GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND II 1672-1800

SIR RICHARD STEELE

I OF COMPANIONS AND FLATTERERS

II THE STORY-TELLER AND HIS ART [1]

III SIR ROGER AND THE WIDOW [2]

IV THE COVERLEY FAMILY PORTRAITS [3]

V ON CERTAIN SYMPTOMS OF GREATNESS [4]

VI HOW TO BE HAPPY THO MARRIED [5]

LORD BOLINGBROKE

I OF THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE

II RULES FOR THE STUDY OF HISTORY [7]

ALEXANDER POPE

I AN ANCIENT ENGLISH COUNTRY SEAT [8]

II HIS COMPLIMENTS TO LADY MARY [9]

III HOW TO MAKE AN EPIC POEM [11]

LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU

I ON HAPPINESS IN THE MATRIMONIAL STATE [14]

II INOCULATION FOR THE SMALLPOX [15]

LORD CHESTERFIELD

I OF GOOD MANNERS, DRESS AND THE WORLD [16]

II OF ATTENTIONS TO LADIES [17]

HENRY FIELDING

I TOM THE HERO ENTERS THE STAGE [18]

II PARTRIDGE SEES GARRICK AT THE PLAY [19]

III MR. ADAMS IN A POLITICAL LIGHT [21]

SAMUEL JOHNSON

I ON PUBLISHING HIS "DICTIONARY" [22]

II POPE AND DRYDEN COMPARED [24]

III LETTER TO CHESTERFIELD ON THE COMPLETION OF THE "DICTIONARY" [26]

IV ON THE ADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN A GARRET [27]

DAVID HUME

I THE CHARACTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH [29]

II THE DEFEAT OF THE ARMADA [30]

III THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

LAURENCE STERNE

I THE STARLING IN CAPTIVITY [33]

II TO MOULINES WITH MARIA [34]

III THE DEATH OF LE FEVRE [35]

IV PASSAGES FROM THE ROMANCE OF MY UNCLE TOBY AND THE WIDOW [36]

THOMAS GRAY

I WARWICK CASTLE [37]

II TO HIS FRIEND MASON ON THE DEATH OF MASON'S MOTHER [38]

III ON HIS OWN WRITINGS [39]

IV HIS FRIENDSHIP FOR BONSTETTEN [41]

HORACE WALPOLE

I HOGARTH [42]

II THE WAR IN AMERICA [43]

III THE DEATH OF GEORGE II [44]

GILBERT WHITE

THE CHIMNEY-SWALLOW [45]

ADAM SMITH

I OF AMBITION MISDIRECTED [46]

II THE ADVANTAGES OF A DIVISION OF LABOR [47]

SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE

PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS IN FREE COUNTRIES [48]

OLIVER GOLDSMITH

I THE AMBITIONS OF THE VICAR'S FAMILY [51]

II SAGACITY IN INSECTS [52]

III A CHINAMAN'S VIEW OF LONDON [53]

EDMUND BURKE

I THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD TASTE [54]

II THE LETTER TO A NOBLE LORD [55]

III ON THE DEATH OF HIS SON [56]

IV MARIE ANTOINETTE [57]

WILLIAM COWPER

I OF KEEPING ONE'S SELF EMPLOYED [58]

II ON JOHNSON'S TREATMENT OF MILTON [59]

III ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS BOOKS [60]

EDWARD GIBBON

I THE ROMANCE OF HIS YOUTH [64]

II THE INCEPTION AND COMPLETION OF HIS "DECLINE AND FALL" [66]

III THE FALL OF ZENOBIA [67] (271 a.d. )

IV ALARIC'S ENTRY INTO ROME [71] (410 a.d. )

V THE DEATH OF HOSEIN [72]

VI THE CAUSES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY OF ROME [77]

Title: Practical Mysticism

A Little Book for Normal People

Author: Evelyn Underhill

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

Transcriber's note:

In the original book, the Table of Contents was located after the Preface, but I have placed it at the beginning of the text for this online version.