127. A Reply to a traitorous Libel, entituled 'English Advice to the
Freeholders of Great Britain.' London: printed for J. Baker. 1715.
8vo. pp. 40.
128. A Hymn to the Mob. London: printed and sold by S. Popping, in
Paternoster-row. 1715. 8vo. pp. 40.
129. Appeal to Honour and Justice, though it be of his worst Enemies;
by Daniel De Foe; being a true Account of his Conduct in Public
Affairs. Jeremiah xvii. 18. London: printed for J. Baker. 1715. 8vo.
pp. 58.
130. The Family Instructor; in Three Parts; with a Recommendatory
Letter by the Rev. S. Wright. London: sold by Emanuel Matthews, at
the Bible, in Paternoster-row; and John Button, in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1715. 12mo. pp. 444.
131. A Friendly Epistle by way of Reproof, from one of the People
called Quakers, to Thomas Bradbury, a Dealer in many Words. London:
printed and sold by S. Keimer, at the Printing Press, in
Paternoster-row. 1715. 8vo. pp. 39.
132. A Sharp Rebuke from one of the People called Quakers, to Henry
Sacheverell, the High Priest of Andrew's, Holborn. By the same
Friend that wrote to Thomas Bradbury. London: S. Keimer. 1715. 8vo.
pp. 35.
133. A Seasonable Expostulation with, and Friendly Reproof unto, James
Butler, who, by the Men of this World, is styled Duke of O--d,
relating to the Tumults of the People. By the same Friend that wrote
to Thomas Bradbury, the Dealer in many Words, and Henry Sacheverell,
the High Priest of Andrew's, Holborn. London: S. Keimer. 1715. 8vo.
pp. 31.
134. Some Account of the Two Nights' Court at Greenwich; wherein may be
seen the Reason, Rise, and Progress of the late unnatural Rebellion
against his Sacred Majesty King George, and his Government. London:
printed for J. Baker. 1716. 8vo. pp. 72.
135. Memoirs of the Church of Scotland. In Four Periods. 1. The Church
in her Infant State, from the Reformation to the Queen Mary's
Abdication. 2. The Church in its Growing State, from the Abdication
to the Restoration. 3. The Church in its Persecuted State, from the
Restoration to the Revolution. 4. The Church in its Present State,
from the Revolution to the Union. With an Appendix of some
Transactions since the Union. London: printed for Emanuel Matthews,
at the Bible, and T. Warner, at the Black Boy, both in
Paternoster-row. 1717. 8vo. pp. 438.
136. The Family Instructor; in Two Parts. 1. Relating to Family
Breaches, and their obstructing Religious Duties. 2. To the great
Mistake of mixing the Passions in the managing and correcting of
Children. With a great Variety of Cases relating to setting ill
Examples to Children and Servants. Vol. II. London: printed for
Emanuel Matthews, at the Bible, in Paternoster-row. 1718. 12mo. pp.
404.
137. Memoirs of the Life and eminent Conduct of that Learned and
Reverend Divine Daniel Williams, D.D. With some Account of his
Scheme for the vigorous Propagation of Religion, as well in England
as in Scotland, and in several other Parts of the World. Addressed
to Mr. Pierce. London: printed for E. Curll, at the Dial and Bible,
against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street. 1718. Price 2s. 6d.
bound. 8vo. pp. 86.
138. A Letter to the Dissenters. London: printed for J. Roberts, in
Warwick-lane. 1719. Price 6d. pp. 27.
139. A curious Oration delivered by Father Andrews, concerning the
present great Quarrels that divide the Clergy of France. Translated
from the French. By D. De F--e. London. 1719. 8vo.
140. The Life, and strange surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of
York, mariner; who lived Eight-and-twenty Years all alone in an
uninhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the
great River Oroonoque, having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck,
wherein all the men perished but himself. With an Account how he was
at last strangely delivered by Pirates. Written by Himself. London:
printed for W. Taylor, at the Ship, in Paternoster-row. 1719. 8vo.
pp. 364.
141. The further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, being the second and
last Part of his Life; and the strange surprising Accounts of his
Travels round Three Parts of the Globe. Written by Himself. To which
is added a Map of the World, in which is delineated the Voyages of
Robinson Crusoe. London: printed for W. Taylor. 1719. 8vo. pp. 373.
142. The Dumb Philosopher; or, Great Britain's Wonder. Containing.--I.
A Faithful and very surprising Account of Dickory Cronke, a Tinner's
Son, in the County of Cornwall, who was born Dumb, and continued so
for fifty-eight years; and how some days before he died he came to
his Speech; with Memoirs of his Life and the Manner of his Death.
II. A Declaration of his Faith and Principles in Religion, with a
Collection of Select Meditations composed in his Retirement. III.
His Prophetical Observations upon the Affairs of Europe, more
particularly of Great Britain, from 1720 to 1729. The whole
extracted from his Original Papers, and confirmed by unquestionable
authority. To which is annexed his Elegy, written by a young Cornish
Gentleman of Exeter College, in Oxford; with an Epitaph by another
hand. 'Non quis, sed quid?' London: printed by Thomas Bickerton, at
the Crown, in Paternoster-row. 1719. Price 1s. 8vo. pp. 64.
143. The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies of the famous Captain
Singleton, containing an Account of his being set on Shore in the
Island of Madagascar, his Settlement there, with a Description of
the Place and Inhabitants; of his Passage from thence in a Paraquay
to the Main Land of Africa, with an Account of the Customs and
Manners of the People, his great Deliverances from the barbarous
Natives and wild Beasts; of his meeting with an Englishman, a
Citizen of London, among the Indians; the great Riches he acquired,
and his Voyage home to England; as also Captain Singleton's Return
to Sea, with an Account of his many Adventures and Pyracies with the
famous Captain Avery and others. 8vo. London: printed for J.
Brotherton, at the Black Bull, in Cornhill; T. Graves, in St.
James's-street; A. Dodd, at the Peacock, without Temple Bar; and T.
Warner, at the Black Boy, in Paternoster-row. 1720. 8vo. pp. 360.
144. Serious Reflections during the Life and surprising Adventures of
Robinson Crusoe. With his Vision of the Angelic World. Written by
Himself. London: printed for W. Taylor. 1722. 8vo. pp. 354.
145. The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell, a
Gentleman who, though Deaf and Dumb, writes down any Stranger's Name
at first sight, with their future Contingencies of Fortune. Now
living in Exeter-court, over against the Savoy, in the Strand.
London: printed for E. Curll, and sold by W. Meers, &c. 1720. 8vo.
pp. 320.
146. The Complete Art of Painting, a Poem; translated from the French
of M. Du Fresnoy. By D. F., Gentleman. London: printed for T.
Warner. 1720. Price 1s. 8vo. pp. 54.
147. Christian Conversation; in Six Dialogues. 1. Between a doubting
Christian and one more confirmed, about Assurance. 2. Between the
same Persons, about Mortification. 3. Between Eutocus and Fidelius,
about Natural Things Spiritualized. 4. Between Simplicius and
Conscius, about Union. 5. Between Thlipsius and Melaudius about
Afflictions. 6. Between Athanasius and Bioes, about Death. By a
Private Gentleman. London: printed for W. Taylor. 1720. 8vo.
148. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders, who was
born in Newgate, and during a Life of continued Variety of Three
Score Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Years a Whore, Five
Times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Years a
Thief, Eight Years a Transported Felon to Virginia; at last grew
rich, lived honest, and died a Penitent. Written from her own
Memorandums. London: printed for and sold by W. Chetwood, at Cato's
Head, in Russell-street, Covent-garden; and T. Edlin, at the
Prince's Arms, over against Exeter Change, in the Strand. 1722.
149. The Memoirs of a Cavalier; or, a Military Journal of the Wars in
Germany and the Wars in England from the Year 1632 to the Year 1648.
Written above Three Score Years ago by an English Gentleman, who
served first in the Army of Gustavus Adolphus, the glorious King of
Sweden, till his Death; and after that in the royal Army of King
Charles the First, from the beginning of the Rebellion to the end of
that War. London: printed for A. Bell, at the Cross Keys, in
Cornhill; J. Osborn, at the Oxford Arms, in Lombard-street; W.
Taylor, at the Ship and Swan; and T. Warner, at the Black Boy, in
Paternoster-row.
150. The History of the most remarkable Life and extraordinary
Adventures of the truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, vulgarly called
Colonel Jack, who was born a Gentleman, put Apprentice to a
Pickpocket, flourished Six-and-twenty Years as a Thief, and was then
kidnapped to Virginia; came back a Merchant, was five times married
to four Whores, went into the Wars, behaved bravely, got Preferment,
was made Colonel of a Regiment; returned again to England, followed
the Fortunes of the Chevalier de St. George, was taken at the
Preston Rebellion; received his Pardon from the late King, is now at
the Head of his Regiment, in the Service of the Czarina, fighting
against the Turks, completing a Life of Wonders, and resolves to die
a General. London: printed for J. Brotherton. 1722.
151. A Journal of the Plague Year; being Observations or Memorials of
the most remarkable Occurrences, as well Public as Private, which
happened in London during the last great Visitation in 1665. Written
by a Citizen who continued all the while in London: never made
public before. London: printed for E. Nutt, at the Royal Exchange;
J. Roberts, in Warwick-lane; A. Dodd, without Temple Bar; and J.
Graves, in St. James's-street. 1722. 8vo. pp. 287.
The first edition. The second, published by F. and J. Noble, in 1754, is
called 'The History of the Great Plague in London in the Year 1665;'
containing Observations, &c. To which is added 'A Journal of the Plague
at Marseilles in the Year 1720.' 8vo. The latter piece forms no part of
De Foe's publication.
152. Religious Courtship: being Historical Discourses on the Necessity
of marrying Religious Husbands and Wives only; as also of Husbands
and Wives being of the same Opinions in Religion with one another.
With an Appendix, of the Necessity of taking none but Religious
Servants, and a Proposal for the better managing of Servants.
London: printed for E. Matthews, at the Bible, and A. Bettersworth,
at the Red Lion, in Paternoster-row; J. Brotherton and W. Meadows,
in Cornhill. 1722. 8vo. pp. 358.
153. The Fortunate Mistress; or, A History of the Life and vast Variety
of Fortunes of Mademoiselle De Beleau, afterwards called the
Countess De Wintelsheim, in Germany; being the Person known by the
name of the Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II. London: printed
for T. Warner, at the Black Boy in Paternoster-row; W. Meadows, at
the Angel in Cornhill; W. Pepper, at the Crown in Maiden-lane,
Covent-garden; S. Harding, at the Post House in St. Martin's-lane;
and T. Edin, at the Prince's Arms against Exeter Change, in the
Strand. 1724.
154. A Tour through the whole Island of Great Britain, divided into
Circuits or Journies. Giving a Particular and Diverting Account of
whatever is Curious and worth Observation, viz.: 1. A Description of
the principal Cities and Towns, their Situation, Magnitude,
Government, and Commerce. 2. The Customs, Manners, Speech, as also
the Exercises, Diversions, and Employment of the Poor. 3. The
Produce and Improvement of the Lands, the Trade and Manufactures. 4.
The Sea-ports and Fortifications, the Course of Rivers, and the
Inland Navigation. 5. The public Edifices, Seats, and Palaces of the
Nobility and Gentry: with useful Observations upon the whole.
Particularly fitted for the reading of such as desire to travel
over the Island. By a Gentleman. London: printed and sold by G.
Strahan, in Cornhill; W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple Bar; R.
Francklin, under Tom's Coffee-house, Covent-garden; T. Chapman, at
the Angel in Pall Mall; R. Stagg, in Westminster Hall; and J.
Graves, in St. James's-street. 1724.
All the subsequent editions vary considerably from the original. This
work is frequently confounded with John Macky's 'Journey through
England, in Familiar Letters from a gentleman here to his Friend abroad.
1722.'
155. The Great Law of Subordination Considered; or, the Insolence and
unsufferable Behaviour of Servants in England, duly inquired into.
Illustrated with a great variety of Examples, historical Cases, and
remarkable Stories of the Behaviour of some particular Servants,
suited to all the several Arguments made use of as they go on. In
Ten Familiar Letters; together with a Conclusion, being an earnest
and moving Remonstrance to the Housekeepers and Heads of Families
in Great Britain, pressing them not to cease using their utmost
Interest (especially at this Juncture) to obtain sufficient Laws
for the effectual Regulations of the Manners and Behaviour of their
Servants. As also, a Proposal, containing such Heads, or
Constitutions, as would effectually answer this great end, and
bring Servants of every Class to a just, and yet not a grievous
Regulation. London: sold by S. Harding, at the Post House, in St.
Martin's-lane, and other Booksellers. 1724. 8vo. pp. 302.
156. A Tour through the whole Island of Great Britain, divided into
Circuits or Journies. Giving a Particular and Diverting Account of
whatever is curious and worth Observation, viz.: 1. A Description
of the principal Cities and Towns, their Situation, Magnitude,
Government, and Commerce. 2. The Customs, Manners, Speech, as also
the Exercises, Diversions, and Employment of the Poor. 3. The
Produce and Improvement of the Lands, the Trade and Manufactures. 4.
The Sea-ports and Fortifications, the Course of Rivers, and the
Inland Navigation. 5. The public Edifices, Seats, and Palaces of the
Nobility and Gentry; with useful Observations upon the whole.
Particularly fitted for the reading of such as desire to travel over
the Island. With a Map of England and Wales by Mr. Moll. Vol. 2. By
a Gentleman. London: printed and sold by G. Strahan, in Cornhill; W.
Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple Bar; R. Francklin, under Tom's
Coffee-house, Covent-garden; S. Chapman and J. Jackson, in Pall
Mall; R. Stagg, in Westminster Hall. 1725.
157. Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business; or, Private Abuses
public Grievances. Exemplified in the Pride, Insolence, and
exorbitant Wages of our Women-Servants, Footmen, &c. With a Proposal
for Amendment of the same, as also, for the clearing the Streets of
those Vermin called Shoe Cleaners, and substituting in their stead
many Thousands of industrious Poor now ready to starve. With divers
other Hints of great Use to the Public. Humbly submitted to the
Consideration of our Legislature, and the careful Perusal of all
Masters and Mistresses of Families. By Andrew Moreton, Esq. London:
printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; and sold by T. Warner,
Paternoster-row; A. Dodd, without Temple Bar; and E. Nutt, at the
Royal Exchange. 1725. 8vo. pp. 36.
158. Mere Nature Delineated; or, a Body without a Soul. Being
Observations upon 'The Young Forester,' lately brought to town from
Germany: with suitable Applications. Also a brief Dissertation upon
the Usefulness and Necessity of Fools, whether political or natural.
London: printed for T. Warner, at the Black Boy, in Paternoster-row.
1726. Price 1s. 6d. 8vo. pp. 123.
159. A New Voyage round the World, by a Course never sailed before.
Being a Voyage undertaken by some Merchants, who afterwards proposed
the setting up an East India Company in Flanders. London: printed
for and sold by A. Bettesworth, at the Red Lion, in Paternoster-row;
and W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple Bar. 1725.
160. An Essay upon Literature; or, An Inquiry into the Antiquity and
Origin of Letters; proving that the Two Tables, written by the
finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world;
and that all other Alphabets derive from the Hebrew. With a short
View of the Methods made use of by the Ancients to supply the Want
of Letters before, and impose the Use of them after they were known.
London: printed for Thomas Bowles, Printseller, next to the Chapter
House, St. Paul's Church-yard; John Clark, Bookseller, under the
Piazza, Royal Exchange; and John Bowles, Printseller, over against
the Stocks Market. 1726. 8vo. pp. 127.
161. The Political History of the Devil, as well Ancient as Modern: in
two Parts. Part I. Containing a state of the Devil's Circumstances,
and the various turns of his Affairs, from his Expulsion out of
Heaven to the Creation of Man; with Remarks on the several Mistakes
concerning the Reason and Manner of his Fall. Also, his Proceedings
with Mankind ever since Adam, to the first Planting of the Christian
Religion in the World. Part II. Containing his more Private Conduct,
down to the present Time; his Government, his Appearance, his Manner
of Working, and the Tools he works with.
Bad as he is, the devil may be abused,
Be falsely charged and causelessly accused;
When men unwilling to be blamed alone,
Shift all the crimes on him which are their own.
London: printed for T. Warner, at the Black Boy in Paternoster-row.
1726. 8vo. pp. 408.
In the second edition, published in the same year, it is called 'The
History of the Devil,' &c., but in the subsequent editions the original
title is restored. A third edition was called for in 1734; a fourth in
1739; another in 1770; and since then it has been frequently reprinted
both in London and the country.
162. The History of the Principal Discoveries and Improvements in the
several Arts and Sciences; particularly the great branches of
Commerce, Navigation, and Plantation, in all parts of the known
World. London: printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb; F. Clay, at the
Bible; and D. Browne, at the Black Swan, without Temple Bar. 1727.
163. A Tour through the whole Island of Great Britain, divided into
Circuits or Journies. Giving a Particular and Diverting Account of
whatever is curious and worth Observation, viz.: 1. A Description of
the principal Cities and Towns, their Situation, Magnitude,
Government, and Commerce. 2. The Customs, Manners, Speech, as also
the Exercises, Diversions, and Employment of the Poor. 3. The
Produce and Improvement of the Lands, the Trade and Manufactures. 4.
The Sea-ports and Fortifications, the Course of Rivers, and the
Inland Navigation. 5. The public Edifices, Seats, and Palaces of the
Nobility and Gentry: with useful Observations upon the whole.
Particularly fitted for the reading of such as desire to travel over
the Island. Vol. 3. Which completes the work, and contains a Tour
through Scotland, &c. With a Map of Scotland by Mr. Mole. By a
Gentleman. London: printed and sold by G. Strahan, in Cornhill; W.
Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple Bar; and R. Stagg in Westminster
Hall. 1727.
164. A System of Magic; or, A History of the Black Art. Being an
Historical Account of Mankind's most early Dealings with the Devil,
and how the Acquaintance on both sides first began.
Our magic now commands the troops of hell,
The devil himself submits to charm and spell.
The conjuror in his orders and his rounds,
Just whistles up his spirits, as men do hounds;
The obsequious devil obeys the sorcerer's skill,
The mill turns round the horse, that first turns round the mill.
London: printed and sold by J. Roberts, in Warwick-lane. 1727. 8vo.
pp. 403.
165. An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions. Being an
Account of what they are, and are not. As also, how we may
distinguish between the Apparitions of Good and Evil Spirits, and
how we ought to behave to them. With a great Variety of Surprising
and Diverting Examples, never published before.
By death transported to the eternal shore,
Souls so removed revisit us no more;
Engrossed with joys of a superior kind,
They leave the trifling thoughts of life behind.
London: printed and sold by J. Roberts, in Warwick-lane. 1727. 8vo.
pp. 395.
This work was issued for the third time, in 1738, with the following
title: 'The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclosed; or, An Universal
History of Apparitions, Sacred and Profane, under all Denominations,
whether Angelical, Diabolical, or Human Souls departed, showing--1.
Their various Returns to this World; with some Rules to know, by their
Manner of Appearing, if they are Good or Evil ones. 2. The Differences
of the Apparitions of Ancient and Modern Times; and an Inquiry into the
Spiritual Doctrine of Spirits. 3. The many Species of Apparitions, their
real Existence and Operations by Divine Appointment. 4. The nature of
seeing Ghosts before and after Death; and how we should behave towards
them. 5. The Effects of Fancy, Vapours, Dreams, Hyppo, and of real and
imaginary Appearances. 6. A Collection of the most Authentic Relations
of Apparitions, particularly that surprising one attested by the learned
Dr. Scott. By Andrew Moreton, Esq. London: printed and sold by J.
Roberts, in Warwick-lane.' 8vo. pp. 395. It has since been reprinted in
a smaller size.
166. The Protestant Monastery; or, a Complaint against the Brutality
of the present Age, particularly the Pertness and Insolence of our
Youth to aged Persons. With a Caution to People in Years how they
give the Staff out of their own Hands, and leave themselves at the
Mercy of others; concluding with a Proposal for erecting a
Protestant Monastery, where Persons of small Fortunes may end their
Days in Plenty, Ease, and Credit, without burthening their
Relations, or accepting Public Charities. By Andrew Moreton, Esq.,
Author of 'Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business.' London:
printed for W. Meadows, at the Angel, in Cornhill; and other
Booksellers. 1727. 8vo. pp. 31.
167. Parochial Tyranny; or, the Housekeeper's Complaint against the
insupportable Exactions and partial Assessments of Select Vestries,
&c., with a plain Detection of many Abuses committed in the
Distribution of Public Charities: together with a practicable
Proposal for Amendment of the same, which will not only take off
great part of the Parish Taxes now subsisting, but ease Parishioners
from serving troublesome offices, or paying exorbitant Fines. By
Andrew Moreton, Esq. London: printed for W. Meadows, at the Angel,
in Cornhill; and other Booksellers, 8vo.
168. A New Family Instructor. In Familiar Discourses between a Father
and his Children, on the most Essential Points of the Christian
Religion. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing a Father's Instructions
to his Son upon his going to Travel into Popish Countries; and to
the rest of his Children on his Son's turning Papist; confirming
them in the Protestant Religion, against the Absurdities of Popery.
Part II. Instructions against the Three Grand Errors of the Times;
viz.: 1. Asserting the Divine Authority of the Scripture against the
Deists. 2. Proofs that the Messias is already come, &c.; against the
Atheists and Jews. 3. Asserting the Divinity of Jesus Christ, that
He was really the same with the Messias, and that Messias was to be
really God; against our modern heretics. With a Poem on the Divine
Nature of Jesus Christ; in Blank Verse. By the Author of 'The Family
Instructor.' London: printed for T. Warner, at the Black Boy, in
Paternoster-row. 1727. 8vo. pp. 384.
A second edition, with a varying title, was published in 1732, by C.
Rivington and T. Warner. It is there called 'A New Family Instructor:
containing a Brief and Clear Defence of the Christian Religion in
general, against the Errors of the Atheists, Jews, Deists, and Sceptics:
and of the Protestant Religion in particular, against the Superstitions
of the Church of Rome. In Familiar Discourses between a Father and his
Children. In Two Parts, &c.
169. A Treatise concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed;
showing, 1. The Nature of Matrimony, its sacred Original, and the
true Meaning of its Institution. 2. The gross Abuse of Matrimonial
Chastity, from the wrong Notions which have possessed the World,
degenerating even to Whoredom. 3. The Diabolical Practice of
attempting to prevent Child-bearing by Physical Preparations. 4.
The fatal Consequences of clandestine or forced Marriages, through
the Persuasion, Interest, or Influence of Parents and Relations, to
wed the Person they have no Love for, but often an Aversion to. 5.
Of unequal Matches as in the Disproportion of Age; and how such
many ways occasion a Matrimonial Whoredom. 6. How married Persons
may be guilty of Conjugal Lewdness, and that a Man may, in effect,
make a Whore of his own Wife. Also many other Particulars of Family
concern. London: printed for T. Warner, at the Black Boy, in
Paternoster-row. 1727. Price 5s. 8vo. pp. 406.
This work was at first called 'Conjugal Lewdness; or, Matrimonial
Whoredom;' but this title being considered offensive to delicacy, the
author immediately cancelled it, and substituted the above title.
170. The Complete English Tradesman: in Familiar Letters, directing
him in all the several Parts and Professions of Trade; viz.: 1. Of
acquainting him with the Business during his Apprenticeship. 2. Of
Writing to Correspondents in a Trading Style. 3. Of Diligence and
Application, as the Life of all Business. 4. Cautions against
Over-trading. 5. Of the ordinary Occasions of a Tradesman's Ruin;
such as Expensive Living, too early Marrying, Innocent Diversions,
too much Credit, being above Business, Dangerous Partnerships, &c.
6. Directions in several Distresses of a Tradesman, when he comes
to fail. 7. Of Tradesmen compounding with other Tradesmen, and why
they are so particularly severe upon one another. 8. Of Tradesmen
ruining one another by Rumours and Scandal. 9. Of the customary
Frauds of Trade, and particularly of Trading Lies. 10. Of Credit,
and how it is only to be supported by Honesty. 11. Of Punctual
Paying Bills, and thereby Maintaining Credit. 12. Of the Dignity
and Honour of Trade in England more than in other Countries. To
which is added, a Supplement; containing, 1. A Warning against
Tradesmen's borrowing Money upon Interest. 2. A Caution against
that destructive Practice of Drawing and Remitting, as also
Discounting Promissory Bills, merely for a Supply of Cash. 3.
Directions for the Tradesman's Accounts, with brief, but plain
Examples and Specimens for Bookkeeping. 4. Of keeping a Duplicate
or Pocket Ledger, in case of Fire. London: printed for C.
Rivington, at the Bible and Crown, St. Paul's Church-yard. 1727.
8vo. pp. 474.
171. The Complete English Tradesman, Vol. II. In Two Parts. Part I.
Directed chiefly to the more experienced Tradesman; with Cautions
and Advices to them after they are thriven, and suppose to be grown
rich, viz., 1. Against running out of their Business into needless
Projects and dangerous Adventures, no Tradesman being above
Disaster. 2. Against Oppressing one another by Engrossing,
Underselling, Combinations in Trade, &c. 3. Advices, that when he
leaves off Business, he should part Friends with the World; the
great Advantages of it; with a Word of the scandalous Character of a
Purse-proud Tradesman. 4. Against being Litigious and Vexatious, and
apt to go to Law for Trifles; with some Reasons why Tradesmen's
Differences should, if possible, be all ended by Arbitration. Part
II. Being useful generals in Trade, describing the Principles and
Foundation of the Home Trade of Great Britain; with large Tables of
our Manufactures, Calculations of the Product, Shipping, Carriage of
Goods by Land, Importation from Abroad, Consumption at Home, &c., by
all which the infinite number of our Tradesmen are employed, and the
general Wealth of the Nation raised and increased. The whole
calculated for the Use of all our Inland Tradesmen, as well in the
City as in the Country. London: Charles Rivington. 1727. 8vo. pp.
474.
172. A Plan of the English Commerce. Being a Complete Prospect of the
Trade of this Nation, as well the Home Trade as the Foreign. In
Three Parts: 1. Containing a View of the present Magnitude of the
English Trade as it respects the Exportation of our own Growth and
Manufacture. 2. The Importation of Merchant Goods from Abroad. 3.
The prodigious Consumption of both at Home. Part II. Containing an
Answer to that great and important Question now depending, whether
our Trade, and especially our Manufactures, are in a declining
Condition, or no? Part III. Containing several Proposals, entirely
new, for Extending and Improving our Trade, and Promoting the
Consumption of our Manufactures in Countries wherewith we have
hitherto had no Commerce. Humbly offered to the Consideration of
King and Parliament. London: printed for Charles Rivington. 1728.
8vo. pp. 368.
To the second edition in 1730, were added 'An Appendix, containing a
View of the Increase of Commerce, not only of England, but of all the
Trading Nations of Europe since the Peace with Spain.' A third edition
in 8vo. was printed by Rivington in 1737; in which it is called, by
mistake, the _second_.
173. Augusta Triumphans: or, the Way to make London the most
Flourishing City in the Universe. 1. By establishing a University,
where Gentlemen may have an Academical Education, under the Eye of
their Friends. 2. To prevent much, &c., by an Hospital for
Foundlings. 3. By suppressing pretended Mad-Houses, where many of
the Fair Sex are unjustly Confined, while their Husbands keep
Mistresses, &c., and many Widows are locked up for the sake of
their Jointures. 4. To save our Children from Destruction, by
clearing the Streets of Impudent Strumpets, suppressing
Gambling-Tables, and Sunday Debauches. 5. To avoid the expensive
Importation of Foreign Musicians, by forming an Academy of our own.
6. To save our Lower Class of People from utter Ruin, and render
them useful, by preventing the immoderate use of Geneva; with a
frank Exposure of many other common Abuses, and incontestible Rules
for Amendment. Concluding with an effectual Method to prevent
Street Robberies; and a Letter to Colonel Robinson, on account of
the Orphan's Tax. London: printed for J. Roberts and other
Booksellers. 1728. 8vo. pp. 63.
174. Second Thoughts are Best; or, a further Improvement of a late
Scheme to prevent Street Robberies. By which our Streets will be so
strongly guarded, and so gloriously illuminated, that any part of
London will be as safe and pleasant at Midnight as at Noonday, and
Burglary totally impracticable. With some Thoughts for suppressing
Robberies in all the Public Roads of England, &c. Humbly offered for
the Good of his Country, submitted to the Consideration of
Parliament, and dedicated to his Sacred Majesty King George II. By
Andrew Moreton, Esq. London: printed for W. Meadows, at the Angel,
in Cornhill, and sold by J. Roberts, in Warwick-lane. 1729. Price
6d. 8vo. pp. 24.
Besides the above, De Foe left behind him, prepared for the press, a
work on the 'Conduct of a Gentleman,' which is now in the possession of
Dawson Turner, Esq., of Yarmouth.