TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDWARD LORD THURLOW , LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN ; ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL , ETC. ETC.
This not a Time favourable to poetical Composition : and why — Newspapers enemies to Literature , and their general Influence — Their Numbers — The Sunday Monitor — Their general Character — Their Effect upon Individuals — upon Society — in the Country — The Village Freeholder — What Kind of Composition a Newspaper is ; and the Amusement it affords — Of what Parts it is chiefly composed — Articles of Intelligence : Advertisements : The Stage : Quacks : Puffing — The Correspondents to a Newspaper , political and poetical — Advice to the latter — Conclusion .