Art. 5.--Two neighbors who understand each other may always get more wine than the rest of the guests; they have only to say by turns to each other, with an air of courtesy, "Shall we take some wine?" _On Vicinity to Children._ Single Article.--The only course to be pursued, if you have the misfortune to be placed next a child at table, is to make him tipsy as quick as you can, that he may be sent out of the room by Mamma. _On the Means of reconciling Politeness with Egotism._ Art. 1.--The epicure's serious attention should be fixed upon the articles on the table; he may lavish his politeness, his wit, and his gayety upon the people who sit round it. Art. 2.--By helping the dish next yourself (should you not dine _a la Russe_) you acquire a right to be helped to any other dish on the table. Art. 3.--A carver must be very unskilful who cannot, by a little sleight-of-hand, smuggle aside the best morsel of a dish, and thus, when serving himself _last_, serve himself also the _best_. Art. 4.--Your host's offers are sometimes insincere when they refer to some magnificent dish yet uncut. In such cases you should refuse feebly for yourself, but accept on behalf of the lady next you,--merely out of politeness to her. Art. 5.--The thigh of all birds, boiled, is preferable to the wing: never lose sight of this in helping ignoramuses or ladies. INDEX. PAGE A. I, 33 Abbey Church at Bath, The, 244 A Bed of--Where?, 238 Abernethy, Mr., 77 Above Proof, 297 Absent Man, An, 116 Absurdly Logical, 319 Acceptable Deprivation, An, 201 Accommodating, 213 Accommodating Physician, An, 180 Accommodating Principles, 153 Accurate Description, 201 Acres and Wiseacres, 355 Act of Justice, An, 147 Actor, 222 Advantageous Tithe, An, 255 Advertisement, Extraordinary, 88 Advice Gratis, 160 Advice to a Dramatist, 199 Advice to the Young, 138 Affectation, 98 Affectionate Hint, An, 344 Aged Young Lady, The, 235 Agreeable and not Complimentary, 71 Agreeable Practice, An, 248 Agricultural Experiences, 184 Alere Flamman, 252 A-Liquid, 140 Allegorical Representation, 310 All the Difference, 5, 367 All the Same, 314 Almanac-makers, 159 Alone in his Glory, 14 Always the Better, 336 Amende Honorable, The, 310 American Penance, 217 Ample Apology, An, 356 Anecdote, An, 86 Anglo-French Alliance, The, 50 Angry Ocean, The, 81 Answered at Once, 288 Answering her According to her Folly, 345 Anticipated Calamity, An, 349 Anticipation, 110 Any Change for the Better, 220 Any Port in a Storm, 57 Apish Resemblance, An, 322 Apt Reproof, An, 307 Arcadia, 24 Arcadian, An, 128 Architectural Pun, An, 61 Argument, An, 125 Artificial Heat, 28 Artistic Touch, An, 171 As Black as he could be painted, 337 Aspiring Poverty, 345 Assurance and Insurance, 228 As You Like It, 87