PART I.
Reading edition
ARGUMENT.
The Village Register considered, as containing principally the Annals of the Poor.—State of the Peasantry as meliorated by Frugality and Industry.—The Cottage of an industrious Peasant; its Ornaments.—Prints and Books.—The Garden; its Satisfactions.—The state of the Poor when improvident and vicious.—The Row or Street, and its Inhabitants.—The Dwelling of One of these.—A Public-House.—Garden and its Appendages.—Gamesters; rustic Sharpers, &c.—Conclusion of the Introductory Part.