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ESSAYS ON RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SUBJECTS
AND THE ECONOMY OF LIFE.
Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion
Rules for a Club established for Mutual Improvement
The Busy Body
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VOLUME SECOND.
CONTENTS
No. I.
No. II.
OF
Dialogue between Philocles and Horatio, concerning
Virtue and Pleasure
A Second Dialogue between Philocles and Horatio,
concerning Virtue and Pleasure
Public Men
Self-Denial not the Essence of Virtue
On the Usefulness of the Mathematics
On True Happiness
On Discoveries
V
The Waste of Life
Necessary Hints to those that would be rich
The Way to make Money plenty in every Man's Pocket
Rivalship in Almanac-Making
Rules of Health
+Advic
Advice to a Young Tradesman
Plan for saving One Hundred Thousand Pounds
The Way to Wealth; being a Summary of the Maxims and Proverbs in Poor Richard's Almanac
Observations on Mayz, or Indian Corn
Precautions to be used by those who are about to
undertake a Sea Voyage
Toleration in Old England and New England,
A Parable against Persecution
A Parable on Brotherly Love
Sketch of an English School
Observations relative to the Intentions of the original
Founders of the Academy in Philadelphia
Hints for Consideration respecting the Orphan School-
House in Philadelphia
Paper, a Poem
BAGATELLES.
.
A Petition of the Left Hand, to those who have the
Superintendency of Education
The Handsome and Deformed Leg
The Levee
164
Proposed New Version of the Bible
166
Apologue
168
To Miss Georgiana Shipley, on the Loss of her Squirrel 170
The Art of procuring Pleasant Dreams
171
The Ephemera, an Emblem of Human Life
177
The Whistle
180
133
159 161
183
185
Morals of Chess
A Tale
An Arabian Tale
Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout
To Madame Helvetius, at Auteuil
To Madame Helvetius
An Humble Petition, presented to Madame Helvetius.
by her Cats
To the Abbé de la Roche, at Auteuil
To the Abbé Morellet
An Economical Project
The Craven-Street Gazette
A Letter from China
ESSAYS ON GENERAL POLITICS, COMMERCE,
AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.
A Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a
Paper Currency
On Government.
No. I. .
On Freedom of Speech and the Press
Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind and
the Peopling of Countries
Remarks on some of the Foregoing Observations, showing
particularly the Effects which Manners have on
Population
Remarks on Judge Foster's Argument in Favor of the
Right of Impressing Seamen
Remarks and Facts relative to the American Paper
Money .
On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor
On Smuggling, and its Various Species
253
278
. 282
285
187
192
193
194
201
204
214
222
225
227
233
241
311
321
331
340
355
361
Note respecting Trade and Manufactures
On the Laboring Poor
366
367
Some good Whig Principles
372
Positions to be examined, concerning National Wealth. 373
Plan for Benefiting distant unprovided Countries
Concerning the Provision made in China against Famine 381
377
Principles of Trade
383
Reflections on Coin in general, being an Appendix to
the above Essay
409
418
419
Notions concerning Trade and Merchants
A Thought concerning the Sugar Islands
On the Paper Money of the United States of America. 421
Comparison of Great Britain and the United States, in
Regard to the Basis of Credit in the two Countries 426 ►
Reflections on the Augmentation of Wages, which will
be occasioned in Europe by the American
Revolution
On Luxury, Idleness, and Industry
Remarks concerning the Savages of North America.
The Internal State of America; being a true Description
of the Interest and Policy of that vast Continent
Information to those who would remove to America
On the Criminal Laws and the Practice of Privateering
Observations on War
On the Elective Franchises, enjoyed by the small
Boroughs in England
Sir Charles Wyvill's Answer to the foregoing Paper
Militia preferable to Regular Troops
435
448
453
461
467
478
487
489
492
494
495
498
508
An Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in
Pennsylvania, viz. The Court of the Press
Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks . 513
An Address to the Public; from the Pennsylvania
Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery,
and the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in
Bondage
On the Slave-Trade
SUPPLEMENT.
A Lecture on the Providence of God in the Government
of the World
Letter from Anthony Afterwit
Letter from Celia Single
525
532
536
539
545
549
Proposals and Queries for the Consideration of the Junto 551
On Scandal
A Case of Casuistry .
Miscellaneous Observations
515
. 517