servations on the great importance of our settlements in 1755. America, and the trade thereof.

8vo.

London.

"After having pointed out the inconveniences the inhabitants of our American colonies are exposed to, for want of sufficient checks on their governors, our author hopes that it will be thought for the service of the crown and of the subject to regulate offices so as to bring every matter of importance to the view of the crown, &c. The reasons urged in favor of these regulations are plausible, if not altogether convincing, and have the merit of being modestly offered. The author appears to us to have taken much pains to inform himself on the subject he has considered, and is far from being a mean writer." M. R. xii. p. 153.

14 A BRIEF STATE of the province of Pennsylvania, in which the conduct of their Assemblies for several years past is impartially examined, and the true cause of the continual encroachments of the French displayed, more especially the secret design of their late unwarrantable invasion and settlement upon the river Ohio. To which is annexed, an easy plan for restoring quiet in the public measures of that province, and defeating the ambitious views of the French in time to come. In a letter from a gentleman who has resided many years in Pennsylvania to his friend in London. The second edition. 8vo. pp. 45.

London. From the answer to this pamphlet it would appear that its author was "Parson Smith," probably the Rev. William Smith, author of Discourses, &c. 1759, assisted, according to a мs. note in a copy of the same work, by Dr. Franklin. See Monthly Review xii. p. 192, where several pages of extracts from it will be found.

15 AN ANSWER to an invidious pamphlet intituled A brief state of
the province of Pennsylvania. Wherein are exposed the
many false assertions of the author or authors, of the said
pamphlet, with a view to render the Quakers of Pennsylvania
and their government obnoxious to the British parliament and
ministry; and the several transactions, most grossly misrepre-
sented therein, set in their true light.
London.
pp. 80.

8vo.
Written, according to a мs. note on the title, by Mr. Cross, a Counsellor, a
long time resident in North America." In the 66
Brief View," 1756, this
answer is "said to be the production of one + formerly an attorney's clerk,
who was convicted of forgery, sentenced to be hanged, but after some time
obtained the favour of transportation; and did us the honour to take up his
residence in this province," &c.

1755. 16 GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, philosophical, and mechanical essays. The first, containing an analysis of a general map of the middle British colonies in America, and of the country of the confederate Indians; a description of the face of the country; the boundaries of the confederates; and the maritime and inland navigations of the several rivers and lakes contained therein. By Lewis Evans.

edition.

Quarto, pp. 32.

The second Philadelphia.

Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall. A second part was published in 1756. 17 A TREATISE upon husbandry or planting. By William Belgrove, a regular bred and long experienced planter, of the island of Barbadoes. And may be of great use to the planters of all the West India Islands. D. Fowle, Boston, N.E.

Small 4to. pp. 86.

18 A PHILOSOPHICAL and practical essay on the gold and silver
mines of Mexico and Peru: containing the nature of the ore,
and the manner of working the mines; the qualities and use
of quicksilver; the cleansing and refining these metals, &c.
Translated from a letter wrote in Spanish by Father James
Hernandez, of the society of Jesus, employed by his Catholic
Majesty to write the natural history of the West Indies.
8vo. pp. 86.

London.

19 A MAP OF THE BRITISH and French dominions in North America, by John Mitchell. Engraved by Kitchen. Pub. Feb. 13, 1755.

Atlas Folio, 8 sheets.

20 *A POCKET MIRROR for North America.

12mo.

In the British Museum.

London.

(London?)

21 A SUMMARY, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North America, &c. By William Douglass, M.D. 8vo. 2 vols.

London.

An exact reprint of the Boston edition of 1749. Some copies have the date of 1760.

London.

22 THE MEMORIALS of the English and French commissaries con-
cerning the limits of Nova Scotia or Acadia.
Quarto.

23 THE MEMORIALS of the English and French commissaries con- 1755. cerning St. Lucia.

Quarto.

London.

By the titles, these two articles would appear to be distinct works, but they are distinguished at the bottom of the pages as volumes one and two. Prefixed to the first is the following

"ADVERTISEMENT. Some of the memorials which have been respectively delivered by the English and French commissaries, concerning the limits of Acadia or Nova Scotia, and the right to St. Lucia, having been printed at Paris, it has been thought necessary to print at London this edition of ALL the memorials upon these points, in the same form in which they were delivered."

24 MEMOIRES des commissaires du Roi et de ceux de sa Majesté Britannique, sur les possessions et les droits respectifs des deux couronnes en Amérique; avec les actes publics et piéces justificatives. Tome premier, contenant les memoires sur l'Acadie et sur l'Isle de Sainte Lucie.

Tome second, contenant les traités et actes publics concernant l'Amerique en général, et les pièces justificatives des memoires sur les limites de l'Acadie.

Tome troisiéme contenant les pièces justificatives concernant la propriété de l'isle de Sainte Lucie.

Tome quatrième, contenant les derniers mémoires

sur l'Acadie, et un mémoire des commissaires du Roi sur l'isle de Tobago.

Quarto, 4 vols.

Paris.

The fourth volume was printed in 1757, and is seldom found with the other three. The Rev. Dr. Holmes, in the second edition of his Annals of America, the most perfect work of the kind ever published, calls this "an invaluable collection of official papers and documents."

The authors of these memoirs were M. M. de Silhouette, de la Galissonière, and particularly the Abbé de la Ville, an ex-jesuit. Barbier. An edition, in 8 vols. 12mo. was printed in 1756.

25 *MEMOIRES DES COMMISSAIRE de sa majesté très Chretiennes et de ceux de sa majesté Britannique, sur les possessions et les droits respectifs des deux couronnes en Amerique, &c. 12mo. 2 vols.

Probably taken from No. 24.

Copenhague.

26 *DISCUSSION SOMMAIRE sur les anciences limites de l'Acadie.

12mo.

Basle.

Written by M. Pidansat de Mairobert. It gave offence to the English commissaries, who published an answer to it in 1756.

1755. 27 *LA CONDUITE DES FRANÇOIS par rapport à la Nouvelle Ecosse. Traduit de l'Anglois, avec des notes d'un François. 12mo.

Londres.

This appears to be a translation of No. 4 of 1754. Barbier says that the
original was by Jefferys, and that the notes were written by Butel-Du-
mont, author of the following article:

28 HISTOIRE ET COMMERCE des colonies Angloises dans l'Amerique
septentrionale, où l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur productions
et des details curieux sur la constitution de leur gouverne-
ment, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle Angleterre, de
la Caroline et de la Georgie.
à Londres. (Paris.)

12mo.

By George Marie Butel-Dumont, author of Memoires sur la Louisiane, 1753, &c.

*

29 MEMOIRES POUR LA CARTE intitulée Canada, Louisiane, et les terres Anglaises. Par J. B. Bourguignon d'Anville. Quarto, pp. 26. Map.

Paris. 30 REMARQUES SUR LA CARTE de l'Amerique septentrionale comprise entre le 28o et le 72o degré de latitude avec une description geographique de ces parties. Par M. Bellin, &c. Quarto, pp. 131.

Paris.

31 REAL COMPAÑIA DE COMERCIO para las Islas de Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico y la Margarita, que se ha dignado S. M. conceder con diez registros para Honduras, y provincias de Guathemala al comercio de la ciudad de Barcelona, y su establecimiento en la misma, &c.

8vo. pp. 33.

Madrid.

32 RAZON DE LO ACAECIDO en la ciudad de San Francisco de Quito el dio 29 de Avril de 1755, hasta el dos de Mayo inclusive.

Small 4to. pp. 4.

Sevilla.

33 HERNANDIA. Triunfos de la Fé, y gloria de las armas Españolas. Poema heroyco. Conquista de Mexico, Cabeza del Imperio Septentrional de la Nueva-España. Proezas de Hernan Cortes, catolicos blasones militares, y Grandezas del Nuevo Mundo, &c. Por Don Francisco Ruiz de Leon: hijo de la Nueva España.

Small 4to.

Madrid.

3

34 REPRESENTACION À S. M. C. D. FERNANDO VI. por el D. D. 1755. Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque arzobispo de la ciudad de la Plata en los Reynos del Peru en solicitud de las providencias mas proporcionadas y convenientes à la salud espiritual de los Indios y para que sus Parrocos sean tratados, con el honor y respeto que conviene, &c. (Madrid?)

Folio.

35 MANUAL COMPENDIO de el Real patronato Indiano, para su mas facil uso en las materias conducentes à la practica; dedicado al Rey. N. S. D. Fernando VI. el amado. Por Don Antonio Joachin de Ribadeneyra y Barrientos; abogado de Mexico.

Small folio.

Madrid.

36 BIBLIOTHECA MEXICANA, sive eruditorum historia virorum qui in America Boreali nati, vel alibi geniti, in ipsam domicilio aut studiis asciti, quavis linguâ scripto aliquid tradiderunt. Eorum præsertim qui pro fide catholicâ et pietate amplianda fovendaque, egregie factis et quibusvis scriptis floruere editis aut ineditis. Tomus primus exhibens litteras A. B. C. A. D. Joanne Josepho de Ecuiara et Eguren, Mexicano, electe Episcopo jucatenensis, &c. Mexici.

Folio.

"Ex nova typographia in ædibus authoris editioni ejusdem bibliotheca destinata." It is unfortunate that no more of this important work was published. It is probable that not many copies were printed of this volume, as it is not often met with.

37 PLANTARUM AMERICARUM: Fascic. X. Continens plantas quas olim Carolus Plumierius, botanicorum princeps detexit, eruitque, atque in Insulis Antillis ipse depinxit. Has primum in lucem edidit, concinnis descriptionibus et observationibus. Eneisque tabulis illustravit Joannes Burmannus, M. D. &c. Folio. pp. 262. 262 plates. Amsterdam.

"These plates are executed with tolerable, but by no means infallible accuracy, being far inferior in neatness and correctness to what Plumier himself published. The well-meaning editor has overloaded the book with descriptions of his own, necessarily made from the figures, and therefore entirely superfluous. They are indeed not unfrequently founded in misapprehension; nor has he been very happy in the adaptation of his materials to Linnæan names and principles." Sir J. E. Smith.