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CONTENTS of No. I.
for JANUARY.

Remarks on the Reign of Q. Elizabeth,p. [3], [5], [7]
Reflections on the Conduct of a certain great Man,[4]
Political Observations from the Craftsman,[ibid.]
Liberty of the Press asserted,[5]
—— Reply’d to,[17]
Of the standing Army and Riot Act,[5]
—— Reply’d to,[16]
Remarks on the Craftsman’s Hague Letter,[6]
On the present State of Affairs,[7], [10]
Conduct of the Ministry,[7]
Of Mr. Chubb’s Discourse of Reason,[8]
The Writers in behalf of the Government, ridiculed and censur’d,[ibid.]
Mr. Cheselden’s intended Operation on the Drum of the Ear, ridicul’d,[10]
—— Defended,[19]
Criticisms on the New Years Ode,[10], [11]
The Contagion of Poetry,[11]
Of political Controversies,[12]
Of Gardners; Vermin, and Ridicule,[16]
Of Quackery, Authors and Criticism,[13]
Of Humours and Behaviour,[13], [14]
Laws of Courtship,[14], [15]
Of Prostitutes, Chastity, and Fondness,[15]
Poetry and Musick,[ibid.]
The Craftsman corrected,[16]
Answer’d as to the Ministry,[ib.]
—— reply’d to, about a pamphlet call’d Sedition and Defamation Display’d,[ib.]
Of Pawn-brokers,[18]
Of the Law, Remedies for it’s Evils,[19]
Poetry, The New Year’s Ode,[20]
An Ode to the Laureat,[ib.]
Ode on the Twelfth-Day,[21]
A Hymn to the Laureat,[ib.]
Verses on the Laureat,[22]
An Ode to Sir Rob. Walpole,[ib.]
Epitaphs on Mrs. Oldfield,[23]
On a Lady stung by a Bee,[ib.]
Verses by a Lady,[ib.]
Domestick Occurrences,[24]
A List of the Governors, &c. of the African Company,[27]
The King’s Answer to the Lds Address,[ib.]
Credulity in Witchcraft,[29]
Extraordinary Accidents and Casualties,[30]
Narrative of an Apparition,[31]
Ships lost, and Casualties,[32]
Deaths of Eminent Persons,[33]
Marriages and Promotions,[35]
Ecclesiastical Preferments and Bankrupts,[36]
Exact List of Sheriffs,[37]
Course of Exchange,[ib.]
Stocks, Prices of Goods,[39]
Monthly Bill of Mortality,[40]
Foreign Affairs,[41]
Fairs in February, &c.[43]
Observations in Gardening,[44]
Books published,[45], [46]

THE
Gentleman’s Magazine:
JANUARY, 1731.

A View of the Weekly ESSAYS in this Month.