104 Influence of Morals 
the one, and the fvting of the other, are 
exce icnt engines in the fyftem of terror, 
‘particular ly if the candle goes out, which 
Is very often the cafe in damp caverns. 
And the mention of caverns brings me 
to.the efential qualities inherent in a caf- 
tle. “The rooms up fiairs may be juft ha- 
bitable, and’no more; but the pvinerpal 
Jocideyts mutt be carried on in fubterranzcous 
paflages. Thefe, in general, wind round 
the whole extent of the building 5 but 
thatis not ney material, as the heroine 
never goes thr ner 
meeting with a deor, which the has neither 
fecubeh nor refelution to open, although 
fhe has found a’ ruity key, very happi ly 
fi ted to as rofty a lock, and would give 
the world to know what it leads to, and 
yet the can give no reafon for her cu 
see bul. ne os ee ing now completely we 
Reg the next ne on) y requilite 
is aheroine, with all the weaknefs of body 
and mind that appertains to as fea - but, 
endowed with all the curiofity ae a {py, 
and al! ‘the courage of a troop of horfe. 
Whatever the hears, fees, or thinks of, 
that is horrible and terrible, fhe mutt en- 
quire into it again and again. Al Il atone, 
-for ine cannot prevail on the timid Fazetta 
to go with her a fecond time 3 all Rieue the 
fers out, m the dead of the night, when 
nothing but the aforefaid owls and baits are 
hooting and jutting, to refolve the horrid 
myfiery of the moving tapefiry, which 
threw her into’ a fwoon the elon ng 
night, and in which fhe knows her 
‘awfully involved,-though fhe cann 
why. With cautious tread, and ghimmer- 
Ing taper, fhe proceeds to defvend a long 
fight of fleps, which bring her to a dcor 
fhe had not she ee It is opened 
with great difficulty; but alas! a ruth of 
wind puts out the glimmering taper, and 
while Matilda, Gloriana, Rofalba, or any 
other name, is. deliberati ing whether fhe 
Shall proceed or return, without knowirg 
‘how to do either, a groan is heard, & fe- 
cond groan, and a fearful crafh. A dim: 
nefs now comes over her eyes (which i in 
the dar# mut be terrible e) and the fwoons 
away. How long fhe may have remained 
in this fwoon, no one.can tell; but when 
the awakes, the fun peeps through the 
crevices, for all fubterraneous” paflages 
muft have-crevices, and fhows her fuch 
a coileciion of {culls and bones: as would 
do credit toa parifh burying-ground._ 
She now finds her way back, deter- 
mined tomake a farther fearch next night, 
which the accomplifhes by, means of a 
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above half without. 
on National Wealth. [ Aug. 
better light, and behold ! having gained 
the fatal fpot where the myftery. is COs | 
cealed, the tapefiry moves again! Affum-— 
ing courage, fhe boldly lifts up a corner, 
bet immediately lets it drop, a "eck Face 
pervades her whole body, and fhe finks 
to the ground; after having difcovered be- 
hind this Gedeas tapefiry, the tremea- 
dous folution of all ice difficulties, the 
awful word = * 
HONORIFICABILITATUDINIBUSQUE !!! 
Mr. Editor, if thy foul is not harrow- 
ed up, Jam glad to efcape from this fceng¢ 
of horror,-and am, 
Your humbie fervant, 
A JACCBIN NOVELIST, 
Greenwich, Aug.19, 1797+ 

Io the Editor of the io Magazine, 
SER, 
SHALL be obliged to any of your 
reacers to aniwer the following 
ea 
Query. Are all infinite additions equal 2 
That is tofay, is the fum of the infinite 
oe at2+2, &c. equal to the fum of 
he inane feries 4-4-+4, &e—I think, 
it is a dilemma; if you fay, that the 
fums or wholes are equal, then the parts 
are equal, i. €. 2==4, which is abfurd.— 
Tf, on the other hand, you fay, that the 
fam of the feries 4-4, &c: is greater 
than the fum of the other feries, becaufe 
the terms of the former are greater than 
thofe of the latter, you make one infi- 
nite number greater than another, 7. 4 
infinity is greater than itfelf ! which is 
abfurd alfo. Iam your's, &e. 
duguft 5, 1797+ PHILSRITHMUS. 
SE 
To the Editor of tke Monthly Magazine. 
PAS TR, 
MUCH has been written on the fubje€ 
of MORALS. Public and FoLiTi- 
CAL G@CONOMY, is, at prefent, a fub- 
ject of very general and ardent atten- 
tion among philofophers and ftatefmen ; 
yet there is one point of view, in which 
the inveftigation of thefe fubjeéts appears 
to me to have been hitherto negledted, al- 
though a very important coincidence of 
morals and political economy take place 
init. It has never.yet been carefully in- 
veftigated, bow far the ftate of the general 
morals of the people, in a period of peace 
and tranquillity, infinences the increafe er 
dinunution of the national wealth ? 
This matter would be illuftrated, by 
the communication of any faéts concern- 
ing the comparatiye average produce of 
the 
