Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE FABLE OF THE BEES; OR, PRIVATE VICES PUBLIC BENEFITS: WITH AN ESSAY ON CHARITY AND CHARITY SCHOOLS, AND A SEARCH INTO THE NATURE OF SOCIETY: ALSO, A VINDICATION OF THE BOOK FROM THE ASPERSIONS CONTAINED IN A PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY OF MIDDLESEX, AND AN ABUSIVE LETTER TO LORD C----. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY T. OSTELL, AVE-MARIA LANE, LONDON, AND MUNDELL AND SON, EDINBURGH. 1806. CONTENTS. PART I. Page Preface, iii The Grumbling Hive; or Knaves turn'd Honest, 1 The Introduction, 12 An Inquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue, 13 Remarks, 23 An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, 155 A Search into the Nature of Society, 205 A Vindication of the Book, from the Aspersions contained in a Presentment of the Grand Jury of Middlesex, and an Abusive Letter to Lord C----, 237 PART II. Preface, 261 The First Dialogue, 279 The Second Dialogue, 302 The Third Dialogue, 331 The Fourth Dialogue, 366 The Fifth Dialogue, 400 The Sixth Dialogue, 451 PREFACE.