OR BRIEF ESSAYS ON SOCIETY

AND LITERATURE

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Qnid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.

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Harvard College Library, Bequest of Edward Ray Tirompson,

of Troy, N. Y. December 14, 1999.

C. WHITTINGHAM, TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE,

CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

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The FEMININE HEART....

FEMALE ATTIRE...

READING FOR LADIES .

DESPOTISM AND OBEDIENCE.

LONDON IN SUMMER

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY,

COUNTRY SQUIRES..

PARKS AND GAME.

COMMERCE AND TASTE

KINDNESS TO THE POOR.

INVISIBLE EXISTENCE

GOLDSMITH'S TRAVELLER

GOVERNMENT....

CRABBE AND BURKE.

DRUNKENNESS....

DOUBTS AND DISPUTATIONS

FEMALE EDUCATION.....

ACQUAINTANCES

FRIENDS

DRAMATIC POETRY...

CONTINENTAL EXCURSIONS..

INTELLIGIBLENESS....

POETRY AND PUFFERY...

CASTING REPROACH....

VERBAL CAVILLERS

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

CAUSALITY....

PERSONAL PECULIARITIES.

EXPERIENCE.

HYPER-CAUTION

HYPER-HUMILITY

THOUGHTFULNESS.

FRENCH NOVELS.

A CONTRAST...

CONTENTEDNESS ..

STANDARD OF MERIT

DECEPTION....

MODESTY.

BOLDNESS.

CIVILITY..

ADVERSITY

COMPETENCE

FEELING AND INTELLECT.

The FEMININE CHARACTER.

ORDINARY TALK

The CHURCH .....

RELIGIOUS REVERENCE.

MEDDLING IMPROVERS

PERSONAL SKETCHES

LITERARY CRITICISM.

BEAUTY AND PLAINNESS..

TOWN AND COUNTRY_The Poor....

FRENCH DISCUSSION

HARSHNESS TO THE Poor....

MR. GAY's “ TRIVIA”.

WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE

ERRONEOUS PREACHING .

DISTINCTIONS OF ETIQUETTE..

GOVERNESSES

SHELLEY's ESSAYS.

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