CONTENTS

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THE SECOND VOLUME.

LETTERS.

Nos. 1 TO 8.

TO DR. JAMES CURRIE, Richmond, Virginia, Page 1 to 46

From 1787 to 1795.

On the respective State of Credit in America and England

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after the War
of - European Politics

- Mr. Pitt, early Character and Conduct
Opinion on the American
Constitution - Its Defects - Contrasted with that of

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England — French Revolution — Effect on the Writer's
Feelings - Hints at going to America.

Nos. 9 TO 23.

TO DR. PERCIVAL, Manchester.

From 1788 to 1797.

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47 to 96

Analytical Review- Slave Trade-Discovery in Bleaching

- Corporation and Test Acts - On the Death of Miss

Cropper - Royal Society Sir Joseph Banks, Corres-

pondence with-Birmingham Riots-Literary Notices

On Medical Consultations Earl of Wycombe —

Account of his Travels through the United States

of America, and Observations - General Washington

French Revolution Manchester Academy, and Dr.

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Barnes-Injurious Tendency of Habits of Dissent-

Dugald Stewart's Moral Philosophy, Outlines of

Chemical Notices Dr. Garnett

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Dr. Kippis - Mr.

Roscoe's Lorenzo de' Medici Manchester House of

Recovery - Public Affairs -Literary Communications.

Nos. 24 TO 38.

TO LIEUT. (afterwards CAPT.) GRAHAM MOORE, R. N.

Page 97 to 162

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From 1787 to 1795.

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Literary Observations-Mr. Pitt- Slave Trade-Mr. Fox

State of England — Ossian - Anecdote of Jefferson

Opening of the French Revolution Its Effects on

Europe Its Progress Naval Etiquette-Literary

Society in Liverpool, Subjects discussed at- Zeluco

-Growing Excitement produced by the Revolution —

Mr. Burke - Military and Naval Character - Difficulty

of forming an unbiassed Opinion as to Politics at the

Period in question'-Increased Bitterness of Party Spirit

Its Effects on the Writer.

No. 39.

TO DR. MOORE, London, (intended) November, 1792. 163

On the French Revolution.

On Mrs. Siddons in Jane Shore and Lady Randolph.

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Nos. 51. To 71.

To his Son W. W. CURRIE.

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From 1796 to 1805.

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197 to 260

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Homer Gibbon Horace Advice as to his Conduct

on going to a Public School. · Anecdote of himself.

Examples for Imitation and Avoidance - Comparison

of the Greyhound, inactive and in the Chase - Mischief

arising from false Shame — On the Death of his Child

Provincial Pronunciation Elocution Habit of

Speaking, how acquired More easy to Women than

to Men - Importance with reference to Public Life —

On a Case of Conscience" Respect your own Judg-

ment" - Important Precepts-Pleasure arising from

Epistolary Communication - Superiority in this respect

from Civilisation — Liverpool Athenæum Value of

the Period of Youth for Study Politics Pleasures of

Natural Scenery, and their Effect on the Mind - On the

Value of the Quality, Attention - Importance of Self-

command, and Preference of what is good on the whole to

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what is pleasant at the moment On Manners Edin-
burgh -Lectures-Taking Notes useful, if not too much
an Object-Verbal Criticisms - Metaphysical Observa-
tions Caution against hazarding inconsiderate Opi-
nions Value of a Disposition to be pleased - Dugald
Stewart's Lectures - Malthus, Reflections on - Folly
of imprudent Marriages Aikin's Letters to his Son
Farther Observations on Malthus, and his Doctrines
on Population Anecdote of the Effect produced on a
Lunatic by reading his Essay. (Note.) Anecdotes of
General Wolfe and Franklin Steam Engine Meta-
physics, difficulty attending the Study of, from their slight
Impression on the Mind, and the Imperfection of Lan-
guage Chief practical Value of Anecdote of Fox
and Horne Tooke - St. Domingo - Farther Observ-
ations on Metaphysical Studies - Comparison between
Metaphysics and Mathematics Conversational Powers
— Three Individuals possessed of these in an uncom-
mon Degree On his Determinution to settle at Bath.

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No. 72.

To his DAUGHTER at School, Newcastle upon Tyne. April

Observations on his Defects of Character, and Advice as to

his Conduct.