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,

98

102

107

111-

115

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