Inquiry Whether a General Practice of Virtue Tends to the Wealth or Poverty, Benefit or Disadvantage of a People

In which the pleas offered by the author of the Fable of the Bees, or private vices public benefits for the usefulness of vice and roguery are considered, with some thoughts concerning a toleration of public stews. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. Written in Old English.