ry;
(3,) in the assertion of #THE RIGHTS OF MAN#, against overwhelming
usurpations; and (4,) in the establishment of #A SPIRIT OF FREE
ENQUIRY#, which constitutes the vivifying energy of the age in which
we live, and promises the most important results in regard to the
future condition and happiness of the human race.

The accomplishment of these circumstances has generated, in all
countries, a numerous class of readers, among whom are many
#Professors#, #Philosophers#, #Statesmen#, #Politicians#,
#Theologians#, #Antiquaries#, #Naturalists#, and #eminent Scholars#;
besides #Amateurs# of general Literature, with whose taste, feelings,
and principles, the Author of this volume is anxious to identify his
own, and whose favourable opinion he is ambitious to enjoy;--these are
the free and honest searchers after #MORAL#, #POLITICAL#, and #NATURAL
TRUTH#,--the votaries of #COMMON SENSE#,--the patients of their
#NATURAL SENSIBILITIES#,--all, who are neither #TOO OLD#, #TOO
POWERFUL#, nor #TOO WISE#,--and, finally, all those #WHO PASS THEIR
LIVES IN SEARCH OF HAPPINESS#, and who are not unwilling to be
pleased, in whatsoever form, or by whomsoever the attempt may be made:

TO SUCH ESTIMABLE PERSONS, IN ALL COUNTRIES, AND IN ALL SITUATIONS,
THE AUTHOR RESPECTFULLY DEDICATES THIS VOLUME.

_Holloway, Middlesex;_
_February 8, 1817._

CONTENTS.

#St. James's Park#
Beggars
Milk Fair
Regent's Palace
Washington and Alfred
Public Offices
Military Slaves
Country Residents
St. James's Palace
Promenade in the Mall
Suggested Improvements
#Pimlico#
The Ty-bourn
Isle of St. Peter's
#Chelsea#
Ranelagh
Chelsea Buns
---- Hospital
Villany of War
Invalid without Arms
A Centenarian
Securities of Peace
Caesar's Ford
The Botanic Garden
Don Saltero's
Sir Thomas More
Sir Hans Sloane
#Battersea#
Waste of Public Wealth
Cupidity of Trade
Insufficiency of Wealth
Mr. Brunel's Saw Mills
---- Shoe Manufactory
Evils of Machinery
Lord Bolingbroke's House
York House
An American Aloe
Reflections on Pride
#Wandsworth#
Phenomena of Rivers
Distilleries and Drunkenness
Haunted House
Causes of Superstition
Population of Villages
Iron-Rail Roads
Borough of Garra