No. 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 fashi-
onable Neglect shown to Roast Beef.......EARL OF CORK.

20. Letter from a Lady of Quality in the Coun-

try, describing the Miseries she is obliged

to undergo on account of Election Mat-

ters.-Reflections on the dangerous Con-

sequences of Ladies interfering in Elec-

tions; with a proposal to prevent them... COL. & THORN.

21. Tquassouw and Knonmquaiha, an Hotten-

tot 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......

24. On the Learning of the Polite World. Pro-

per Studies for Persons of Fashion. Let-

ter containing a Scheme for a Polite Cir-

culating Library: with a Specimen of

the Books.....

25. On the Vanity of People making an Appear-

ance 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. Se-

cond Hand Gentry among the Women.

Instances of this Vanity in several Fami-

lies:-And in the Men of Pleasure with-

out Fortunes. Story of an Economist

who kept a Mistress.........

26. On the Amusements of Sunday. Behaviour

of Citizens, and Diary of a Cit's Trans-

actions on that Day. Proposal for abo-

lishing Christianity, and turning the

Churches into Free-thinking Meeting

Houses..........

27. On Hard Words.

......

Affected Use of them

censured-In Abstract Speculations-In

Voyage Writers-In the Pulpit-In Es-

says, and other Familiar Writings—And

in Common Conversation......

28. On Conscience-Terrible Exit of Tom Dare-

THE

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BY

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