Essays on the History of Mankind in Rude and Cultivated Ages
Essay One: On the Primeval Form of Society
Essay Two: On Language, as an universal Accomplishment
Essay Three: Of the Criterion of a Polished Tongue
Essay Four: Of the Criterion of Civilized Manners
Essay Five: Of the Rank of Nations
Essay Six: Of the General Influence of Climate on National Objects
Essay Seven: Of the Farther Tendency of Local Circumstances to affect the Proceedings of Nations
Essay Eight: The Same Subject Continued
Essay Nine: Of the Relation of Man to the Surrounding Elements
Essay Ten: Of Man, as the Arbiter of his own Fate
Essay Eleven: Of Fashions that Predominate among Various Tribes of Mankind
Essay Twelve: Of the Tendency of Moral Character to Diversify the Human Form
Essay Thirteen: Of the Hereditary Genius of Nations