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CONTENTS.
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The Ordnance 280
Noneffective Charge; Charge of Civil Government 281
Great Gains of Ministers and Courtiers 282
State of Agriculture 285
Mineral Wealth of the Country 289
Increase of Rent 291
The Country Gentlemen 292
The Clergy 296
The Yeomanry; Growth of the Towns; Bristol 306
Norwich 308
Other Country Towns 309
Manchester; Leeds; Sheffield 311
Birmingham 313
Liverpool 314
Watering-places; Cheltenham; Brighton; Buxton; Tunbridge Wells 315
Bath 316
London 318
The City 320
Fashionable Part of the Capital 324
Police of London 329
Lighting of London 330
Whitefriars; The Court 331
The Coffee Houses 334
Difficulty of Travelling 338
Badness of the Roads 339
Stage Coaches 343
Highwaymen 346
Inns 349
Post Office 350
Newspapers 352
News-letters 354
The Observator 356
Scarcity of Books in Country Places; Female Education 357
Literary Attainments of Gentlemen 359
Influence of French Literature 360
Immorality of the Polite Literature of England 361
State of Science in England 368
State of the Fine Arts 373
State of the Common People; Agricultural Wages 376