“The Fatal effects of indulging the passions, Exemplified in The History of M. De La Paliniere” ([p. 2]).
This serial began in no. 45 of the New-York Weekly; the first 8 of its 12 installments are in Volume I.
Original: Les veillées du château, 1785, by Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, 1746-1830.
English Translation: Tales of the castle; or, Stories of instruction and delight, trans. Thomas Holcroft, 1745-1809. This selection is pages 203-270 in Volume 1 (of 5), in the 1793 (4th) edition.
Link: http://www.archive.org/details/talesofcastleors01genluoft
“Remarks on the wonderful Construction of the Eye” ([p. 17])
“View of the Starry Heavens” ([p. 25], [33])
“The singular state of man when asleep.” ([p. 41])
“Remarks on the wonderful Construction of the Ear” ([p. 57]).
Original: Betrachtungen über die Werke Gottes im Reiche der Natur und der Vorsehung auf alle Tage des Jahres: Halle 1772 by Christoph Christian Sturm (1740-1786)
Translation: Reflections for every day in the year on the works of God... London 1791, 6th edn. 1798, 7th edn. 1800
Source: All four essays appear in The New magazine of knowledge concerning Heaven and Hell..., 1790.