NATURE SKETCHES IN TEMPERATE
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 THE BRITISH METROPOLIS AND ITS "AMERICA," 1584-1763 A STRANGE OVERPLUS NATURE'S ADMIRABLE REGULARITY LONDON'S CURIOUS 2 ENGLISH BODIES IN AMERICA THE ENGLISH HUMORAL BODY CONTAGIOUS CLIMATES THE ENGLISH BODY SAVED UNCOUTH SYMPTOMS 3 ATLANTIC CORRESPONDENCE NETWORKS AND THE CURIOUS MALE COLONIAL MUTUAL COMMERCE 108 NOT ONE RATIONAL EYE THE EMPIRICAL ADVANTAGE BECOMING AN F R S US AMERICANS 4 THE NATURE OF CANDID FRIENDSHIP FAMILIAR LETTERS THE HONEST FRIEND VERSUS THE FOP 156 CURIOUS LOVE GIFTS 5 LAVINIA'S NATURE FATAL CURIOSITY A PECULIAR GRACE IN THE FAIR SEX SPECIMENS BY EVERY SHIPPING FINDING SIGNS OF THE PASTORAL 6 INDIAN SAGACITY THE MOST SECRET THINGS OF NATURE DEAR AND DEADLY GRAPES CONTESTED MEDIATION NO PEOPLE HAVE BETTER EYES A WONDERFUL ANTIDOTE 7 AFRICAN MAGI, SLAVE POISONERS TOPOGRAPHIES OF SLAVE KNOWLEDGE CUNNING HIDING PLACES COLLECTORS POISONERS HEALERS OBSCENE BIRDS FOREST TRIAL, FOREST REFUGE CONCLUSION