ENGLISH ROADS AND TRAVELLING 1
The Roads of SussexDDefoe 3
The Stage-CoachesCMoritz 6
Wayside InnsHWalpole and CMoritz 9
The Turnpike SystemDDefoe 13
Advantages of the TurnpikesDDefoe 21
Riots for the Suppression of TurnpikesGentlemans Magazine,1749 27
Highwaymen—a Meeting with Dick TurpinLe Blanc and HWalpole 30
On the River ThamesCde Saussure and MMisson 36
Joseph Andrews Adventures on the RoadHFielding 39
Travelling by WaggonTSmollett 43
THE LIFE OF LONDON 49
London StreetsPJGrosley 51
Traffic in a London StreetCde Saussure 56
The London MobPJGrosley 59
An Execution on Tower-Hill,1746HWalpole 64
The TheatreMMisson and PJGrosley 66
The Coffee-houseJMacky 73
The Company at a Coffee-houseRSteele 75
A Country Girls ImpressionsTSmollett 79
SPORT AND AMUSEMENT 87
Eighteenth-century GladiatorsCde Saussure 89
Cock-fightingCde Saussure 91
Bull-baitingMMisson 92
Pleasure GardensPJGrosley 94
Decoy Ducks in the Lincolnshire FensDDefoe 97
A Whimsical Description of a Fox-hunterLe Blanc 102
Hunting the HareEBudgell 106
THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR 111
The Poor of LondonHFielding 113
The Children of the PoorJHanway 116
How Poverty encouraged CrimeHFielding 121
The Yorkshire Wool IndustryDDefoe 124
A Primitive Lead-MinerDDefoe 128
Life in the NavyAdmiral Vernon 135
On Board a Man-of-warTSmollett 138
A Charity ChildDDefoe 147
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 151
The Causes of CrimeHFielding 153
Conditions in the PrisonsHouse of Commons Journals,1729 160
John Howard and Prison ReformJHoward 165
The BridewellCde Saussure 181
The Porteous and other RiotsLord Hervey 184
The Use of TorturePJGrosley 191
A Death Sentence for TheftDDefoe 193
Evils and Absurdities of English JusticeHFielding 201
CUSTOMS,FASHIONS,AND SUPERSTITIONS 211
Marriage CustomsMMisson 213
Tea-drinking denouncedJHanway 217
Election ScenesLe Blanc and The Connoisseur,1754 220
Trial of the PetticoatJAddison 225
A Ladys DiaryJAddison 230
Touching for the Kings EvilMMisson 233
Inoculation for the Small-poxLady Montagu 236
SuperstitionsThe Connoisseur,7755 238
WitchesGentlemans Magazine,1751 243
Fashionable BathTSmollett 246
RELIGION AND EDUCATION 253
QuakersCde Saussure 255
The Beginnings of MethodismJWesley 259
Charity SchoolsBMandeville 264
The Eighteenth-century SchoolboyLe Blanc 266
Revolt at Eton,1768HAngela 270
The Education of GirlsAnnual Register,1759 272
Education in the HomeJWesley 275
The Manners of an Eighteenth-century GentlemanLord Chesterfield 281
Notes 287
Questions 299