Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D, Vol. 1 of 2: Eleven Volumes in Two
III. The external comforts of mankind promoted by intelligence and improvements in the arts. Contrast between the past and present aspect of the social state. Wretched accommoda tions which still exist among the lower classes. Mental improvement would lead to diligence and economy, to cleanliness in person, clothes, and furniture - to tasteful decorations of houses and garden-plots - improvements in foot-paths, narrow lanes, villages.
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