List of abbreviations -- Introductory note -- Brief biographical directory of selected personages -- Political Essays -- Dedication -- Preface -- The Marquis Wellesley -- Mr Southey, Poet Laureat -- Mr Southey’s New-Year’s Ode -- Dottrel-Catching -- The Bourbons and Bonaparte -- Vetus -- On the Courier and Times Newspapers -- Illustrations of Vetus -- Illustrations of Vetus (continued) -- Illustrations of Vetus (continued) -- Illustrations of Vetus -- Illustrations of Vetus (concluded) -- On the Late War -- Prince Maurice’s Parrot; or, French Instructions to a British -- Plenipotentiary -- Whether the Friends of Freedom can Entertain any Sanguine -- Hopes of the Favourable Results of the Ensuing Congress -- The Lay of the Laureate, Carmen Nuptiale, by Robert Southey -- The Lay of the Laureate, Carmen Nuptiale, by Robert Southey (concluded) -- To the Editor of the Examiner -- A New View of Society, by Robert Owen -- The Speeches of Charles C. Western, MP, and Henry Brougham, MP -- Speeches in Parliament on the Distresses of the Country, Mr Western and Mr Brougham (concluded) -- A Lay-Sermon on the Distresses of the Country, addressed -- the Middle and Higher Orders. By S. T. Coleridge -- The Statesman’s Manual. By S. T. Coleridge -- Mr Coleridge’s Lay-Sermon. To the Editor of the Examiner -- Bonaparte and Muller, The Celebrated Historian of Switzerland -- Illustrations of the Times Newspaper: On Modern Apostates -- Illustrations of the Times Newspaper: On Modern Lawyers and Poets -- The Times Newspaper: On the Connexion Between Toad-Eaters and Tyrants -- Interesting Facts relating to the Fall and Death of Joachim Murat, by Francis Macirone -- Interesting Facts relating to the Fall of Murat, by F. Macirone (concluded) -- Wat Tyler; A Dramatic Poem. The Quarterly Review: Article, ‘On Parliamentary Reform’ -- The Courier and ‘The Wat Tyler’ -- A Letter to William Smith, Esq. MP from Robert Southey, Esq. -- A Letter to William Smith, Esq. MP from Robert Southey, Esq. -- A Letter to William Smith, Esq. MP from Robert Southey, Esq. (concluded) -- On the Spy-System -- On the Same Subject -- On the Treatment of the State Prisoners -- The Opposition and the Courier -- England in 1798. By S. T. Coleridge -- On the Effects of War and Taxes -- Character of Mr Burke -- On Court-Influence -- On Court-Influence (concluded) -- On the Clerical Character -- On the Clerical Character -- On the Clerical Character -- What is the People? -- What is the People? (concluded) -- On the Regal Character -- The Fudge Family in Paris. Edited by Thomas Brown -- Character of Lord Chatham, 1807 -- Character of Mr Burke, 1807 -- Character of Mr Fox, 1807 -- Character of Mr Pitt, 1806 -- Pitt and Buonaparte. From the Morning Post -- An Examination of Mr Malthus’s Doctrines -- On the Originality of Mr Malthus’s Essay -- On the Principle Population as Affecting the Schemes -- Utopian Improvement -- On the Application of Mr Malthus’s Principle to the Poor Laws -- Queries Relating to the Essay on Population -- Appendix I: Chronological listing of political articles -- Appendix II: Hazlitt’s ‘The Stripling Bard’ -- Notes -- Books referred to in the notes to volume 4.