridge
Earl of Cork.
18. On the Dishonesty of Connoisseurs-Instances
of it, and Punishment proposed for it-Story of
a Virtuoso's Design to rob a Church
19. Letter, on the different Tastes in Eating-Lux-
ury at White's-Difference between the Taverns
about St. James's and the 'Change Of the Ta-
verns about Covent-garden-Story of a Cook at
one of them, tossing up the Shoe of a Fille de
Joye in a Ragout-Characters to be met with at
Chop-houses, &c.-Letter from Goliath English,
remonstrating against the fashionable Neglect
shewn to Roast Beef
20. Letter from a Lady of Quality in the Country,
describing the Miseries she is obliged to undergo
on account of Election Matters-Reflections on
the dangerous Consequences of Ladies interfering
in Elections; with a Proposal to prevent them
21. Tquassouw and Knonmquaiha, a Hottentot
Story
22. Letter on the modern Method of Education--
Characters of Lady Belle Modely and the Colonel
her Husband-Consequences of the fashionable
Education of their Son and Daughter
23. Letter from Mr. Village, with a Description of
a Quack Doctor, and a Company of Strolling
Players in a Country Town Col. & Thorn.
24. On the Learning of the Polite World-Proper
Studies for Persons of Fashion-Letter containing
a Scheme for a Polite Circulating Library; with
a Specimen of the Books Col. & Thorn.
25. On the Vanity of People making an Appearance
above their Circumstances-Pride and Poverty of
a little Frenchman, known by the name of Count
-Artifices in Dress made use of by the Shabby
Genteel-Second-hand Gentry among the Women
-Instances of this Vanity in several Families—
And in the Men of Pleasure without Fortunes-
Story of an Economist, who kept a Mistress
26. On the Amusements of Sunday-Behaviour of
Citizens, and Diary of a Cit's Transactions on
that Day-Proposal for abolishing Christianity,
and turning the Churches into Freethinking Meet-
ing-houses Col. & Thorn.
27. On Hard Words-Affected Use of them cen-
sured-In Abstract Speculations-In Voyage Wri-
ters-In the Pulpit--In Essays, and other Fami-
liar Writings-And in common Conversation
28. On Conscience-Terrible Exit of Tom Dare-
Devil, a Buck and an Atheist-Summary of the
most notorious Actions of his Life. Col. & Thorn.
29. On the Vanity of Authors-Different Reception
and Fate of these Essays--Mr. Town's Compari-
son of himself to a Paper Kite Col. & Thorn.
30. On Boxing-Account of a Boxing-match be-
tween Slack and Petit-Encomium on Slack-
Prohibition of Boxing lamented-Present Distress
of Bruisers Boxing considered as a Branch of
31. Letter on Duelling-Mr. Town an Advocate
for it-Proposal for making Duels a Public Di-