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14 On indolence,
15 Of education. A classical contrasted with a fashionable
16 Of spring. Effects of that season on some minds,
17 Description of a shopkeeper virtuoso, in a letter from
his wife Rebecca Prune. Observations suggested by
it,
18 Of national character. Comparison of that of France
and of England,
19 Some further particulars in the character of Mr. Um..
phraville,
93
20 On the acrimony of literary disputes; narrative of a
meeting between Sylvester and Alcander,
21 Difficulties of a bashful author in corresponding with
the Mirror, in a letter from Y. Z.-Description of
a nervous wife, in a letter from Joseph Meekly,
22 On the restraints and disguise of modern education;
character of Cleone; in a letter from Lelius,
23 History of a good-hearted man, no one's enemy but
his own,
24 Advantage which the artist in the fine arts has over
nature in the assemblage and arrangement of objects;
exemplified in Milton's Allegro and Penseroso,
25 Description of the visit of a great lady to the house of
a man of small fortune, in a second letter from Mr.
Homespun,
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119
26 The rules of external behaviour, a criterion of manners.
Modern good-breeding compared with the ancient, 126
27 The silent expression of sorrow. Feelings and beha-
viour of Mr. Wentworth,
132
28 Of our Indian conquests. Opinions of Mr. Umphra-
ville on that subject,
138
29 The advantages of politeness, and disagreeable conse-
quences of affected rusticity.-Short letter from Mo-
destus,
142
30 Of female manners. Change of those of Scotland con-
sidered,
147
31 Of the art of drawing characters in writing,
32 The inconvenience of not bearing with the follies of
others; some particulars of a visit received by the au-
thor from Mr. Umphraville,
152
156
33 Advantages of mutual complacency in persons nearly
connected; letters from Mr. and Mrs. Gold,
34 Subject of No. 32, continued; description of a dinner
given to Mr. Umphraville by his cousin, Mr. Bearskin, 165
160
35 Letter from Eugenius on the doctrines of Lord Ches-
terfield.--From Bridget Nettlewit on the rudeness of
an assenter,
36 Reflections on gerius unnoticed and unknown; anec-
dotes of Michael Bruce,
171
177
37 Happiness drawn rather from prospect than possession ;
exemplified in the history of Euphanor,
181
38 Scheme of lectures on politeness, by Simulator,
39 Danger, incident to men of fine feelings, of quarrelling
with the world,
188
193
40 Second part of the lecture on Simulation,
196
41 Description of a tour through the Highlands, by a Lon-
don fainily,
201
42 Importance of religion to minds of sensibility; story of
46 Humourous account of a cross-purpose conversation, in
a letter from Eutrapelus.-Answer to the masters of
taverns in relation to the Mirror club,
47 The effects of delicacy and taste on happiness, illustra-
ted by a description of certain characters,
48 Whether in the pleasure derived from the fine arts, the
artist or connoisseur has an advantage over the com-
mon spectator? This question considered with regard
to painting,
227
233
239
49 Distresses of the families of soldiers; story of Nancy
Collins,
246
50 Genius and Talents rendered useless to society by indo-
lence and inactivity: anecdotes of Mr. Mordaunt,
250
51 Danger of too refined an education to girls in certain
circumstances, in a letter from Harriet B-
257
52 Whimsical proposal for an improvement in agriculture,
by Posthumous Agricola,
262
53 Behaviour of great ladies in town to their country ac-
quaintance; in a letter from Elizabeth Homespun,
267
54 Recital of a conversation-criticism on the tragedy of
Zara,
273
55 Of self-deception,
280