INDEX. Puge The Busy-Body, No. I. 3 II. 6 III. 9 IV. 13 V. 20 VIII. 30 Dialogue between Philocles and Horatio 36 A second dialogue 42 Public men 49 Self-denial not the essence of virtue 55 On the usefulness of the mathematics 58 On true happiness 63 On discoveries 65 The waste of life 69 The way to wealth 73 Necessary hints to those who would be rich 84 Advice to a young tradesman 85 The may to make money plenty in every man's pocket 88 New mode of lending money 89 An economical project 90 On early marriages . 96 Effect of early impressions on the mind 98 The whistle . . 101 A petition to those who have the superintendency of education The handsome and deformed leg Morals of chess • 104 • 105 . 108 • 113 • 119 . • 132 134 . 138 Page The art of procuring pleasant dreams Precautions to be used by those who are about to under take a sea voyage • Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout 125 A parable against persecution On the death of relatives The ephemera an emblem of human life 135 Account of a whirlwind at Maryland On the saltness of sea water 140 On the effect of air on the barometer, and the benefits derived from the study of insects 153 On the causes of colds 154 Tendency of rivers to the sea. Effects of the sun's rays on cloths of different colours 155 On the magnetism and theory of the earth 160 Queries and conjectures relating to magnetism and the theory of the earth 165 On the nature of sea coal 169 Effect of vegetation on noxious air 170 Observations on the prevailing doctrines of life and death 171 • 142 • 145 • 150 . . . . END OF VOL. 1. T. Davison, Printer, Whitefriars. |