Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chronology
Bibliographical notes
A note on the text and the edition
Biographical notes
Bibliography
Political Essays
1 Of the liberty of the piess
2 That politics may be reduced to a science
3 Of the first principles of government
4 Of the origin of government
5 Of the independency of parliament
6 Whether the British government inclines more to absolute monarchy,or to a republic
7 Of parties in general
8 Of the parties of GreatBritain
9 Of superstition and enthusiasm
10 Of civil liberty
11 Of the rice and progress of the arts and sciences
12 Of national characters
13 Of commerce
14 Of refinement in the arts
15 Of money
16 Of interest
17 Of the balance of trabe
18 Of the jealouisy of trabe
19 Of the balance of power
20 Of taxes
21 Of public credit
22 Of some remarkable customs
23 Of the original contract
24 Of passive obedience
25 Of the coalition of parties
26 Of the protestant succession
27 Ides of a perfect commonwealth
Appendix:Excerpts from Hume’s History of England
Notes
Index