The particulars respecting the author, referred to in the
title-page, will be found principally in Essays VII, IX, XIV, and
XVIII.


CONTENTS

Essay.
I. Of Body and Mind. The Prologue
II. Of the Distribution of Talents
III. Of Intellectual Abortion
IV. Of the Durability of Human Achievements and Productions
V. Of the Rebelliousness of Man
VI. Of Human Innocence
VII. Of the Duration of Human Life
VIII. Of Human Vegetation
IX. Of Leisure
X. Of Imitation and Invention
XI. Of Self-Love and Benevolence
XII. Of the Liberty of Human Actions
XIII. Of Belief
XIV. Of Youth and Age
XV. Of Love and Friendship
XVI. Of Frankness and Reserve
XVII. Of Ballot
XVIII. Of Diffidence
XIX. Of Self Complacence
XX. Of Phrenology
XXI. Of Astronomy
XXII. Of the Material Universe