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d'indiquer les bonnes editions des livres ainsi que "leur degré de merite et de rareté. Quelle tâche "importante et difficile ! et pour être bien remplie, a (6 quels bons esprits, a quels hommes éclairés elle doit "être confiée." Should this attempt be favourably received, I shall avail myself of every opportunity to correct and enlarge it for a future impression; and if encouraged by its success, it is my intention to undertake a similar work for the Literature of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, accompanied with biographical and critical notices.

155, OXFORD STREET,

MAY, 1827.

WILLIAM GOODHUGH,

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

THEOLOGY, 1.

On the Study of Theology, 2.

The Holy Scriptures, 2.

Revision of the Authorised Version, 3.

Curious Petition to Elizabeth, for the printing of the

Testament in English, 4.

Works of Commentators and Writers on the Criticism

of the Scriptures, 5.

Duties of the Clergy, 10.

Letter of Dr. Johnson to a young Clergyman, 10.

Advice of Dean Stanhope to a young Clergyman, 10.

Proofs of the Truth of Christianity, 14.

Manuals of Devotion, 16.

Book of Common Prayer, 18.

Practical Duties, 19.

Sermons, 20.

Dr. Johnson's opinion of Sermons, 20.

Peculiarities of Pulpit Eloquence, 21.

Anecdote of a Country Curate, 21.

Village Sermons, 25.

School Divinity in the Fifteenth Century, 25.

Ecclesiastical History, 27.

HISTORY, 30.

On the Study and Use of History, 31.

General History, 31.

Universal History, 32.

Ancient History, 32.

Middle Ages, 33.

Modern History, 33.

Technical Chronology, 35.

Historical Tables, 35.

Greek Literature, 36.

History of Greece, 36.

Rome, 40.

Antiquities of Rome, 42.

History of Great Britain, 43.

Letter of Dr. Farmer on the Study of English History,

43.

The Chronicles, 45.

Anecdote of Smollett's England, 47.

Naval History of Great Britain, 52.

Commercial History, 52.

Military History, 53.

History of Wales, 54.

Scotland, 55.

Ireland, 57.

Aids to the History of Great Britain, 58.

Parliamentary Debates, 58.

BRITISH ANTIQUITIES AND TOPOGRAPHY, 61.

BIOGRAPHY, 66.

Anecdotes of Booksellers, 66.

Anecdotes of the Tonsons, 69.

Booksellers of Little Britain, 71.

Anecdotes of Edmund Curll, 72.

Edward Cave, 73.

Loss of Books at the Fire of London, 74.

William Caxton, 75.

German Book Trade, 76.

Poor Authors of Grub Street, 83.

Biography in Collections, 84.

Detached or Single Lives, 87.

Memoirs and Anecdotes, 94.

LITERARY INDUSTRY, 105.

LIBRARIES OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, 107.

GEOGRAPHY, 124.

ENGLISH LITERATURE, 127.

Libraries in America, 129.

Choice of Books, 131.

English Novelists and Translations, 144.

Historical View of English Literature, 153.

Elizabeth-Literature of that Period, 161.

Comparisons of the Literature of the Present Age with

that of the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and Anne, 162.

Dispersion of Ancient Records, 190.

DRAMATIC LITERATURE, 192.

First Play Bill of Drury Lane Theatre, 209.

Shakspeariana, 211.

Copyright of Plays, 218.

The Curtain Theatre, 221.

ENGLISH POETRY, 236.

List of English Poets, 241.

Thomson, 256.

Notices respecting the Family and Connections of

Thomson, 256.

TRANSLATIONS, 304.

LOUNGING BOoks, 306.

PHILOLOGY, 308.

Study of Languages, 311.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS, 314.

Application of Physical Sciences to the Arts, 352.

MENTAL SCIENCE, 354.

MORAL SCIENCE, 358.

POLITICAL ECONOMY, 360.

WORKS ON PAINTING AND PAINTERS, 362.