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1756.

This is set forth as a true history; and the bookseller asserts in a prefatory advertisement, that all which the Gazettes have published upon the subject is false." Southey's Brazil, iii. p. 474.

Paris.

18 HISTOIRE DU PARAGUAY. Par le P. Pierre François-Xavier
de Charlevoix, de la Compagnie de Jesus.
Quarto, 3 vols. maps.

An edition in six volumes 12mo. was printed in 1757. Translated into
German, and printed at Nuremberg in 1768, in two volumes 8vo. In
English, in 1769. In Latin, with notes and a supplement by Muriel, at
Venice, in 1779, in folio.

19 LA COLOMBIA DE, ou la Foi portée au Nouveau Monde. Poëme
par Madame Dubocage.

8vo.

Paris.

20 VOYAGE À LA MER DU SUD, fait par quelques officiers com-
mandant le vaisseau le Wager. Pour servir de suite au
voyage de Georges Anson. Traduit de l'Anglois.
Quarto.

Lyon.

This volume is composed, rather than translated, from the Journals of
Messrs. Bulkely and Cummins, London, 1743; of Alexander Campbell,
Dublin, 1747; Anonymous, London, 1751; and of Isaac Morris, Dublin,

1752.

21 HISTOIRE DES NAVIGATIONS aux Terres Australes; contenant
ce que
l'on sçait des mœurs et des productions des contrées
decouvertes jusqu'à ce jour; et où il est traité de l'utilité d'y
faire de plus amples découvertes, et des moyens d'y former
un etablissement.

Quarto, 2 vols.

Paris.

By the President M. Charles de Brosse, as is stated in the Privilege, at the
end of the work. Translated into German, with additions by J. C.
Adelung, and printed at Halle in 1767. For an English translation, see
Terra Australis Cognita, 1766.

22 REISE NACH PENNSYLVANIEN von 1750 bis 1754.

Von

Gottlieb Mittelberger.

8vo.

Stuttgard.

Meusel, iii. 1, 385. A work made up from this, and from Kalm, was pub

lished in French, at Paris, in 1768.

1757.

MDCCLVII.

1 A REVIEW OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS in North America, from the commencement of the French hostilities on the frontiers of Virginia, in 1753, to the surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756.

Quarto.

London.

"The author's chief design is to vindicate Governor Shirley, and asperse the characters of those who opposed his measures.” M. R. xvi. p. 524. 2 NORTH AMERICA; a descriptive poem, representing the voyage to America, a sketch of that beautiful country; with remarks upon the political humour and singular conduct of its inhabitants. To which are subjoined, notes critical and explanatory. London.

8vo.

3 THE CONTEST IN AMERICA between Great Britain and France, with its consequences and importance, giving an account of the views and designs of the French, with the interests of Great Britain, and the situation of the British and French colonies in all parts of America: in which a proper barrier between the two nations in North America is pointed out, with a method to prosecute the war, so as to obtain that necessary security for our colonies. By an impartial hand. 8vo. pp. 294. London.

The Monthly Review (vol. xvii. p. 172) allows, "notwithstanding an inequality of style, a want of method, and a disgusting iteration of the same observations, which betray too much haste, that this work abounds with truths, hitherto perhaps not generally attended to, and with observations and proposals that indicate the author's knowledge of the subject, though his hints may not always be practicable, and his ardent zeal for the interests of Britain, though it often betrays him into national partiality." Written by Dr. Mitchell.

4 *REMARKS UPON A LETTER published in the London Chronicle or Universal Evening Post, No. 115. Containing an enquiry into the causes of the failure of the late expedition against Cape Breton. In a letter to a Member of Parliament. London. 8vo.

M. R. xvii. p. 470.

1757. 5 *A LETTER to a Member of Parliament, on the importance of the American colonies, and the method of making them most useful to their mother country.

8vo.

London.

6 *PROPOSALS for uniting the English colonies on the continent of America, so as to enable them to act with force and vigour against their enemies. London.

8vo.

7 *A LETTER from a merchant of the city of London to the R—t H-ble W. P., esq., upon the affairs of North America and the West Indies; our American trade; the destination of our squadrons and convoys; new taxes, and the schemes proposed for raising the extraordinary supplies for the current year. 8vo. London.

The three foregoing from the M. R. xvi. p. 171—4. 8 THE CONDUCT of the late Ministry, or Memorial, containing a summary of facts, with their vouchers, in answer to the observations sent by the English ministry to the courts of Europe,

&c.

8vo.

London.

See "Mystery Revealed," 1759.
authority of the French government, in consequence of a piece sent by
direction of H. B. M. to most of the courts of Europe, entitled
vations on the Memorial of France."

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9 THE MILITARY HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN, for 1756, 1757. Containing a letter from an English officer at Canada, taken prisoner at Oswego; exhibiting the cruelty and infidelity of the French, and their savage Indians, in times of peace and war; shewing their superior advantages, and the only means of redress; and impartially delineating the present state of our colonies in America, with some hints for their future regulation. Also a journal of the siege of Oswego, and the articles of capitulation; with a particular table of their inhabitants, &c. London.

8vo.

"A collection of different papers, from different quarters; and very improperly entitled a History. However, as the materials have the appearance of authenticity, they may possibly be of use in future compilations; but certainly the public ought to be told what authority they come from." M. R. xvii. p. 375.

10 AN ENQUIRY concerning the trade, commerce, and policy of 1757. Jamaica, relative to the scarcity of money, and the causes and bad effects of such scarcity, peculiar to that island. With calculations of the annual amount of its inland commerce, &c. Quarto. St. Jago de la Vega.

Monthly Review, xix. p. 131.

11 AN ACCOUNT of the life of that ancient servant of Jesus Christ, John Richardson, giving a relation of many of his trials and exercises in his youth, and his services in the work of the Ministry, in England, Ireland, America, &c.

8vo. pp. 236.

London.

An enthusiast of the society of Friends, who pretended to be in direct com-
munication with the Almighty, but whose commands he could not answer
sometimes so fully as he should have done, because a violent humour fell
into one of his legs. He was in New England in the time of George
Keith (about the year 1700.)

12 THE HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK from the first
discovery to the year 1732. To which is annexed, a descrip-
tion of the country, with a short account of the inhabitants,
their trade, religious and political state, and the constitution.
of the courts of justice in that colony.-"Lo! swarming o'er
the new discovered world," &c. Thomson. By William Smith,
A.M.
Quarto.

London.

An edition in 8vo. was printed in 1776; and another in 1814, with a con-
tinuation. A French translation in 1767.

13 AN ACCOUNT OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA.
In six parts. 1. A short history of the discovery of that part
of the world. II. The manners and customs of the original
inhabitants. III. Of the Spanish settlements. IV. Of the
Portuguese. v. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish.
VI. Of
the English. Each part contains an accurate description of
the settlements in it, their extent, climate, productions, trade,
genius and disposition of their inhabitants; the interests of
the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements;
and their political and commercial views with regard to each
other.
Dodsley.

8vo. 2 vols.

Written by the celebrated Edmund Burke, and frequently reprinted; the last time in quarto in 1808.

1757. 14 NOTICIA DE LA CALIFORNIA, y de su conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo presente. Sacada de la historia manuscrita, formada en Mexico año de 1739, por el Padre Miguel Venegas, de la Compañia de Jesus; y de otras Noticias y relaciones antignas y modernas. Añadida de algunos mapas particulares y uno general de la America Septentrional, Asia Oriental, y Mar del sur intermedio, formados sobre las Memorias mas recientes, y exactas, que se publican juntamente. Small 4to. 3 vols.

Madrid.

The learned jesuit, father Andres Marcos Burriel, deserves all the credit that is due to this work, the manuscript of father Venegas having formed but a small part of the materials made use of. An English translation was printed in 1759. From this vicious and defective version, Meusel says, were made, one in Dutch, at Harlaem, in 1761; one in French, at Paris, in 1767; and one, in German, at Lemgow, in 1769.

MDCCLVIII.

1 AN ACCOUNT OF THE CUSTOMS AND MANNERS of the Micmakis and Maricheets savage nations, now dependent on the government of Cape Breton. From an original French Ms. letter, never published, written by a French abbot, who resided many years in quality of missionary amongst them. To which are annexed, several pieces relative to the savages, to Nova Scotia, and to North America in general. London.

8vo. pp. 146.

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2 *AN ACCURATE and authentic account of the taking of Cape
Breton, in the
year 1745.
Together with a computation of
the French fishery in that part of the world; both sent over
by Gen. Pepperell, who commanded in that expedition, in a
letter to his friend Captain Henry Stafford, &c. From
whence will appear the importance of that island, and the
danger we shall be in of losing our superiority at sea, should
it now again be restored to France.
London.
8vo.

Probably the same as the "Accurate Journal," &c. printed at Exon in 1747. 3 MEMOIRS of the principal transactions of the last war between the English and French in North America. From the commencement of it, in 1744, to the conclusion of the treaty at Aix la Chapelle. Containing in particular, an account of the

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