CATALOG U E. I. HISTORY. CHAPTER I. HISTORY. Introduction. The Art of Writing or Studying History. Bigland: Letters on the Study and Use of History. London, 1805. 12mo. Bolingbroke, St. John, Lord: Letters on the Study and Use of History. Works, vol. X., among Polygraphs. -: Letters on English History. Same, vol. VII. Guide de l'Histoire, à l'usage de la jeunesse, et des Personnes qui veulent la lire avec fruit, ou l'écrire avec succès. Paris. 8vo. Priestley Lectures on History and General Policy, &c. See Systems and Collections of HISTORY. Schlegel, F.: Philosophy of History: from the German. London, 1835. 2 vols. 8vo. The following are the chief further treatises. Lucian on the Manner of Writing History; in Francklin's translation of his works. Voss's Ars Historica, which embraces a critical catalogue of the Greek and Roman historians. Du Fresnoy, Méthode pour étudier l'Histoire; which has a very copious catalogue of the writers, ancient and modern. Voltaire, Pyrrhonisme de l'Histoire. Mably, Dialogues on the Manner of Writing History. Ferrand, Esprit de l'Histoire. Taylor's Process of Historical Proof. Vico, Principii Idem, Transmission of Ancient Books to Modern Times. d'una Scienza Nuova. Beaufort, Uncertainty of the first four Centuries of the Roman History. Treatises in the Memoirs de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, by Anselme (vol. IV. and VI.) De Pouilly and Freret (vol. VI.), Freret (vol. XVIII.), De Burigny (vol. XIX. and XL.) In Rees's Encyclopædia a good succinct course of historical study will be found at the title History. As examples of the application of historical criticism, Bentley's Phalaris, Wolfe's Prolegomena to Homer, and Niebuhr's Rome are most celebrated. The controversies as to Babrius and Esop; on the Homeric question; on the authenticity of the Ossianic poems and those of Rowley, have also elicited much subtlety and learning as to the methods of historical evidence. Herder has also written a good book on the Philosophy of History, of which there is a translation. A CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHY, OR DESCRIPTIVE HISTORY. Introduction. Johnson, Dr. James: Change of Air; or, the Philosophy of Travelling being Autumnal Excursions through France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Belgium, with Observations on the Moral, Physical, and Medicinal Influences of Travelling, Exercise, Change of Scene, Foreign Skies, and Voluntary Expatriation. New-York, 1834. 8vo. Kitchener has written "the Traveller's Oracle," London, 1827, 2 vols. 12mo; and Gilbert West a poem "on the Use and Abuse of Travelling;" which is found in Anderson's Poets, vol. IX., p. 481. Pinkerton: See his Collection of Voyages and Travels for a History of Geography and Discovery. Another, more compendious, is found in Locke's Works (among Polygraphs), drawn up for Churchill's Collection of Voyages and Travels. Clarke also gave the first part of a History of Discovery; but it was ill received, and abandoned. Du Fresnoy has left a Méthode pour étudier la Géographie; and Vaugondi, an Essai sur l'Historie de la Géographie. A short one is prefixed to Blair's Chronology. Maps, or Figured Geography. *American Atlas; being a Guide to the History of North and South America and the West Indies, on the Plan of Lavoisne's Atlas, and intended as a Companion to it. Philadelphia, 1827. Folio. *General Atlas; consisting of a Series of Geographical Designs, and a Collection of Maps and Charts. Edinburgh, 1817. Folio. Historical Map of Palestine. Historical, Geographical, and Statistical View of the United States; Lavoisne's Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Map of Liverpool; with a View of the Principal Public Buildings. *Oddy's General Atlas. 1811. *Select Plans of Counties, Cities, Harbours, Forts, &c., in the World. Systems. Anville, D' Ancient Geography. New-York, 1814. 2 vols. 8vo. Bell, James: System of Geography, Popular and Scientific. With Maps and Engravings. Glasgow, 1836. 6 vols. 8vo. Bigland, John: Geographical and Historical View of the World, exhibiting a complete Delineation of the Natural and Artifical Features of each Country, and a Succinct Narrative of the Origin of the different Nations, their Political Revolutions, and Progress in Arts, Sciences, Literature, Commerce, &c. Boston, 1812. 5 vols. 8vo. Brooks General Gazetteer. Philadelphia, 1806. : 8vo. Calmet, Dom. Sacred Geography. Charleston, 1817. 4to. Dickinson Elements of Geography. Boston, 1813. 1835. 2 tomes 12mo. Ewing Universal Geography. New-York, 1820. Gallery of Nature and Art. See Polehampton, below. : 12mo. 12mo. Gibrat: Traité de Géographie Moderne. Toulouse, 1789. 12mo. Goodrich Outlines of Modern Geography. Boston, 1831. 12mo. Guthrie Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar. London, 1792. 8vo. Heeren, A. H. L.: Manual of Ancient Geography. Oxford, 1835. 12mo. Laudendun, George: Universal Gazetteer. London, 1835. 8vo. Malte Brun: Universal Geography on a new Plan. Boston, 1824. 8 vols. 8vo. Morse, Jedediah: American Universal Geography. Boston, 1819. 2 vols. 8vo. The same, abridged. Boston, 1814. 8vo. : Universal Gazetteer. New-Haven, 1823. 8vo. Murray, Hugh: Encyclopædia of Geography, comprising a complete Description of the Earth, Physical, Statistical, Civil, and Political exhibiting its relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of all Nations. London, 1834. Large 8vo. : The same, revised, with additious, by T. G. Bradford. Together with a new Map of the United States. Philadelphia, 1837. 3 vols. 8vo. New and Complete System of Geography, or a Descriptive View of all the various Divisions of the World, &c. Glasgow, 1819. 5 vols. 8vo. Payne: Universal Geography. Dublin, 1809. 3 vols. 4to. Perils of the Sea. See Boys' and Girls' Library, POLYGRAPHS. Peuchit: Dictionnaire Universel de la Géographie Commerçante. Paris. 5 vols. 4to. Polehampton and Good: Gallery of Nature and Art; or, a Tour through Nature and Science, comprising Descriptions of the most surprising Volcanoes, Caverns, Cataracts, &c., &c. London, 1821. 6 vols. 8vo. The same. Philadelphia, 1806. 14 vols. 12mo. Vosgien Dictionnaire Géographique des Cinq Partes du Monde. Paris, 1836. 8vo. CHAPTER III. GEOGRAPHY. Collections of Voyages, Travels, and Descriptions. Adams Flowers of Modern Travels. 2 vols. 12mo. : Adventures of British Seamen: Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea. Vols. 4 and 78, 79 of Constable's Miscellany, Polygraphs. Andrews Collection of Plans of Capital Cities; with a Description of their most remarkable Buildings, Trades, Situation, &c. London, 1771. : 4to. Cities and Principal Towns of the World: Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia. London, 1830. 12mo. Conder―The Modern Traveller, &c., in 33 vols. 12mo. Eyries: Abrégé de Voyages Modernes, depuis 1780, jusqu'à nos jours, Paris, 1822. 15 vols. 8vo, |