CHAPTER LII.

MODERN HISTORY. The Low Countries.

Grattan, Thomas Colley: History of the Netherlands. Philadelphia, 1831. 12mo.

Daru's book (already mentioned) is concerned in a part of this history. The following are also of reputation. Grotius, Annales et Historiæ de rebus Belgicis. Dewez, Histoire Générale de la Belgique, depuis la Conquête de Cæsar. Idem, Histoire particuliere des Provinces Belgiques, sous ses Ducs et Comtes. Strada, De Bello Belgico. Bentivoglio, Della Guerra di Fiandra. Histoire du Premier Duc d'Albe. Panckoucke, Abrégé Chronologique de l'Histoire de Flandre. Naeldwyck, Die Cronicke of die Historie van Hollant. Wagenaar, Varderlandsche Histoire. Le Clerc, Histoire des Provinces Unies. Histoire Générale des Provinces Unies, par D. (i. e. Dujardin) and S. (Sellius). Cerisier, Tableau de l'Histoire Générale des Provinces Unies. Basnage, Annales des Provinces Unies, depuis la paix de Munster. Sir Wm. Temple's works afford his "Observations on the United Provinces."

Cox's Travels in Switzerland has a historic sketch. See Travels. There is a Latin collection, Scriptores Historia Helvetica, qui Latino Sermone scripserunt clarissimi; and two good histories-that of Müller, in either German or French; and that of Mallet, in French. Planta's History of the Helvetic Confederacy, and d'Ivernois Tableau des Révolutions de Genève are little valued.

CHAPTER LIV.

MODERN HISTORY. German States.

Coxe, William, Archdeacon: History of the House of Austria, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rodolph of Hapsburg in 1218 to the Death of Leopold II. in 1792. London, 1820. 5 vols. 8vo.

Denina Rivoluzioni della Germania. Florence, 1804. :

8vo.

6 vols.

Dover, Lord: Memoirs of the Life of Frederic the Great. (Family Library.) New-York, 1832. 2 vols. 18mo.

The life of Frederic is yet further illustrated in the following books: his own "Memoirs of the House of Brandenbourg," found in the second volume of the collection of his "Euvres Posthumes;" his History of his own Times, in Holcroft's

translation of his posthumous works; Samuel Puffendorf's "De Rebus gestis Friderici magni ;" Lavaux's "Vie de Frédéric II., Roi de Prusse. Strasburg, 1788. 7 vols. 8vo. And Count Philip de Segur's "Histoire des principaux événemens du Règne de Frédéric-Guillaume II. Paris, 1800. 3 vols. 8vo. The autobiography of his sister, the Margravine of Bareuth (Paris, 1810. 2 vols. 8vo), affords many curious particulars of his youth, and of the domestic life of the king, their father. It has been translated. See it in Biography.

Frederic the Great: Memoirs de la Maison de Brandenburg, &c. In his works, Polygraphs.

Gillies, Dr. William: View of the Reign of Frederic of Prussia; with a Parallel between that Prince and Philip of Macedon. London, 1789.

8vo.

Nugent, Thomas: The History of Vandalia, containing the Ancient and Present State of the Country of Mecklenburg, its Revolutions under the Vandals, the Veneti, and the Saxons, with the Succession and Memorable Actions of its Sovereigns. London, 1709. 2 vols. 4to.

Original Anecdotes of Frederic the Great, his Family, his Court, his Ministers, his Academies, and his Literary Friends; collected during a Familiar Intercourse of Twenty Years with the Prince. Translated from the French. Philadelphia, 1806. 2 vols. 8vo.

This is a translation from Thiebault's "Souvenirs de Berlin." Paris, 1804 and 1813. 5 vols. 8vo. The author was Professor of Belles Lettres in Frederic's Royal Academy of Berlin.

Robertson, Dr. William: History of the Reign of Charles V.: with

a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire to the 16th Century. New-York, 1830. 8vo.

Schiller Thirty Years' War in Germany. In Constable's Miscellany, vols. 18, 19, Polygraphs.

Secret History of the Court of Berlin: or, the Character of the present King of Prussia, his Ministers, Mistresses, Generals, Courtiers, Favourites, and the Royal Family of Prussia; with numerous Anecdotes of the Potentates of Europe, especially of the late Frederic II., and an Interesting Picture of the State of Politics, particularly in Prussia, Russia, Germany, and Holland, in a Series of Letters. Translated from the French. London, 1789. 2 vols. 8vo.

This is the work of that extraordinary man, Honoré Gabriel, Count Mirabeau. He also wrote, in conjunction with Mauvillon, another work on Prussia, entitled "De la Monarchie Prússienne sous Frederic le Grand."

The following are the principal authors of German history: Eccard, De Origine Germanorum, eorumque Coloniis, migrationibus ac rebus gestis: The Collection of Pistorius, Rerum Germanicarum Scriptores aliquot insignes. Freher, Rerum Germanicarum Scriptores. Struvius's similar Collection, Corpus Historiæ Germanicæ. Meibomius, Rerum Germanicarum, tomi 3. Schoettgen, Diplomataria et Scriptores Historia Germanicæ Medii ævi. The Thirty Years' War of Schiller has been continued by C. L. Woltman. Pez, Scriptores Rerum Austriacarum. Eneas Sylvius, Historia Bohemica. Balbinus, Epitome Historia rerum Bohemicarum. De Guignes, Histoire des Huns. De Sacy,

Histoire Générale de Hongrie. Mallet, Histoire de Hesse. Leibnitz's Collection, Scriptores Rerum Brunswicensium. Gibbon, Memoirs of the House of Brunswick, in his Miscellaneous Works. Mallet, Histoire de la Maison de Brunswick. Puffendorf, De rebus gestis Frederici Magni. Mallet, Histoire de la ligue Hanséatique.

CHAPTER LV.

MODERN HISTORY. Scandinavia and Russia.

Barrow, John: Life of Peter the Great. (Family Library.) NewYork, 1834. 18mo.

We need scarcely refer to Voltaire's excellent and agreeable History of Peter. There are some English lives of him; but none esteemed. His Journal, from 1698 to 1714, has been published in a French version. London, 1773. 2 vols. 8vo. Stæhlin published anecdotes of him. Strasburg, 1787. 8vo. Fletcher, James: History of Poland from the Earliest Period to

the Present Time, with a Narrative of the Recent Events obtained from a Polish Nobleman. (Family Library.) NewYork, 1831. 18mo.

History of the Reigns of Peter III. and Catharine II. of Russia, translated from the French, and Enlarged with Explanatory Notes and Brief Memoirs of Illustrious Persons. London, 1798. 2 vols. 8vo.

Wheaton, Henry: History of the Northmen, or Danes and Normans, from the Earliest Times to the Conquest of England, by William of Normandy.

The following three books are the principal ones upon this subject: Mallet, Histoire de Danemarc; Depping, Expeditions Maritimes des Normans : Thierry, Conquête de l'Angleterre par les Normans. The first and the last of these have been translated into English.

Voltaire: History of Charles XII., King of Sweden. Albany, 1828. 12mo.

: Histoire de Russie, sous Pierre le Grand. In his Works, Polygraphs.

: Histoire de l'Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand. London, 1830. 12mo.

In Scandinavian history, Mallet has been already referred to. Of the introduction to his book, Bishop Percy gave a sort of translation, embracing the Eddas, London, 1770, 2 vols. 8vo. Pinkerton's Dissertation on the Origin and Progress of the Goths or Scythians. Olaus Magnus, Historiæ de gentibus Septentrionalibus. Jornandes's History of the Goths is in the Byzantine Collection, and has a French Translation, by Drouet de Maupertuy, Paris or Amsterdam, 1603, 12mo. Grotius, Historia Gothorum, Vandalorum, &c. Snorro Sturleson, Historia rerum Septentrionalium. Johnstone, Antiquitates Celto-Normanicæ. Idem, Antiquitates Celto-Scandicæ. Davies, Celtic Researches. Williams, Rise, Progress, and Present State of Northern Governments. Langebeck, Scriptores rerum Danicarum Medii ævi. Saxo Grammaticus, Historia Ďanica. Olaus Wormius, Fasti Danici. Idem, Monumenta Danica. The several works

of Torfæus. Thorkelin's Eyrbyggia Saga. Verelius's Hervarar Saga. Fant's Collection, Scriptores rerum Suecicarum Medii ævi. Vertot's Revolutions of Sweden, translated. Puffendorf, De rebus gestis à Carolo Gustavo. Sigismond, Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii. Moscoviticarum rerum Scriptores in unum Corpus congesti, Frankfort-on-Mayne, 1600, folio. Le Clerc's History has been mentioned. Tooke, History of Catharine II. Castera, History of the same. Eneas Sylvius de situ et origine Pruthenorum. Cromer, De origine et gestis Polonorum. Polonica Historiæ Corpus. Bale, 1582. 3 vols. folio. Kadlubko's Scriptores Hist. Poloniæ Vetustissimi. Solignac, Histoire Générale de Pologne. Rulhières, Histoire de l'Anarchie de Pologne.

CHAPTER LVI.

MODERN HISTORY. Asia in General.

See the several Universal Histories, and the Asiatic Researches, in Polygraphs.

The Bibliothèque Orientale of D'Herbelot, Hague, 1777, 4 vols. 4to, contains a great mass of Asiatic history. Abul-Pharagius's Historia Dynastiarum Orientis, Arabic and Latin, Oxford, 1663, 2 vols. 4to, highly important. Michaelis's Orientalische Bibliothek, Frankfort, 1771-9, and its sequel, Gottingen, 1786-91. Kempfer, Amanitates Exoticæ. De Guignes, Histoire Générale des Huns, des Tures, des Mogols, &c., Paris, 1756, 5 vols. 4to, already mentioned, under History of the German States,

CHAPTER LVII.

MODERN HISTORY. Asiatic Turkey.

Savage, John, D.D.: Turkish History; comprehending the Origin of that Nation, and the Growth of the Othman Empire, with the Lives and Conquests of their several Kings and Emperors. London, 1704. 2 vols. 8vo.

Tott, Baron de: State of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea during the Late War with Russia; with Numerous Anecdotes, Facts, and Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Turks and Tartars. London, 1786. 2 vols. 8vo. Leunclavius, Annales Sultanorum Othomanorum; Cantemir, Histoire de l'Empire Ottoman; Knolles, Turkish History; Rycaut, Turkish History; D'Hosson, Tableau Historique de l'Orient; but more especially the able and copious work of Von Hammer, Geschichte des Osmanliches Rieches, may be referred to. Also Gibbon as to their conquests of Constantinople; and Sismondi's Overthrow of the Roman Empire,

CHAPTER LVIII.

MODERN HISTORY. Arabia and Syria.

Crichton History of Arabia. (Harpers' Family Library.) NewYork, 1834. 2 vols. 18mo.

Manners and Customs of the Jews. Hartford, 1833.

12mo.

Milman: History of the Jews. (Harpers' Family Library.) NewYork, 1830. 3 vols. 18mo.

Russell History of Palestine. (Harpers' Family Library.) NewYork, 1832. 18mo.

See, also, in Ecclesiastical History, Prideaux, Shuckford, and other writers. The leading historians of Arabia, &c., are the following. Eichorn, Monumenta Antiquissimæ Historiæ Arabum. Abulfeda, Annales Muslemici, Arabic and Latin. Hafniæ, 1789. 5 vols. 4to. Abul-Pharagius, Specimen Historiæ, Arabum. Oxford, 1650. 4to. Freytag, Selecta ex Historia Halebi, &c., Arabic and Latin. Paris, 1819. 8vo. Abulfeda, Historia Imperii Joctanidarum, Arabic and Latin. Harderovici, 1786. 4to. Elmacin, Historia Saracænica. Leyden, 1625. Folio. Rasmussen, Historia præcipuorum Arabum regnorum. Hafniæ, 1817. 4to. Assemanni, Saggio, sull' origine, &c., degli Arabi avanti Maometto. Ockley, History of the Saracens. See further at the Lives of Mohammed, in Biography.

CHAPTER LIX.

MODERN HISTORY. Persia.

Fraser History of Persia. (Harpers' Family Library.) NewYork, 1834. 18mo.

See, also, the several Universal Histories; and, among Polygraphs, in Jones's works, the Life of Nadir Shah.

In English we have Malcolm's History of Russia, and Ouseley's epitome of the ancient history of the same. De Cerceau has given a Histoire des Révolutions de Perse depuis 1700: and Picault, a like one, pendant le 18e Siècle. The dissertation prefixed by Richardson to his Persian-Arabic-English Dictionary forms a learned and acute examination of the earlier Persian history. Its original sources, as far as yet given to the press in Europe, are the following. Mirchond, Historia priorum Regum Persarum, Persian and Latin. Vienna, 1782. 4to. Idem, Historia Samanidarum, in Persian, Gottingen, 1808. 4to.