Latin epigram on the vices of the monks 90 _Naïveté_ of a monk on the score of adultery 91 Curious Quatrain in the Church of St. Hyacinth 91 Madame Du Barri's secret 93 Do., Do., description of (note) 93 Tablettes de _Magnanimité_--Poudre de joie--Seraglio Pastilles 94 Musk, Cantharides--effects of the latter 96 Cardinal Dubois' Account of a Love-Potion 98 Caricature upon Dubois (note) 98 Indian Bang 104 Stimulating Powers of Odours 106 Cabanis quoted 107 D'Obsonville quoted 108 Portable Gold--Shakespeare quoted 109-110 Bouchard's Account of Aphrodisiacal Charms 111 Flagellation--Graham's Celestial Bed--Lady Hamilton--Lord Nelson, &c. 121-126 Burton quoted 126 ANTI-APHRODISIACS: Refrigerants--Recommendation of Plato and Aristotle 128-129 Sir Thos. Brown quoted 130 Origen 130 Camphor an anti-aphrodisiac 134 Coffee an anti-aphrodisiac--Abernethey's saying (note) 137 Infibulation, Holyday quoted 141-144 Bernasco Padlocks 144 Voltaire's poem of the Cadenas 146 Rabelais' anti-aphrodisiacal remedies 147-154 [Illustration: PLATE I., EGYPTIAN PHALLI. AND Pompeian House--sign.] ESSAY I. REMARKS UPON THE SYMBOLS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE POWERS.