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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.