A Tale of a Tub

Jonathan Swift

Release Date: December, 2003 [EBook #4737]

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Title: A Tale of a Tub

Author: Jonathan Swift

Release Date: December, 2003 [EBook #4737] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on March 10, 2002]

Edition: 10

Language: English

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Transcribed by Stephen Rice. Additional proofing by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk. From the 1889 George Routledge and Sons “Tale of a Tub and Other Works” edition.

A TALE OF A TUB
Contents
1 ADVERT
2 THE PREFACE.
3 THE INTRODUCTION.
4 SECTION II.
5 A DIGRESSION CONCERNING CRITICS.
6 A TALE OF A TUB.
7 A DIGRESSION IN THE MODERN KIND.
8 A TALE OF A TUB.
9 A DIGRESSION IN PRAISE OF DIGRESSIONS.
10 A TALE OF A TUB.
11 THE USE AND IMPROVEMENT OF MADNESS IN A COMMONWEALTH.
12 A FARTHER DIGRESSION.
13 A TALE OF A TUB.
14 THE CONCLUSION.
15 THE HISTORY OF MARTIN.
16 A DIGRESSION ON THE NATURE, USEFULNESS, AND NECESSITY OF WARS AND QUARRELS.
17 THE HISTORY OF MARTIN-Continued.
18 A PROJECT FOR THE UNIVERSAL BENEFIT OF MANKIND.