The winter evenings companion. [electronic resource] : Being a new collection of diverting essays, merry stories, humorous letters, Select Histories, Entertaining Novels, Adventures, &c. Among which are The Generous Husband; or, the History of Arabella. The History of Beau Bronze, the Fortune-Hunter. Conjugal Love: Or, a good Example for married Ladies. The History of Tacitus and Corinna. The Secret History of the Slipper; or the Story of Lucius and Rosetta, a Fact. The Ungrateful Lover; or, the Amours of Lysander and Climene. The fatal Effect of too sudden Surprizes of Joy; or, the History of Florio and Fidelia. The Discreet Wife; or, the Lapsed Husband reclaimed. The Dishonourable Lover. To which are added, a choice collection of songs, sung this Season at Vauxhall, Ranelagh, Marybone, &c. Polite Tales, Fables, Poems, and Epigrams. Also, The jocular companion: Or, a Curious Collection of brilliant Jests, Puns, Conundrums, &c.