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• The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Public Benefits; With an Essay on Charity and Charity-Schools (third edition, with added material; London: J. Tonson, 1724), by Bernard Mandeville (multiple formats at Google)
• The fable of the bees; (London, T. Ostell; [etc., etc.], 1806), by Bernard Mandeville (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Account of the methods whereby the charity-schools have been erected and managed : and of the encouragement given to them : with a proposal of enlarging their number. ([London] : [J. Downing], [1705]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon, preached in the cathedral church of Winchester : on Tuesday the 5th of July, 1825, at the fourteenth annual meeting of the Hampshire Society : for the education of the infant poor on the plan of the Rev. Dr. Bell, and in the principles of the established church. (Winchester : Jacob and Johnson's county newspaper office, [1825]), by P. N. Shuttleworth and Hampshire Society for the Education of the Infant Poor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fable of the bees; or, Private vices, public benefits. (London, 1806), by Bernard Mandeville (page images at HathiTrust)
• The philanthropic repertory of plans and suggestions for improving the condition of the labouring poor. (London : Ridgways, 1835), by John Hull (page images at HathiTrust)
• Appendix to Mr. Brougham's letter, containing minutes of evidence taken before the education committee. (London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, J. Ridgeway, and A. Constable and Co., 1818), by Lord Brougham and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Education of the Poor (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Account of charity-schools lately erected in England, Wales and Ireland ; with the benefactions thereto, and of the methods whereby they were set up, and are governed. Also, a proposal for enlarging their number, and adding some work to the childrens learning, thereby to render their education more useful to the publick. (London : Printed and sold by J. Downing, 1706) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Account of charity-schools lately erected in England, Wales and Ireland ; with the benefactions thereto, and of the methods whereby they were set up, and are governed. Also, a proposal for enlarging their number, and adding some work to the childrens learning, thereby to render their education more useful to the publick. (London : Printed and sold by J. Downing, 1708) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remonstrance and answer of the Bethel Free School, to the memorial and observations of the trustees of the New-York Free School, as contained in their late pamphlet. (New-York: Published by order of the board of trustees of the Bethel Free School., 1824), by N.Y.) Bethel Free School (New York and New York (State). Legislature (1824) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fable of the bees : or, private vices, publick benefits : With an essay on charity and charity-schools ... (London : T. Ostell, & Mundell, Edinburgh, 1806), by Bernard Mandeville (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fable of the bees: or, Private vices, publick benefits. (London : Printed for J. Tonson, 1728-1729), by Bernard Mandeville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on education in Europe, to the trustees of the Girard college for orphans / (Philadelphia : Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, 1839), by A. D. Bache and Girard College (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of charity-schools in Great Britain and Ireland : with the benefactions thereto, and of the methods whereby they were set up and are governed. Also, a proposal for adding some work to the childrens learning, and an appendix, containing forms and directions relating to these schools. (London : Printed and sold by Joseph Downing, 1713) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Sermon preach'd in the parish-church of Christ-Church, London : on Thursday April the 30th, 1741. Being the time of the yearly meeting of the children educated in the Charity schools, in and about the cities of London and Westminster / (London : M. Downing, 1741), by Isaac Maddox and Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fable of the bees. (London, Printed by J. Tonson, 1729-1730), by Bernard Mandeville, Jacob Tonson, and Charles C. Miller Memorial Apicultural Library WU. (page images at HathiTrust)
• The support of schools in colonial New York by the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, (New York city : Teachers college, Columbia university, 1913), by William Webb Kemp (page images at HathiTrust)
• Further report of the commissioners for inquiring concerning charities. ([London] : [publisher not identified], [1827-1836]), by Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Children's Home and Polytechnic Academy : located at the falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Ky. : a great national charitable institution created for the education of the orphans and extreme poor of the African race of every state in the union : also a "home" for the extreme aged and infirm of the same race who have none to care for or provide for them., by Ky.) Children's Home and Polytechnic Academy (Louisville, Randall K. Burkett, and printer John P. Morton & Co. (page images at HathiTrust)
• The support of schools in colonial New York by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, (New York, Teachers college, Collumbia University, 1913), by William Webb Kemp (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of two charity schools for the educations of girls [microform] : and of a female friendly society in York : interspersed with reflections on charity schools and friendly societies in general. (York : Blanchard, 1800), by Catharine Cappe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The story of a charity school: two centuries of popular education in Soho, 1699-1899 ... (London, Truslove, Hansom & Comba, 1899), by John Henry Cardwell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mandevilles Bienenfabel / (München : Georg Müller, 1914), by Bernard Mandeville, ed. by Otto Bobertag (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Publick education, particularly in the charity schools. A sermon preach'd at St. Philip's church in Birmingham, August 9, 1724. At the opening of a charity-school, built to receive an hundred children ... (London : W. and J. Innys, 1725), by Thomas Bisse (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ends and uses of charity schools for poor children; a sermon preached in the parish-church of Christ-Church, London, April the 30th, 1752. To which is annexed, An account of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. (London : Dod, 1752), by John Chapman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Constitution and laws of the Philadelphia society for the establishment and support of charity schools : with a historical sketch of the institution, and the Life of Christopher Ludwick. (Philadelphia : The Society, 1860), by Philadelphia Society for the Establishment and Suppotrt of Charity Schools and Benjamin Rush (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fable of the bees, or, Private vices, public benefits. : With An essay on charity and charity schools, and a search into the nature of society. Also, a vindication of the book from the aspersions contained in a presentment of the Grand jury of Middlesex, and an abusive letter to Lord C---. (London, C. Bathurst [etc.], 1795), by Bernard Mandeville and Charles C. Miller Memorial Apicultural Library. WU (page images at HathiTrust)
• The charity school movement in colonial Pennsylvania. (New York : Arno Press, 1905), by Samuel Edwin Weber (page images at HathiTrust)
• A vindication of the enquiry into charitable abuses : with an exposure of the misrepresentations ontained in the Quarterly review. (London - : Printed for Longman, 1819), by Henry Bellenden Kerr (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon preach'd in the parish-church of St. Andrew's Holborn, June 8, 1704. Being Thursday in Whitson-week, at the first meeting of the gentlemen concern'd in promoting the charity-schools in and about the cities of London and Westminister. At which time and place, the several masters and mistresses of the said schools appear'd with the poor children under their care - in number about two thousand / (London : Printed by J. Downing for M. Wotton, 1704), by Richard Willis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fable of the bees: or; Private vices, public benefits. (Edinburgh, Printed for J. Wood, 1772), by Bernard Mandeville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mendip annals : or, A narrative of the charitable labours of Hannah and Martha More in their neighborhood, being the journal of Martha More / (London : James Nisbet and Co., 1859), by Martha More and Arthur Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report; with the minutes of evidence taken before the Committee. ([n.p.], 1816-18), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Education of the Lower Orders in the Metropolis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fable of the bees: or, Private vices, publick benefits. With an essay on charity and charity-schools. And a search into the nature of society. (London, Printed for J. Tonson, 1724), by Bernard Mandeville (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fable of the bees, or, Private vices, publick benefits : with an essay on charity and charity schools, and a search into the nature of society. (London : Printed for J. Tonson ..., 1725), by Bernard Mandeville, contrib. by Jacob Tonson (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the establishment of public schools, in the city of New-York. (New-York: Printed by Mahlon Day ..., 1825), by Public School Society of New-York, New York (State). Legislature, and New York (State). Act in relation to the Free School Society of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mendip annals, or, A narrative of the charitable labours of Hannah and Martha More in their neighbourhood : being the journal of Martha More / (London : J. Nisbet, 1859), by Martha More and Arthur Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• An essay towards the encouragement of charity schools : particularly those which are supported by Protestant dissenters, for teaching the children of the poor to read and work : together with some apology for those schools which instruct them to write a plain hand and fit them for service or for the meaner trades and labours of life: to which is prefix'd, an address to the supporters of these schools / (London : Printed for John Clark ... [et al.], 1728), by Isaac Watts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mendip annals : or, a narrative of the charitable labours of Hannah and Martha More in their neighbourhood / (London : J. Nisbet and co., 1861), by Martha More and Arthur Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report from Select committee of the House of commons appointed to inquire into the education of the lower orders in the metropolis: with the minutes of evidence taken before the Committee ... to which are subjoined an addenda and a digested index. (London, Printed for Gale and Fenner, 1816), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of commons. Select committee on the education of the lower orders (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of the Free-School Society of New York. (New-York : Collins and Co., 1814), by Free-School Society of New-York (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter to Sir Samuel Romilly, M.P. from Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P.F.R.S. upon the abuse of charities. (London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818), by Lord Brougham and Samuel Romilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• A plea for ragged schools, or, Prevention better than cure / (Edinburgh : John Elder ; Glasgow : William Collins ; London : James Nisbet and Co., 1847), by Thomas Guthrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• A plea for ragged schools; or, Prevention better than cure / (Edinburgh, J. Elder; London, J. Nisbet and Co. [etc., etc.], 1847), by Thomas Guthrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Schweizerischen Armenschulen nach Fellenberg'schen grundsätzen. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des schweizerischen Armenwesens (Trogen, J. Schläpfer, 1845), by Johann Konrad Zellweger and Emanuel von Fellenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• La fable des abeilles, ou, Les fripons devenus honnestes gens : avec le commentaire, où l'on prouve que les vices des particuliers tendent à l'avantage du public / (Londres : Chez J. Nourse, 1750), by Bernard Mandeville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Storia degli stabilimenti di beneficenza e d'istruzione elementare gratuita della città di Firenze / (Firenze : Le Monnier, 1853), by Luigi Passerini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Istoricheskii ocherk piatidesiatilietniago sushchestvovaniia Moskovskago Mieshchanskago muzhskago uchilishcha, osnovannago Moskovskim Kupecheskim Obshchestvom v pamiatʹ sovershennolietiia ego Imperatorskago Vysochestva Gosudaria nasliednika Tsesarevicha Aleksandra Nikolaevicha : 1835-1885. (Moskva: Tipo-lit. N.I. Kumanina, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of charity-schools in Great Britain and Ireland: with the benefactions thereto; and of the methods whereby they were set up, and are governed. Also a proposal for adding some work to the childrens learning. And an appendix, containing certain forms and directions relating to these schools. (London, Printed and sold by J. Downing, 1712) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jane Eyre. (New York, Crowell, [c1890]), by Charlotte Brontë (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fable of the bees; or, Private vices, public benefits. With, An essay on charity and charity-schools; and A search into the nature of society. (London, printed for J. Tolson, 1728-29), by Bernard Mandeville (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fable of the bees; or, Private vices, publick benefits. (New York, Capricorn Books, [1962]), by Bernard Mandeville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mandevilles Bienenfabel, (München, G. Müller, 1914), by Bernard Mandeville, ed. by Otto Bobertag (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The fable of the bees: or, Private vices, publick benefits. (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1924), by Bernard Mandeville, ed. by Frederick Benjamin Kaye (page images at HathiTrust)

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