ADVENTURER.

Tentanda via est; quâ me quoque possim
Tollere humo, victorque virúm volitare per ora.
VIRG. GEORG. iii. 9.

On vent'rous wing in quest of praise I go,
And leave the gazing multitude below.

No. 1-41.

CONTENTS.

VOL. XIX.

No.

HISTORICAL and Biographical Pre-

face.

1. Courage, why honoured as a Virtue

-Adventurer characterized, and his

Achievements projected

..............HAWKESWORTH

2. Intellectual and Corporal Labour com-

pared

3. Project for a new Pantomime Enter-

tainment

......BATHURST

4. Of the different kinds of Narrative,

and why they are universally read . HAWKES.

5. Remark on Dreaming--Various Trans-

migrations related by a Flea.........

6. Project for an Auction of Manuscripts,

by Timothy Spinbrain, Author ...BATHURST

7. Distress encouraged to hope: the His-

tory of Melissa

8. The History of Melissa concluded....

9. Impropriety of Signs....

10. Happiness and Misery, how far the

HAWKES.

BATHURST

necessary effects of Virtue and Vice. HAWKES.

11. An allegorical Letter from To-Day...

12. The Influence of Infidelity upon Mo-

ral Conduct-Story of Opsinous

...

....

13. The Story of Opsinous, continued

14. The Story of Opsinous, concluded ...

No.

15. The Insolence and Absurdity of Ad-

vertisements by Quacks-Perni-

cious consequences of granting them

Patents

16. Of instructing by Fiction..

17. Curiosity necessary to Entertainment

and Knowledge-Story of Mr.

Friendly and his Nephew

18. Critical Remarks upon Fables-Fable

of the Dog and Shadow

plan

upon a new

19. Proposals to improve the Dramatic

Entertainment of the Animal Come-

dians.......

HAWKES.

.......BATHURST

20. Imperceptible Deviation to Vice-

Moral Use of Punishment-Remon-

strances of Conscience universal-

Amurath, an Eastern Story..

......... HAWKES.

23. Scheme of a new Memorandum-Book

for the Use of the Ladies, with a

Specimen......

BATHURST

24. A Parallel between an Evening spent

at the Playhouse, and the several

Stages of Life

........

25. Infelicities of Matrimony produced by

an imprudent Choice exemplified

26. Right of the Town to suppress Dra-

HAWKES.

BATHURST

matic Performances; an Allegory. HAWKES.

27. An Allegorical Letter from Night,

ANON. Requisites to the successful

Practice of Physic....

28. The Practice of the positive Duties of

Religion influence Moral Conduct.