ESSAY I. PAGE On the Prose-Style of Poets 5 ESSAY II. On Dreams 17 ESSAY III. On the Conversation of Authors 24 ESSAY IV. The same Subject continued 35 ESSAY V. On Reason and Imagination 44 ESSAY VI. On Application to Study 55 ESSAY VII. On Londoners and Country People 66 ESSAY VIII. On the Spirit of Obligations 78 ESSAY IX. On the Old Age of Artists 88 ESSAY X. On Envy (A Dialogue) 97 ESSAY XI. On Sitting for one’s Picture 107 ESSAY XII. Whether Genius is conscious of its Powers? 117 ESSAY XIII. On the Pleasure of Hating 127 ESSAY XIV. On Dr. Spurzheim’s Theory 137 ESSAY XV. On Egotism 157 ESSAY XVI. Hot and Cold 169 ESSAY XVII. The New School of Reform (A Dialogue between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist) 179 ESSAY XVIII. On the Qualifications necessary to Success in Life 195 ESSAY XIX. On the Look of a Gentleman 209 ESSAY XX. On Reading Old Books 220 ESSAY XXI. On Personal Character 230 ESSAY XXII. On People of Sense 242 ESSAY XXIII. On Antiquity 252 ESSAY XXIV. On the Difference between Writing and Speaking 262