the birth of our Saviour. Hence he proceeds to the sciences, under wich he ranks surgery, anatomy, botany, and pharmacy, which in our opinion, he ought to have placed under the arts. His next division of science consists of arithmetic, astronomy, geometry, mechanics, and geography. Mechanics he treats of after geometry, because to it they owe their perfection. For the same reason astronomy ought to be placed after geometry and mechanics. It is true, that to geometry they both owe their high aegree of perfection, but not their birth. The spade, the mattock, and balance were used, and many observations on the heavens made, before geometry came to be applied to discover the powers of the wedge and lever, or the distance and magnitude of the planets. To deep speculation, indeed, they owe their progress; but their discovery seems to be the result of accident, of necessity, and that sort of observation peculiar to the human intellect. Next follows the art of war, upon which M. Goguet has spent more pains in being explicit, than upon any of the former topics. Then he comes to the manners and customs of Asiatics and Europeans, without descending to the sub-distinctions of each particular nation; the whole historical part of this period concluding with critical remarks upon it. Having finished this barren disquisition, he proceeds to the second period, viz. from the death of Jacob to the establishment of monarchy among the Hebrews. This he has treated in the same order and method as the preceding. The third period contains a space of 560 years, that is, from the end of the former to the return of the Hebrews from captivity; to which are subjoined some curious extracts from Chinese writers, communicated to our author by the learned M. Hautes Rayes. These contain many valuable particulars concerning the history, manners, government, arts, and sciences of the ancient Chinese, to which M. Goguet has had frequent recourse in his history. As it would trespass on our plan to dwell minutely upon each of the above particulars, we must refer our readers to the author. Upon the whole, we will venture to say, that this work, with all its imperfections, has likewise its merit. The arrangement, harmony, and disposition of the several parts are nice and judicious. The style is concise, clear, and not inelegant, and if the reflections are not profound and labored, they are at least pertinent, and naturally rising from the subject. It is in every respect well calculated for such as would be scholars without the trouble of much reading, and think it sufficient "To catch the eel of science by the tail." THE END. INDEX. Abridgments, i. 553. Abuse of our enemies, on, i. 334. Actors, quarrels of ridiculed, ii. 326, Addison, i. 141, 155, ii. 20-his Let- ter from Italy,' i. 566. Adultery, ii. 80. Artificial miseries of some philosophers, Asem the Man-hater, an Eastern tale, Asia, treatment of females in, ii. 398. 'Adventures of a Strolling Player,' i. Asiatic employments, projects for in- 238. troducing them into the courts of Atterbury, Bishop, i. 154. Augustan Age of England, i. 149. 'Author's bedchamber,' description of Avarice, i. 439, ii. 293. Avaricious Miller, story of the, ii. 292. Bachelors, ii. 119. B. Bacon, Lord, ii. 426. Baker, Sir George; reply to an invita- Balzac, i. 544. Bangorian controversy, i. 128. Barbauld, Mrs., iii. 11, iv. 67, 143. 'Anti-Lucretius,' Cardinal de Polig- Barnard, Dean, iv. 111, 120, 121. nac's, review of, iv. 407. Antiquity, on the study of, iv. 419. Arbuthnot, iii. 384. Aristophanes, i. 288. Aristotle, i. 277, 286, 377, ii. 491. Arts made use of to appear learned, ii. Barrett's translation of Ovid's Epistles, Bayle, M., iii. 454. Bayly, Dr. Anselm, his Introduction |