1780. and with Europe on the other, which would alone explain the resemblance of certain ancient civil and religious customs and traditions common to the two continents." Ginguénée, in the Biog. Univ. 40 STORIA ANTICA DEL MESSICO cavata da' migliori storici Spagnuoli, e da' manoscritti, e dalle pitture antiche degl' Indiani : divisa in dieci libri, e corredata di carte geografiche, e di varie figure e dissertazioni sulla terra, sugli animali, e sugli abitatori del Messico. Opera dell' Abate D. Francisco Saverio Clavigero. Cesena. Quarto, 4 vols. plates. Clavigero was born in Vera Cruz, and at the age of seventeen entered into the order of the Jesuits. When this order was banished from America, in 1767, he retired to Bologna, where he undertook this important work, which was received by the learned of Europe with great applause. It was translated into English by Cullen in 1787, and from English into German in 1789. A Spanish translation was printed in London in 1826. 41 SAGGIO DI STORIA AMERICANA ó sia storia naturale, civile, e sacra de regni e delle provincie Spagnuole di terra firma nell' America Meridionale descritta dall' Abate Filippo Salvadore Gilii e consecrata alla santità di N. S. Papa Pio sesto felicemente regnante. Roma. 8vo. 4 vols. Tomo I.-Della storia geografica e naturale della prova dell' Orinoco, 1780. III.-Della religione e delle lingue degli Orinochesi e di altri Ameri- IV. Stato presente di terra ferma, 1784. The author was one of the Jesuits banished from America, with the rest of 42 COMPENDIO DE LA YSTORIA GENERAL del origen, viajes y etc. Small 4to. This work consists merely of six plates, representing the ancient history of 1780. the Mexicans, with an engraved account at the bottom of each, of their emigrations, &c. A work of no sort of authority. 43 *BESCHREIBUNG DES POrtugiesischeN AMERIKA vom Pedro Cudena; ein Spanisches manuscript in der Wolfenbüttelschen bibliothek, herausgegeben vom Herrn Hofrath Lessing; Anmerkungen und Zusätzen begleitet von Christian Leiste. 8vo. Braunschweig. Pedro Cudena, a Spaniard, who resided several years in the Brazils, wrote, in 1634, an account of that country, which had not been published, and a copy having been found in the Wolfenbuttel library, it was printed, with a German translation and notes, by Leiste. It is said to be a curious and interesting work, and, although written so long ago, to contain new information respecting that part of America to which it relates. Biog. Univ. 44 SELECTARUM STIRPIUM AMERICANARUM HISTORIA, in qua ad Linnæanum systema determinatæ, descriptæque sistuntur plantæ illæ, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, S. Domingo, aliisque et in vicina continentis parte, observavit rariores, Nic. Jos. Jacquin; adjectis iconibus ab authoris archetypo pictis. Vienna. Large folio, pp. 137. This splendid work consists of 264 coloured drawings of plants, with printed descriptions. It is supposed that not more than twenty-five copies were executed; but it does not appear to be generally known that the whole of them were copied in a neat little work, published at Nuremberg in 1785, &c. (See No. 30, of that year.) MDCCLXXXI. 1 A GENERAL HISTORY of Connecticut, from its first settlement 8vo. Notwithstanding the author's declaration that he had "followed the line of truth freely, and unbiassed by partiality or prejudice," the Monthly Review pronounces his work destitute of every claim to impartiality, and 1781. " containing so many marks of party spleen and idle credulity, as to be altogether unworthy of the public attention." The author says, that "treachery is the staple commodity of the four New England provinces.” This book contains the wonderful account of the falls of the Upper Cobos, "where water is consolidated without frost, by pressure, by swiftness, between the pinching, sturdy rocks, to such a degree of induration, that no iron crow can be forced into it," &c. The author was Dr. Samuel A. Peters, a refugee. He resided in England from 1774 to 1805, when he returned to America, and died in New York in 1826, at the age of 90. 2 TRAVELS THROUGH THE INTERIOR PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768. By J. Carver, Esq. Illustrated with copper-plates coloured; the third edition. To which is added, some account of the Author, and a copious Index. London. 8vo. Dr. Lettsom purchased the impression of the third edition of this work, and added the life, and a copious index, which he also very honourably printed separately, "for the convenience of the purchasers of the first and second editions; on whom I was unwilling to raise an extraordinary tax for the third edition. J. C. Lettsom." 3 THE SIEGE of Penobscot by the Rebels, containing a journal of the proceedings of H. M.'s forces, &c. when besieged by the rebels, in July, 1779. By J. C., Volunteer. 8vo. Kearsley, The author is supposed to be Mr. John Calef, agent for the inhabitants of Penobscot, whose name is subscribed to the charts which illustrate the work. It contains a description of the country, as well as a journal of the unfortunate siege by the New England troops, under Brigadiergeneral Lovell. 4 THE AMERICAN WAR; a poem, in six books. In which the names of the officers who have distinguished themselves during the war are introduced. London. Said to be by Geo. Cockings. " Spirits of Sternhold, Hopkins, Prynne, Quarles, and Withers! withered indeed are your laurels! Here is a bard who hath eclipsed ye all," &c. Monthly Review, vol. 65, p. 469. 5 MISCELLANIES, by the Honourable Daines Barrington. Quarto. London. This volume contains the author's Tracts on the possibility of reaching the North Pole, first printed in 1775. An Essay, "Whether the Turkey was known before the discovery of America;" which the honourable gentleman decides in the affirmative. But the most interesting article in the volume is the Journal of a voyage in 1775, to explore the coast of 1781. 6 A GENERAL ACCOUNT of the calamities occasioned by the late 7. A HISTORY of Jamaica and Barbadoes, with an authentic account 8 AUTHENTIC Rebel papers seized at St. Eustatius, 1781. Quarto. Kearsley, The Monthly Reviewer doubts the authenticity of these papers. 9 AN HISTORICAL and political view of the present and ancient state of the colony of Surinam, in South America; with the settlements of Demerary and Issequibo. By a person who Nicoll, lived there ten years. 8vo. Translated from Dr. Philip Fermin's work, printed in 1778. No. 49. 10 PRINCIPLES of law and government; with an enquiry into the justice and policy of the present war, and the most effectual means of obtaining an honourable, permanent, and advantageous peace. Quarto. Murray, After an account of some of the opinions which have been held concerning the origin of society, the author proceeds to examine the question of the justice and policy of the war with America, in which he takes the part of the Americans. 11 OBSERVATIONS on the dysentery of the West new and successful manner of treating it. Mosely, surgeon, at Kingston, in Jamaica. 8vo. Indies; with a Reprinted, in London, for Becket. The author's mode of cure is by the most active sudorifics. 1781. 12 OBSERVATIONS on the diseases which appeared in the army on St. Lucia, in 1778 and 1779. To which are prefixed, remarks calculated to assist in ascertaining the causes, and in explaining the treatment of those diseases. With an appendix, containing a short address to military gentlemen, on the means of preserving health in the West Indies. 12mo. Dilly, The author signs himself "John Rollo, surgeon to the royal artillery now in the West Indies." 13 A BRIEF HISTORY of the late expedition against fort San Juan, so far as it relates to the diseases of the troops: together with some observations on climate, infection, and contagion; and several of the endemial complaints of the West Indies. Thomas Dancer, M.D., physician to the troops on that service. Quarto. By Jamaica. 14 A TRANSLATION of the Memorial to the Sovereigns of Europe, Stockdale, The original Memorial (see No. 7, 1780), by Gov. Pownall, was written in 15 THE PATRIOTIC MIRROR; or, the salvation of Great Britain in 8vo. A violent invective against the Opposition,-the diabolical congress,-the 16 A REPLY TO THE OBSERVATIONS of Lieut. Gen. Sir William 17 LETTERS from Cicero to Cataline the Second. With correc |
