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Public Affairs. Jeremiah xvii. 18. Lon- 145 Memoirs of the Life and eminent Conduct

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150

The

tions composed in his Retirement. III.
His Prophetical Observations upon the
Affairs of Europe, more particularly of
Great Britain, from 1720 to 1729.
whole extracted from his original Papers,
and confirmed by unquestionable autho-
rity. To which is annexed his Elegy,
written by a young Cornish Gentleman of
Exeter College, in Oxford; with an Epi-
taph by another hand. "Non quis, sed
quid?" London: printed by Thomas Bick-
erton, at the Crown, in Paternoster row.
1719. Price 1s. 8vo. pp. 64.
151 The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies of the
famous Captain Singleton, containing an
Account of his being set on Shore in the
Island of Madagascar, his Settlement there,
with a Description of the Place and In-
habitants; of his Passage from thence in
a Paraquay to the Main Land of Africa,
with an Account of the Customs and Man-
ners of the People, his great Deliverances
from the barbarous Natives and wild
Beasts; of his meeting with an English-
man, a Citizen of London, among the In-
dians; the great Riches he acquired, and
his Voyage home to England; as also Cap-
tain Singleton's Return to Sea, with an
Account of his many Adventures and
Pyracies with the famous Captain Avery
and others. 8vo. London: printed for
J. Brotherton, at the Black Bull in
Cornhill; T. Graves, in St James's
street; A. Dodd, at the Peacock, without
Temple Bar; and T. Warner, at the
Black Boy, in Paternoster row. 1720.
8vo. pp. 360.

152 Serious Reflections during the Life and
surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
With his Vision of the Angelic World.
Written by himself. London': printed
for W. Taylor. 1722. 8vo. pp. 354.
153 The History of the Life and Adventures of
Mr Duncan Campbell, a Gentleman, who,
though Deaf and Dumb, writes down any
Stranger's name at first sight, with their
future Contingencies of Fortune. Now
living in Exeter court, over against the
Savoy, in the Strand. London printed
for E. Curll, and sold by W. Meers, &c.
1720. 8vo. pp. 320.

154 The Complete Art of Painting a Poem;
translated from the French of M. du Fres-
noy. By D. F., Gentleman. London:
printed for T. Warner. 1720. Price 1s.
8vo. pp. 53.

2.

155 Christian Conversation; in Six Dialogues.
1. Between a doubting Christian and one
more confirmed, about Assurance.
Between the same Persons, about Mortifi.
cation. 3. Between Eutocus and Fide-
lius, about Natural Things Spiritualized.
4. Between Simplicius and Conscius,
about Union. 5. Between Thlipsius and
Melaudius, about Afflictions. 6. Be-
tween Athanasius and Bioes, about Death.
By a Private Gentleman. London:
printed for W. Taylor. 1720. 8vo.
156 The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the

famous Moll Flanders, who was born in Newgate, and during a Life of continued Variety of Three Score Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Years a Whore, Five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Years a Thief, Eight Years a Transported Felon to Virginia; at last grew rich, lived honest, and died a Penitent. Written from her own Memorandums. London: printed for and sold by W. Chetwood, at Cato's Head, in Russell street, Covent garden; and T. Edlin, at the Prince's Arms, over against Exeter Change, in the Strand. 1722. 157 The Memoirs of a Cavalier; or, a Military Journal of the Wars in Germany and the Wars in England from the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. Written above Three Score Years ago by an English Gentleman, who served first in the Army of Gustavus Adolphus, the glorious King of Sweden, till his Death; and after that in the royal Army of King Charles the First, from the beginning of the Rebellion to the end o that War. London: printed for A. Bell, at the Cross Keys in Cornhill; J. Osborn, at the Oxford Arms in Lombard street; W. Taylor, at the Ship and Swan; and T. Warner, at the Black Boy in Pater

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noster row.

The History of the most remarkable Life and extraordinary Adventures of the truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, vulgarly called Colonel Jack, who was born a Gentleman, put Apprentice to a Pick-pocket, flourished Six-and-twenty Years as a Thief, and was then kidnapped to Virginia; came back a Merchant, was Five times married to Four Whores, went into the Wars, behaved bravely, got Preferment, was made Colonel of a Regiment; returned again to England, followed the Fortunes of the Chevalier de St George, was taken at the Preston Rebellion; received his Pardon from the late King, is now at the Head of his Regiment, in the Service of the Czarina, fighting against the Turks, completing a Life of Wonders, and resolves to die a General. London: printed for J. Brotherton. 1722.

159 A Journal of the Plague Year; being Ob. servations or Memorials of the most remarkable Occurrences, as well Public as Private, which happened in London during the last great Visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen who continued all the while in London; never made public before. London printed for E. Nutt, at the Royal Exchange; J. Roberts, in Warwick lane; A. Dodd, without Temple Bar: and J. Graves, in St James's street. 1722. 8vo. pp. 287.

This first edition of the work is amongst the scarcest of De Foe's pieces, and when brought to market bears a high price. In the subsequent editions the title is altered. The second, published by F. and J. Noble in 1754, is called The History of the Great Plague in London in the Year 1665;' containing Observations, &c. To which is added, 'A Journal of the Plague at Marseilles in the Year publication. 1720. 8vo. The latter piece forms no part of De Foe's

Introduction, humbly submitted to the Considerations of

all Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Ladies who keep many

servants. Also, a Postscript, occasioned by a late trifling

Pamphlet, entitled Everybody's Business Nobody's.'

Written by a Footman: in behalf of good Servants, and

to excite the bad to their Duty. London: printed for T.

Worrall, at the Judge's Head, against St Dunstan's Church,

in Fleet street. Evo. No date. De Foe's Pamphlet was

reprinted in 1767.

166 Mere Nature Delineated; or, a Body with-
out a Soul. Being Observations upon 'The
Young Forester,' lately brought to town
from Germany: with suitable Applications.
Also a brief Dissertation upon the Useful-
ness and Necessity of Fools, whether political
or natural. London printed for T. War-
ner, at the Black Boy, in Paternoster row.
1726. Price 1s. 6d. 8vo. pp. 123.

167 A New Voyage round the World, by a

Course never sailed before. Being a

Voyage undertaken by some Merchants,

who afterwards proposed the setting up an

East India Company in Flanders. London:

printed for and sold by A. Bettesworth, at

the Red Lion, in Paternoster row; and W.

Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple Bar.

1725.

168 An Essay upon Literature; or, An Inquiry
into the Antiquity and Origin of Letters;
proving that the Two Tables, written by
the finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the
first writing in the world; and that all
other Alphabets derive from the Hebrew.
With a short View of the Methods made
use of by the Ancients to supply the Want
of Letters before, and impose the Use of
them after they were known. London:
printed for Thomas Bowles, Printseller,
next to the Chapter House, St Paul's
Church-yard; John Clark, Bookseller,
under the Piazza, Royal Exchange; and
John Bowles, Printseller, over against the
Stocks Market. 1726. 8vo. pp. 127.

169 The Political History of the Devil, as well

Ancient as Modern: in two Parts. Part 1.

Containing a state of the Devil's Circum-
stances, and the various turns of his Affairs,
from his Expulsion out of Heaven to the
Creation of Man; with Remarks on the
several Mistakes concerning the Reason
and Manner of his Fall. Also, his Pro-
ceedings with Mankind ever since Adam,
to the first Planting of the Christian Reli-
gion in the World. Part II. Containing
his more Private Conduct, down to the
present Time: his Government, his Ap-
pearance, his Manner of Working, and the
Tools he works with.

Bad as he is, the devil may be abused,
Be falsely charged and causelessly accused;
When men, unwilling to be blamed alone,
Shift all the crimes on him which are their own.

London printed for T. Warner, at the

Black Boy in Paternoster row. 1726.

8vo. pp. 408.

In the second edition, published in the same year, it is
called simply, The History of the Devil,' &c. but in the
subsequent editions the original title is restored. A third
edition was called for in 1734; a fourth in 1739; another
in 1770; and since then it has been frequently reprinted
both in London and the country.

170 The History of the Principal Discoveries
and Improvements in the several Arts and"

171

172

173

A Tour through the whole Island of Great

Britain, divided into Circuits or Journies.

Giving a Particular and Diverting Account

of whatever is curious and worth Obser-

vation, viz: 1. A Description of the prin-

cipal Cities and Towns, their Situation,

Magnitude, Government, and Commerce.

2. The Customs, Manners, Speech, as also

the Exercises, Diversions, and Employment

of the Poor. 3. The Produce and Improve-

ment of the Lands, the Trade and Manu-

factures. 4. The Sea-ports and Fortifica-

tions, the Course of Rivers, and the Inland

Navigation. 5. The public Edifices, Seats,

and Palaces of the Nobility and Gentry:

with useful Observations upon the whole.

Particularly fitted for the reading of such

as desire to travel over the Island. Vol. 3.

Which completes the work, and contains
a Tour through Scotland, &c. With

:

a Map of Scotland by Mr Mole. By a

Gentleman. London printed and sold

by G. Strahan, in Cornhill; W. Mears, at
the Lamb, without Temple Bar; and R.
Stagg, in Westminster Hall. 1727.
A System of Magic; or, A History of the
Black Art. Being an Historical Account
of Mankind's most early Dealings with the
Devil, and how the Acquaintance on both
sides first began.

Our magic now commands the troops of hell,
The devil himself submits to charm and spell,
The conjuror in his orders and his rounds,
Just whistles up his spirits, as men do hounds;
The obsequious devil obeys the sorcerer's skill,
The mill turns round the horse, that first turns round
[the mill.

London: printed and sold by J. Roberts,
An Essay on the History and Reality of
in Warwick lane. 1727. 8vo. pp. 403.
Apparitions. Being an Account of what
they are, and are not. As also, how we
may distinguish between the Apparitions
of Good and Evil Spirits, and how we ought
to behave to them. With a great Variety
of Surprising and Diverting Examples,
never published before.

By death transported to th' eternal shore,
Souls so removed revisit us no more;
Engrossed with joys of a superior kind,
They leave the trifling thoughts of life behind.
London: printed and sold by J. Roberts, in
Warwick lane. 1727. 8vo. pp. 395.

This work was issued for the third time, in 1738, with

the following title: 'The Secrets of the Invisible World

Disclosed; or, An Universal History of Apparitions, Sacred

and Profane, under all Denominations, whether Angelical,

Diabolical, or Human Souls departed, showing-1. Their

various Returns to this World; with some Rules to know,

by their Manner of Appearing, if they are Good or Evil

ones. 2. The Differences of the Apparitions of Ancient and

Modern Times; and an Inquiry into the Spiritual Doctrine

of Spirits. 3. The many Species of Apparitions, their real

Existence and Operations by Divine Appointment. 4.

The nature of seeing Ghosts before and after Death; and

how we should behave towards them. 5 The Effects of

ary Appearances. 6. A Collection of he most Authentic

Fancy, Vapours, Dreams, Hyppo, and of real and imagin-

Relations of Apparitions, particularly that surprising one
attested by the learned Dr Scott. By Andrew Moreton,
Esq. London: printed and sold by J. Roberts, in War-
wick lane.' 8vo. pp. 395. It has since been reprinted in a
smaller size.

174 The Protestant Monastery; or, a Complaint

against the Brutality of the present Age,
particularly the Pertness and Insolence of
our Youth to aged Persons. With a Cau-
tion to People in Years, how they give the
Staff out of their own Hands, and leave
themselves at the Mercy of others; con-
cluding with a Proposal for erecting a Pro-
testant Monastery, where Persons of Small
Fortunes may end their Days in Plenty,
Ease, and Credit, without burthening their
Relations, or accepting Public Charities.
By Andrew Moreton, Esq., Author of
Everybody's Business is Nobody's Busi-

ness. London: printed for W. Meadows,

at the Angel, in Cornhill; and other Book-

sellers. 1727. 8vo. pp. 31.

175 Parochial Tyranny; or, the Housekeeper's
Complaint against the insupportable Exac-
tions and partial Assessments of Select
Vestries, &c., with a plain Detection of
many Abuses committed in the Distribution
of Public Charities: together with a prac-
ticable Proposal for Amendment of the same,
which will not only take off great part of
the Parish Taxes now subsisting, but case
Parishioners from serving troublesome
Offices, or paying exorbitant Fines. By
Andrew Moreton, Esq. London: printed
for W. Meadows, at the Angel, in Cornhill;
and other Booksellers. 8vo.

176 A New Family Instructor. In Familiar

Discourses between a Father and his Chil-

dren, on the most Essential Points of the

Christian Religion. In Two Parts. Part I.

Containing a Father's Instructions_to his

Son upon his going to Travel into Popish

Countries; and to the rest of his Children

on his Son's turning Papist; confirming

them in the Protestant Religion, against

the Absurdities of Popery. Part II. In-

structions against the Three Grand Errors

of the Times; viz. 1. Asserting the Divine

Authority of the Scripture against the

Deists. 2. Proofs that the Messias is

already come, &c.; against the Atheists

and Jews. 3. Asserting the Divinity of

Jesus Christ, that He was really the same

with the Messias, and that Messias was to

be really God; against our Modern Here-

tics. With a Poem on the Divine Nature

of Jesus Christ; in Blank Verse. By the

Author of The Family Instructor.' Lon-

don: printed for T. Warner, at the Black

Boy, in Paternoster row. 1727. 8vo.

pp. 384.

A second edition, with a varying title, was published, in

1732, by C. Rivington and T. Warner. It is there called

A New Family Instructor: containing a Brief and Clear

Defence of the Christian Religion in general, against the

Errors of the Atheists, Jews, Deists, and Sceptics: and of

the Protestant Religion in particular, against the Super-

titions of the Church of Rome. In Familiar Discourses

between a Father and his Children. In Two Parts, &c.

177 A Treatise concerning the Use and Abuse

of the Marriage Bed; showing, 1. The

Nature of Matrimony, its Sacred Original,

11

and the true Meaning of its Institution.

2. The gross Abuse of Matrimonial Chas-

tity, from the wrong Notions which have

possessed the World, degenerating even to

Whoredom. 3. The Diabolical Practice of

attempting to prevent Child-bearing by

Physical Preparations. 4. The fatal Con-

sequence of clandestine or forced Marriages,

through the Persuasion, Interest, or In-

fluence of Parents and Relations, to wed

the Person they have no Love for, but

often an Aversion to.

Matches as in the Disproportion of Age;

5. Of unequal

and how such many ways occasion a Ma-

trimonial Whoredom. 6. How married

Persons may be guilty of Conjugal Lewd-

ness, and that a Man may, in effect, make

a Whore of his own Wife.

Also many

other Particulars of Family concern. Lon-

don: printed for T. Warner, at the Black

Boy, in Paternoster row. 1727. Price 5s.
8vo. pp. 406.

This work was at first called 'Conjugal Lewdness; or,
and substituted the above title.
Matrimonial Whoredom;' but this title being considered
offensive to delicacy, the author immediately cancelled it,

178 The Complete English Tradesman: in Fa-

179

miliar Letters, directing him in all the

several Parts and Professions of Trade;

viz. 1. Of acquainting him with Business

during his Apprenticeship. 2. Of Wri-

ting to Correspondents in a Trading Style.

3. Of Diligence and Application, as the

Life of all Business. 4. Cautions against

Over-trading. 5. Of the ordinary Occa

sions of a Tradesman's Ruin; such as ex-

pensive Living, too early Marrying, Inno-

cent Diversions, too much Credit, being

above Business, Dangerous Partnerships,

&c. 6. Directions in several Distresses

of a Tradesman, when he comes to fail.

7. Of Tradesmen compounding with other

Tradesmen, and why they are so parti-

cularly severe upon one another. 8. Of

Tradesmen ruining one another by Ru-

mours and Scandal. 9. Of the customary

Frauds of Trade, and particularly of Trading

Lies. 10. Of Credit, and how it is only

to be supported by Honesty.

Punctual Paying Bills, and thereby Main-

11. Of

taining Credit. 12. Of the Dignity and

Honour of Trade in England, more than

in other countries. To which is added, a

Supplement; containing, 1. A Warning

against Tradesmen's borrowing Money

upon Interest. 2. A Caution against that

destructive Practice of drawing and re-

mitting, as also discounting Promissory

Bills, merely for a supply of Cash. 3.

Directions for the Tradesman's Accounts,

with brief, but plain Examples and Speci-

mens for Book-keeping. 4. Of Keeping a

Duplicate or Pocket Ledger, in case of

Fire. London: printed for C. Rivington,

at the Bible and Crown, St Paul's Church-

yard. 1727. 8vo. pp. 474.

The Complete English Tradesman, Voll II.
In Two Parts. Part I. Directed chiefly to
the more Experienced Tradesman; with
Cautions and Advices to them after they