History of the Revenue for account of the expenses of the Long Parliament -Gumble's Life of Monk-Trial of the Regicides, short, and by all means to be read.

CHARLES II.

HARRIS's Lives (all these Lives by Harris, full of information and historical research)-Neal's History of the Puritans-4, 5, 6, 7 chapters of the second part, 2nd vol.-Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy-part of Clarendon's Life -Burnet's History of his own Times-Macpherson's Original Papers, and Dalrymple's Memoirs, vol. 2.

CHARLES II. AND THE EXCLUSIONISTS.

ANDREW MARVEL's Account of Bribery, &c. given in Cobbett-Ralph's History (most minute and complete) always to be consulted for Charles II. and James-Kennett's ditto (mentioned as containing the King's Declaration or Appeal to the People)-Sir W. Jones's Reply given in Cobbett.

CHARLES II.

MEMOIRS of C. de Grammont-Dryden's Political Poems-Absalom and Achitophel, &c.-Hudibras-Grey's Notes-Sermons and Public Papers of the Presbyterians-Laing's History of Scotland.

REVOLUTION.

Fox's History-Macpherson and Dalrymple.

1st part of the general subject, James's attack on the constitution and liberties of the country.

2nd Part-Resistance made to him at home.

3rd Part-Ditto from abroad-8th chapter of Somerville's History-for William's enterprise, Burnett's Memoirs-2nd Earl of Clarendon s Diary, from p. 41-Sir J. Reresby's Memoirs-Conference between the Houses, given in Cobbett-Somerville's History of William, &c.-Ralph—D'Oyly's Life of Sancroft.

REIGN OF WILLIAM.

Ralph-Burnet

SOMERVILLE-Belsham - Tindal - Cobbett, 5th vol.— Macpherson and Dalrymple—p. 331, vol. 9, Statutes, 8vo. edit. for Triennial Bill-Blackstone, chap. 2, vol. 4, for the liberty of the press-and 8th vol. of Statutes-13 and 14 Charles II. chap. 33-Memoirs of the Duke de St. Simon, and 7th and 8th of Bolingbroke's Letters on History, for William's foreign politics.

AMERICA.-EAST AND WEST INDIES.

ROBERTSON-Preface, with 5, 6,7 chapters of the 1st vol. of Clavigero, and much of vol. 2, for Mexico-2nd vol. Churchill's Voyages, for Life of Columbus, by his son-Italian Collection of Ramusio, for original documents respecting America, &c.-Second letter of Cortez should be read. there is a Latin translation of 2nd and 3rd letter, very scarce-Bernal Diaz del Castillo should be read; it is translated by Keating-Robertson's India

-For Portuguese settlement, &c. in E. Indies, see 5th chap. of Russel, and first three sections of 8th vol. Modern Universal History-For Brazils, Harris's Voyages, last edit. in 1740, is always quoted, differing from first edi tions entirely-For Dutch, &c. 33rd chap. Modern Universal History, and 11th chap. Russel-For English, &c. Robertson's Posthumous Works, and first half of 1st vol. of Marshall's Life of Washington-Raynal, Historical part of-Burke's European Settlements to be read-Hakluyt and Purchas for first attempts of navigation, &c. very curious and instructive. The latter volumes of Purchas contain original documents of the first conquerors, most of Las Casas' Book, Mexican paintings, &c.

FRENCH HISTORY FROM HENRY IV. TO END

OF LOUIS XIV.

LIVES of Richelieu and Mazarin, by Aubrey-Ditto of Richelieu, by Le Clerc; but no good biographical account of those ministers-Many Memoirs with and without names. Amongst the best are these of Madame de Motteville-Montpensier-Cardinal de Retz-De Joly, son secrétaire-De la Rochefoucault-De la Fare-De Gourville-De la Fayette: out of those have been formed other works, not long, and always read-Esprit de la LigueL'Intrigue du Cabinet-Louis XIV. sa Cour et le Régent, by D'Anquetil, and L'Esprit du Fronde, an established work, not by D'Anquetil, as had been supposed.

But for the times of Richelieu and Mazarin see the chapters that relate to them in Russel, with those in the Modern Universal History, which will be sufficient when added to those in Voltaire, 175, 176 of his Esprit des Mœurs, &c. with the Abbé de Mably, but L'Intrigue du Cabinet also may be added -for Louis XIV. the great work is Mémoires du Duc de St. Simon, published complete since the Revolution-Louis XIV. sa Cour et le Régent, should be read, and the Mémoires de Duclos, with Voltaire's Louis XIV. Le Vassor is a work read and quoted in England, and may be consulted where the Huguenots are concerned-Edict of Nantz-part 22nd and 23rd chapters-Edicts, &c. at the end of the 5th vol. should be looked at for Revocation of Edict of Nantz, &c.-Fénélon's Télémàque, parts of, for faults of Louis, and early appearance of present system of Political Economy-Lacretelle's late work-History of the Eighteenth Century, preparatory to his Précis of the late Revolution in France, a work well spoken of-Memoirs of Madame de Maintenon, by Beaumelle, though decried by Voltaire, still maintains its ground.

WILLIAM III.

SOMERVILLE-on the whole the best History of the reign we as yet have— Belsham will furnish proper topics of reflection, Tindal the detail, and Ralph even more than Tindal-Burnet must of course be read-Cobbett will supply the Debates. There are several important tracts in the Appendix to the 5th vol. of his Parliamentary History.-Macpherson and Dalrymple must be consulted. Some general conclusions in the 21st chapter of Somerville on Parties, &c. seem objectionable.

For foreign politics, see Memoirs of St. Simon-Burnet-Hardwicke Papers-7th and 8th of Lord Bolingbroke's Letters on History.

ANNE.

COXE's Austria-Eighth Letter of Bolingbroke-Torcy's Memoirs-Mably's Droit de l'Europe- some chapters in the 3rd vol. of St. Simon-Macpherson -Trial of Dr. Sacheverell.

For the Union with Scotland, see Defoe's History, a heavy 4to., a book published by Bruce, under the direction of the Duke of Portland, at the time of the Union with Ireland-Works of Fletcher of Saltoun.

Cobbett's Parliamentary History and Somerville's Account of the Union, will be the best to read, with the first hundred pages of the third volume of Millar on the English Constitution.

GEORGE I. AND II. SIR R. WALPOLE.

COXE's Life of Sir Robert, and his Life of Horace Lord Walpole-Bolingbroke's Letters-and Letter to Sir W. Wyndham-Horace Walpole against Bolingbroke-Parliamentary Debate.

Bolingbroke's Patriot King, and Dissertation on Parties, to be compared with Burke's Thoughts on the present Discontents. London Magazine and Gentleman's Magazine.

FRANCE-REGENCY OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS, &c. MEMOIRS of the Duc de St. Simon-last volume of D'Anquetil's Louis XIV. sa Cour et le Régent-Memoirs of Duclos-L'Histoire of Lacre telle -and for the Mississippi Scheme of Law, look at Stuart's Political Economy. There is a great work on Finance by Fourbonnois, where the subject is thoroughly considered and is made tolerably intelligible-Adam Smith refers to Du Verney-for South Sea Bubble, see Coxe's Sir R. Walpole-Stuart's Political Economy-Cobbett's Parliamentary History-Aislabie's Second Defence before the Lords-Report of the Address, &c.

KING OF PRUSSIA.

THIEBAULT-Edinburgh Review of that Work-Tower's Life of the King of Prussia. These will be sufficient for the general reader.

Mirabeau on the Prussian Monarchy; particularly the first vol. and last; read and criticise the general observations in other vols. of the work. Nothing of an historical nature in the Letters between him and Voltaire.

The King gives in his own works an account of his own Campaigns.Gillies' work is very indifferent.

FRANCE. LOUIS XV.

THE detail of the History of this Reign would be but the History of the King's Mistresses and their favourites.

The late work of Lacretelle-his Histoire de France pendant le XVIII. Siècle, will supply every information necessary for the general reader, and in a very agreeable manner.

The Financial Disputes and the Ecclesiastical Disputes, both making up the disputes between the Court and Parliaments, are the chief points: these disputes with the new opinions, uniting to produce the French Revolution.

The Foreign Politics may be gathered from Voltaire and Coxe's Austria in a general manner.

See also Duclos.

PELHAM ADMINISTRATION.

SCOTCH Rebellion in 1745-History of it, by Home, the book not thought equal to his fame, but it tells all that need now be known, and is in many places very interesting-Melcombe's Diary-Belsham.

GEORGE III.-OPENING OF THE REIGN.

ADOLFHUS-Belsham (neither without the other)-Melcombe's DiaryBurke's Thoughts on Present Discontents.

AMERICAN WAR.

SPEECHES in the two Houses-George Grenville-Pitt-Governor Pownall, &c. See Cobbett's Parliamentary History-Examination of Mr. PennDean Tucker's Tracts (the third particularly) and his "Cui Bono"Pamphlet by Robinson, brother to the Primate; Ditto, by Dr. Johnson, Taxation no Tyranny--Burke's Speeches-Dr. Ramsay's History of the American War-Annual Register-Paine's Common Sense-Paper to have been presented to the King in Burke's Works-Gibbon's Memoirs-Notices of the American Contest in his Letters, -Bentivoglio-Speeches in the Spanish Council on the subject of the Low Countries, by the Duke of Alva, &c.-Washington's Letters-Marshall's Life of Washington-Belsham and Adolphus (neither without the other)-Parts of the Works of Franklin, and of his Correspondence.-The great Magazine of Information is the Remembrancer, a work of 20 volumes, drawn up by Almon, an opposition bookseller at the time, and the Remembrancer therefore chiefly offers to the remembrance such speeches and documents as are unfavourable to the councils of Great Britain-Gordon, 4 thick 8vo. volumes, full of facts, and impartial, but with no other merit.-The Legal History of the Colonies may be found in Chalmers, a book which may be consulted, but cannot be read.- Stedman wrote a History of the American War, an actor in the scene, and a sensible man, but with ordinary views.

Many histories and many political subjects have been passed by, but they who would look for more, or would think it advisable to turn aside from the course here proposed, may consult the volumes of the Modern Universal History, and they will find, either in the text or the references, every historical information they can well require.

Catalogues of great Libraries (the Catalogue, for instance, of the Royal Institution in London) will give the Student an immediate view of all the valuable Books that refer to any particular subject of his inquiry.

Biography, though dealing too much in panegyric, is always more or less entertaining and instructive, often affording at the same time historical facts and traits of character, that are by no means without their importance, though they may have escaped the general historian; these may be also often found in the histories of countries.

Since this Syllabus was first drawn up, many Works have appeared, which should now find a place in it.

Hallam on the Middle Ages - Sismondi-Brodie-vols. of Lingard's History-more valuable editions of Clarendon and Burnet-entertaining and instructive Works by Miss Aikin and Lord J. Russell-a work on the times of Charles I. and the Republic, by Godwin-a valuable Selection of the State Trials, by Phillips-a most important work on the Constitutional History of this Country, by Hallam, &c.-A History of our own Revolution, by a French writer, Mazure, and a History of the Times of Charles I. by Guizot, a short History of Spain by Mrs. Calcott, a continuation of the Histories of Hume and Smollett, drawn up with diligence and ability by Mr. Hughes, of Cambridge, and valuable Publications by Coxe, Life of Marlborough, &c. and a History of Ferdinand and Isabella, by Prescott, the American historian.

On the subject of the French Revolution, the following Works have been recommended as a short Course.

Mignet-Thiers-Mad de Stael-Account of Revolution in Dodsley's Annual Register-Histoire de la Révolution Française, par deux Amis de la Liberté-To these may be now added, Sir Walter Scott's two first volumes of his Life of Napoleon.

MEMOIRS on the subject of the French Revolution, published by the Baudouin Frères at Paris. The following may now be particularly mentioned: -Memoirs by M. De Ferrieres-Mad. Roland-Bailly-Barbaroux-Sur les Journées de Septembre-Weber-Hué-Cléry-Louvet-DumouriezMemoirs and Annals of the French Revolution, by Bertrand de Moleville, &c.

The Speeches of Mirabeau should be looked at, and Necker's Works, for the earlier periods of the Revolution. There is a democratic Work by Bailleul, written in opposition to the Considerations of Mad. de Stael.-There is a Précis of the Revolution, begun by Rabaut de St. Etienne and continued by Lacretelle.

There is an useful work, Révue Chronologique de l'Histoire Français, from 1787 to 1818, by Montgaillard, now expanded by the same writer into a regular History.

There is a History by Toulongeon.