CLASS V.

BELLES LETTRES.

1.-Origin and Progress of Language and Letters-Arts of Writing and Printing-Literary History-Bibliography.

Accounts and Extracts of the Manuscripts in the Library of
the King of France, published under the Inspection of a
Committee of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris.
2 vols.
1789.
Account of Greek Manuscripts, chiefly Biblical, which had
been in the Possession of the late Professor Carlyle, the
greater Part of which is now deposited in the Archi-
episcopal Library at Lambeth Palace.
Catalogues of Public Libraries; including the Catalogue of
the Library of the late Duke of Roxburghe; Bibliotheca
Heberiana, in 4 Parts; 1834, &c. (Vide p. 506.) 15
vols.
1816-34.
Compendious View of Universal History and Literature, in a
Series of Tables, from the 5th Edition of the German of
G. G. Bredow, &c.; translated, with considerable Addi-
tions, by Major James Bell,
1824.
Dictionnaire Critique, Litteraire et Bibliographique, des
principaux Livres condamnés au Feu, supprimés ou
Censurés; précédé d'un Discours sur ces sortes D'Ouv-
rages; par G. Peignot. 2 tomes.

Paris, 1806.

F.86 0.

Essai Bibliographique sur les Editions des Elzevirs.

Paris, 1822.

2998 O.

Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe; by
J. C. L. Simonde de Sismondi. 4 vols.

1823.

2248 0.

trans

2220 0.

2221 0.

2576 O.

15

lated from the French of J. C. L. Simonde de Sismondi, with Notes; by Thomas Roscoe. 4 vols. 1823, 4. History of Roman Literature, from its earliest Period to the Augustan Age; by John Dunlop. 3 vols. 1823.

of Spanish and Portuguese Literature; translated from the German of Frederick Bouterweck; by Thomasina Ross. 2 vols.

1823.

of the Transmission of Ancient Books to Modern Times, or a concise Account of the Means by which the Genuineness and Authenticity of Ancient Historical Works are ascertained; with an Estimate of the comparative Value of the Evidence usually adduced in support of the Claims of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures; by Isaac Taylor. 1827. Illustrations of the Literary History of the 18th Century (vide p. 505); by John Nichols, F.S.A. Vols. 4, 5, and 6. 1822-31. Introduction to the History of Poetry in Scotland, from the Beginning of the 13th Century down to the present Time; together with a Conversation on Scottish Song, &c.; by Alexander Campbell.

1790 O. 13 to

890 Q.

1798.

2961 O.

2385 0.

Junius, Lord Chatham; and the Miscellaneous Letters
proved to be spurious; by John Swinden.
Coventry's Critical Enquiry into the Letters of Junius, with
Memoirs of Lord Viscount Sackville.

1833.

2316 O.

2401 0.

3150 0.

1825..

(see also on this subject works mentioned p. 119 of Cat.) Library Companion; or the young Man's Guide and the old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library; by the Rev. T. F. Dibdin, F.R.S. 2 vols. 1824. Life of Erasmus, with Historical Remarks on the State of Literature between the 10th and 16th Centuries; by Charles Butler, Esq. London Catalogue of Books, with their Sizes, Prices, and Publishers; containing the Books published in London, and those altered in Size or Price, since the Year 1814 to December 1834. 1835.

1825.

189 F.

877 Q.

3101 O.

119 O. 184

4 0.

37 0.

948 Q.

82 0.

66 0.

72 0.

74 0. 73 0.

84 0.

Printing Machine; or Companion to the Library, and Register of progressive Knowledge. 1834. Sabæan Researches, in a Series of Essays, addressed to distinguished Antiquarians; and including the Substance of a Course of Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, on the engraved Hieroglyphics of Chaldea, Egypt, and Canaan; by John Landseer. 1823. Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindoos, translated from the Original Sanscrit; by Horace Hayman Wilson, M.A., F.R.S., Member of the Royal Asiatic Society. 2 vols. 1835. Treatise on the Origin of Language; by J. G. Von Herder. 1827.

2.—Literary Journals—General Magazines-Annual Registers-Newspapers, &c.

Annual Register, from 1781 to 1821 inclusive (vide p. 509), continued to 1834.

(Continued.)

(Edinburgh), vide p. 509, from 1819 to 1825

inclusive. 7 vols.

Athenæum, Journal of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts, from January to December, 1834.

British Magazine; from its Commencement, March, 1832. (Continued.)

Edinburgh Journal of Science; from its Commencement, in 1824.

(Continued.)

Foreign Quarterly Review; from its Commencement, in 1827.

(Continued.)

Foreign Review; from its Commencement, in 1828, to 1830.
Frazer's Magazine; from its Commencement, in 1830.
(Continued.)

Herald of Peace; from vol. 4, 1825, to vol. 9, 1834.
(Continued.)

Hull Observer; from its Commencement, in 1834.*

Packet; from its second Commencement, in 1828. Journal of the Royal Institution; from its Commencement, in 1831.

(Continued.)

London Magazine, for 1824.

London University Magazine; from its Commencement, in 1829, to 1830.

Metropolitan Magazine; from its Commencement, in 1831. (Continued.)

North American Review, from Vol. 12 (New Series), 1825. (Continued.)

Oriental Quarterly Review, Vol. 1, 1820.

Quarterly Journal of Education; from its Commencement, in 1831.

(Continued.)

Quarterly Theological Review; for 1825, 26.

Tait's Magazine; from its Commencement, in April, 1832. (Continued.)

Temperance Magazine and Review; from its Commencement, March, 1832.

(Continued.)

United Service Journal; from Vol. 2nd, 1832.

81 0.

(Continued.)

64 0. 76 0.

Universal Review; for 1824 and 1825.

Westminster Review; from Vol. 14, 1831.

(Continued.)

860 Q.

927 Q.

3.-Dictionaries and Lexicons of various
Languages, &c.

An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are explained in the Order of their Natural Affinity, independent of Alphabetical Arrangement; by David Booth. 1822-24.

(To be completed in 12 Parts, 5 of which are published.) Dictionary of the English Language, intended to exhibit

1st, the Origin and Affinities of every English Word,
&c.;
2nd, the Orthography and Pronunciation of Words;
3rd, Accurate and discriminating Definitions of Techni-
cal and Scientific Terms, with numerous Authorities and
Illustrations, &c.; by Noah Webster. 2 vols.

New York, 1820. Dictionary (Etymological) of the Scottish Language (vide p. 516); a Supplement; by J. Jamieson. Vols. 3 and 4.

1825.

Universal Technological; or Familiar Explanation of the Terms used in all Arts and Sciences, containing Definitions drawn from the Original Writers; by Geo. Crabb, A.M. 2 vols.

1823.

-, New Universal Etymological English; containing not only Explanations of the Words in the English Language, and the different Senses in which they are used; with Authorities from the best Writers to support those which appear doubtful, but also their Etymologies from the Ancient and Modern Languages; by N. Bailey.

1832.

1764. Supplement to the Dictionaries of the English Language, particularly those of Dr. Johnson and Dr. Webster; by the late Rev. John Boucher. Thesaurus Græcæ Linguæ, &c. (vide p. 517); Vols. 3 to 10. The 9th Volume contains the Index, and Vol. 10 a Glossary. 1821-26.

Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus, Linguarum Veterum Septentrionalium; Auctore Georgio Hickesio, S.T.P. 3 vols. Oxoniæ, 1705. Universal Latin Lexicon of Facciolatus and Forcellinus: a new Edition, in which the Appendix of Cognolatus has been incorporated, the Italian Significations rendered into English, the Work of Tursellinus on the Particles of Latin Speech, Gerrard's Siglarium Romanum, and Gesner's Etymological Index are added; and the whole enriched with a copious Index; by James Bailey, A.M. 2 vols.

1.828..