OBK

CONTENT S

OF THE

FIFTH VOLUME.

NUMBER.

CXXVI. WRITTEN on the last day of
the year 73 Short review
of the remarkable events within the
period of that year, with fone ele-

giac lines applicable to its history and

character

Page I

CXXVII. The history of Ned Drowsy resumed 8

CXXVIII. The history concluded

18

CXXIX. Letter from Simon Sapling, defcribing

his own character, the incidents that

befel him on the death of his father,

his marriages, and the characters

of both his wives

A 2

31

CXXX.

NUMBER.

CXXX. Walter Wormwood, an envious de-

famer, gives his own history in a

letter to the Obferver. Remarks

thereupon, and a few lines on the

paffion of envy

Page 41

CXXXI. The character of a flatterer pour-

trayed in the adventures of Billy

Simper

52

CXXXII. The adventures of Billy Simper con-

ladid, and the flatterer reformed

64

CXXXIII: Obfervations on the various forts of

Aite exumples adduced, and some

hints fubmitted to young students 75

CXXXIV. Kit Cracker, a great dealer in the

marvellous, defcribes himself and

his adventures in a letter to the

CXXXV. Letters from various correfpondents,

particularly from Gorgon, a felf-

conceited painter of the deformed

NUMBER.

CXXXVI. Sketches of various characters in a populous country town

105

CXXXIX. Anecdotes of the poet Philemon, and a felection of his fragments

136

CXL. Anecdotes and fragments of Diphilus, of Apollodorus Gelous, of Philippidas and of Pofidippus, writers of the new Comedy. General re marks upon the conclufion of the fubject: The author defends himself against the charge of having attacked the moral doctrines of So

CXLI. Remarks upon Ariftophanes's attack upon Socrates, in the Comedy of the Clouds. The introductory Scenes

of