CONTENTS,

IX

Military System.

The Navy.

The Ordnance.

Noneffectiye Charge..

Charge of Civil Government.

Great Gains of Courtiers and Ministers.

State of Agriculture.

Mineral Wealth of the Country.

Increase of Rent; the Country Gentlemen.

The Clergy.

The Yeomanry ..

Growth of the Towns; Bristol.

Norwich...

Other Country Towns . .

Manchester; Leeds . ..

Sheffield.

Birmingham.

Liverpool

Watering places: Cheltenham; Brighton.

Buxton; Tunbridge Wells .

Bath. . . «..

London .« .

The City.

The Fashionable Part of the Capital

Police of London.

The Lighting of London.

White Friars.*.

The Court.

The Coffee-houses..

Difficulty of Travelling.

Badness of the Roads.

Stage Coaches.

Highwaymen.-

Inns.

The Post Office.

The Newspapers.

The Newsletters.

The Observalor.

Scarcity of Books in Country Places.

Female Education.

Literary Attainments of Gentlemen.

Influence of French Literature.

Immorality of the Polite Literature of England •

State of Science in England.

Stale of the Fine Arts.

Stale of the Common People; Agricultural Wages . . •

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