Bingley's London Journal, from May, 1777, to May, 1779; and from December, 1781, to December, 1783. London. 2 vols. folio. Courier des Etats Unis: 1830-34. New-York. Continued. 5 vols. folio. Herald, a Gazette for the Country: 1795-97. New-York. 3 vols. folio. Mercantile Advertiser: 1830-34. New-York. 5 vols. folio. Continued. Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer: 1830-34. New-York. 5 vols. folio. Continued. National Intelligencer: 1813-34. Washington. 34 vols. folio. Continued. New-York American: 1828-34. New-York. 7 vols. folio. Con tinued. New-York Commercial Advertiser: 1828-34. vols. folio. Continued. New-York. 7 New-York Daily Advertiser: 1830-34. New-York. 5 vols. fo lio. Continued. New-York Evening Post: May, 1810, to July, 1811. New-York. 1 vol. folio. New-York Spectator: 1797-1802. New-York. 5 vols. folio. Shipping and Commercial List and New-York Price Current: 1832-34. New-York. 3 vols. folio. Continued. Blumenbach: A Manual of the Elements of Natural History. From the German. London, 1825. 8vo. Buffon, George Lewis Leclerc, Comte de: Histoire Naturelle, générale et particuliére; avec la Description du Cabinet du Roi. Paris, 1749-1804. 38 vols. 4to. Zoologie, 15 vols. ; Supplement, 7 vols. ; Oiseaux, 9 vols. ; Minéraux, 5 vols. Ovipares et Serpens, 2 vols. This is the original edition; and, for the beauty of its plates, more esteemed than any subsequent one. Buffon's assistants in the work were Daubenton, Montbeillard, and La Cépède. The last two volumes are by La Cepede alone. The anatomical descriptions were the part of Daubenton, and are pronounced, by Cuvier, to be without a fault. Some sets of this edition add six volumes more, the subsequent production of La Cepède-that is, Poissons, 5 vols.; Céta cées, 1 vol. The most esteemed sets have the king's arms on the binding. There have been repeated re-editions of the book, as one directed by Sonnini, assisted by Daudin, Dennys-Montford, Latreille, and Mirbel; 127 vols. 8vo, a great collection, but which unfortunately omits Daubenton's descriptions, held indispensable. An edition completer than any other, as to the works of Buffon, but very inferior as to the engravings, was given by the press of Bastien. Paris, 1810. 34 vols. 8vo. There is a complete English translation of Buffon by Smellie. London, 1812. 20 vols. 8vo. Barr has given a less full one. don, 1792, 3. 15 vols. 8vo. Buffon: Natural History. London, 1821, 2. 2 vols. 8vo. ; The same. 1830-4. 12mo. The two last are meager abridgments. Lon Brown, Captain Thomas: Taxidermist's Manual; or, the Art of Collecting, Preparing, and Preserving Objects of Natural History. With 6 Plates. Glasgow, 1834. 12mo. Burckhardt Elementary Principles of the Philosophy of Natural History, From the German. New-York, 1804. 12mo. 4 Cuvier, George Leopold, Baron: The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its Organization. New-York, 1831. vols. 8vo. Godman, J. W.: American Natural History. Philadelphia, 1826. 3 vols. 8vo. Goldsmith, Oliver: History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Philadelphia, 1823. 5 vols. 8vo. A book which the charm of its style will long preserve. It is of it that Dr. Johnson said, while Goldsmith was preparing it, "Sir, he knows no more of natural history than you or I; and yet he will make it as interesting as a fairy tale." Harlan Description of Mammiferous Animals inhabiting North America. Philadelphia, 1825. 8vo. Harris, Thaddeus Mason: Natural History of the Bible; or, a Description of all the Quadrupeds, Birds, &c., alphabetically arranged. Boston, 1831. 8vo. The great work upon this matter is that of Bochart, entitled "Hierozoicon; sive de Animalibus Sacræ Scriptura"-best edition, by Rosenmuller. Leipsig, 1793-6. 3 vols. 4to, with Plates. Hibernicus; Letters on the Natural History and Internal Resources of the Sate of New-York. New-York, 1822. 12mo. Hitchcock, David: Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts. Amherst, 1833, text 8vo, and Plates 4to. Howitt: Book of the Seasons; or, Calendar of Nature. Philadelphía, 1831. 12mo. Jesse, Edward: Gleanings in Natural History; with Local Recollections. To which are added, Maxims and Hints for an Angler. First Series. London, 1835. 12mo. : The same: Second Series. To which are added some Extracts from the unpublished MSS. of the late Mr. White of Selbourne. London, 1836. 12mo. : The same: Third Series. To which are added Notices of the Royal Parks and Residences. London, 1835. 12mo. 12mo. Journal of a Naturalist. Philadelphia, 1831. Nollet: L'Art des Expériences. Paris, 1787. 3 vols. 12mo. Pliny, Caius Secundus: Natural History of the World, translated into English by Philemon Holland. London, 1601. 2 vols. folio. The translation is good, though antiquated. Pliny is certainly one of the most learned of the ancients; his book forming, indeed, a sort of encyclopedia of a great part of the science of his day. It is, besides the natural history, a great source of information as to the geography, antiquities, the useful and fine arts, the medicine, the mythology, and many particulars in the civil history and manners of his age. Smellie, William: Philosophy of Natural History. Boston, 1824. 8vo. System of Natural History. Brattleborough, 1834. 8vo. Timbs, John: Knowledge for the People, &c. : containing Zoological Series. London, 1831. 12mo. The same. Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, &c. London, 1832. 12mo. Verhandelingen Natuur Kundige. Amsterdam, 1761. 8vo. White, Rev. Gilbert: The Natural History of Selbourne; with Additions by Sir William Jardine. Philadelphia, 1832. 12mo. CHAPTER LXXX. MINERAL KINGDOM. Geology. Beche, H. T. de la: Geological Manual. Philadelphia, 1832. 8vo. : How to Observe. 138 wood cuts. London, 1835. 12mo. : Researches in Theoretical Geology, with Preface and Notes by Prof. Hitchcock. New-York, 1837. 12mo. Bakewell, Robert: Introduction to Geology. London, 1833. 8vo. The same. London, 1836. There is also an American edition by Prof. Silliman, with his Notes, chiefly intended to reconcile geology with the Mosaic account of the creation. Buckland, Rev. William Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology. (Series of Bridgewater Treatises.) London, 1836. 2 vols. 8vo. : The same. Philadelphia, 1837. 2 vols. 8vo. Bouterwek: History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature. Translated. London, 1823. 2 vols. 8vo. This was written as part of a series of works on the literature of all nations, of which Eichorn was the chief conductor, and for which his own Geschichte der Literatur, as far as completed, was composed. Crusius: Lives of the Roman Poets. See it in Biography. D'Israeli Calamities of Authors. New-York, 1812. 2 vols. 12mo. : Curiosities of Literature. 3 vols. 8vo. A great part of this popular book is little more than translated from the Menagiana, Vigneul-Marvilliana, Huetiana, Scaligeriana, and others of that French series of literary miscellanies forming the collection Des Ana. Dunlop, John: History of Roman Literature to the Augustan Age. Philadelphia, 1827. 2 vols. 8vo. Gray, Wm. Historical Sketch of the Origin of English Prose Literature, and its Progress till the Reign of James I. 1835. 8vo. Oxford, Harpe, La: Lycée, ou Cours de Littérature Ancienne et Moderne. Paris, 1827. 18 vols. 8vo. Hazlitt, Win. Lectures on the English Comic Writers. Philadelphia, 1819. 8vo. Hobhouse; Essay on Italian Literature, in his Illustrations of Childe Harolde. Polygraphs. Knapp Lectures on American Literature. New-York, 1829. 8vo. Montgomery: Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c, (Harpers' Family Library.) New-York, 1833. 18mo. Neele, Henry Lectures on English Poetry. Remains, Polygraphs. : Nichols Illustrations of the Literary History of the 18th Century. London, 1817. 4 vols. 8vo. This is but the sequel to a larger work, his Literary Anecdotes of the 18th Century. London, 1812-16. 9 vols. 8vo. Two additional volumes of the illustrations have now appeared. Schlegel, F.: Lectures on the History of Literature, Ancient and Modern. Philadelphia, 1818. 2 vols. 8vo. Scot, John: Essays on Poems of several English Poets. London, 1785. 8vo. Sismondi Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe. New-York, 1827. 2 vols. 8vo. Stael, Madame de: La Littérature considérée dans ses rapports aux Institutions Sociales. Works, Polygraphs. Voltaire: The excellent View of Literature in his Siècle de Louis XIV. Works, Polygraphs. The following, out of the many interesting books upon literary history that might be enumerated, are the most useful. General: Saxius, Onomasticon Literarium. Utrecht, 1775. 8 vols. 8vo. Andres, Origine, Progressi, &c., d'ogni Letteratura. Rome, 1808-17. 9 vols. 4to. Berrington, Literary History of the Middle Ages. London, 1814. 4to. Hallam, Introduction to Literary History, vol. I. London, 1837. 8vo. Greek: Schoell, Histoire de la Littérature Grecque. Paris, 1826. 4 vols. 8vo. Fabricius, Bibliotheca Græca. Ham 12 vols. 4to. 4 vols. 8vo. burg, 1782. Latin: Schoell, Histoire de la Littérature Latine. Paris, 1815. Fabricius, Bibliotheca Latina Vetus. Leipsig, 1773. 3 vols. 8vo. Idem, Bibliotheca Latina Media et infimæ ætatis. Patavii, 1754. 3 vols. 4to. Italian: Tiraboschi, Storia della Letteratura Italiana. Modena, 1787. 9 in 16 vols. 4to. Corniani, I secoli della Letteratura Italiana. 180513. 9 vols. 8vo. Ginguené, Histoire Littéraire de l'Italie. Paris, 1811–19. 9 vols. 8vo. Provençal: Millot, Histoire Littéraire des Troubadours. Le Grand d'Aussy, Contes et Fabliaux. Raynouard, Choix des Poesies des Troubadours. Lays of the German Troubadours. French: (Rivet and Taillandier) Histoire Litteraire de France. Paris, 1733-1820. 15 vols. 4to. Chenier, Tableau Historique de la Littérature Française. Paris, 1816. 8vo a masterly compend. Spanish: Los Padres Rafael y Rodriguez Mohedano, Historia Litteraria de España. Madrid, 1779. 9 vols. 4to. German: I know of no good general history. English: Wharton, History of English Poetry (or rather of English Letters). London, 1824. 4 vols. 8vo. Arabic: De Rossi, Dizionario degl' Autori Arabi. Parma, 1807. 8vo. Hebrew: De Rossi, Dizionario degl' Autori Ebrei. Parma, 1802. 8vo. Turkish: Toderini, Storia della Letteratura Turchesca. Venice, 1787. 3 vols. 8vo. The correspondence of Erasmus, and that of Scaliger, Grotius, and Lipsius, afford a great mass of literary history. The French Ana also contain much; and the volumes of the Encyclopédie Méthodique, which are entitled Encyclopédiana. Grimm's memoirs offer also a good body, and the correspondence of Voltaire. Boswell's Life of Johnson contains a great part of the English literary history of that time. Hodius has been referred to, as to the Revival of Letters. (See Roscoe, in Biography.) As to Bardic literature, Larue's Recherches sur les Ouvrages des Bardes de la Bretagne Armorienne; Walker's Essay on the Irish Bards; and the notices of Druidic literature in Turner's Anglo-Saxons, are all that need be examined. Mallet's Introduction and Histoire de Danemarc contain a great part of the history of Scandinavian literature. Of the ancients, Photius, Hesychius, and Aulus Gellius are all that can well be mentioned. CHAPTER LXXVII. History of Books. Bent: London Catalogue of Books, from 1814 to 1834. 8vo. Bibliophobia: Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed State of Literature and the Book Trade. By Mercurius Rusticus; with Notes, by Cato Parvus. Loudon, 1832. 8vo. Written in ridicule of Dibdin and the book collectors. Catalogue of the Library Company, Philadelphia. Library Company, Baltimore. Library of Congress. Mercantile Library, Philadelphia. Atheneum, Boston. New-York Society Library. Mechanics' and Traders' Library, New-York. Lyceum of Natural History, New-York. Mercantile Library, New-York. |
