The fable of the bees, or, Private vices, public benefits
Subtitle: in two volumes : with an essay on charity and charity-schools, and a search into the nature of society : to which is added, a vindication of the book from the aspersions contained in a presentment of the Grand Jury of Middlesex, and an abusive letter to the Lord C---
Series: Making of the Modern World
Publisher: Printed for J. Wood
Published: 1772
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Subjects: Ethics; Virtue; Charity-schools
Other titles: Private vices, public benefits.
Notes: Attributed to Bernard Mandeville.-- NUC pre-1956.

"The following fable [was] ... called The grumbling hive, or, Knaves turn'd honest."--Pref.

First part originally published in 1714, the second in 1724.

Includes index.

Master microform held by: ResP.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 10834.1.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 10841.4-4, suppl.