PART I.

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.

THE PARISH REGISTER.