Preface; 1. Question stated; 2. The different rations in which population and food increase; 3. The savage or hunter state shortly reviewed; 4. State of civilized nations; 5. The second, or positive check to population examined, in England; 6. New colonies; 7. A probable cause of epidemics; 8. Mr Wallace; 9. M. Condorcet's conjecture concerning the organic perfectibility of man; 10. Mr Godwin's system of equality; 11. Mr Godwin's conjecture concerning the future extinction of the passion between the sexes; 12. Mr Godwin's conjecture concerning the indefinite prolongation of human life; 13. Error of Mr Godwin in considering man too much in the light of a being merely rational; 14. Mr Godwin's five propositions respecting political truth; 15. Models too perfect, may sometimes rather impede than promote improvement; 16. Probable error of Dr Adam Smith; 17. Question of the proper definition of the wealth of a state; 18. The constant pressure of distress on man; 19. The sorrows of life necessary to soften and humanize the heart.