1769. animal and vegetable systems of that country. Together with an account of the religion, manners, and customs of several tribes of its Indian inhabitants. Interspersed with a variety of literary and medical observations. In several letters from a gentleman of the medical faculty, during his residence in that country. 8vo. pp. 402. A London. very useful and entertaining work, written by Dr. Edward Bancroft. 7 THE HISTORY OF PARAGUAY: containing, among many other new, curious, and interesting particulars of that country, a full and authentic account of the establishments formed there by the Jesuits, &c. Written originally in French, by the celebrated Father Charlevoix. 8vo. 2 vols. London. An abridgment of Father Charlevoix' large work, printed in 1756. 8 A LETTER to the R. H. Horatio Walpole, esq.: written Jan. 9, 1750-1, by the R. R. Thomas Secker, LL.D., bishop of Oxford, concerning bishops in America. 8vo. London. "This letter is written in an easy, agreeable, and artful manner, with great appearance of moderation and candour." M. R. 9 PRIVATE LETTERS from an American, in England, to his friends in America. Small 8vo. London. "These letters are supposed to be written towards the end of the eighteenth (meaning apparently the nineteenth) century, by a young American, who is stimulated by curiosity to visit the country of his ancestors. The seat of government is transferred to America, and England is an almost deserted, depopulated nation," &c. M. R. The reviewer does not appear to relish the joke at all, and shows something of that sensitiveness which the reviewers of the present day accuse the Americans of having so much of. 10 THOUGHTS on the origin and nature of governments: occasioned by the late disputes between Great Britain and her American colonies. Written in the year 1766. 8vo. pp. 64. London. The writer of this pamphlet "resolves all right and law into power. As it is by no means to be wished that Britons or British Americans will ever subscribe to our author's ideas, he may stand a better chance by publishing his future thoughts on government at Morocco, under the emperor's imprimatur." M. R. 11 THE CASE of Great Britain and America, addressed to the King, 1769. and both Houses of Parliament. 8vo. pp. 43. London. "A well connected and clear state of our disputes with the colonies concerning taxation, reduced into a short compass; and one of the best tracts on the subject." M. R. 12 THE CONTROVERSY between Great Britain and her colonies reviewed; the several pleas of the colonies, in support of their right to all the liberties and privileges of British subjects, and to exemption from the legislative authority of parliament, stated and considered; and the nature of their connection with, and dependance on, Great Britain, shewn, upon the evidence of historical facts and authentic records. London. 8vo. pp. 207, lv. Written by William Knox, under secretary of state for American affairs. "A very close and shrewd examination of the charter, constitution, government, past conduct, and present pretensions of the British colonies; in which the author labors to demonstrate, from many acts of parliament never objected to, the entire sovereignty of parliament over all the colonies. It is therefore a performance deserving the mature consideration of both parties involved in the present unhappy contest; for, if the Americans have nothing satisfactory to offer to invalidate the positive evidences here brought in opposition to their claims of exemption from parliamentary authority, many will undoubtedly hesitate in opinion as to the real merits of their opposition." M. R. 13 OBSERVATIONS on the Review of the controversy between Great Britain and her colonies. London. 8vo. 14 REMARKS on the review of the controversy between Great Britain and her colonies. In which the errors of its author are exposed and the claims of the colonies vindicated, upon the evidence of historical facts and authentic records. To which is subjoined, a proposal for terminating the present unhappy disputes with the colonies; recovering their commerce; reconciliating their affection; securing their rights; and establishing their dependence on a just and permanent basis. Humbly submitted to the consideration of the British legislature. London. 8vo. By Dr. Edward Bancroft. The review of the American Controversy, 1769. (No. 12,) is here sharply and successfully attacked, by an able hand; who, attending to the obvious import of words in the charters of the principal colonies, and the general tenor of those transactions wherein they have been concerned, clearly proves them to be distinct dependencies, not included within the realm of England, but having constitutions framed after the same model." M. R. 15 A LETTER to the earl of Hillsborough, on the present situation of affairs in America. In which the arguments in favor of the colonies are placed in a new point of view, and their rights and privileges are incontestibly demonstrated on constitutional principles, supported by unanswerable arguments, drawn from their ancient original charters, and the circumstances attending their first settlement. Together with a serious and impartial consideration of the consequences which must necessarily result from the exercise of coercive measures, to compel them to a submission to the late acts of parliament. Also an appendix, in answer to a pamphlet, intitled The Constitutional Right of Great Britain to tax the colonies. 8vo. London. "Another very spirited advocate for the liberties of America." M. R. 16 THE RIGHTS OF THE COLONIES, and the extent of the legislative authority of Great Britain, briefly stated and considered. London. 8vo. 17 SHALL I GO TO WAR with my American brethren? A discourse 8vo. By the Rev. Dr. John Erskine, D.D. See 1776. London. 18 A VINDICATION of the British colonies. By James Otis, esq., of Boston. 8vo. London. First printed in Boston. "Soon after the news arrived in America of pass. ing the stamp act, Mr. Hopkins, governor of Rhode Island, wrote a small tract on that subject, (see No. 17, 1765.) He was answered by Mr. Howard, in a Letter to a gentleman at Halifax.' This tract now offered to the public is Mr. Otis's reply to that Halifax letter. We see in it the first leader in the American disputes declaring the universal opinion of the colonies against the authority of the British parliament." Adv. 19 AN INQUIRY into the rights of the British colonies; intended 1769. as an answer to "the Regulations lately made concerning the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them considered." In a letter to the author. By Richard Bland, of Virginia. 8vo. London. First printed at Williamsburg, Virginia. "Mr. Bland is by no means a bad advocate for his countrymen on the other side of the Atlantic." M. R. 20 THE TRUE CONSTITUTIONAL MEANS for putting an end to the disputes between Great Britain and the American colonies. London. 8vo. pp. 38. "The author's expedient for putting an end to the disputes with the colonies is, a tax upon all the lands possessed by British subjects in America, ad valorem of their rents, to be for ever rated by the imposition of the land-tax in Great Britain; so that the same act which imposes the one should impose the other, always in the same degree." M. R. 21 THE PRESENT STATE of liberty in Great Britain and her colonies. By an Englishman. 8vo. London. "A political catechism adapted to the present season, being the current detail of grievances and apprehensions, hashed into a dialogue." M. R. 22 A SHORT VIEW of the history of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, with respect to its original charter and constitution. 8vo. pp. 71. London. By Israel "The object of this history is to show that the colonists have no charter London. 23 LETTERS TO THE MINISTRY, from Gov. Bernard, Gen. Gage, 8vo. pp. 165. London. 1769. These two collections of letters were first printed in Boston. They commence in January, 1768, and reach to July, 1769. So that the two contain a complete view of the political contests and dissensions in the colony of Massachusetts Bay during that period. The copies were obtained and sent to Boston by William Bollan, at the time agent for the council of Massachusetts. "In our opinion, the gentlemen of the council have greatly the advantage over the governor and the general, with respect to the solidity and force of the arguments used by them, and have completely vindicated themselves from the charges brought against them by the officers of the crown, in their letters to Lord Hillsborough." M. R. 25 AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD; or a vindication of the town of Boston from many false and malicious aspersions contained in certain letters and memorials, written by Governor Bernard, General Gage, Commodore Hood, the commissioners of the American board of customs, and others, and by them respectively transmitted to the British ministry. Published by order of the town. 8vo. pp. 58. Boston. Reprinted in London in the following year. Copies of this book were ordered at a town meeting to be sent to Col. Isaac Barré, Governor Pownal, Doctor Franklin, William Bollan, Dennys de Berdt, and Alderman Trecothick. 26 OBSERVATIONS on several acts of Parliament passed in the 4th, 6th and 7th years of his present Majesty's reign; and also on the conduct of the officers of the customs since those acts were passed, and the board of commissioners appointed to reside in America. Published by the merchants of (Boston N. A.) Boston. 8vo. pp. 24. Reprinted in London in the following year. 27 A LETTER to the Right Honourable the Earl of H-b-h, H. M.'s S-y of S-te for the C-1-s, on the present situation of affairs in the island of Gr-n-da. 8vo. pp. 54. Wilkie. 28 JOURNAL HISTORIQUE d'un voyage fait aux Isles Malouïnes en 1763 et 1764, pour les reconnoitre, et y former un établissement; et de deux voyages au Détroit de Magellan, avec une relation sur les Patagons. Par Dom |