CONTENTS. 



I. Few affected by Sympathy 1. Cruelty of War 11. Of brute ani- 

 mals, Wolf, Eagle, Lamb, Dove, Owl, Nightingale 17. Of insects, 

 Oestrus, Ichneumon, Libellula 29. Wars of Vegetables 41. Of 

 fish, the Shark, Crocodile, Whale 55. The World a Slaughter- 

 house 66. Pains from Defect and from Excess of Stimulus 71. 

 Ebriety and Superstition 77. Mania 89. Association 93. Avarice, 

 Imposture, Ambition, Envy, Jealousy 97. Floods, Volcanoes, 

 Earthquakes, Famine 109. Pestilence 1 17. Pains from Sympa- 

 thy 123. II. Good outbalances Evil 135. Life combines inani- 

 mate Matter, and produces happiness by Irritation 145. As in 

 viewing a Landscape 159- In hearing Music 171. By Sensation 

 or Fancy in Dreams 183. The Patriot and the Nun 197. Howard, 

 Moira, Burdett205. By Volition 223. Newton, Herschel 233. 

 Archimedes, Savery 241. Isis, Arkwright 253. Letters and Print- 

 ing 265. Freedom of the Press 273. By Association 291. Ideas 

 of Contiguity, Resemblance, and of Cause and Effect 299- An- 

 tinous 319. Cecilia 329- III. Life soon ceases, Births and Deaths 

 alternate 337. Acorns, Poppy-seeds, Aphises, Snails, Worms, Tad- 

 poles, Herrings innumerable 347. So Mankind 36~9- All Nature 

 teems with Life 375. Dead Oi'ganic Matter soon revives 383. 

 Death is but a change of Form 393. Exclamation of St. Paul 403. 

 Happiness of the World increases 405. The Phoenix 41 1. System 

 of Pythagoras 4 17. Rocks and Mountains produced by Organic 

 Life 429. Are Monuments of past Felicity 447. Munificence of 

 the Deity 455. IV. Procession of Virgins 46"9. Hymn to Hea- 

 ven 481. Of Chaos 489. Of Celestial Love 499. Offering of 

 Urania 5 17 524. 



