BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA NOVA; OR, A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS I# VARIOUS LANGUAGES, RELATING TO AMERICA, PRINTED SINCE THE YEAR 1700. COMPILED PRINCIPALLY FROM THE WORKS THEMSELVES, BY O. RICH, MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTOHICAL SOCIETY ; OF THE ALBANY INSTITUTE J OF THE PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW ENGLAND LINNjEAN SOCIETIES HONORARY MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, &C. LONDON: O. RICH, 12, RED LION SQUARE. NEW YORK: HARPER AND BROTHERS, 82, CLIFF STREET. 1835. LONDON : PRINTED BY J. AND C. ADLAUP, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE. 250 Copies printed in all : For j>cilt m England, 100 To send to America. 150 BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA NOVA. PART I. 1701 to 1800. j, rt* H ^ NOTICE. CIRCUMSTANCES having 1 occurred which will interrupt for a while the continuation of this Work, it has been determined to publish that part of it which comprehends the whole of the last century by itself. With the continuation it is proposed to publish a Supple ment, which will contain an account of numerous Works belonging to the last century, which have been met with since these sheets were sent to press. A general Alphabetical Index will be given at the end of the Work. Mr. RICH will be happy to treat with any public Establishment for the whole of his Collection of Books relating to America, which contains many Works not to be found in any similar collection. 12, Red Lion Square ; December 1, 1834. JStbltofljcrti Americana A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA, Printed since the Year 1700. MDCCI. 1 A TWO YEARS JOURNAL in New York : and part of its territories 1701 in America. By C. W. A.M. . . London. ^^ 12mo. pp. 104. A very curious and uncommon little book; the author appears to have been an English minister, who went to New York with Gov* Andros in 1678. It commences with the following "address to the reader: " The materials of this Journal have laid bj me several years, expecting that some Landlooper or other in those parts would have done it more methodically ; but neither hearing nor reading of any such as yet, and I being taken off from the proper studies and offices of my function, for my unprofitableness, I concluded that when I could not do what I ought, I ought to do what I could, which I shall further endeavour in a second part : in the meanwhile, adieu." 2 A FULL ACCOUNT of the Proceedings in relation to Capt. Kidd. In two letters. Written by a person of quality to a kinsman of the Earl of Bellomont in Ireland. . London. Small 4to. pp. 52. Captain Kidd was employed by the Earl of Bellomont to go against the pirates which infested the coast of North America in 1696, but turned pirate himself. He was afterwards taken at Boston, sent to England, and hung with several others. There are many traditional stories of Kidd extant in New England, and a ballad, containing his last words and dying speech, commencing "My name was Captain Kidd, As I sail d, &c." was to be had of the pedlars in New England not many years ago. B 4 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1702. A very scarce work relating to the establishment of the Swedes in New Sweden, afterwards Pennsylvania. It is to be regretted that it has never been translated into any language more generally understood than the Swedish. In some American catalogues its author is erroneously called Holm. 5 *ACTS AND LAWS of his Majesty s colony of Connecticut, in Nei Folio. New England. ...... Boston. In the British Museum. MDCCIII. NEW VOYAGES TO NORTH AMERICA. Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent ; their customs, commerce, and way of navigation upon the lakes and rivers ; the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another ; with the reasons of the miscarriage of the former ; and the various adventures between the French and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A geographical description of Canada, and a natural history of the country, with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce. Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages, giving a full view of the religion and strange opinions of those people ; with an account of the author s retreat to Portugal and Denmark, and his remarks on those courts. To which is added, a Dictionary of the Algonkine language, which is generally spoken in North America. Illustrated with twenty- three maps and cuts. Written in French by the Baron Lahontanj Lord Lieutenant of the French colony at Placentia in Newfoundland, now in England. Done into English. In two volumes. A great part of which never printed in the original. . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. Reprinted in 1735. First printed in French in this year. Lahontan was a freethinker, and consequently had but little respect for the clergy ; it is not therefore to be wondered at that he was persecuted in France, and his work traduced. The character given of the author and of the work by the Jesuits has been adopted by later writers, who ought to have known better. A writer in the North American Review observes, that the Baron seems to have been an ardent and enterprisin " character with more wit than discretion, but that his accounts bear every mark of Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 5 authenticity, and are quite confirmed by cotemporary as well as subse- 1703. quent writers on the same country. The English edition having been ^^ translated under the inspection of the author, is probably more correct than the French editions. It contains also several additions published for the first time; particularly the celebrated dialogue "between the author and Adario, a noted man among the savages." 2 *THE PRESENT STATE of affairs in Carolina. By John Ash, Gent. Sent by several of the inhabitants of that colony, to deliver their representations thereof to, and seek redress from the Lords Proprietors of that province. Quarto. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 186. 3 A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND, &c. in the year 1699. Wherein are described, the Canary Islands, the isles of Mayo and St. Jago, the bay of All Saints, with the fort and town of Bahia in Brazil. Cape Salvadore. The winds on the Brazilian coast. Abrohlo shoals. A table of all the variations observed in this voyage. Occurrences near the Cape of Good Hope. The course to New Holland. Shark s Bay. The isles and coast, &c. of New Holland. Their inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, &c. Their harbours, soil, beasts, birds, fish, &c. trees, plants, fruits, &c. Illustrated with several maps and draughts; also divers birds, fishes and plants, not found in this part of the world, curiously engraven on copper-plates. Vol. 3. By Capt. William Dampier. . . . London. 8vo. The first volume was printed in 1697, the second in 1699. 4 NEW ENGLAND JUDGED by the Spirit of the Lord, &c. (see 1661.) In two parts. Formerly published by George Bishop, and now somewhat abbreviated. With an appendix, &c. 8vo. pp.498. London. The preface is signed Joseph Grove. At the end is the following work, with the date of 1702 : Truth and Innocency defended against Falsehood and Envy, &c. in answer to Cotton Mather s calumnies, &c. By John Whiting. pp. 212 and Index. 5 A COLLECTION of Voyages undertaken by the Dutch East-India Company for the improvement of trade and navigation. Con taining an account of several attempts to find out the N. E. passage, and their discoveries in the East Indies and the South 6 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1703. Seas. Together with an historical introduction, giving an account of the rise, establishment, and progress of that great body. Translated into English, and illustrated with several charts. London. 8vo. pp. 336. 6 NEWS FROM PENSILVANIA, or a brief narrative of several re markable passages in the government of the Quakers of that province, touching their proceedings in their pretended Court of justice, their way of trade and commerce ; with remarks and observations upon the whole. Published by the author of the Pilgrim s Progress (Francis Bugg.) London. 8vo. pp. 36. 7 NOUVEAUX VOYAGES de M. le Baron de Lahontan, dans 1 Ame- rique septentrionale, qui contiennent une relation des differens peuples qui y habitent ; la nature de leurGouvernement; leur commerce, leur coutumes, leur religion, et leur maniere de faire la guerre. L Interet des Francois et des Anglois dans le commerce qu ils font avec ces nations; 1 avantage que 1 Angleterre peut retirer dans ce pays, etant en guerre avec la France. Tome premier. Memoires de 1 Amerique septen trionale, ou la suite des voyages deM.leB.de Lahontan ; qui contiennent la description d une grande etendue de pays de ce Continent, 1 interet des Francois et des Anglois, leurs commerces, leurs navigations, les mosurs, et les coutumes des sauvages, &c. Avec un petit dictionnaire de la langue du pays. Le tout enrichi de cartes et de figures. Tome second. 12mo. 2 vols. First edition several times reprinted, and translated into German, Dutch, and English. See No. 1 of this year. 8 NOVA PLANTARUM Americanarum genera. Authore P. Carolo Plumier. ....... Paris. Quarto, 40 plates. 9 FILICETUM AMERICANUM, sen Filicum, Polypodiorum, Adian- torum, etc. in America nascentium icones. Authore P. Ca rolo Plumier. ..*... Paris. Folio. This volume consists of 222 plates, without any text, and comprises 50 plates of ferns contained in the Description des Ptantes de VAmerique, 1693, and the 172 plates of the Traite des Fougtres, 1705. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 ]0 POLITICA INDIANA, &c. (As in the edition of 1648.) 1703. Folio. Amberes. ^^ Printed in two columns, with a smaller type and on a larger page than the first edition ; with a portrait of Solorzano. MDCCIV. 1 THE HISTORY OF THE BUCANIERS of America ; from the first original down to this time ; written in several languages, and now collected into one volume. Containing i. The exploits and adventures of Le Grand, Lolonois, Bat the Portuguese, Sir Henry Morgan, &c. Written in Dutch by Jo. Esque- meling, and thence translated into Spanish, n. The dan gerous voyage and bold attempts of Capt. Earth. Sharp, Watlin, Sawkins, Coxon, and others, in the South Sea. Written by Basil Ringrose, Gent, who was a companion therein, and examined with the original journey. in. A Journal of a voyage into the South Sea by the freebooters of America, from 1684 to 1689. Written in French by the Sieur Raveneau de Lussan : never before in English. IV. A relation of a voyage of the Sieur de Montauban, captain of the freebooters in Guinea, in the year 1695, &c. The whole newly translated into English, and illustrated with 25 copper-plates. The third edition. . . , London. 8vo. This third edition of the history of the Bucaniers is somewhat different from the former editions ; for whereas the style before was loose and uncouth in divers parts thereof, the same is now rectified, and made more correct throughout the whole body of it." Preface. It has in addition the Journals of Lussan and Montauban, the former having been first printed in French in 1690. 2 A NEW VOYAGE and description of the Isthmus of America, &c. By Lionel Wafer. The second edition. To which are added, the natural history of those parts by a Fellow of the Royal Society : and Davis s Expedition to the Gold Mines in 1702. Illustrated with several copper-plates. . . London. 8vo, pp. 283. First printed in 1699. 3 A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS : SOHie HOW first printed from original manuscripts ; others translated out of foreign languages, and now first published in English. To 8 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 704. which are added, some few that have formerly appeared in Eng lish, but do now for their excellency and scarcenes deserve to be reprinted. With a general preface, giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning to the perfection it is now in, &c. The whole illustrated with a great number of useful maps and cuts, all engraven on copper. In four volumes. ...... London. Folio, 4 vols. This collection, generally known by the name of the publisher, Churchill, is to be found under the dates of 1732, 1744, 1752, &c. Two more volumes were published some years afterwards; and Osborne s Collection, printed in 1745, is generally added, to make the set complete. See 1732 and 1745. 4 HISTORIA de la conquista de Mexico por D. Antonio de Solis. Nueva edicion, enriquecida con diversas estampas, y aumen- tada con la vida del autor que escrivio D. Juan deGoyeneche. Folio. Brusselas. This edition is recommended by De Bure on account of the plates. MDCCV. 1 THE HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF VIRGINIA, in four parts. i. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the present time. 11. The natural productions and conveniences of the country, suited to trade and improvement. in. The native Indians, their religion, laws and customs, in war and peace, iv. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the im provements of the land. By a native and inhabitant of the place. . . London. 8vo. 15 plates. The frontispiece has " By R. B. gent." which is understood to stand for R. Beverley, and not Bird, as stated by Meusel. Reprinted in 1722. Translated into French in 1707. 2 JAMAICA VIEWED, &c. (First printed in 1661.) The third edition. By Captain Hickeringill. . . London. Small 4to. map. This tract is printed with several others by the same author, a very eccen tric writer, who, after having been an officer in the army, took orders and became a priest, " when he gave much offence to his brethren by his wild and often scurrilous attacks on the church, in a variety of pamphlets." Chalmers. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 9 3 *PARTY TYRANNY, or an occasional bill in miniature; as now 1705. practised in Carolina. Humbly offered to the consideration of both houses of Parliament. . . . London. Small 4to. pp. 30. Attributed to the celebrated Daniel De Foe. 4 *A PLAIN AND FRIENDLY PERSUASIVE to the inhabitants of Virginia and Maryland for promoting towns and cohabitation. By a Wellwisher to both Governments. . . London. Small 4to. pp. 16. 5 REASONS, by Capt. Le Wright, shewing why her Majesty ought to enter upon her propriety, now on the continent of America. Quarto, pp. 8. London. A project for a new settlement at Darien, in which the projector, referring to the failure of the Scots company, says, " we are now addressing to the English, between whom arid the Scots we allow no comparison in point of trade." 6 NAVIGANTIUM ATQUE ITINERANTIUM BIBLIOTHECA; or a com- pleat collection of voyages and travels : consisting of above 400 of the most authentic writers ; beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English ; Ramusio, in Italian : Thevenot, &c. in French; De Bry and Grynaei Novus Orbis, in Latin; the Dutch East-India company, in Dutch: and continued with others of note that have published histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, in the English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, or Dutch tongues ; relating to any part of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, to this present time. With the heads of several of our most considerable sea-commanders; and a great number of excel lent maps of all parts of the world, and cuts of most curious things in all the voyages. To which is prefixed, a history of the peopling of the several parts of the world, and particularly of America &c. By John Harris, A.M. . London. Folio, 2 vols. First edition, reprinted in 1744-8, with great alterations and additions. It appears to have been got up in competition with Churchill s Collection, but differs entirely from that work, being a history of all the known voyages and travels, whereas Churchill s is a collection of some particular relations and histories. 7 TRAITE DES FOUGERES de TAmerique. Par le R. P. Charles Plumier, Minime de la province de France, et Botaniste du Roy dans les Isles de 1 Amerique. . . . Paris. 10 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 170,5. Folio. 172 plates. Plumier s figures consist of little more than outlines, but being as large as nature, and well drawn by himself, produce a fine effect. Many hundred of his drawings remain still unpublished in the library of the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. Copies of many of these were obtained by the Earl of Bute, which afterwards passed into the hands of Sir Joseph Banks. Boerhaave had previously obtained copies of above 500, most of which were published by Burmann, in 1755-60. In 1824 the compiler of this work met with copies of about 500, very well executed, and a MS. volume of descriptions, which are now in the possession of A. B. Lambert, Esq. Vice President of the Linnrcan Society. 8 *THORMODI TORF^,I, historia Vinlandiee antiques seu partis Americse septentrionalis. .... Hafnice. Small 8vo. A rare book (republished in 1715,) showing that the northern nations had a knowledge of the American continent prior to the discoveries of Columbus. MDCCVI. 1 A JOURNAL or TRAVELS from New Hampshire to Caratuck, on the continent of North America, by George Keith, A.M. late Missionary from the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, and now rector of Edburton, in Sussex. Quarto, pp. 96. London. This work contains little more than an account of the sermons preached by the author at the different places through which he travelled. George Keith is the same person who some years before defended the Quakers against Increase and Cotton Mather, but afterwards turned against the Quakers himself, and became a Baptist. 2 AN ACCOUNT of the Society for propagating the Gospel in foreign parts, established by the royal charter of King William III. With their proceedings and success, and hopes of continual progress under the happy reign of Queen Anne. Quarto, pp. 97. London. 3 HISTOIRE DE LA DECouvERTE et de la conquete du Perou, traduite de 1 Espagnol d Augustin de Zarate par S, D. C. 12mo. 2 vols. Paris. Zarate s history of the discovery and conquest of Peru was first printed in Spanish at Antwerp in 1555, in small octavo, afterwards in 1577 at Seville, in folio, and in Barcia s Historiadores in 1749. It was translated into English by T. Nicholas, and printed in 1581, in small quarto, black letter. " Zarate s history, whether we attend to its matter or composition, is a Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 11 book of considerable merit, as he had opportunities to be well informed, 1706 and seems to have been inquisitive with respect to the manners arid ^^, transactions of the Peruvians ; great credit is due to his testimony." Robertson. MDCCVII. 1 A NEW DESCRIPTION of that fertile and pleasant province of Carolina : with a brief account of its discovery, settling, and the Government thereof to this time. With several remarkable passages of Divine Providence during my time. By John Archdale, late governour of the same. . . London. Quarto, p. 40. Gov. Archdale introduced the cultivation of rice into Carolina. 2 MEMORIAL of the present deplorable state of New England under Joseph Dudley, esq. .... Boston, N. E. Quarto. A copy in the British Museum. 3 A MODEST ENQUIRY into the grounds and occasions of a late pamphlet, intituled, A Memorial of the present deplorable state of New England. By a disinterested hand. London. Quarto, p. 30. Contains the foregoing memorial, and the defence of Gov. Dudley. 4* THE HUMBLE SUBMISSION of several kings, princes, generals, &c. to the crown of England, lately presented to Sir Nath. Johnson, the present governor of Carolina under her Majesty Queen Ann. London. Folio. In the British Museum. 5 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. Containing an account of Captain Dampier s expedition into the South Seas in the ship St. George, in the year 1703 and 1704. With his various adventures, engagements, &c. and a particular and exact description of several islands in the Atlantick Ocean, the Brazilian coast, the passage round Cape Horn, and the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico. Together with the author s voyage from Arnapalla, on the west coast of Mexico, to East India. His passing by three unknown islands, and through a new discovered streight near the coast of New Guinea. His arrival at Amboyna. With a large description of that and 12 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1707. other spice islands; as also of Batavia, the Cape of Good Hope, &c. their rivers, harbours, plants, animals, inhabitants, &c. With divers maps, draughts, figures, plants, and animals. By William Funnell, mate to Captain Dampier. . London. 8vo. " Funnell arrived in England before Captain Dampier, and seized on the opportunity to compose a relation of the voyage, a task for which he was ill qualified, and which he performed with disadvantage to the public. Funnell s narrative was published in 1707 by Knapton the bookseller, who being the publisher of three volumes of the vojages of Dampier, drawn up from his own manuscript journals, should have distinguished the difference, and not have obtruded Funnel s narrative into the same collection ; but he was tempted by the favourable reception of the former volumes. The public were thus punished with a fourth volume to Dampier s l~oyage& t which contains not a word of Dampier s writing, but much that he dis approved. Funnell s narrative must now be allowed to retain its rank as fourth volume of Dampier s f oyages, as no other authentic account of that voyage has appeared, or can be expected to appear. The volume, however, would be better naturalized if it were made to include the following work." 6 *CAPT. DAMPIER S VINDICATION of his voyage in the ship St. George ; with some small observations for the present on Mr. Funnell s chimerical relation. . . . London. In this vindication, which does not occupy more than a single sheet, Dam- pier points out several misrepresentations made by Funnell, and accuses him of having pirated from charts and papers with which he had been intrusted, but of which, Dampier says, he afterwards rendered a very slender account, pretending that some of them were lost." Burney. 1 *AN ANSWER TO CAPT. DAMPIER S Vindication of his voyage to the South Seas in the ship St. George ; with particular ob servations on his ungenerous, false, and barbarous usage to his ship s crew. By John Welbe, midshipman on board Capt. Dampier s ship. .... London. Quarto, pp. 8. 8 A VOYAGE TO THE ISLANDS Madeira, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, rep tiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefixed an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent and islands of Ame rica. Illustrated with the figures of the things described, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 13 which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates 1 707. as big as the life. By Hans Sloane, M.D., &c. In two ^^ volumes. " Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." Dan. xii. 4. . . . London. Folio, 2 vols. 276 plates. The second volume of this great and important work was not published until 1725. There are some copies with the plates coloured, but they are of great rarity, and bring high prices when offered for sale. 9 HISTOIRE DE LA VIRGINIE, contenant, i. L Histoire dti premier Entablissement dans la Virginie & de son Gouvernement jusques a present. n. Les productions naturelles & les commoditez du Pai s avant que les Anglois y negociassent & 1 ameliorassent. in. La Religion, les Loix, & les Coutumes ties Indiens naturels, tant dans la Guerre, que dans la Paix. iv. L Etat present du Pa is, tant a Fegard de la Police, que de 1 Amelioration du Pai s. Par un Auteur Natif & habitant du Pa is. Traduite de 1 Anglois. Enrichie de Figures. l*2mo. Amsterdam. A translation of No. 1 of 1705. 10 HISTOIRE DE LA CONQUETE des Isles Moluques par les Es- pagnoles, par les Portugais, & par les Hollandois. Traduite de I Espagnol d Argensola. . . . Amsterdam. 12mo. 3 vols. The original work was first printed at Madrid in 1609. Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens in 1708. 1 1 HISTOIRE UNIVERSELLE des Voyages faits par mer et par terre, dans 1 ancien et le nouveau monde. Par M. Duperrier, avec figures. ....... Paris. 12mo. An English translation appeared in 1708, republished with a new title in 1711. MCCVIII. 1 THE DEPLORABLE STATE of New England by reason of a covetous and treacherous Governour, and pusillanimous Counsellors. With a vindication of the Hon. Mr. Higginson, Mr. Mason, and several other gentlemen, from the scandalous and wicked accusation of the votes ordered by them to be published in their Boston News-letter, To which is added an account of 14 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1708. the shameful miscarriage of the late expedition against Port Royal. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 39. This pamphlet is said to he by the Rev. John Higginson of Salem, then aged 92 : but the dedication is signed A. H., probably Alex. Holmes, one of the petitioners. It is written with great warmth, and lays open the dis putes which existed between Governor Dudley and some leading cha racters in New England, who opposed his designs, which were to get rid of the charter, and make the government completely arbitrary. North Am. Rev. in. p. 305. 2 THE BRITISH EMPIRE in America ; containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress, and present state of all the British Colonies on the Continent and islands of America, &c. With curious maps of the several places, done from the newest surveys, by Herman Moll, Geographer. London. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. 800. The dedication to this work is signed by J. Oldmixon ; but it is often attri buted to Herman Moll, who prepared the maps, from his name appearing on the title. It was reprinted in 1741, with considerable additions. 3 *SOME PROPOSALS towards promoting the propagation of the Gospel in our American Plantations. Humbly offered in a letter to Mr. Nelson, &c. .... London. Quarto, pp. 30. Bib. Am. Prim. 4 A NEW COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, with Historical accounts of Discoveries and Conquests in all parts of the World. None of them ever before printed in English; being now first translated from the Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and other languages. Adorned with cuts. For the month of December, 1708. To be continued monthly. Quarto. London. Capt. John Stevens, translated most of the works in this collection, which generally goes under his name. It was published in numbers, and some copies were printed on fine large paper. This first volume contains : Argensola s Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco Islands. Lawson s New Voyage to Carolina. Cieza s Seventeen Years Travels in Peru. Each with separate title, index, &c. The second volume was published in 1710. 5 THE DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST of the Molucco and Philippine islands ; containing their history, ancient and modern, natu ral and political; their description, product, religion, govern- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 15 ment, laws, languages, customs, manners, habits, shape and 1708. inclinations of the natives. With an account of many other *~ adjacent islands, and several remarkable voyages through the streights of Magellan, and in other parts. Written in Spanish by Bartholomew Leonardo de Argensola, Chaplain to the Empress, and Rector of Villahermosa. Now translated into English, and illustrated with a map and several cuts. Small 4to. London. This is the first work in the preceding Collection, but being complete in itself, with title-page and index, is frequently found separate. 6 A GENERAL HISTORY of all Voyages and Travels throughout the Old and New World, from the first ages to this present time, illustrating both the Ancient and Modern Geography, &c. By Monsieur Du Perier. Made English from the Paris edition. Adorn d with cuts, ..... London. 8vo. pp. 364. 5 plates. Except the introduction of 36 pages, the whole of this volume relates to the early voyages of the Spaniards to America, taken from Oviedo and other Spanish authors. 7 THE SOT-WEED FACTOR : or a voyage to Maryland : a satyr. In which is described the Laws, Government, Courts and Con stitutions of the Country : and also the Buildings, Feasts, Frolicks, Entertainments and Drunken Humours of the In habitants of that part of America, In Burlesque verse. By Eben Cook, Gent. London. Quarto, pp. 21. 8 RELATION DU VOYAGE du Port Royal de 1 Acadie, on de la Nouvelle France, dans laquelle on voit un detail des divers mouvemens de la mer dans une traversee de long cours ; la description du pays, les occupations des Francois qui y sont etablis, les manieres des differentes nations sauvages, leurs superstitions et leurs chasses ; avec une dissertation exacte sur le Castor. Par M. Diereville embarque a la Rochelle dans le navire la Royale-Paix. Ensuite de la relation, on a ajoute le detail d un combat donne entre les Francois et les Acadiens, centre les Anglois. . Rouen. 12mo. 16 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1708- M. Diereville, at the request of M. Begon, wrote the whole of the relation of his voyage in verse, but his friends having represented to him that no credit would be given to it unless it was written in prose, all that they could obtain from him, was that he would intermix some prose with his verses. Some copies have a supplement of eight pages, containing an account of the unsuccessful attack made in 1707 by the people of New- England on Port Royal. MDCCIX. 1 A NEW VOYAGE TO CAROLINA ; containing the exact description and natural history of that Country : together with the present state thereof. And a Journal of a thousand miles, travel d thro several nations of Indians. Giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c. By John Lawson, Gent. Surveyor-General of North Carolina. . . London. Quarto, map and plate. First published in Steven s collection (1708, No. 4.) Republished separately with new titles, under the dates of 1714 and 1718. The plate of animals is found in very few copies. An American paper mentions a copy having been sold a few years ago in South Carolina for sixty dollars. 2 THE SEVENTEEN YEARS TRAVELS of Peter de Cieza, through the mighty kingdom of Peru, and the large provinces of Cartagena and Popayan in South America : from the city of Panama, on the Isthmus, to the frontiers of Chili. Now first translated from the Spanish, and illustrated with a map and several cuts. . . . , . . . . London. Small 4to. This work forms also a part of Steven s collection. 3 USEFUL TRANSACTIONS for the months of May, June, July, August and September, 1709. Containing a Voyage to the island of Cajamai in America. Giving a brief account of the natural varieties, inhabitants, and diseases of the country ; together with their cures after the method used by Jasper Van Slonenbergh, a learned member of the Royal Vertuosi of Great Britain, in the relation he has given of his voyages into those parts. Translated into English from the Dutch. 8vo. London. A humorous satire on Sir Hans Sloane s Voyage to Jamaica. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 17 4 HISTOIRE DE LA CONQUER de la Floride ou relation de ce qui 1709. s est passe dans la decouverte de ce pays, par Ferdinand de v -* v - Soto, composee en Espagnol par Tinea Garcilasso de la Vega, & traduite en Fran9ois par P. Richelet. . Paris. 12mo. This translation was first printed in 1670, and reprinted with the " Hiitoire des Incas" in 1737. See No. 6. 1723. 5 * JOURNAL de la campagne des Isles de 1 Amerique, qu a fait M. D***. Par G. D. T. . . Troyes. 12mo. According to Barbier, written by Gautier du Tronchoy. 6 *AUSFUHRLICHER BERiCHT von der beriihmten Landschaft Carolina, an tag gegeben von Kocherthalern. Frankfort. 8vo. Meusel, x. 2, p. 375. MDCCX. 1 *A LETTER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA ; giving an account of the soil, air, product, trade, government, laws, religion, people, military strength, &c. of that province. Together with the manner and necessary charges of settling a plantation there, and the annual profit it will produce. Written by a Swiss gentleman to his friend at Bern. . . London. Quarto, pp. 63. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 205. This letter appears to have been reprinted in 1718 and 1732. 2 *THE FOUR KINGS OF CANADA; being a succinct account of the four Indian princes lately arrived from North America. With a particular description of their country and remarkable re ligion, feasts, marriages, burials, remedies for their sick, cus toms, manners, constitution, habits, sports, war, peace, policy, hunting, fishing, &c London. 8vo. pp. 48. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 206. 3 A VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE : or a new collection of voyages and travels into all parts of the world. With the geography and history of every country. None of them ever before printed in English. To be published monthly. This for January, 1710, begins the entertaining travels of the Sieur Mouette in Fez and Morocco, during his eleven years captivity in those c 18 Bibiiotheca Americana Nova. 1710. parts. With a map of those countries byHermon Moll, geo- ~-~ grapher. ....... London. Quarto. This second volume of Stevens Collection (see 1708, No. 4,) contains: Mouette s Travels in Fez and Morocco ; Texeira s Travels from India to Italy by land ; Cauche s Voyage to Madagascar ; Tellez s Travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia. Only this last has a separate title. MDCCXI. 1 * JOURNAL of an expedition performed by the forces of our sovereign lady Anne, Queen, &c. under the command of the Hon. Francis Nicholson, general and commander in chief in the year 1710 for the reduction of Port-Royal in Nova Scotia, or any other place in those parts in America, then in posses sion of the French. ..... London. Quarto, pp. 24. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 211. 2 *A TRUE ACCOUNT of the voyage of the Nottingham galley of London, John Dean, commander, from the river Thames to New England, near which place she was cast away on Boon Island by the captain s obstinacy, who endeavoured to betray her to the French, or run her ashore ; with an account of the falsehoods in the captain s narrative, &c. The whole attested on oath by Christopher Langman, mate, Nicholas Mellen, boatswain, and George White, sailor in the said ship. 8vo. pp. 36. London. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 2 10. 3 A COMPLETE COLLECTION of voyages made into North and South America, in due order as they happen d, beginning from Christopher Columbus, and Americus Vespucius, and des cending to this present time, &c. By M. L Abbe Bellegarde of the Royal Academy. Translated from the French original printed at Paris. Adorn d with cuts. . . London. 8vo. Published in French at Paris in 1707, under the name of Du Perier. This is the same book as Du Perier s, printed in 1708, with a new title-page, in which the name of the Abbe Bellegarde is substituted for that of Du Perier. 4 A LETTER from an old Whig in town to a modern Whig in the country, upon the late expedition to Canada. London. Quarto, pp. 8. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 19 5 *A LETTER to a Member of Parliament on the settling a trade 1711. to the South Sea of America, dated 3d of May, 1711. With ^^ reasons to encourage a trade from Great Britain to the coun tries situate in the South Seas of America. London. 4to. pp. 14. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 212. 6 *A TRUE ACCOUNT of the design and advantages of the South Sea trade : with answers to all the objections raised against it; a list of the commodities proper for that trade ; and the progress of the subscription towards the South Sea Company. Svo. pp. 38. London. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 212. 7 A VIEW OF THE COASTS, Countries, and Islands within the limits of the South Sea Company. Containing an account of the discoveries, settlements, progress, and present state, &c. of the several places : viz. From the river Aranoco to Terra del Fuego, and from thence through the South Sea to the farthest bounds of the late Act of Parliament, &c. The whole col lected from the best authors, as well manuscripts as printed. Illustrated with a general map, and particular draughts of the most important places ; by Herman Moll, geographer. Svo. pp. 220. Map. London. Herman Moll was probably not the author of this book, but merely prepared the map which accompanies it. The book was no doubt got up by some of the persons interested in the great and celebrated South Sea project. 8 *AusruiiRLiCHE BESCHREIBUNG von der ungliicklichen Reise des jungsthin aus Teutschland nach Carolina und Pensylva- nien wandernden Pilgrim, dem ubelgegriindeten Kocher- thalerischen Bericht entgegen gesetzt. . Frankfort. Svo. An account of the journey of some pilgrims from Germany to Carolina and Pennsylvania. Meusel, x. 2, p. 375. MDCCXII. 1 A CRUISING VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD : first to the South Seas, thence to the East Indies, and homeward by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and finished in 1711. Con taining a journal of all the remarkable transactions, particu larly of the taking of Puna and Guiaquil, of the Acapulco ship, and other prizes ; an account of Alexander Selkirk s living alone four years and four months in an island ; and a c 2 20 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1712. brief description of several countries in our course noted for v ~^- trade, especially in the South Sea. With maps of all the coast, from the best Spanish manuscript draughts, and an introduction relating to the South Sea trade. By Captain Woodes Rogers, commander-in-chief on this expedition, with the ships Duke and Duchess, of Bristol. . . London. 8vo. This and the following are the relation of the same voyage. 2 A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, and round the world, performed in the years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711. Containing a jour nal of all the memorable transactions during the said voyage; the winds, currents, and variation of the compass; the taking of the towns of Puna and Guayquil, and several prizes, one of which a rich Acapulco ship. A description of the American coasts, from Terra del Fuego in the South to California in the North, (from the Coasting Pilot, a Spanish manuscript.) An historical account of all those countries from the best authors. With a new map and description of the mighty river of the Amazons. Wherein an account is given of Mr. Alex ander Selkirk, his manner of living and taming some wild beasts during the four years and four months he lived upon the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandes. Illustrated with cuts and maps. By Capt. Edward Cooke. . London. 8vo. Edward Cooke was second captain on board the Dutchess, the ship which accompanied the Duke, both under Woodes Rogers, on a voyage round the world. Capt. Burney says that Cooke s journal and charts are infe rior to those published by Woodes Rogers. Dampier, who projected the expedition, and prevailed upon some able persons at Bristol to venture upon the undertaking, went as pilot in the Duke. 3 *AN ESSAY on the nature and methods of carrying on a trade to the South Sea. By Robert Allen. . . London. 8vo. Library of Harvard College. 4 *A LETTER to a friend in the country on the late expedition to Canada. ....... London. 8vo. In the British Museum. 5 *A LETTER from a West India merchant to a gentleman at Tun- bridge, concerning that part of the French proposals which relate to North America, and particularly to Newfoundland. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 21 With some thoughts on their offers about our trade to Spain 1712. and the West Indies, and an abstract of the Assiento. ^-^ 8vo. pp. 34. London, Bib. Am. Prim. p. 212. 6 *A LETTER to a noble Lord concerning the late expedition to Canada, (offering satisfaction in three points, i. Of what importance the conquest of that country would have been to the crown, and whether it would have answered the expense of the great armament that was made against it. u. Whe ther the expedition was well concerted ? And, lastly, if the ill success of it ought wholly to be charged on New England, as people here are made to believe.) . . London. 8vo. pp. 26. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 213. 7 ARTE DE NAVEGAR em que se ensinam as regras practicas, e o modo de cartear pela carta plana & reduzida, o modo de graduar a Balestilha por via de numeros & muitos problemas uteis a navega^ao ; & Roteiro das viagens e costas maritimas de Guine, Angola, Brasil, Indias, & Ilhas occidentaes & ori- entaes agora novamente emendado & acrescentadas muitas derrotas novas. Por Manoel Pimentel. Cosmographo rnor do Reyno, &c. ...... Lisboa. Folio, pp. 576. Plans, &c. An important work on navigation, of which about a hundred pages are occupied with a description of the coasts of America. First printed in 1699, and reprinted in 1746. MDCCXITI. I BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANS PRIMORDIA. An attempt towards laying the foundation of an American library, in several books, papers, and writings, humbly given to the society for propaga tion of the gospel in foreign parts, for the perpetual use and benefit of their members, their missionaries, friends, correspon dents, and others concerned in the good design of planting and promoting Christianity within her Majesty s colonies and plan tations in the West Indies. By a member of the said society. Quarto. London. This, as far as it goes, is the best catalogue of books relating to America extant ; the titles being copied at full length with the greatest exactness together with the name of the printer, and the number of pages in each volume. It unfortunately contains only the books given to the Society for propagating the gospel in foreign parts by White Kennett, Bishop of C 3 22 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1713. Peterborough, and a few others, many of them not relating to America. It is, however, rich in English tracts relating to New England. The catalogue was drawn up bj Bishop Kennett, but the very complete index, which occupies nearly half the volume, was formed by the Rev. Robert Watts. Dr. Dibdin states that this work was reprinted in 1791, but this is a mistake, the Bibliotheca Americana of that date being a distinct work, in which the titles of many books are so carelessly abridged that it is difficult to make out what is intended. 2 JOURNAL HISTORIQUE du dernier voyage que feu M. de la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver I embouchure et le cours de la riviere de Missicipi, nommee a present la riviere desaint Louis, qui traverse la Louisiane. Ou Ton voit 1 histoire tragique de sa mort, et plusieurs choses curieuses du Nouveau Monde. Par M. Joutel, Tun des compagnons de ce voyage : redige et mis en ordre par M. de Michel. . . Paris. 12mo. This voyage was commenced in 1684. La Sale was assassinated by some of his companions, the 19th March, 1687. Translated into English the fol lowing year. MDCCXIV. 1 A JOURNAL of the last voyage perform d by Monsr. de la Sale to the Gulph of Mexico, to find out the mouth of the Missisippi river; containing an account of the settlements he endeavour d to make on the coast of the aforesaid bay, his unfortunate death, and the travels of his companions for the space of eight hundred leagues across that inland country of America, now call d Louisiana (and given by the king of France to M. Crozat,) till they came into Canada. Written in French by Monsieur Joutel, a commander in that expedition ; and trans lated from the edition just published at Paris. With an exact map of that vast country, and a copy of the letters patent granted by the king of France to Mr. Crozat. . London. 8vo. Charlevoix speaks highly of Joutel, and of the services he rendered to M. de la Sale, in his unfortunate expedition. He says that Joutel had complained to him, that when the work was prepared for the press, some alterations were made by the editor, (M. Michel.) This translation was republished, with a new title in 1719. 2 THE LAWS of the province of Pennsylvania, collected into one volume. ...... Philadelphia. Folio. British Museum, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 23 3 JOURNAL DES OBSERVATIONS physiques, mathematiques, et 1714. botaniques, faites par 1 ordre du roi sur les cotes orientates de ^^ 1 Amerique Meridionale et dans les Indes Occidentales, depuis 1 annee 1707 jusques en 1712 Par le R. P. Louis Feuillee. Quarto. 3 vols. Paris. The third volume was printed in 1725. " This work is not elegant in style, but valuable for solid information upon all the subjects announced in its title, with various incidental matter besides. What relates to Peru makes a principal part of these volumes. The botanical part, comprising 100 plates, was republished at Nuremberg, with a German translation of the text, in 1756-7." Chalmers. 4 *DE VERO NOVI ORBIS in ventore dissertatio historico-critica. Auctore Jo. Frid. Stiiven Franco/. 8vo. Meusel, in. 1. 264. A copy is in the library of Harvard College. MDCCXV. 1 *MEMOIRS OF DARIEN, giving a short description of that country, with an account of the attempts of the company of Scotland to settle a Colony in that place, and a relation of some of the many tragical disasters that did attend that design. By the Rev. Francis Borland. .... Edinburgh. 8vo. 2 COLUMBUS, carmen epicum eminent, et rev. principi Benedicto pamphilio dicatum authore Ubertino Carrara Societatis Jesu. 8vo. p. 299. Romce. 3 RECUEIL DE VOYAGES AU NORD, contenant divers memoires tres utiles au commerce et a la navigation. . Amsterdam. 12mo. 9 vols. Maps and plates. This collection, made apparently by Jean Frederic Bernard, a bookseller, of Amsterdam, was commenced in this year, and continued at irregular inter vals down to 1737. The principal contents of the volumes are as follows : Vol. I. 1715. Instructions pour voyager utilement. Relation de 1 Islande, par la Peyrere. Relation du Greenland, par le meme. II. 1715. Journal d un voyage au Spitzberguen, &c. par Frederic Martens, Description de Spitzberguen. Journal du Capitaine Jean Wood au Nord-Est. III. 1715. Relation de Terre-Neuve, traduite de 1 Anglois de White. Relations du Japon et de la Tartarie. Lettres de M. Delile touchant le Mississipi et la Californie, &c. IV. 1718. Relations de Coree, &c. Voyage de Jenkinson. Les deux voyages de J. H. de Linschoten. V. 1724. Relation, de la LOUISIANE par un officier de la marine. Relation 24 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1715. de ^ a LOUISIAXE, etc. par Tonti Voyage en un pays plus grand que ^^, PEurope, par le P. Hennepin. Voyages ile Gosnol, Fringe, et Gilbert, a la Firginie, en 1602 et 1603. Relation de la BAYE de HUDSON, par M. Jerernie. Les trois navigations de Martin Frobisher. VI. 1723. De la conquete de la Chine par les Tartares (par Palafox.) VII. 1725. Relations de la Chine, des Tartares, de la Colchide, &c. VIII. 1727. Voyage de Moscou a la Chine, par Evert Isbrands Ides. Nego- ciations duSieur Lange a la Chine. Maurs et usages des Ostiackes, par Muller. IX. 1737. Relation des NATCHEZ, par le P. Lepetit, missionaire. Raisons de la Grande Bretagne d avoir forme une colonie dans la GEORGIE : traduit de 1 Anglois du Chev. Benj. Martin. Decouverte d un pays plus grand que PEurope dans L AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE (par le P. Hennepin. ) MDCCXVI. 1 A RELATION of Mr. R. M. s voyage to Buenos Ayres : and from thence by land to Potosi. Dedicated to the Honourable the Court of Directors of the South Sea Company. London. Small 8vo. pp. 117. This little work is merely a reprint of the translation published in 1698, of the Voyage du Sieur Accarrete d Buenos Ayres, in Thevenot s Collection, (see 1696,) without any acknowledgment of the source from whence it was taken. 2 *TfiE ENTERTAINING HISTORY of King Philip s War, which began in the month of June, 1675, as also of expeditions more lately made against the common enemy and Indian rebels, in the eastern parts of New England : with some account of the divine Providence towards Col. Benjamin Church. By Thomas Church, esq. his son. . Boston. 8vo. Reprinted at Newport in 1772, from which edition the above title is copied. 3 *ACTS AND LAWS passed in New England. . Boston. Folio. In the British Museum. 4 RELATION ABREGEE de ce que la Societe etablie eri Angleterre pour la propagation de 1 Evangile, a fait de plus remarquable dans les Colonies Angloises de 1 Amerique. depuis le 19 Fevrier 1714, jusqu au 18 du meme mois 1715, vieux stile. Traduite de 1 Anglois, et publiee par ordre de la societe. No place. Small 4to. pp. 39. 5 RELATION DU VOYAGE de la Mer du Sud aux cotes du Chily et du Perou, fait pendant les annees ! 712, 1713, et 1714, Pa r Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 25 M. Frezier, ingenieur ordinaire du Roy. Ouvrage enrichi de 1716. quantite de planches en taille douce. . . Paris. v-v * Quarto, pp. 298, plates 37. Republished 1732. Reprinted in 1717, in 2 vols. I2mo. at Amsterdam. Translated into English in 1717. EL COLON ; poema de D. Francisco de Moraes Vasconcelos y Botello. Madrid. Quarto. The foundation of this poem is the Nuevo Mundo of the same author, printed in 1701. A few cantos only were printed, and are sometimes met with, without title or preliminaries, and it is only from Barcia s edition of Pinelo (1737) that the time and place of publication are ascertained. MDCCXVII. A VOYAGE to the South Sea, and along the coasts of Chili and Peru, in the years 1712, 1713, and 1714. Particularly describing the genius and constitution of the inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards : their customs and manners ; their natural history, mines, commodities, traffic with Europe, &c. By Monsieur Frezier, engineer in ordinary to the French king. Illustrated with thirty-seven copper-cuts of the coasts, har bours, cities, plants, and other curiosities ; printed from the author s original plates inserted in the Paris edition. With a postscript by Dr. Edmund Ilalley : and an account of the settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuites in Paraguay. Quarto. London. The copies with the date of 1735 are this same edition with a new title-page. A DISCOURSE concerning the design d establishment of a new colony to the south of Carolina, in the most delightful country of the universe. By Sir Robert Montgomery, baronet. London. 8vo. pp. 30, and plan. Sir Robert Montgomery obtained a grant of all the land between the rivers Alatamaha and Savanna, now part of Georgia, which he called Azilia, and issued these proposals for settling it. See "A Description of the Golden Islands, 1720. AIITE DE LA LENGUA MsxiCANA, y breves platicas de los mys- terios de nuestra Santa Fe Catolica y otras para exortacion de su obligacion a los Indies. Por F. Francisco de Avila. Small 8vo. Mexico. MDCCXVIII. A NEW VOYAGE TO CAROLINA, &c. By John Lawson. London. Quarto. The same as the edition of 1709, with merely a new title-page. 26 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1718. 2 MEMOIRE presente a son altesse royale M. le Due d Orleans, ^~* regent du royaume de France : concernant la precieuse plante du Ginseng de Tartarie, decouverte en Canada, par le P. Joseph Francois Lafitau, de la compagnie de Jesus, missionaire des Iroquois du Sault Saint Louis. . Paris. 12mo. 3 RELATION de divers voyages faits dans 1 Afrique, dans FAme- rique, et aux Indes Occidentals, &c. Par le Sieur Dralse de Grandpierre. ....... Paris. 12mo. MDCCXIX. 1 MR. JOUTEL S JOURNAL of his voyage to Mexico: his travels eight hundred leagues through forty nations of Indians in Louisiana to Canada : his account of the great river Missasipi. To which is added a map of that country ; with a description of the great water-falls in the river Misouris. Translated from the French publish d at Paris. . . . London. 8vo. The edition of 1714 with a new title-page. 2 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the province of New- York, from 1691 to 1718. London. Folio. The first collection of the laws of New York was printed there by William Bradford in 1694, a second in 1710, and a third in 1719. The present, probably copied from the last, was, according to Trott, printed by order of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantation. 3 RELACION de la sorprecha hecha por los Franceses de la Movila en el Castillo de San Carlos, y punta de Siguenza ; y su restau- racion por las armas de S. M. el dia 7 de Agosto deste ano de 1719 Mexico- Small 4to. pp. 8. MDCCXX. 1 THE HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND, containing an impartial account of the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the country to the year of our Lord 1700. To which is added, the present state of New-England, with a new and accurate map of the country, and an appendix, containing their present charter, their eccle siastical discipline, and their municipal laws. In two volumes. By Daniel Neal. ...... London. 8vo. 2 vo/s. pp. 712, map. Blbliotheca Americana Nova. 27 Reprinted in 1747. Gov. Hutchinson says that this work is little more 1720. than an abridgment of Mather s Magnalia (1702.) Mr. Neal was an ^^, eminent dissenting minister in London, and author of the History of the Puritans. 2 AN T ACCOUN T T of the foundation and establishment of a design now on foot for a settlement on the Golden Islands, to the south of Port Royal, in Carolina. By authority of a royal charter ....... London. 4to. pp. 8. 3 A DESCRIPTION of the Golden Islands, with an account of the undertaking now on foot for making a settlement there : explaining, 1st, the nature of that design in general; 2dly, the measures already taken ; and, 3dly, those intended to be taken hereafter. ...... London. 8vo. pp. 45. Relates to the project of Sir Robert Montgomery. (See 1717.) 4 SOME CONSIDERATIONS on the consequences of the French set tling colonies on the Mississippi, with respect to the trade and safety of the English plantations in America and the West Indies. From a gentleman in America to his friend in London. ....... London. 8vo. map. Written in consequence of the establishment of the French Missisippi Company. 5 *A FULL AND IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT of the Company of Missis sippi, &c. French and English. . . . London. 8vo. 6 A COLLECTION of several pieces of Mr. John Locke, never before printed, or not extant in his works. Publish d by the author of the Life of the ever-memorable Mr. John Hales, &c. 8vo. London. This volume contains the "Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina." 7 A JOURNAL or full account of the late expedition to Canada. With an appendix, containing commissions, orders, instruc tions, letters, memorials, courts-martial, councils of war, &c. relating thereto By Sir Hovenden Walker, Kt. London. 8vo, pp. 304. Some copies of this same edition are without any date on the title-page. Sir Hovenden Walker was the naval commander of the great expedition 28 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1720. against Canada, which sailed from Boston, N. E. in the summer of 1711; but which proved a complete failure, owing, it was said, to the unskilful- ness of the pilots, by which eight ships and nearly a thousand men were lost in the river St. Lawrence. Great blame was attached to Sir Hoven- den, and he published this account in his own vindication. See Nichols Lit. Anec. I. p. 178. 8 RELATIONS de la Louisiane et du Fleuve Mississippi. Ou Ton voit 1 etat de ce grand pays et les avantages qu il peut pro- duire, &c. ...... Amsterdam. l 2mo. This volume is dedicated to the celebrated Law ; its contents are the same as the fifth volume of Bernard s Collection, 1715. 9 RECUKIL D ARRESTS et autres pieces pour I etablissement de la Compagnie d Occident. Relation de la Baie de Hudson. Les navigations de Frobisher au detroit qui porte son nom. 12mo. Amsterdam. Part of this volume corresponds to the fifth volume of Bernard s Collection of 1715 ; but the Recueil d slrrests, &c. is not contained in that edition. Tt is a collection of documents relating to the far-famed Company of the West, better known as the Mississippi Company, of which Law was the projector. 10 VOYAGE DE MARSEILLE A LIMA et dans les autres lieux des Indes Occidentales. Avec une exacte description de ce qu il y a de plus remarquable tant pour la geographie, que pour les incurs, les costumes, le commerce, le gouvernement, et la religion des peuples; avec des notes et des figures en taille douce. Par le Sieur D*** Paris. 12mo. The dedication is signed " Durrett," who says he prepared the work for the press, from the relations of a surgeon of the name of Bachelier. Father Labat, however, says that the work was entirely composed by Durrett, from the relations of Feuille, with the addition of extracts from various other authors, without any acknowledgment. 11 PROYECTO PARA GALEONES y Flotas del Peru y Nueva Es- pana y para Navios de Registro, y avisos, que navegaren a ambos Reynos. Cadiz. Folio, pp. 26. MDCCXX1. 1 A DEFENCE of the New England charters. By Jer. Dummer. Pulchrum est Patrice benefacere, etiam benedicere hand ab- surdum est. Sallust. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 60. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 29 Dummer was the agent of Massachusetts in England, and a distinguished 1721. scholar. "This very able defence was written some time before; but it ^v^> was now published in the apprehension that a bill would be brought into the House of Commons at their next session to disfranchise the charter governments." Holmes. Reprinted in 1766. 2 INDIA CHRISTIANA. A discourse delivered unto the commis sioners for the propagation of the gospel among the American Indians, &c. By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F. R. S. 12mo. pp. 94. Boston, N. E. 3 THE LAWS OF THE BRITISH PLANTATIONS in America, relating to the church and the clergy, religion and learning. Collected in one volume. By Nicholas Trott, LL. D., Chief Justice of the province of South Carolina. . . . London. Folio. A scarce and valuable collection, in the preface to which is given an account of all the different collections of colonial laws which had been printed at the time. All those relating to ecclesiastical affairs which had not been printed were transcribed from the copies sent out to the Plantation office, or taken from other authentic sources. 4 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the island of Barbadoes from 1648 to 1718. London. Folio. 5 THE SEVERAL REPORTS of the Committee of Secrecy to the Honourable House of Commons relating to the South Sea Directors, &c. ...... London. Folio, pp. 74. 6 PROCEEDINGS of the House of Lords in relation to the late Directors of the South Sea Company and others ; with the Reports of their Lordships on the said proceedings : to which is added, the conference with the Commons relating to Mr. Aislabie and Mr. Craggs, with their Lordships proceedings thereupon. ....... London. Folio, pp. 26. MDCCXXII. 1 A DESCRIPTION of the English province of Carolana, by the Spaniards called Florida, and by the French La Louisiane. As also of the great and famous river Meschacebe or Missi- sipi, the five vast navigable lakes of fresh water, and the parts adjacent. Together with an account of the commodities, of 30 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1722. the growth and production of the said province. And a pre- v "^* face, containing some considerations on the consequences of the French making settlements there. By Daniel Coxe, esq. 8vo. map. London. A crude performance, drawn up from various journals and voyages, to impress the public with the great importance of the region described, and to make them jealous of its occupation by the French. Under the name of Carolana was comprehended the present state of Georgia, the two Floridas and Louisiana ; and this whole territory was claimed by Dr. Coxe, the father of the author, as proprietor of it under the crown. North Am. Rev. 2, p. 1. Kepublished in 1727 and 1741. 2 THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA, in four parts, &c. See 1705. The second edition, revised and enlarged by the Author. 8vo. pp. 284, 15 plates. London. Dr. Allen says that this work, in the historical part, is as concise and unsatisfactory as that of Stith is prolix and tedious. Am. Biog. 3 A GENERAL SURVEY of that part of the island of St. Christo pher s which formerly belonged to France ; and was yielded up to Great Britain for ever by the late treaty of Utrecht : together with an estimate of the value of those lands, and a proposal and scheme for raising a very considerable sum of money, for the use of the publick, on the produce thereof, &c In a letter to M. R., Esq. a member of the honourable House of Commons. By Mr. R. M., S. B. . . London. 8vo. pp. 48. 4 *A VINDICATION of the ministers of Boston from the abuses and scandals lately cast upon them in diverse printed papers. By some of their people, . . . Boston, N. E. 8vo. In the British Museum. 5 VOYAGES DE FRANCOIS COREAL aux Indes occidentales, conte- nant ce qu il y a vu de plus remarquable pendant son sejour depuis 1666. Jusqu a 1697. Traduites de 1 Espagnol, avec une relation de la Guiane de Walter Raleigh, et le voyage de Narbrough a la mer du sud par le detroit de Magellan. 12mo. 3 vols. Amsterdam. 6 ,nouvelle edition, corrigee et augmentee d une nouvelle decouverte des Tndes Meridionales et des terres Australe, enrichies de figures. .... Paris. 12mo. 2 vols. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 31 There appears to be no reason to doubt of tbe identity of Francis Coreal, 1722. or of the fact of his having visited the different countries he describes, ^v^, The only motive for such a doubt arises from the work never having been printed in Spanish, and from the French editor making no mention of the source from whence he obtained the original. Cereal s relation occupies only one half of the work, the other half being made up of a selection from other authors, to which probably the judgment of Prosper Marchand, as quoted by MEUSEL, applies, viz. that the work consisted of a portion of fragments taken here and there from several effective voyages, by some starving compiler." This additional matter consists of Sir Walter Raleigh s voyage to Guiana. The discovery of the Palaos islands. Captain Narhorough s voyage to the South Sea. Voyage of Abel Jansen Tasman to the Terra Australis. Letter on the Mission of the JMoxes. Account of Alvaro de Mendana s voyages. Discoveries of Quires. A certain Rev. Doctor " stuck his spurs so hard into the side of his good bibliographical courser," that he leapt over a good part of the title of this book, as given in Meusel, and makes out " COREAL S Voyages en les Indes occidentales, &c. to be a translation of the Flemish journal of Capt. Abel Jansen Tasman!" This Flemish journal is merely one of the before-mentioned relations. 7 HISTOIRE DE I/AMERIQUE SEPENTRIONALE par M. de Bacque- ville de la Potherie, ne a la Guadaloupe dans 1 Amerique meridionale, aide-major dans la dire isle. . . Paris. 12mo. 4 vols. This work is written in the form of letters, except the second volume, which is divided into chapters. It contains several badly written memoirs on a considerable portion of the history of Canada. What the author relates, from his own observation, may be relied upon ; but in other re spects he was not well informed, although apparently sincere and dispas sionate." Charlevoix. 8 NOUVEAU VOYAGE aux isles de 1 Amerique, contenant 1 histoire naturelle de ces pays, 1 origine, les mceurs, la religion et le gouvernement des habitans anciens and modernes. Les guerres et les evenemens singuliers qui y sont arrivez pendant le long sejour que 1 auteur y a fait. Le commerce et les manufactures qui y sont etablies, et les moyens de les aug- menter. Avec une description exacte et curieuse de toutes ces isles. Ouvrage enrichi de plus de cent cartes, plans et figures en tailles douces. ..... Paris. 12mo. 6 vols. The name of the author, F. Jean Baptiste Labat, is found affixed to the dedication to the Due de Montmorency. Reprinted in quarto, at the Hague, in 1724, and with considerable additions, in 1742, at Paris. 32 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 722. "A very pleasant and instructive work in many respects, but not always v^/^/ accurate as to facts. Chalmers. 9 HISTOIRE DE LA NAVIGATION, son commencement, son progres, et ses decouvertes jusqu a present. Traduit de 1 Anglois. Le commerce des Indes occidentales, avec un Catalogue des meilleures cartes geographiques et les meilleurs livres de voy ages, et le caractere de leurs auteurs. . . Paris. 12mo. 2 vols. This work is a translation, with some augmentations of the introduction to Churchill s Collection of Voyages. The French editor, in his preface, apologizes for the cruelties of the Spaniards to the Indians in this sum mary way : "It was difficult to use moderation towards beings human only in figure ; finally, of these savages were made men, of these animals were made Christians. God is adored where he was not known. The mission truly has not been like that of the first apostles, but the Gospel has been preached and received." 10 RELACION de la conquista de la provincia de los Nayaritas, en el Reyno de la Nueva Espafia, que consiguieron las armas de S. M. a principios de este afio de 1722. . . Madrid. Small 4to. pp. 32. 11 *ALLEROLTESTE NACHRICHT von der Neuen Welt,welchedieser Erfinder derselben ehemals ertheilt von neuem edirt. Berlin. 8vo. This appears, from Meusel (in. 1. 265) to be a translation of Vesputius s account of his voyages. MDCCXXIII. 1 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the province of Maryland from 1692 to 1715. . . . , . . London. Folio. An abridgment of the laws of Maryland was printed in London in 1704 : but an act of assembly was passed in the same year repealing all former acts, saving what are thereby excepted. A new collection under the title of "All the Laws of Maryland now in force," was printed at Annapolis in 1707, and another at Philadelphia in 1718, from which, it is probable, that the present edition was taken. 2 MGEURS DES SAUVAGES AMERIQUAINS comparees aux mosurs des premiers temps. Par le P. Lafitau, de la compagnie de Jesus. Ouvrage enrichi de figures en taille-douce. . Paris. Quarto, 2 vols. 41 plates. " This work was reprinted, badly enough 1 the following year, at Rouen, in four volumes 12mo. It contains a great detail of the manners, customs, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 33 and religion of the savages of America, particularly of those of Canada, 1723. the author having been a missionary among- the Iroquois ; consequently, ^.^ his work is the most exact we have upon the subject. His parallel of the people of antiquity with the Americans has been considered as very ingenious, and supposes a great knowledge of ancient history. Charlevoix. 3 PRIMERA PARTE de los Veinte i uno libros Rituales i Monarchia Indiana, con el origen y guerras de los Indies occidentales de sus poblaciones, descubrimiento, conquista, conversion y otras cosas maravillosas de la misma tierra, distribuydos en tres tomos. Conipuesto por Fr. Juan de Torquemada. Madrid. Folio, 3 vols. Engraved titles and map. Reprinted from the edition of 1615 under the editorship of Barcia. The first volume treats of the Indians of New Spain and of their origin ; of the customs of the kingdoms of Mexico, Tezcuco, Azcaputzalco, Tlacupa, and of the origin of the republics of Tlaxcallan, Cholulla, and Huetzozingo, to gether with the history of the conquest by the Spaniards. The second volume contains a comparison of the customs of the Mexicans with those of the nations of antiquity ; and the third relates to ecclesiastical affairs, including the lives of many holy members of the order of Franciscans, to which the author belonged. Some curious chapters of the original MS. were omitted by order of the Inquisition, particularly one entitled " Como el Demonio quiso remedar a Dios escogiendo pueblo, or How the Devil wished to imitate the Almighty by choosing a favoured people: Probably comparing the migration of the ancient Toltecas to that of the Israelites. Clavigero says that "this history is without question the most complete in respect to the antiquity of Mexico of any hitherto published. The author resided in Mexico from his youth to his death; knew the Mexican language well, conversed with the Mexicans for upwards of fifty years, collected a great number of ancient pictures and excellent manuscripts, and labored at his work more than twenty years ; but in spite of his dili gence, and such advantages, he frequently betrays want of memory, of critical skill and good taste ; and in his history there appear many gross contradictions, particularly in chronology, several childish recitals, and a great deal of superfluous learning, on which account it requires considerable patience" to read it/ Hist, of Mex. i. p. xxi. 4 PRIMERA PARTE de los Comentarios Reales que tratan del origen de los Incas, Reyes que fueron del Peru, de su idolatria y govierno en paz y en guerra : de sus vidas y conquistas, y de todo lo que fue aquel imperio y su republica, antes que los Espaiioles passaron a el ; por el Ynca Garcilasso de la Vega. Segunda impresion. ..... Madrid. Folio. 5 HISTORIA GENERAL del Peru, trata el descubrimiento de el y como lo ganaron los Espafioles; las Guerras civiles que huvo D 34 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. entre Pizarros y Almagros sobre la partija dela tierra, castigo y levantamiento de tyranos y otros sucesos particulares que en la historia se contienen. Escrita por el Ynca Garcilasso de la Vega. Segunda impresion. . . . Madrid. Folio. This volume has the date of 1722 ; it was first printed in 1617 : the PKIMERA PARTE in 1609. A new edition of both parts was printed in Madrid in 1800-1, in 13 small volumes : they are also included in a new collection of American historians now publishing in Madrid, in small octavo volumes. 6 LA FLORIDA DEL INCA, historia del Adelantado Hernando de Soto, governador y capitan general del Reino de la Florida; y de otros heroicos Caballeros, Espaiioles e Indies. Escrita por el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, capitan de S. M. natural dela gran Ciudad del Cozcoen el Peru. Van enmendadas en esta impresion muchas erratas de la primera; y anadida copiosa tabla de las cosas notables. Y el ensaio cronologico que contiene las sucedidas hasta en el aiio de 1722. Madrid. Folio, pp. 268. Indexes, &c. The second edition : the first was printed in 1605. The third edition, in four small volumes, in 1803, Charlevoix says that this work is well written, and of authority as far as regards the account of the expeditions of Hernando de Soto, and his successor, Louis de Moscoso, but that the account of the riches and power of the Floridians is evidently much exaggerated. The following article was intended as a continuation of this work : 7 ENSAYO CRONOLOGICO, para la historia general de la Florida. Contiene los descubrimientos, y principales sucesos acaecidos en este gran Reino, a los Espaiioles, Franceses, Suecos, Dinamarqueses, Ingleses y otras naciones entre si, y con los Indios : cuias costumbres, genios, idolatria, govierno, batallas, y astucias se refieren: y los viages de algunos capitanes y pilotos, por el mar del norte, a buscar Paso a Oriente, o union de aquella tierra, con Asia. Desde el aiio de 1512 que descubrio la Florida Juan Ponce de Leon hasta el de 1722. Escrita por Don Gabriel de Cardenas z Cano. Folio, pp. 336. Indexes, &c. Madrid. This chronological history of Florida, under which name the author com prises nearly the whole continent of America north of Mexico, was se verely criticised by Salazar, in 1725. The name on the title is an anagram of that of Don Andres Gonzalez Barcia, who deserved great praise for the pains he took in republishing the best works on American history, many of which were already in his time presqu introuvable. The five preceding articles were edited by him, together with Herrera, 1726; Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 35 Pinelo, 1737; and the Historiadores Primitives, 1749. Of all these 1723. works there are copies on large and fine paper, but they are so rare, ^^ that a complete set of this description is probably not to be found in any collection. 8 HISTORIA DE LE coNQuisTA y poblacion de la provincia de Venezuela, por Don Josef de Oviedo Baiios y Sotomayor, quien lo dedica a su hermano Don Antonio de Oviedo y Baiios, oidor de las reales audiencias de Santo Domingo, Guatemala, y Mexico, &c. Primera parte. . Madrid. Folio. It is singular that a work of the magnitude and importance of this should have been entirely omitted by Barcia, in his additions to the Biblioteca of Pinelo. Like a great many other Spanish histories of America, only the first part was ever printed; nor is there any account of any portion of the continuation existing in manuscript. 9 CONFESSIONARIO en Lengua Cumanagota, etc. Por F. Diego de Tapia Madrid. Small 8vo. pp. 752. MDCCXXIV. 1 THE PRESENT STATE OF VIRGINIA, giving a particular and short account of the Indian, English, and Neyroe inhabitants of that colony. Shewing their religion, manners, government, trade, way of living, &c. with a description of the country. From whence is inferred a short view of Maryland and North Carolina. To which are added, schemes and propositions for the better promotion of learning, religion, inventions, manu factures, and trade in Virginia, and the other plantations. For the information of the curious, and for the service of such as are engaged in the propagation of the gospel and advance ment of learning, and for the use of all persons concerned in the Virginia trade and plantation. Gen. ix. 27. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant. By Hugh Jones, A. M. Chaplain to the honourable Assembly, and lately minister of James Town, &c. in Virginia. London. 8vo. This is one of the scarcest works relating to Virginia published in this century. The author thinks that the settlement of America by the Euro peans is a fulfilment of the scriptural text on his title-page, Japheth being the English, Shem the Indians, and Canaan the negroes. 36 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1724. 2 A GENERAL HISTORY of the Pyrates, from their first rise and ^^ settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny, &c. To which is added, a short abstract of the statute and civil law in relation to pyracy. The second edition, with considerable additions. By Captain Charles Johnson. . . London. 8vo. This work forms an appropriate sequel to the History of the Buccaneers. (1704). The first edition was printed in . A French translation was added to Oexmelin s Histoire des Avanfiiriers, printed at Trevoux in 1744. 3 A DETERMINATION of the case of Thomas Story and James Hoskins, relating to an affair of the Pennsylvanian company, &c. Quarto. London. In the British Museum. 4 THE HISTORY of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. Done into English from the original Spanish of Don Antonio de Solis, secretary and historiographer to his Catholick Ma jesty. By Thomas Townsend, esq. . . London. Folio, pp. 568, and plates. Reprinted in 8vo. in 1738. The original work was first printed in 1684. The edition of 1783 is by far the best that has been published. 5 ACTS AND LAWS passed by the great and general Court or As sembly of the province of the Massachusetts-bay, in New- England, from 1692 to 1719. To which is prefixed, the charter granted by their late Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the inhabitants of the said province, A.D. 1691. Annoq; Regni 3. London. Folio. The first edition of this collection was printed at Boston in 1699; the second in 1714, and continued, as new laws were enacted, to the year 1719; from which this edition appears to have been taken. 6 THE VOYAGES, dangerous adventures, and eminent escapes of Captain Richard Falconer ; with a description of some regions of America London. 8vo. Mentioned in the Bibliotheque des Voyages, and in Watts s Bib. Brit. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 37 7 MOEURS DES SAUVAGES, &c. (See No. 2, 1723.) 1724. 12mo. 4 vols. 41 plates. ..... Paris. ^^ This is probably the edition referred to by Charlevoix, although the title- page states printed in Paris. 8 NOUVEAU VOYAGE aux isles de 1 Amerique, &c. (See No. 8, 1722.) Ouvrage enrichi d un grand nombre de cartes, plans, et figures en taille-douce. . . . . A la Haye. Quarto, 2 vols. A reprint, without any alteration except in the form, of the first edition of Father Labat s New Voyage to the West Indies. 9 GENERAL ACLAMACION de la lealtad Mexicana ; en la mas solemne jura del luminar mas flamante el Senor del Luis I. For Don Patricio Antonio Lopez, Cazique de uno de los valles de Antequera. ...... Mexico. Small 4to. pp. 8. With a curious woodcut of a bison or buffalo. MDCCXXV. 1 THE GENERAL HISTORY of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly called the West Indies, from the first discovery thereof: with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities. Collected from the original relations sent to the King of Spain. By Antonio de Herrcra, historio grapher to his Catholic Majesty. Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens. Illustrated with cuts and maps. London. 8vo. 6 vols. A. very indifferent translation, republished in 1749. (See 1728, No. 10.) 2 A RELATION of the late intended settlement of the islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, in America; in right of the Duke of Montagu, and under his Grace s direction and orders, in the year 1722. . . . . . . London. 8vo. pp. 136, and maps. Signed A. B., Charleton, in Kent. 3 THE REPORT of the Lords of the Committee upon Governour Shute s Memorial ; with his Majesty s order in council there upon. ........ s. I. Quarto, pp. 12. This report was mado in consequence of the complaint of Governor Shute against the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay, and the 38 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1725. result of it was that an explanatory charter should be drawn up for that province. (This tract w r as found among the papers of Governor Bernard, now in my possession.) 4 JOURNAL DES OBSERVATIONS physiques, mathematiques, et bota- niquea, faites par 1 ordre du Roi sur les Cotes Orientales de I Amerique Meridionale, et dans une autre voyage a la Nou- velle Espagne, et aux isles de 1 Amerique. Par le P. Louis Feuillee, &c Paris. Quarto. The third volume of Father Feuillee s Journal. The first and second were published in 1714. j NOUVEAU VOYAGE fait autour du monde, par Le Gentil (la Barbinais), enrichi de plusieurs plans, vues, et perspectives des principales villes et ports du Perou, du Chili, du Bresil, et de la Chine, avec une description beaucoup plus etendue que celles qui ont paru jusqu a present, ou il est traite des moeurs, religion, politique, education, et commerce des peuples de ces empires. ...... Paris. 12mo. 3 vols. Admiral Burney expresses a doubt whether this voyage was really made by Le Gentil. The account, he says, is full of obscurity, which may have proceeded from the ignorance of the writer on maritime subjects, and from his general want of judgment. M. de Brosses has allowed credit to the narration as being genuine, observing at the same time that it was one of small importance to the history of navigation or commerce. It is given in the form of letters addressed to some unnamed correspondent between 1714 and 1718. Burney, iv. p. 508. Reprinted in 1727, 1728, 1731. 6 CRISIS DEL ENSAYO a la historia de la Florida. Quarto, pp. 55. Alcala de Benares. A severe criticism on Barcia s Ensayo chronologico, &c. J723. Barcia, like ,was an industrious and intelligent collector, but apparently not an able writer. This criticism was written by the historiographer of Spain and the Indies, Don Joseph de Salazar, author of several works of no great merit, who was evidently jealous of Barcia s superior qualifica tions for his own employment. MDCCXXVI. 1 A VOYAGE round the world by the way of the Great South Sea, performed in the years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London, of twenty-four guns and 100 men, (under H. M. s commission to cruize on the Spaniards, in the late war with Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 39 the Spanish crown,) till she was cast away on the island of 1726. Juan Fernandez, in May, 1720; and afterwards continued in ^** the Recovery, the Jesus Maria, and Sacra Familia, &c. By Capt. George Shelvocke, commander of the Speedwell, Recovery, &c. in this expedition. . . . London. Svo. pp. 468, pi. 4, and map. Two histories were published of this voyage. This, written by Captain Shelvocke, was intended by him as a vindication of his conduct, having been accused of piracy and embezzlement. The other was written by one of Shelvocke s officers, William Betagh (see 1728), who was roughly treated in Shelvocke s narrative, and, in return, wrote with the design of exposing Shelvocke. Both narratives are written with spirit. Burney. 2 THE STATE OF THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA, chiefly in relation to its commerce, and the conduct of the Spaniards in the West Indies. Addressed to a member of Parliament. By a person who resided several years at Jamaica. . . London. Svo. pp. 80. 3 *HISTORY of the wars of New England with the Eastern Indians, from 1703 to 1713, and from 1722 to their submission, which was ratified 5th August, 1726. . . . Boston. 12mo. 4 THE VOYAGES and adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, in several parts of the world, &c. To which is added, the voyage, shipwreck, and miraculous preservation of Richard Castelman, gent. With a description of the city of Phila delphia and the country of Pensylvania. London, J. Watts. Svo. pp. 374. Boyle s narrative is probably a fictitious one, but that of Castelman bears marks of authenticity. The latter s visit to Philadelphia took place in 1710. Boyle s voyages have been often reprinted ; but Castelman s relation is only to be found in the early editions. 5 *A NARRATIVE of the proceedings of the people of South Carolina in the year 1719. . . * . . London. Quarto. In the British Museum. 6 *LiFE AND CHARACTER of a monster from America. Svo. In the library of Harvard College. 7 *ACTS OF THE ASSEMBLY of New York, from 1691 to 1725. Folio. New York, In the British .Museum. 40 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1726. 8 THE VOYAGES AND TRAVELS of Nathaniel Uring, with new draughts of the Bay of Honduras and the Caribbee Islands. 8vo. London. Republished in 1749. 9 RELACION HISTORIAL de las missiones de los Indios, quellaman Chiquitos, que estan a cargo de los padres de la compania de Jesus de la provincia del Paraguay. Escrita por el padre Juan Patricio Fernandez de la misma compania. Sacada & luz por el Padre Geronimo Herran, &c. . . Madrid. Small 4to. Published in Latin at Vienna in 1733. 10 HISTORIA GENERAL de los hechos de los Castellanos en las islas i tierra firme del mar oceano. Escrita por Antonio de Herrcra, coronista mayor de S. M. de las Iridias y su coro- nista de Castilla . Madrid. Folio, 5 vols. This work was printed between the years 1726 and 1730, the volumes bearing dates of all those years. It is merely a reprint of the original edition of 1601 1615, with the addition of a very copious index, com piled under the direction of Barcia, but without a continuation, as erro neously stated by Meusel. An edition was printed at Antwerp in 1728, with very indifferent and very useless^ plates, and the text abounding in typographical errors. It was published in French, at Paris, in 1659 71, and in English in 1725 6. For a very judicious criticism of this work of Herrera s, see Irving s Columbus, iv. p. 387. 1 1 VICTIM A REAL LEGAL, cliscurso unico juridico-historico-politico, sobre que las vacantes mayores de las Indias occidentales pertenecen a la corona de Castilla, y Leon con pleno y ab- soluto dominio. Por D. Antonio Joseph Alvarez de Abreu, &c. . . . . . . . . Madrid. Folio. In consequence of this vindication of the Royal right to the revenues accruing from vacancies in the churches in America, the author had a pension of a thousand ducats, and the title of Marquis de la Regalia bestowed upon him by Philip V. 12 MEMORIAL informative del consulado de la Ciudad de los Reyes y la junta general del comercio de las provincias del Peru, sobre diferentes puntos tocantes al estado de la real hazienda y del comercio, &c. Por D. Dionysio de Alsedo y Herrera. ....... (Lima ?) Folio, pp. 148. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 41 13 JUSTIFICACION de los Assientos de Averia, Almojarifazgos y 1726. alcavalas, en satisfacion de las respuestas de los fiscales del consejo real de las Indias y de la audiencia de Lima, &c. Folio, pp. 86. (Lima ?) MDCCXXVII. 1 A DESCRIPTION of the English province of Carolana, &c. (see 1722.) By Daniel Coxe, Esq. . . . London. 8vo. map, pp. 56, and 122. Merely a new title to tlie edition of 1722. 2 INDIAN CONVERTS ; or some account of the lives and dying speeches of a considerable number of the christianized In dians of Martha s vineyard, in New-England. By Experience Mayhew, M.A., preacher of the Gospel to the Indians of that island. ........ London. 8vo. pp. 310. An account of the lives of thirty Indian ministers, and about eighty Indian men, women, and youth, worthy of remembrance on account of their piety. At the end is the following, with a separate title-page : Some account of those English ministers who have successively presided over the work of gospelizing the Indians on Martha s vineyard, and the adjacent islands. By another hand, (the Rev. Thomas Prince.) 3 MISCELLANIA CURIOSA : containing a collection of curious tra vels, voyages, and natural histories of countries, as they have been delivered in to the Royal Society. Vol. III. The second edition. Revised and corrected by W. Derham, F.R.S. 8vo. 3 vols. London. The two first volumes of this collection contain philosophical papers. The third volume is devoted to voyages and travels, and contains, among other things, five letters " from Mr. John Clayton, rector of Crofton, at Wakefield in Yorkshire, to the Royal Society, May 12, 1688, giving an account of several observables in Virginia/ &c. occupying 75 pages. 4 *PIICENOMENA QU&DAM APOCALYPTICA ad aspectum Novi Orbis configurata, or some few lines towards a description of the New Heaven, as it makes to those who stand upon the New Earth. By Samuel Sevvall, A.M., and sometime Fellow of Harvard College, at Cambridge, in New-England. The second edition. . . . . . . Boston. Quarto, pp. 64. Mr. Sewall inclines to the opinion that the Indians are descendants of the Israelites ; and he adopts, after the learned Mr. Nicholas Fuller, the name of Cohtmbina for tho continent of America. N. A. R. xi. p. 107. 42 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1727. 5 *THE HISTORY of the five Indian nations depending on the pro- ^^ vince of New York. By Cadwallader Golden. New York. This history was written on occasion of a dispute which happened at this time, between the government of New York and some merchants. It was reprinted with the second part, and large additions in 1747. 6 THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY, passed in the colony of Virginia, from 1662 to 1715. Vol.1. ... . London. Folio. This volume contains all the acts down to 1715, and is probably called vol. i. in reference to those that might he subsequently passed and printed. The laws of Virginia were printed in London, without date, probably before 1696, as an act passed in that year is mentioned by Trott as not contained in it. MDCCXXVIII. 1 SOME OBSERVATIONS on the Assiento trade, as it has been ex ercised by the South Sea company ; proving the damage which will accrue thereby to the British commerce and plan tations in America, and particularly to Jamaica. To which is annexed, a sketch of the advantages of that island to Great Britain, by its annual produce, and by its situation for trade or war. By a person who resided several years at Jamaica. 8vo. pp. 38. London. 2 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, in the year 1719. By Captain William Betagh 8vo. pp. 38. The author was captain of marines with Shelvocke, (see 1726), and wrote this work in consequence of finding himself roughly treated in Shelvocke s narrative. 3 VOYAGES DU BARON DE LAHONTAN dans I Amerique septentri- onale, &c. (as in No. 7, 1703.) Seconde edition, revue, corrigee et augmentee Amsterdam. 12mo. 3 vols., plates. The third, or supplementary volume has the following title : SUITE DU VOYAGE DE L AMERiQuE, ou dialogues de Monsieur le Baron de Lahontan et d un sauvage de I Amerique. Con- tenant une description exacte des moeurs et des coutumes de ces peuples sauvages. Avec les voyages du meme en Portugal, &c. ....... Amsterdam. 12mo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 43 4 VOYAGE DE LA LOUSIANE fait par ordre du roy en 1720: dans 1728. lequel sont traitees diverses matieres de physique, astronomic, ^^ geographic, et marine, &c. Par le P. Laval, de la compagnie de Jesus. ....... Paris. Quarto. This work is principally occupied with mathematical and astronomical details. MDCCXXIX. 1 THE ENGLISH EMPIRE in America, or a view of the dominions of the crown of England in the West Indies, &c. By Robert Burton. The seventh edition. . . . Dublin. 12mo. First printed in 1685. 2 OIIIGEN DE LOS Iwcios del Nuevo Mundo e Indias occidentales averiguado con discursode opiniones por el P. Gregorio Garcia. Segunda impresion enmendada y aiiadida de algunas opiniones o cosas notables, en mayor prueva de lo que contiene, con tres tablas muy puntuales de los capitulos, de las materias, y autores, que las tratan. ..... Madrid. Folio, pp. 336, and Index of 80 pages. This treatise on the origin of the Americans, first printed in 1607 at Valen cia, is a work of vast erudition, but almost totally useless, as it gives little or no assistance in discovering truth ; the foundation of the opinions which the author maintains are for the most part weak conjectures, founded on the resemblance between some of the customs and words of the Americans and those of other nations. Clavigero. This edition was edited by Barcia, and some copies were printed on large paper. 3 THE HIS TORY OF AMERICA in the Turkish language; with four maps and thirteen plates representing men, animals, and plants. Quarto. Constantinople. Printed in the year of the Hegira 1142. A copy is in the British Museum. MDCCXXX. 1 AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the incorporated society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. Containing their foundation, proceedings, and the success of their missionaries in the British colonies, to the year 1728. By David Hum phreys, D.D., secretary to the honourable society. London. 8vo. pp. 356. This society was incorporated in 1701. The whole of this volume relates to the proceedings of the missionaries in different parts of North America, 44 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1730. together with the state of religion there : and is illustrated with two maps, ^*^ one of Carolina, the other of New England, &c. by Herman Moll. 2 HISTOIRE DE L ISLE ESPAGNOLE, ou de S. Domingue. Ecrite particulierement sur des memoires manuscrit du P. Jean Baptiste le Pers, Jesuite, Missionnaire a Saint Domingue et sur les pieces originates, qui se conservent au depot de la Marine. Par le P. Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix, de la compagnie de Jesus. .... Paris. Quarto, 2 vols. Reprinted at Amsterdam in 1733, in 4 vols. 12mo. According to the judg ment of Bayle, this is the best of the works of Charlevoix. The worthy- father says, however, that if he had listened to the different critics who passed judgment on his work, he should have been in the case of the man in the fable, who, between his two wives, was left without any hair on his head. 3 HISTORIA DA AMERICA PORTUGUEZA, desde o anno de mil e quinhentos de seu descobrimento, ate o de mil e setecentos e vinte e quatro. Composta por Sebastiao da Rocba Pitta. Folio, pp. 716. Lisboa. A very rare book. " The only general history of Brazil; a meagre and in accurate work, which has been accounted valuable, merely because there was no other. Southey, 1810. "Rocha Pitta, an intelligent and well- informed Brasilian, compiled a history of Brasil, from the Chronicles of the Jesuits and other authorities, and some valuable local knowledge of his own. This work is extremely copious in the details of its foundation as a colony, its successive governors, its churches, monasteries, and con vents ; but, in its natural history, productions, commerce, and, in short, every point of useful information, is brief, cramped, and deficient; it is written also in the most bombastic and enthusiastic style : yet the Portu guese government in a few years publicly prohibited its being read under the severest penalties, and it is now only to be met with (carefully se cluded) in the cabinets of the curious. Lindley, 1805. MDCCXXXI. 1 THE IMPORTANCE of the British plantations in America to this kingdom ; with the state of their trade, and methods for im proving it; as also a description of the several colonies there. 8vo. pp. 114. London. 2 CONSIDERATIONS on the dispute now depending before the Hon. House of Commons, between the British southern and northern plantations in America. . . ... . London. 8vo. Gent. s Mag. 1731. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 45 3 OBSERVATIONS on the case of the northern colonies. 1731. 8vo. London. ^~" In the British Museum. 4 *THE IMPORTANCE of the Sugar Colonies to Great Britain stated. 8vo. London. Gent. s Mag. 1731. 5 THE NATURAL HISTORY of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama islands, with figures coloured after the life. By Mark Catesby. Folio, *2 vols. 220 plates. London. This important work was commenced in this year, and continued in numbers or parts, to the year 1748, when the appendix, completing the work, was published. A second edition was published in 1754, and a third in 1771. 6 TRATADO dos descobrimentos antigos e modernos feitos ate a era de 1550. Com os nomes particulars das pessoas que os fizerao : e em que tempos, e as suas alturas e dos desvairados caminhos por onde a pimienta e especiaria veyo da India as nossas partes: obra certo muy notavel, e copiosa. Composta pelo famoso Antonio Galvao. .... Lisboa. Folio, pp. 116. The first edition of this work, which was printed in 1563, is among the rarest of rare books, nor is this second edition easily to be met with. Hakluyt s translation, printed in 1601, is also a rare book, but is reprinted in the additions to the edition of his voyages, published by Mr. Evans in 1809. MDCCXXXII. 1 A LETTER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA ; giving an account of the soil, air, product, trade, government, laws, religion, people, military strength, &c. of that province; together with the manner and necessary charges of settling a plantation there, and the annual profit it will produce. Written by a Swiss gentleman to his friend at Bern. The second edition. Svo. pp. 63. London. First printed in 1710. 2 A NEW AND ACCURATE ACCOUNT of the provinces of South Ca rolina and Georgia : with many curious and useful observations on the trade, navigation, and plantations of Great Britain, compared with her most powerful maritime neighbours in an cient and modern times. .... London. Svo. pp. 76. Some copies have the date of 1733. This appears to be the tract referred to by Nichols, (Lit. Anec. 2, p. 19,) as written by Gov. Oglethorpe. 46 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1732. I n the preface mention is made of " Captain Furry, a Swiss gentleman, who about two years ago wrote an authentick account of that country in French," and the following- title is given : Description Abregee de Petat present de la Caroline Meridionals : par Jean Pierre Purry, de Neufchatel. .... NeufcliateL In the Gentleman s Magazine for 1732 is a translation of Mr. Purry s French treatise, " drawn up at Charles-town, in Sept. 1731." This could have hardly been printed before 1732, which induces a belief that Capt. Purry published another tract on the subject, in 1730, or there abouts. It is to be regretted that so little is known of a person who was so instrumental in establishing the colony of Georgia. 3 A CONFERENCE between His Exc. Jonathan Belcher, esq, cap tain general and governour in chief of H. M. s province of Massachuset s Bay, in New-England, and the chief sachems of several Indian tribes, with other chief men of the said tribes, at Falmouth, in Casco Bay, in New-England, July, 1732, &c London. 8vo. pp. 28. 4 A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first printed in English. In six volumes. With a general preface, giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning. Illus trated with a great number of maps and cuts, curiously en graven. ....... London. Folio, 6 vols. The first four volumes were printed in 1704. Many of the articles in this collection are interesting, and are not to be found elsewhere in the English language. To make the collection complete, the Osborne, or Oxford col lection, printed in 1745, should be added to it. The following are the articles contained in the six volumes : VOL. I. Navarrete s account of China, from the Spanish edition, printed at Madrid in 1676. Baumgarten s travels through Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, and Syria From the Latin. Brawern and Herckemann s voyage to Chili in 1642 and 1643. From the Dutch. Frankfort, 1649. Account of Formosa and Japan. From the Dutch. Capt. John Monck s voyage in 1619 and 1620, to Hudson s Straits, to discover a passage betwixt Greenland and America, to the West Indies. From the Dutch. Frankfort, 1650. Beauplan s description of Ukraine. From the French. Italian voyages to Congo in 1666, 1667, and 1682. From the Italian. Sir Thomas Roe s voyage to the East Indies. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 47 VOL. II. Nieuhoff s voyages and travels into Brasil and the East Indies. 1732 From the Dutch. Capt. John Smith s true travels and adventures into Europe, Asia, Afri ca, and America. First printed in 1630. The Journal of seven sailors who wintered in Greenland, and of seven others who wintered in Spitzbergen. From the Dutch. La Peyrere s accounts of Iceland and Greenland. From the French. James s strange and dangerous voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage. First printed in 1633. Backhoff and Wagener s travels to China. From the Dutch. The life of Columbus, written by his son. From the Italian. First printed in 1571. Pyramidographia, &c. by John Greaves. Borri s account of Cochin China. From the Italian. VOL. III. Ovalle s historical relation of Chili. Abridged from the Spanish. First printed at Rome, in 1646. Sir William Monson s naval tracts; in six books. Printed from the original manuscript. Baldoeus s description of Malabar, Coromandel, and Ceylon. From the Dutch. Printed at Amsterdam in 1672. VOL. IV. Gemelli Careri s voyage round the world. From the Italian, first printed at Naples in 1699. Shipwreck of a Dutch vessel on the Isle of Quelpaert, and description of Corea. From the French. Sepp and Behme s voyage from Spain to Paraquaria. From the Dutch. Printed at Nuremberg in 1697. A Fragment concerning the discovery of the Islands of Salomon. From the Spanish fragment in Thevenot s collection. Techo s history of the provinces of Paraguay, Rio de la Plata, Parana, Chili, &c. From the Latin. Leodii, 1673. Pelham s preservation of eight men in Greenland. Merin s Journey to the mines in Hungary. Ten Rhyne s account of the Cape of Good Hope. Boland s observations on the Streights of Gibraltar. VOL. V. Barbot s description of North and South Guinea, and Angola : with a new relation of Guiana, and of the rivers of Amazons and Oronoque. Now first printed (1732.) General observations, and an account of the discovery of America, from Herrera s history of the West Indies. With a brief description of the Caribbee islands. RolamVs journey to Constantinople, from the Swedish. VOL. VI. Baron s description of Tonqueen. Gemelli Careri s travels through Europe. Colonel Norwood s voyage to Virginia in 1649. Captain Philip s to Cape Mounseradoe, in Africa, and to Barbadoes. Gatonbe s voyage into the North-west passage, in 1612. 2 48 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1732 Everard s three years suffering on the coast of Assada, near Mada- ^^ gascar. The Mosqueto Indian and his golden river, being a familiar description of the Mosquito kingdom, in America. Written (in or about the year 1699) by M. W. Lord s discovery of two forreigne sects in the East-Indies. May s wonderful preservation of the ship Terra Nova, homeward bound from Virginia. Skippon s Journey through part of the Low Countries, Germany, Italy, and France. 5 *SOME ACCOUNT of the design of the trustees for Georgia. Folio. London. In the British Museum. 6 RELATION DU VOYAGE de la Mer du Sud aux cotes du Chily et du Perou, fait pendant les annees 1712, 1713, et 1714. Avec une reponse a la preface critique du livre intitule Journal des Observations, &c. par le P. Feuillee, et une chro nologic des vicerois du Perou, depuis son etablissement jus- qu au terns de la relation du voyage de la Mer du Sud. Par M. Frezier, &c. . . . Paris. Quarto. Merely a new title-page and a supplement of sixty- three pages added to the edition of 1716. The supplement consists of Frezier s reply to Father Feuillee s criticisms in the preface to his third volume (1725). 7 LIMA FUNDADA, o conquista del Peru. Poema heroyco, en que se declara toda la historia del descubrimiento y sugecion de sus provincias por D. Fran co- Pizarro, Marques de los Atabillos, inclyto y primer governador de este vasto imperio. Y se contiene la serie de los reyes, la historia de los virreyes y arzobispos, que ha tenido, y la memoria de los santos y varones ilustres que la ciudad y reyno han producido, &c. Por el Dr. Pedro de Peralta Barnuevo Rocha y Bena- vides, &c. ....... Lima. Small 4to. 2 vols. A heroic poem in octave verse, celebrating the discovery and conquest of Peru by Pizarro. 8 REPRESENTACION al Rey Phelipe V. dirigida al mas seguro aumento del Real Erario y conseguir la felicidad, mayor alivio, riqueza y abundancia de su Monarquia, &c. Hecha por Don Miguel de Zavala y Aunon. . . Madrid. Folio. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 4<) This writer proposes that the commerce with America should be carried on 173 ?. by Spaniards alone, and that its produce should circulate in Spain only, v^-v/ The work is quoted by Robertson. This edition has no preliminaries, and was probably printed merely for private distribution : another edition with the same date on the title has the privileges, &c, dated in 1738. MDCCXXXIII. 1 REASONS for establishing the colony of Georgia, with regard to the trade of Great Britain, the increase of our people, and the employment and support it will afford to great numbers of our own poor, as well as foreign persecuted Protestants. With some account of the country, and the design of the trustees. Quarto, pp. 48, map, &c. London. A second edition, printed in the same year, has the author s name, Benjamin Martyn, esq. on the title-page. 2 *ACCOUNT of the designs of the trustees for establishing the colony of Georgia, annexed to a sermon preached at their first yearly meeting, 25th February, 1730 31. By Samuel Smith. Quarto. London. Library of Harvard College. 3 THE CASE OF THE PLANTERS of tobacco in Virginia as repre sented by themselves ; signed by the President of the Council and Speaker of the House of Burgesses. To which is added, a vindication of the said representation. London. 8vo. pp. 64. 4 A REPLY to the vindication of the representation of the case of the planters of tobacco in Virginia. In a letter to Sir I. R. from the merchants of London. . . London. 8vo. 5 A SHORT ACCOUNT of the hurricane that passed through the English Leeward Charibbee Islands, on Saturday, June 30th, 1733 London. 8vo. 6 A MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto. By Henry Popple. Folio, 20 plates. London. This map, engraved by Toms, appears to have been the largest and finest hitherto published of America. It contains a number of views of cities and plans of ports. Being generally bound in the form of an atlas, it was thought proper to introduce it here. E Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1733. 7 HISTOIRE DES DECOUVERTES et conquetes des Portuguais dans le Nouveau Monde ; avec des figures en taille-douce. Par le R. P. Joseph Francois Lafitau, de la C ie - de Jesus. Paris. Quarto, 2 vols. The title of this work is not very appropriate, as it relates almost entirely to the discoveries and conquests made bv the Portuguese in Asia and Africa. It is, however, an esteemed and well-written work. 8 DESCRIPCION CHOROGRAPHICA del terreno, rios, arboles, y animates de las dilatadissimas provincias del gran Chaco, Gualamba : y de los ritos y costumbres de las innumerables naciones barbaras e infieles que la habitan : con una cabal relacion historica de lo que en ellas ban obrado para con- quistarlas algunos governadores, y ministros reales : y los missioneros Jesuitas para reducirlas a la fe del verdadero Dios. Escrita por el P. Pedro Lozano de la comp a - de Jesus, chronista de su provincia del Tucuman. . Cordova. Small 4to. pp. 485, map. An interesting account of a country very little known, even a century after it was printed. 9 LA ARAUCANA. Primera, Segunda, y Tercera Parte. De Don Alonso Ercilla, y Zuniga. . . , Madrid. Folio. See 1578. This edition was edited by Barcia; who has added to it the fourth and fifth parts by Don Diego de Santistevan Osorio. See 1597. MDCCXXXIV. 1 AN EXTRACT of the journals of Mr. Commissary Von Reck, who conducted the first transport of Saltzburgers to Georgia: and of the Rev. Mr. Bolzius, one of their ministers. Giving an account of their voyage to, and happy settlement in that province. Published by the direction of the society for pro moting Christian knowledge. .... London. 8vo. pp. 72. A very curious and interesting little work relating to the establishment of Ebenezer by the Saltzburgers. 2 A SERMON preached at St. George s church, Hanover-square, on Sunday, February 17, 173|, to recommend the charity for establishing the new colony of Georgia. By T. Runclle, LL.D. prebendary of Durham. .... London. 8vo. Bibliothecct Americana Nova. 51 3 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the Charibbee Leeward islands, 1734. from 1690 to 1730. London. ~~ Folio. 4 GLORIAS DEL SEGUNDO SIGLO de la compania de Jesus, dibux- adas en las vidas, y elogios de algunos de sus varones ilustres en virtud, letras y zelo de las almas, que ban florecido desde el ano de 1640, primerodel segundo siglo, desde la aprobacion de la religion. Escritas por el P. Joseph Cassani, de la misma Compania, &c . Madrid. Folio, 3 vols. This work is a continuation of that of Father Nieremburg, Ideas de virtud, &c., 1643, and forms the 7th, 8th, and 9th volumes of the collection of lives of the members of the order of the Jesuits celebrated for their pietv or their learning ; together with an account of their missions to different parts of the world. The work is dedicated to " the Sovereign August Venerable Sacrament, which was worshipped in the Jesuit s College at Alcala, under the form of twenty-four consecrated wafers, which had been miraculously preserved there, from the year 1595, as white and fresh as when they were first consecrated . In the first volume there is an account of the missions to Canada, and lives of the missionaries sent by the Jesuits to different parts of America. 5 *KURZE NACHRICHT von dem mittagigen Carolina. Ausgesetzt in Carlstown von vier Schweizern. Aus dem Franzosischen. 8vo. Lcipsig. Meusel iii. 1. 393. MDCCXXXV. 1 A NEW VOYAGE to Georgia. By a young gentleman : giving an account of his travels to South Carolina, and part of North Carolina. To which is added, a curious account of the Indians. By an honourable person. And a poem to James Oglethorpe, esq. on his arrival from Georgia. . London. 8vo. pp. 62. 2 NEW VOYAGES to North America, &c. (See No. 496.) By the Baron Lahontan, &c. at that time in England. The second edition. ... . * . London. 8vo. 2 vols. The same as the first edition of 1703. 3 A COLLECTION of all the Acts of Assembly now in force in the colony of V ; rginh. . . . ,,,,-. London. Folio. E 2 52 Bibliothcca Americana Nova. 1735. 4 A VOYAGE to Guinea, Brasil, and the West Indies, in his Majes- ~^ ty s ships the Swallow and Weymouth, &c. By John Atkins. 8vo. London. The author was a surgeon, and somewhat of a philosopher. According to Watts, this voyage was first printed in 1723, the year in which the author returned from it. An edition, with the date of 1737, is called the second on the title-page, 5 A JOURNEY OVER LAND from the Gulf of Honduras to the South Sea, performed by John Cockburn and five other English men. To which is added, a briefe disco very e of some things best worth noteing in the travells of Nicholas Withington, a factor in the East-Indias. .... London. 8vo, Republished with a different title in 1740. In the French title of this work, in the Bibliotheque des Voyages, it is stated to be by Nicholas Withington ; and Pinkerton (Collection of Voyages, vol. 17, p. 208,) re-translates the title, and perpetuates the error. Similar instances are innumerable in the former work, and are all repeated, with additions, in the latter. G A SHORT ACCOUNT of the first settlement of the provinces of Virginia, Maryland, New-York, New-Jersey, and Pensylva- nia, by the English. To which is annexed, a map of Mary land, according to the bounds mentioned in the charter, and also of the adjacent country, anno 1630. . London. Quarto, pp. 20, and map. 7 * NEW-EM GLAND S LAMENTATIONS for the decay of godliness, the danger of Arminian principles, the declining state of their church order, &c. By J. White, M.A. . London. Svo. ? Gent. s Mag. v. p. 391. 8 AusFiliiRLiCHE NACHRICHTEN von den Salzburgischen Emi- granten, die sich in America niedergelassen haben, worinnen die Reisediaria des konigl. Grossbritannischen Commissarii und der beyden Salzburgischen Prediger, wie auch eine Beschreibung von Georgien enthalten. Heraus gegeben von Samuel Urlsperger. ...... Halle. Quarto. This journal of the proceedings of the Saltzburgh emigrants, who formed the settlement of Ebenezer in Georgia, was continued from year to year to 1752, forming eighteen parts. Another work on the same subject was commenced in 1754. The early parts of the present work appear to have been reprinted in 1744. Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. 53 MDCCXXXVI. 1736. 1 A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND in the form of v -^* / annals : being a summary and exact account of the most ma terial transactions and occurrences relating to this country in the order of time wherein they happened, from the discovery by Capt. Gosnold in 1602, to the arrival of Gov. Belcher in 1730. With an introduction, containing a brief epitome of the most remarkable transactions and events abroad, from the creation: including the connected line of time, the succession of patriarchs and sovereigns of the most famous kingdoms and empires, the gradual discoveries of America, and the pro gress of the reformation to the discovery of New-England. By Thomas Prince, M.A. . . . Foston, N.E. 8vo. Vol. I. Three numbers of a second volume were printed in 1 755. It was the author s intention to have brought his history down to 1730, but he has only reached to 1633. He spent much time upon the introductory epitome, which begins at the creation. Had he confined himself to New- England, and finished his work, it would have been of incalculable value. Allen. A new edition was printed at Boston in 1826. 2 GEORGIA, a poem ; Tomo Chachi, an ode. A copy of verses on Mr. Oglethorpe s second voyage to Georgia. . London. Folio. 3 REPORT of the committee appointed to examine into the pro ceedings of the people of Georgia, with respect to the pro vince of South-Carolina, and the disputes subsisting between the two colonies. ..... Charles-town. Quarto, pp. 121. Printed by Lewis Timothy. There was no printer in the Carolinas before 1730, and this appears to have been one of the earliest productions of the Charleston press in the form of a book. 4 POUTICA INDIANA, &c. (As in the edition of 1648.) Sale en esta tercera impression ilustrada por el Lie. D. Francisco Ramiro Valenzuela, Relator del supreme consejo y Camarade Indias, y electo Oidor honorario de la Real audiencia, y Casa de la contratacion de Cadiz : y en dos tomos. . Madrid. Folio, 2 vols. 5 COMMENTARIA IN LEG UM IN DiCAREM recopilationem. (Madrid?) Folio, 4 vols. Without titles or preliminaries. From two royal orders inserted at pp. 46 and 47, of Vol. iv r . wo learn that the work was composed by D. Juan del E 2 54 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1736. Corral Calvo de la Torre, Oidor in the Audiencia of Santiago de Chile ; and that in 1732 he was ordered to send the work to Spain to be printed. In 1735 the first and second volumes had been examined and highly approved bj the Council of the Indies, and the author was requested to send the 3d and 4th, and to finish the 5th and 6th, which would complete the work, but it appears that death prevented his completing the 4th volume, which only reaches to the 12th title of the 5th book , the index to this volume being headed thus : "Rerum qua in hacparte Quarti tomi, (morte auctoris itarelicti) continentur," &c. Apparently the work was left in this state, and never published. The indexes to each volume are also imperfect. This copy was found in sheets among the papers of D. Bernardo Yriarte. MDCCXXXVII. 1 THE NATURAL HISTORY of North Carolina. With an account of the trades, manners, and customs of the Christian and In dian inhabitants. Illustrated with copper-plates, whereon are curiously engraved the map of the country, several strange beasts, birds, fishes, snakes, insects, trees, and plants, &c. By John Brickell, M.D. Nostra nos in urbe peregrmamur, Cic Dublin. 8vo. Republisbed with a new title-page in 1743. This work is an almost exact transcript of Lawson sT Carolina, (see No. 1 of 1709,) without any ac- ledgment, or even a hint that it is not original. Periods and paragraphs are transposed, parts are occasionally omitted, and words here and there interpolated ; but, as a whole, a more daring piece of plagiarism was never executed. N.A.R. xxiii. p. 288. 2 A NEW VOYAGE TO GEORGIA, by a young gentleman, &c. The second edition. ...... London. 8vo. pp. 62. Merely a new title-page to the edition of 1735. 3 THE REPORT of the Committee of the Commons House of Assembly of the province of South-Carolina, on the state of the paper- currency of the said province. . . . London. Quarto, pp. 48. 4 A FAITHFUL NARRATIVE of the surprizing work of God, in the conversion of many hundred souls in New-England. 8vo. ? London ? Gent s Mag. 1737. 5 A GENUINE NARRATIVE of the intended conspiracy of the negroes at Antigua. Extracted from an authentic copy of a * Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 55 report made to the chief Governor of the Carabee islands, by 1737. the commissioners appointed to try the conspirators. Small 8vo. Dublin. 6 HISTOIRE DES YNCAS Rois du Perou, depuis le premier Ynca Manco Capac, fils du soleil, jusqu a Atahualpa dernier Ynca; ou Ton voit leur etablissement, leur religion, leurs loix, leurs conqu&tes, les merveilles du temple du soleil et tout 1 etat de ce grand empire, avant que les Espagnols s en rendissent maitres. Traduite de 1 Espagnol de 1 Ynca Garcilasso de la Vega. On a joint a cette edition, Thistoire de la conquete de la Floride par le meme auteur, &c. Avec des figures dessinees par feu B. Picart, le Remain. . . . Amsterdam. Quarto, 2 vols. The translation of the history ofPeruisby Baudouin (first printed in 1650,) and the history of Florida by Richelet, (see No. 3, 1709.) At the end of the second volume is found Hennepin s new discovery of a country larger than Europe, situated in America. The volumes are ornamented with very fine engravings. 7 EPITOME DE LA BIBLIOTHECA ORIENTAL Y OCCIDENTAL, nautica y geografica : de Don Antonio de Leon Pinelo, del Consejo de S. M. en la casa de la Contratacion de Sevilla y Coronista mayor de las Indias, Anadido y enmendado nuevamente, en que se contienen los Escritores de las Indias Orientales y Occidentales y Reinos convecinos, China, Tartaria, Japon, Persia, Armenia, Etiopia y otras partes. . . Madrid. Folio, 3 vols. This work first appeared in 1629 in a small thin quarto ; and Barcia pro posed to reprint it as an addition to the new edition of Herrera (1726.) He found, however, such an abundance of materials as produced three small volumes in folio. The titles of books being all translated into Spanish, the omission of the places where published and great inaccura cies in names and dates, detract much from the utility of the work. The second volume contains the works relating to America, and its greatest value consists in the notices it gives of Spanish manuscripts on the subject, most of which are still existing in Spain. Barcia himself pos sessed a noble collection of books and manuscripts relating to America, which were dispersed at his death. 8 COMPENDIO CHRONOLOGICO de los privilegios regulares de Indias desde Leon x. creado en 1513, hasta clemente xii. creaclo en 1730. Su autor el Rmo. P. F. Domingo Lossado. Quarto, Madrid, rQ Bibliotheca Americana Now. 1738. MDCCXXXVIIT. 1 A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE from Gibraltar to Georgia. By George Whitefield, A.B. of Pembroke College, Oxford. Containing many curious observations and edifying reflections on the several occurrences that happened in the voyage. London. 8vo. pp. 34. I *AN APOLOGY for the liberties of the churches in New-England ; with a discourse concerning congregational churches. By Samuel Mather Boston, N.E. 8vo. Library of Harvard College. 3 THE HISTORY or THE BRITISH PLANTATIONS IN AMERICA, With a chronological account of the most remarkable things which happened to the first adventurers in their several dis coveries of that new world. Parti. Containing the history of Virginia; with remarks on the trade and commerce of that colony. By Sir William Keith, Bart. . . London. Quarto, pp. 187. 2 maps. Printed at the expense of the society for the encouragement of learning. The continuation was never published. Sir William Keith was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1717 to 1726. 4 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the island of Jamaica from 1681 to 1737 inclusive. ..... London. Folio. 5 THE HISTORY of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. In two volumes. Translated into English from the original Spanish of Don Antonio de Solis, &c. By Thomas Townsend, esq. late Lieut. Col. in Brig. Gen. Newton s regiment. The whole translation revised and corrected, by Nathaniel Hooke, esq., author of the Roman History, &c. . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. 6 RECUEIL DE VOYAGES dans 1 Amerique Meridionale, contenant diverses observations remarquables touchant le Perou, la Gui- ane, le Bresil, &c. Traduits de 1 Espagnol et de 1 Anglois. 12mo. 3 vols. Amsterdam. A reprint of the Voyages de Francois Coreal, Sue. (see 1722.) Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 57 7 AVANTURES du Sieur C. Le Beau, avocat en Parlement, ou voy- 1738. age curieux et nouveau parmi les sauvages de 1 Amerique * * septentrionale, dans lequel ou trouvera une description du Canada, comme une relation tres particuliere des anciennes coutumes, moeurs et fa^ons de vivre des barbares qui 1 habi- tent, et la maniere dont ils se comportent aujourd hui. 12mo. 2 vols. Amsterdam. This work is highly praised by La Richarderie, upon whose judgment, how ever, very little reliance can be placed. It is somewhere insinuated that it is a fictitious narrative. MDCCXXXIX. 1 A CONTINUATION of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield s Journal, from his arrival at London, to his departure from thence on his way to Georgia London. 8vo. pp. 115. 2 A CONTINUATION of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield s Journal, from his arrival at Savannah, to his return to London. London. 8vo. pp. 38. Mr. Whitefield states in this pamphlet that the " Journals already pub lished were printed without his knowledge." 3 A DISCOURSE concerning the currencies of the British planta tions in America. Especially with regard to their paper mo ney : more particularly in relation to the province of the Massachusett s-Bay, in New-England. . . London. 8vo. pp. 54. A very well written pamphlet, without a date, but in which mention is made of the present year 1739." The following observations would apply to a later period. " The goodly appearance which Boston, and the country in general, at present make in fine houses, equipage, and dress, is owing to paper money. Never were greater complaints of want of money, while, at the same time, never more extravagance in equipages and dress. Boston, like a private man of small fortune, does not become richer, but poorer, by a rich, goodly appearance." 4 THE BRITISH SAILOR S discovery, or the Spanish pretensions confuted. Containing a short history of the discoveries and conquests of Spain, in America : with a particular account of the illegal and unchristian means they made use of to establish their settlements there. (&c. c. &c.) London. 8vo. pp. 72. 58 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1739. A tract with a very long title, apparently intended to excite the English nation against the Spaniards ; perhaps the same as the following : 5 A PROPOSAL for humbling Spain. Written in 1711, by a per son of distinction ; and now first printed from the manuscript. To which are added, some considerations on the means of in demnifying Great Britain from the expenses of the present war. ........ London. 8vo. pp. 72. With no date, but evidently printed in this year. It is almost entirely de scriptive of Spanish America. 6 CONSIDERATIONS on the American trade, before and since the establishment of the South Sea company. The second edition, with additions. . ... London. 8vo. pp. 31. Written by a Jamaica merchant of some credit and reputation in London. An answer was published by Dr. Houstoun in 1741-2. Houstoun s Me moirs (1747) p. 226. 7 *A HISTORICAL DISCOURSE on the affairs of Rhode Island and Providence plantations, from 1638 to the end of the first century. By John Callender. . . Boston, N. E. 8vo. Library of Harvard College. 8 A DESCRIPTION or THE WINDWARD PASSAGE, and Gulph of Flo rida, with the course of the British trading-ships to and from the island of Jamaica. Also an account of the trade winds, and of the variable winds and currents on the coasts there abouts, at different seasons of the year. Illustrated with a chart of the coast of Florida, (&c. &c. &c.) . London. Quarto, pp. 28, and map. 9 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the island of St. Christopher, from 1711 to 1735 inclusive. . . . . London. Folio. 10 ABRIDGEMENT of several acts and clauses of Acts of Parlia ment, relating to the Trade and Navigation of Great Britain, to, from, and in the British Plantations in America, and to the duty of the Governors, and others, his Majesty s officers in the said Plantations. ..... London. Folio. British Museum. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 59 11 A DESCRIPTION OF AMERICA, containing conjectures of its first 1739. peopling ; the conquest of the several countries by the Euro- ^^ peans ; the persons, genius, habits, buildings, manners, laws, customs, religion, policy, arts, manufactures, &c. of the natives; with an account of the present divisions and subdi visions of this new world, and the vegetables, animals, and minerals, that are to be found in each province. By Henry Wilson. . .... London. Folio, maps. This work forms apparently a part of the Universal History, in 26 volumes, folio. Dr. Dibdin speaks of it as a separate work, " hardly worth men tioning; but as there are tastes for all sorts of books, let Wilson be picked up for Is. 6d." Lib. Comp. p. -172. 12 *DISSERTATIO GEOGRAPHIC A de vero Californise situ et condi- tione : aucthore Joh. Adolph. Hartmann. . Marburg. Quarto. Meusel, iii. 1, 351. 13 HISTOIRE de 1 expedition. de trois vaisseaux, envoyes par la compagnie des Indes occidentales des Provinces Unies, aux Terres Australes en MDCCXXI. Par Monsieur de B***. 12mo. 2 vols. in 1. A la Haye. Two relations were published of Roggewein s voyage round the world, one in Dutch, printed at Dort in 1728, in 4to. with the title "Twee Jaarige reyze random de Wereld ;" the other in German, printed at Letpsic in 1738, and translated into French the following year at the Hague. The author of this last was Charles Frederic Behrens, a native of Mecklenburgh, Serjeant and commander of marines with Roggewein. " It is a very poor performance, written with much ignorance, though with the parade of knowledge. It appears to me that Behrens kept no journal, and wrote from memory ; but his narrative seems to be faithful in the recital of the things he saw. Dalrymple. MDCCXL. 1 A NEW HISTORY of Jamaica, from the earliest accounts to the taking of Porto Bello by Vice-admiral Vernon. In thirteen letters from a gentleman to his friend. Containing, &c. With two maps, one of that island, and the other of the cir cumjacent islands and territories belonging to France, Spain, &c. The second edition. .... London. 8vo. The first edition of this work was probably published in the same year, as the history comes down to the end of 1739. It was translated into 60 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 740. French in 1751 . It purports to be written on the spot, but is more proba bly a compilation. There is a great deal in it relating to Morgan and the Buccaneers. 2 A FAITHFUL ACCOUNT of the distresses and adventures of John Cockburn, mariner, and five other Englishmen ; who were taken prisoners by a Spanish pyrate ; treated in the most in human manner ; set on shore on an uninhabited island, naked and wounded, and obliged to travel over land from the Gul of Honduras to the great South Sea, being 2400 miles. Containing many new and useful discoveries of the inland of those almost unknown parts of America; and an exact account of the manners, customs, and behaviour of the several Indians inhabiting so vast a tract of land. The second edition. To which is annexed, the travels of Mr. Nicholas Whithington in the East Indies, &c. ..... London. 8vo. The first edition was printed in 1T35. This is probably the same, with merely a new title-page. 3 A GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of the coasts, harbours, and sea-ports of the Spanish West Indies ; particularly of Porto Bello, Cartagena, and the island of Cuba. With obser vations of the currents and the variations of the compass in the bay of Mexico, and the North Sea of America. Trans lated from a curious and authentic manuscript, written in Spanish by Domingo Gonsalez Carranza, H. C. M/s principal Pilot of the Flota in New Spain. Anno 1718. To which is added (&c. &c. &c.) London. 8vo. pp. 136, and 5 maps and plans. 4 MEMOIRS and considerations concerning the trade and revenues of the British Colonies in America. With proposals for ren dering those colonies more beneficial to Great Britain. By John Ashley, esq. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 154. This pamphlet relates principally to the produce of sugar in the West Indies, and the markets for it. 5 *THE PRESENT STATE of the British and French Colonies. By W. Pen-in London. 8vo. Gent. s Mag. 1740. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 61 6 A GEOGRAPHICAL and historical description of the principal 1740. objects of the present war in the West Indies. London. ^^ 8vo. Gent. s Mag. 1740. 7 A CONTINUATION of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield s Journal, from his embarking after the embargo, to his arrival at Savannah, in Georgia. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 88. 8 ^JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE from Savannah to Philadelphia and England. By William Seward. . . . London. Quarto. In the British Museum. 9 Two LETTERS to Mr. Wood, on the coin and currency in the Leeward islands, &c. . . . . . London. 8vo. pp. 61. 10 AN AUTHENTICK and particular account of the taking of Car- thagena by the French, in the year 1697. Containing an exact relation of that expedition (in all its circumstances), from their first setting out, to their return to Brest ; wherein are described their several engagements with the English fleets in their passage home. By the Sieur Pointis, com mander in chief. With a preface, giving an account of the original of Carthagena in 1532 to the present time; also an account of the climate and product of that place ,and the country adjacent. The second edition. . London. 8vo. pp. 86. First printed in ] 699. 1 1 THE DANGEROUS VOYAGE of Capt. Thomas James, &c. The second edition, revised and corrected. . . London. 8vo. pp. 142 and map. First printed in the year 1633. 12 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the island of Nevis, from 1664 to 1739 inclusive. London. Folio. 13 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the island of Montserrat ; from 1668 to 1740 inclusive. .... London. Folio. 14 A COLLECTION of charters of Pennsylvania. . London. Folio. In the British Museum. 62 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1740. 15 CONTINENTE AMERICANO, Argonauta de las costas de Nueva Espana, y Tierra Firme, Islas y Baxos de esta navigacion, longitud y altura de Polo de sus Puertos y noticias de estas habitaciones. ...... (Cadiz?) 8vo. The author says, in his Introduction, that he entered the Royal service at the age of 14, and served by land and sea from. 1695 to 1725, during which period he collected, principally from personal observation, the information contained in this work. 16 RESTABLECIMIENTO DE LAS FABRICAS Y COMERCIO ESPANOL : errores que se padecen en las causales de su cadencia, quales son los legitimos obstaculos que le destruyen, y los medios Cikacesde que florezca. Parte Primera: Que trata que sea comercio, quales sus partes y diferencias : qual el que goza Espana y el que necesita mantener con las naciones para el restablecimiento de las Fabricas y Trafico terrestre : con un extracto del Libro de D.Geronimo Uztariz, theorica y practica de comercio y Marina. Segunda Parte : Que trata del Comer cio y Trafico maritimo, que tiene Espana con las naciones y en la America : causales de su decadencia, y medios con que se debe aumentar y estender para beneficio destos Reynos y aumento de las fuerzas maritimas de ellos y su poblacion. Su autor Don Bernardo de Ulloa. . . . Madrid. Small Svo. This work contains some particulars relating to the commerce between Spain and America, and is included in the list given by Robertson, at the end of his History of America. 17 Aviso HISTORICO, politico, geographico, con las noticias mas particulares del Peru, Tierra-firme, Chile, y nuevo reyno de Granada, en la relacion de los sucessos de 205 anos, por la chronologia de los adelantados, etc. desde el ano 1535, hasta el de 1740. Y razon de todo lo obrado por los Ingleses en aquellos reynos por las costas de los dos mares del norte y del sur, desde el ano de 1567, hasta el de 1739. Por D. Dionisio de Alcedo y Herrera. . . . Madrid. Small 4to. 18 INFORME que hace a S. M. el padre Joseph Gumilla, sobre impedir a los Indios Caribes y a los Olandeses las hostilida- des, que experimentan las colonias del gran Rio Orinoco, y los medios mas oportunos para este fin. (Madrid?) Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 63 Folio, pp. 16, with a map of part of the Orinoco. 1740. Very rare, apparently not printed for sale. v *-^*- MDCCXLI. 1 A COLLECTION of voyages and travels, in three parts. Part i. The dangerous voyage of Captain James, &c. n. The Sieur de Pointi s voyage to America, (fee. in. A description of Carolana, &c. By Daniel Coxe, esq. . . London. 8vo. This volume contains No. 10 and 11 of 1740, and the following work, bound up together, with a general title. 2 A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF CAROLANA, by the Spa niards called Florida, and by the French La Louisiane, viz. i. A description of the great and famous river Merchacebe or Missisipi. ir. A description of the countries, people, rivers, bays, harbours, and islands, to the east of the Merchacebe. in. A description of the sea coast, the large rivers, their heads and courses to the west of Merchacebe. iv. A de scription of the five great seas or lakes of fresh water, v. A new and curious discovery of an easy communication between the river Merchacebe and the South Sea, which separates America from China by means of several large rivers and lakes ; with a description of the said sea to the streights of Uries ; as also of a rich and considerable trade to be car ried on from thence to Japan, China, and Tartary. vi. An account of the useful animals, vegetables, metals, minerals, and other rich commodities, which this province naturally produces, vn. An appendix, containing the original char ter, &c. With a large and curious preface, demonstrating the right of the English to that country, and the unjust man ner of the French usurping of it, their prodigious increase there, &c., and the inevitable danger our other colonies on the continent will be exposed to, if not timely prevented ; interspersed with many useful hints in regard to our planta tions in general. To which is added, a large and accurate map of Carolana, and of the river Merchacebe. By Daniel Coxe, esq London. 8vo. The edition of 1722, with a new title-page. 64- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1741. 3 THE BRITISH EMPIRE in America, containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress, and state of the British co lonies on the continent and islands of America. Second edition, corrected and amended. With a continuation of the history, and the variation in the state and trade of those colonies, from the year 1710 to the present time. Including occasional remarks, and the most feasible and useful methods for their improvement and security. . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. maps. First printed in 1708. The first volume describes the British possessions on the continent of North America, and the second those in the West Indies. 4 A TRUE AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVE of the colony of Georgia in America, from the first settlement thereof until this pre sent period : containing the most authentick facts, matters, and transactions therein ; together with his Majesty s charter, representations of the people, letters, &c., and a dedication to H. E. General Oglethorpe. By Pat. Tailfer, M.D., Hugh Anderson, M.A., Da. Douglas, and others, landholders in Georgia, at present in Charles-town, in South Carolina. 8vo. pp. 118. Charles-town, S.C. This pamphlet was reprinted in London, without a date, but probably in the same year. It places the conduct of General Oglethorpe in a very different light from that in which it has generally been represented. An old MS. note at the beginning of the book says that it shews him in his true colours. 5 AN IMPARTIAL INQUIRY into the state and utility of the province of Georgia. . ..... London. 8vo. pp. 104. A very well-written tract, defending Georgia from the many reports which had been industriously propagated to the disadvantage of that colony. 6 AN ACCOUNT shewing the progress of the colony of Georgia, in America, from its first establishment. . . London.- Folio, pp. 71. This account was published by the trustees. 7 THE CURRENCIES of the British plantations in America. 8vo. London. 8 AN ACCOUNT of money received and disbursed for the Orphan- house in Georgia. By George Whitefield, A.B. late of Pern- Bibliotheca Americana Nora. broke College, Oxford. To which is prefixed, a plan of the 1741. building. ....... London. ^^ 8vo. pp. 46. 9 THE NEWSMAN S INTERPRETER, or a description of several Spanish territories in America, &c. The second edition. 12mo. Manchester. 10 *A GEOGRAPHICAL and historical description of the principal objects of the war in the Spanish West Indies. London. 8vo. Cat. British Museum. 11 THE AMERICAN TRAVELLER; being a new historical collection, carefully compiled from original memoirs in several languages, and the most authentic voyages and travels, containing a compleate account of that part of the world now called the West Indies, from its discovery by Columbus to the present time, &c. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 391. This work was published in numbers, and appears to be the commencement of an extensive work, but of which no more than this volume nppeared. It commences with a long introduction on the rise, progress, and improve ment of navigation, which is followed by book i., divided into two chap ters; one on the peopling of America, and the other, which concludes the book, containing an account of the voyages of Columbus. 12 SOME MEMOIRS of the first settlement of the island of Barba dos, and other Carribbee islands, with the succession of the governours and commanders- in-chief of Barbados, to the year 1741. Extracted from ancient records, papers, and ac counts, taken from Mr. William Arnold, Mr. Samuel Bulkly, and Mr. John Summers, some of the first settlers, the last of whom was alive in 1688, aged 82. Also some remarks on the laws and constitution of Barbados. . Barbados. 8vo. pp. 103. 13 CARIBBEANA. Containing letters and dissertations, together with poetical essays, on various subjects and occasions, chiefly wrote by several hands in the West Indies, and some of them to gentlemen residing there. Now collected in two volumes. Wherein are also comprised divers papers relating to trade, government, and laws in general; but more especially to those of the British sugar-colonies, and of Barbados in particular: 66 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1741. as likewise the characters of the most eminent men that have v *^* / died, of late years, in that island. To which are added, in an appendix, some pieces never before published. London. Quarto, 2 vols. 14 A CONCISE HISTORY of the Spanish America; containing a succinct relation of the discovery and settlement of its several colonies : a circumstantial detail of their respective situation, extent, commodities, trade, &c. And a full and clear account of the commerce with Old Spain by the galleons, flota, &c. As also of the contraband trade with the English, Dutch, French, Danes, and Portuguese. Together with an appendix, in which is comprehended an exact description of Paraguay. Collected chiefly from Spanish writers. . . London. 8vo. Said to be written by a Dr. Campbell. Republished, with new titles, in 1742 and 1747. 15 A LIST OF COPIES OF CHARTERS from the commissioners for trade and plantations, presented to the honourable the House of Commons, in pursuance of their address to H. M. of the 25th of April, 1740, viz. Maryland charter, granted by Charles I. in the 8th year of his reign ; Connecticut, Charles II., 14th of his reign; Rhode Island, Charles II., 15th of his reign ; Pennsylvania, Charles II., 33d of his reign ; Massa chusetts, William and Mary, 3d of their reign ; Georgia charter, granted by his present Majesty, in the 5th of his reign. Folio. London. 16 ESSAI SUR L HISTOIRE NATURELLE de la France Equinoxiale, ou le denombrement des plantes, des animaux, et des mine- raux qui se trouvent dans 1 ile de Cayenne et a la Guyane. Par Pierre Barrere. ..... Paris,, 12mo. Reprinted in 1749. " In this little work the author gives but a very im perfect idea of the natural treasures of those countries : the plants are arranged alphabetically, under the names given them by Plumier and Tournefort." Biog. Univ. 17 RASGO EPICO, veridica epiphomena, y aclamacion cierta a favor de Espana, en el celebre tropheo,. que consiguieron en Car- thagena Americana las armas Catholicas contra Inglaterra, governadas por el virrey D. Sebastian Eslava. Sisthema 3 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 07 politico, historica descripcion geographico-pronostica de In- 1741. glaterra y panegyris critico-historico de Espaiia. Su autor ~^ D. Joachin Casses de Xalo, &c. . . . Madrid. Small 8vo. Written in consequence of the repulse of Admiral Vernon at Carthagena. Its author was celebrated in his time for the number of works he under took without finishing any, and for the ridiculous bombast of his style. 18 DIARIO DE TODO LO occuRRiDO en la expugnacion de los Fu- ertes de Boca chica y sitio de la ciudad de Cartagena de las Indias; formado de los pliegos remitidosa S. M. por el Virey de Santa Fe, D. Sebastian de Eslava con D. Pedro de Mur su Ayudante Gen 1 - De Orden de S. M. . (Madrid.) Quarto, pp. 24. 19 COMPENDIO HISTORICO de la provincia, Partidos, Ciudades, Astilleros, Rios y Puerto de Guayaquil en las costas dela Mar del sur. Dedicado al Rey N. S. en su Real y supremo con- sejo de las Indias. Por Don Dionysio de Alsedo y Herrera, Presidente que fue de la Real audiencia de Quito, Governador y Capitan General de las provincias de su distrito. Quarto, pp. 131. Plan of Guayaquil. Madrid. The author of this work was the father of Alcedo, the author of Diccionario de las Indias Occidentales, published in 1786, &c. and translated by Thompson in 1812. 20 EL ORINOCO ILUSTRADO, historia, natural, civil y geographica, de este gran Rio y de sus caudalosas vertientes ; govierno, usos y costumbres de los Indies sus habitadores, con nuevas y utiles noticias de animales, arboles, frutos, aceytes, resinas, yervas y raices medicinales : y sobre todo se hallaran conver- siones muy singulares a nuestra santa fe y casos de mucha edificacion. Escrita por el P. Joseph Gumilla de la compania de Jesus, missioneroy superior de las missiones del Orinoco, &c. Quarto, pp. 580, and index. Map. Madrid. First edition : reprinted in 1745 and 1791. In French in 1758. At the time this work was published, the good father was supposed to have availed himself of the traveller s privilege ; but later discoveries have proved the truth of his assertions, and his work has received the credit to which it was entitled. Alcedo MS. 21 HISTOEJA DE LA PROVINCIA de la compania de Jesus del nuevo Reyno de Granada en la America, descripcion y relacion ex- acta de sus gloriosas missiones en el Reyno, Llanos, Meta y F 2 68 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1741. Rio Orinoco; Almas, y terrene que ban conquistado sus Mis- ~^ sioneros para Dios, aumento de la Christiandad, y extension de los dominios de S. M. C. Su author el Padre Joseph Cassani, religiose de la misma compaiiia. . Madrid. Folio. MDCCXLII. 1 A COMPLETE HISTORY of Spanish America; containing a distinct account of the discovery, settlement, trade, and present con dition of New Mexico, Florida, New Galicia, Guatimula, Cuba, Hispaniola, Terra Firma, Quito, Lima, La Plata, Chili, Buenos Ayres, &c. With a particular detail of the commerce with Old Spain by the galeons, flota, &c. As also of the contraband trade with the English, Dutch, French, Danes, and Portuguese. Together with an appendix, in which is comprehended an exact description of Paraguay. Collected chiefly from Spanish writers. . . . London. 8vo. The "Concise history" of 1741, (No. 14,) with a new title; two more new titles for the same book were printed in 1747. 2 REMARKS on several acts of Parliament relating more especially to the colonies abroad ; as also on diverse acts of Assemblies there : together with a comparison of the practice of the courts of law in some of the plantations with those of West minster Hall ; and a modest apology for the former, so far as they materially differ from the latter. W herein is likewise contain d, a discourse concerning the 4J per cent, duty paid in Barbados and the Leeward Islands. . . London. 8vo. pp. 125. The author appears to have been Jonathan Blumeau, esq. attorney-general of Barbadoes. 3 AN EPISTLE to Dr. Richard Mead, concerning the epidemical diseases of Virginia, particularly a pleurisy and peripneu- mony : wherein is shewn the surprising efficacy of the seneca rattlesnake root, in diseases owing to a viscidity and coagulation of the blood; such as pleurisies and peripneumonies, these being epidemick and very mortal in Virginia, and other colonies on the continent of America, and also the Leeward Islands. To which is prefixt, a cut of that most valuable plant: and an appendix annexed, demonstrating the highest Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 69 probability that this root will be of more extensive use than 1742. any medicine in the whole materia medica, and of curing the ^-^ gout, rheumatism, dropsy, and many nervous diseases. By John Tennent. ..... Edinburgh. 8vo. pp. 102. First printed, according to Watts, in 1738. 4 A LETTER from a gentleman in Boston to Mr. George Wishart, one of the ministers of Edinburgh, concerning the state of re ligion in New-England. .... Edinburgh. 8vo. pp. 24. 5 A VINDICATION and confirmation of the remarkable work of God in New-England. Being some remarks on a late pamphlet entitled The State of Religion in New-England since the Rev. Mr. George Whitejield s arrival there. By George Whitefield, A.B., &c. .... Glasgow. 8vo. pp. 32. 6 THE STATE or RELIGION in New-England since the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield s arrival there, &c. . . Glasgow. 12mo. Library of Harvard College. 7 A LETTER FROM NEW-ENGLAND concerning the state of religion there, &c. ...... Edinburgh. 12mo. Signed Andrew Oliphant. 8 AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT of the expedition against St. Augustin, under the command of General Oglethorpe. . London. 8vo.? 9 A STATE OF THE PROVINCE or GEORGIA, attested upon oath iii the court of Savannah, November 10, 1740. . London. 8vo. pp. 32. This tract is also printed at the end of the second volume of Stephen s journal. 10 A JOURNAL of the proceedings in Georgia, beginning October 20, 1737. By William Stephens, esq. To which is added, a state of the province, as attested upon oath in the court of Savannah, November 10, 1740. . . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. This journal comes down to Oct. 4, 1740, and gives a minute account of every tlmig which occurred to, or came to the knowledge of, the author. Some catalogues mention three volumes, but I have not had the good fortune to meet with the third. The author was secretary for the affairs of the trust in the province. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 1 *REPORT or THE COMMITTEE of the House of Assembly of the province of South Carolina, appointed to enquire into the causes of the disappointment of success in the late expedition against St. Augustine, under General Oglethorpe. Folio. Charleston, S.C. Col. Aspinwall s Catalogue. 12 IN CHANCERY. BREVIATE. John Penn, Thomas Penn, and Richard Penn, esqs.; plaintiff s. Charles Calvert, esq. Lord Baltimore in the kingdom of Ireland, defendant. For the plaintiffs. Upon a bill to compell a specifick execution of articles of agreement entred into between the partys for setling the boundaries of the province of Pensylvania, the three lower countys, and the province of Maryland, and for perpetuating testimony, &c. . . (Philadelphia ?) Royal folio, pp. 116, and two maps. This work being printed on large paper with a small type, each page con tains as much matter as twelve common octavo pages. It contains every thing that could be collected from records and books relating to the his tory and establishment of the "three lower counties on Delaware," now the state of Delaware, and was probably printed only for the use of the parties immediately concerned, and not for sale. 13 VOYAGE du R. P. Emmanuel Crespel dans le Canada, et son naufrage en revenant en France : mis au jour par le sieur Louis Crespel, son pere Francfort. Small 8vo. pp. 158. Warden s Catalogue. Published in English in 179T. 14 NOUVEAU VOYAGE AUX ISLES BE I/AMERIQUE, etc. Par le R. P. Labat, de 1 ordre des Freres precheurs. Nouvelle edition augmentee considerablement, et enrichie de figures en tailles douces. ...... Paris. 12mo. 8 vols. Plates. The most complete edition. The first was printed in 1722. 15 THEORICA Y PRACTICA DE coMERCio y de Marina, en diferentes discursos y calificados exemplares, que con especificas provi- dencias se procuran adaptar a la Monarchia Espanola, para su prompta restauracion, beneficio universal y mayor fortaleza contro los emulos de la Real corona, &c. Por D Geronymo de Uztariz. Segunda impression, corregida y enmendada. Folio. Madrid. The first edition was printed in 1724. It has been translated into English, French, and Italian, and probably into other languages. Robertson quotes it among the books examined by him for his History of America. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 71 MDCCXLIII. 1743, 1 SOME THOUGHTS concerning the present revival of religion in New-England, and the way in which it ought to be acknow ledged and promoted, humbly offered to the publick, in a treatise on that subject, in five parts. Part I., Shewing, &c. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M., pastor of the church of Christ, at Northampton. ..... Edinburgh. Small 8vo. pp. 221. First printed at Boston in 1742. 2 SEASONABLE THOUGHTS on the state of religion in New- England, a treatise, in five parts. I. Faithfully pointing out the things of a bad and dangerous tendency, in the late and present religious appearance, in the land. II. Representing, &c. With a preface, giving an account of the Antinomians, Familists, and Libertines, who infected these churches above an hundred years ago. Very needful for these days ; the like spirit and errors prevailing now as did then. The whole being intended, and calculated, to serve the interest of Christ s kingdom. By Charles Chauncy, D.D., pastor of the first church of Christ in Boston. .... Boston. 8vo. This work is principally against itinerant preaching, 4< which had its rise (at least in these parts) from Mr. Whitefield." 3 *AN ACCOUNT of the expedition to Carthagena, with explanatory notes. ........ London. 8vo.? Gent. s Mag. 1743. 4 A BRIEF ACCOUNT of the causes that have retarded the progress of the colony of Georgia, in America ; attested upon oath. Being a proper contrast to A Slate of the province of Georgia; attested upon oath. And some misrepresentations on the same subject. ... . London. Svo. pp. 24. App. pp. 101. 5 THE REPORT of the Committee of Assembly in S. Carolina ap pointed to enquire into the causes of the disappointment in the expedition against St. Augustine. . . London. Svo. Sec No. 11, 17 J2. 72 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1743. 6 THE SPANISH HIRELING detected. Being a refutation of several calumnies, in a pamphlet entitled An impartial account of the expedition against St. Augustine. By G. Cadogan. 8vo. ? London. See No. 8, 1742. 7 A FULL REPLY to Lieut. Cadogan s Spanish hireling detected. 8vo. ? London. Gent. s Mag. 1743. 8 THE NATURAL HISTORY of North Carolina. With an account of the trade, manners, and customs of the Christian and In dian inhabitants, strange beasts, birds, fishes, snakes, insects, trees, and plants, &c. By John Brickell, M.D. Dublin. 8vo. pp. 408. The edition of 1737 with a new title-page. 9 A VOYAGE to the South Seas in the years 1740-1. Containing a faithful narrative of the loss of his Majesty s ship the Wager on a desolate island, &c. The whole compiled by persons concerned in the facts related, viz. John Bulkeley and John Cummins, late gunner and carpenter of the Wager. 8vo. London. The Wager was one of the ships which sailed from England; under Com modore Anson, on a voyage round the world. 10 A VINDICATION of the conduct of Capt. Christopher Middleton, in a late voyage on board H.M. s ship the Furnace, for dis covering a N.W. passage to the Western American Ocean. In answer to certain objections and aspersions of Arthur Dobbs, esq. ; with an appendix : containing the captain s instructions ; councils held ; reports of the inferior officers ; letters between Mr. Dobbs, Capt. Middleton, &c. Affidavits and other vouchers refer d to in the captain s answers, &c. With as much of the log-journal as relates to the discovery. The whole as lately deliver d to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. To which is annexed, an account of the ex traordinary degrees and surprising effects of cold in Hudson s Bay, North America, read before the Royal Society. By Christopher Middleton, late commander of the Furnace, and F.R.S. London. 8vo. pp. 206 and 48. The objections and aspersions of Mr. Dobbs, which gave rise to this con troversy, were made in writing to the Lords of the Admiralty. See several publications on the same subject in the following years. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 73 11 NOUVELLE RELATION de la France Equinoxiale, contenant la 1743. description des cotes de la Guiane ; de 1 isle de Cayenne; le v * v * / commerce de cette colonie ; les divers changemens arrives dans ce pays ; et les mosurs et coutumes des differens peuples sauvages qui 1 habitent. Avec des figures dessinees sur les lieux. Par Pierre Barrere, M.D., &c. . . Paris. I2mo. 12 HISTORIA de la conquista de Mexico, poblacion y progresos de la America septentrional, cono.cida por el nombre de Nu- eva Espaiia. Segunda Parte. Escriviala Don Ignacio de Salazar y Olarte. ..... Cordova. Folio, pp. 474. Reprinted in 1786. Salazar s continuation of Solis has neither the beauty of style and language of the latter, nor any redeeming merit as a histo rical composition. The language is ridiculously inflated and bombastic. The editor of the second edition acknowledges the inferiority of the work, but alleges as an apology for reprinting it the want of something better to complete the work of Solis. 13 FLORA VIRGINICA exhibens plantas quasV. C. Johannes Clay ton in Virginia, observavit atque collegit. Easdem methode sexuali disposuit, ad genera propria retulit, nominibus spe- cificis insignivit & minus cognitas descripsit Joh. Fred. Gro- novius. ....... Lug. Bat. 8vo. Reprinted, with additions, in 1762. MDCCXLIV. I REMARKS UPON CAPT. MIDDLETON S DEFENCE : wherein his conduct, during his late voyage for discovering a passage from Hudson s Bay to the South Sea, is impartially examined ; his neglects and omissions in that affair fully proved ; the falsities and evasions in his defence exposed ; the errors of his charts laid open, and his accounts of currents, streights and rivers, confuted : whereby it will appear, with the highest probability, that there is such a passage as he went in search of. With an appendix of original papers, and a map of the in-land and sea-coast of North America in and about Hudson s Bay. By Arthur Dobbs, esq. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 171. Map. See No. 10, 1743. 74 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1744. 2 A REPLY TO THE REMARKS of Arthur Dobbs, esq. on Captain Middleton s vindication of his conduct on board H. M. s ship the Furnace, when sent in search of a N.W. passage, by Hudson s Bay to the Western American Ocean. Humbly inscribed to the R. H. the Lords Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland, &c. By Christopher Middleton, esq. . . London. 8vo. pp. 292. 3 AN ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRIES adjoining to Hudson s Bay, in the North-west part of America : containing a description of their lakes and rivers, the nature of the soil and climates, and their methods of commerce, &c. shewing the benefit to be made by settling colonies, and opening a trade in these parts ; whereby the French will be deprived in a great mea sure of their traffick in furs, and the communication between Canada and Mississippi be cut off. With an abstract of Captain Middleton s Journal, and observations upon his be haviour during his voyage, and since his return. To which are added, i. A letter from Bartholomew de Fonte, Vice-Ad- miral of Peru and Mexico ; giving an account of his voyage from Lima in Peru, to prevent, or seize upon any ships that should attempt to find a North West passage to the South Sea. ii. An abstract of all the discoveries which have been published of the islands and countries in and adjoining to the great Western Ocean, between America, India, and China, &c. pointing out the advantages that may be made, if a short passage should be found through Hudson s Streights to that ocean, in. The Hudson s Bay Company s charter, iv. The standard of trade in those parts of America ; with an account of the exports and profits made annually by the Hudson s Bay Company, v. Vocabularies of the languages of several Indian nations adjoining to Hudson s Bay. The whole in tended to shew the great probability of a North-west passage, so long desired ; and which (if discovered) would be of the highest advantage to these kingdoms. By Arthur Dobbs, esq. Quarto, pp. 211. Map. London. 4 A JOURNAL of the proceedings in the detection of the conspi racy formed by some white people, in conjunction with negro Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 75 and other slaves, for burning the city of New York, in Ame- 1744. rica, and murdering the inhabitants, &c. By the Recorder **** of the city of New York. . New York. Quarto. Reprinted in London, in 8vo. in the following year. 5 A RELATION or journal of a late expedition to the gates of St. Augustine on Florida, under the conduct of Gen. Oglethorpe. Svo. London. By G. L. Campbell. British Museum Catalogue. 6 THE TREATY held with the Indians of the Six Nations at Lan caster, in Pennsylvania, in June, 1744. To which is prefixed, an account of the first confederacy of the six nations, their present tributaries, dependents and allies, and of their reli gion and form of government. . . Williamsburgh. Svo. pp. 80. Appears to have been reprinted in London in the following year. 7 A VOYAGE TO GEORGIA. Begun in the year 1735. Containing an account of the settling the town of Fred erica, in the southern part of the province ; and a description of the soil, air, birds, beasts, trees, rivers, islands, &c. With the rules and orders made by the honourable the trustees for that settlement ; including the allowances of provisions, clothing, and other necessaries to the families and servants which went thither. Also, a description of the town and county of Sa vannah, in the northern part of the province ; the manner of dividing and granting the lands, and the improvement there; with an account of the air, soil, rivers, and islands in that part. By Francis Moore, author of travels into the inland parts of Africa. ..... London. Svo. pp. 108. 8 THE PRESENT STATE of the country and inhabitants, Europeans and Indians, of Louisiana, on the north continent of America. By an officer at New Orleans to his friend at Paris. Con taining the garrisons, forts, and forces, price of all manner of provisions and liquors, &c. Also an account of their drunken lewd lives, which lead them to excesses of debauchery and villany. To which are added, letters from the governor of that province on the trade of the French and English with the 76 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1744. natives, &c. Translated from the French originals, taken in the Golden Lyon prize, &c. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 55. This is rather a meagre account of Louisiana. The letters referred to were written by Vaudreuil, governor of New Orleans, in the same year the book was printed. 9 A JOURNAL of the expedition to Carthagena, with notes. In answer to a late pamphlet entitled an account of the expe dition to Carthagena. . . London. 8vo. pp. 60. Written on the side of the " gentlemen of the army." 10 AUTHENTIC PAPERS relating to the expedition against Cartha- gena. Containing original letters between the admiral and the general, their councils of war, &c. Also, letters between the Vice-King of Santa Fe, governor of Carthagena, and the admiral. The second edition ; to which is prefixed a preface and contents. ...... London. 8vo. pp. 100, and large folding plate. 11 *ORIGINAL PAPERS relating to the expedition to Carthagena. 8vo. London. 12. A JOURNAL of the expedition to La Guira and Porto Cavallos, in the West Indies, under the command of Commodore Knowles. In a letter from an officer on board the Burford to his friend in London. .... London. 8vo. pp. 63. 13 ORIGINAL PAPERS relating to the expedition to Panama. Magna est veritas et prcevalebit. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 224. 14 ORIGINAL PAPERS relating to the expedition to the island of Cuba. Magna est veritas et prcevalebit. . London. 8vo. pp. 220. 15 A LETTER to Admiral Vernon from John Cathcart, concerning some gross misrepresentations in a pamphlet lately published, and entitled Original papers relating to the expedition to the Island of Cuba. ...... London. 8vo. pp. 55. 16 AN ABRIDGEMENT of the life of the late reverend and learned Dr. Cotton Mather, of Boston, in New England. Taken from the account of him published by his son, the Rev. Samuel Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 77 Mather. Proposed as a pattern to all Christians who desire 1744. to excel in holiness and usefulness, and especially to the ^^ younger ministers. By David Jennings. Recommended by I. Watts, D.D London. 12mo. 17 A COLLECTION of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in Eng lish. In six volumes. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse (supposed to be written by the celebrated Mr. Locke) entitled The whole history of navigation, from its original to this time. Illustrated with near three hundred maps and cuts, curiously engraved on copper. The third edition. Folio, 6 vols. London. This edition has a copious index added to it, and there is some little differ ence in the arrangement of the articles. The account of books of voyages and travels is also brought down to the present year. See 1732. 18 GUATEMALENSIS ECCLESi^, monumenta ; collegit, digessit, con- cinnavit, atque in lucem edidit Fr. Raimundus Leal Ordinis Prsedicatorum. ...... Madrid. Quarto. 19 HISTOIRE et description generale de la Nouvelle France, avec le journal historique d un voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans I Amerique Septentrionale. Par le P. de Charlevoix, de la Compagnie de Jesus. . Paris. Quarto, 3 vols. maps and plates. This is one of the most important works there is relating to Canada. It contains not only what the author saw himself, but he has collected from the best authorities, and with great judgment, every thing important relating to the history of the country. Some allowance is to be made for his prejudices in favor of his own order and religion : " in all other respects he was admirably qualified to discharge the task assigned to him. Patient in investigation, cautious in his belief, and judicious in his observations, his narrative and history contain more sound views on the general subject of the Indians, than the works of all the writers who preceded or who have followed him." N.A.R. xxii. p. 58. The work commences with a chronological account of voyages and discoveries ; followed by a cata logue of authors, with a short, but, in general, a very able criticism on their works. The History of Canada, Louisiana, &c. follows, and occupies the greater part of two volumes. At the end of the second is a descrip tion of American plants, with plates. The third volume is devoted to an account of Father Charlevoix s own voyages and travels in America. An edition in six volumes, 12mo. was printed in the same year; an English translation of part of the work in 1 761 . 78 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1745. 20 AUSFUHRLICIIE NACHRICHT von den Saltzburgischen emi- ^^ granten, &c. Herausgegeben von Samuel Urlsperger, &c. Quarto, pp. 242. Halle. This appears to be the same work as No. 8 of 1735. It is ornamented with a very fine engraving of Tomo Chachi and his son, who were brought to England by Governor Oglethorpe. MDCCXLV. 1 FORGERY DETECTED, shewing how groundless are all the calum nies in Dobbs s pamphlet. By Captain Middleton. London. 8vo. 2 A REPLY to Capt. Middleton s answer to the remarks on his vindication of his conduct, in a late voyage made by him in the Furnace sloop, by orders of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to find out a passage from the N.W. of Hud son s Bay to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. Shewing the art and evasions he makes use of to conceal his misconduct and neglect in prosecuting that discovery : as also the false currents, tides, straits, and rivers he has laid down in his chart and journal to conceal the discovery ; with remarks upon some extraordinary affidavits he has published in his favour. To which is added, a full answer to a late pamphlet, published by Capt. Middleton, called Forgery de tected. By Arthur Dobbs, esq. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 128. 3 *A REPLY to Mr. Dobbs s answer, by Capt. Middleton. London. 8vo. In the British Museum. 4 *A REJOINDER to Mr. Dobbs s reply, by Capt. Middleton. 8vo. London. In the British Museum. 5 A DESCRIPTION of the coast, tides, and currents in Button s bay, and in the Welcome : being the N.W. coast of Hudson s bay, from Churchill river, in 58 56 north latitude, to Wager river or strait, in 65 24 , taken from Scrog s, Crow s, Napier s, and Smith s journals, made in the years 1722, 1737, 1740, 1742, 1743, and 1744. Also, from the discoveries made in 1742, in the voyage in the Furnace bomb and Discovery Pink, commanded by Captain Middleton and Captain Moor ; shewing from these journals a probability that there is a passage from thence to the Western Ocean of America. London. Svo. pp. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 79 6 A JOURNAL of the late siege by the troops from North America, 1745 against the French at Cape Breton, the city of Louisbourg, *~/+* and the territories thereunto belonging. Surrendered to the English on the 17th of June, 1745, after a siege of forty-eight days. By James Gibson, gentleman volunteer at the above siege London. 8vo. pp. 49 ; plate. 7 THE IMPORTANCE of Cape Breton to the British nation, con taining the plan on which it was taken. By Robert Auch- muty, judge advocate in New England. . . London. 8vo. 8 CONSIDERATIONS on the state of the British fishery in America. 8vo.? London. 9 MARVELLOUS THINGS done by the right hand and holy arm of God in getting him the victory. A sermon preached the 18th of July, 1745. Being a day set apart for solemn thanksgiving to Almighty God for the reduction of Cape Breton by H. M/s New-England forces, &c. By Charles Chauncy, D.D., pastor of a church in Boston. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 32. First printed in Boston. This sermon does not appear to have heen so successful as the following, by the Rev. Thomas Prince, on the same occasion. 10 EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS the doings of God, and marvellous in pious eyes. Illustrated in a sermon at the south church, in Boston, N. E., on the general thanksgiving, Thursday, July 18, 1745. Occasioned by taking the city of Louisbourg, on the isle of Cape Breton, by New-England soldiers, assisted by a British squadron. By Thomas Prince, M.A., and one of the pastors of the said church. . . Boston, N.E. 8vo. At least five editions of this sermon were printed in England. 11 *THE AFRICAN TRADE, the great pillar and support of the British plantation trade in America. . . London. Quarto. British Museum. 12 A NATURAL HISTORY of Nevis, and the rest of the English Leeward Charibee islands in America. With many other ob servations on nature and art ; particularly an introduction to the art of decyphering. In eleven letters, from the Rev. Mr. 80 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1745. Smith, sometime rector of St. John s, at Nevis, and now rector of St. Mary s, in Bedford, &c. . Cambridge. 8vo. 13 A TRUE AND IMPARTIAL JOURNAL of a voyage to the South Seas, and round the globe, in H. M. s ship the Centurion, under the command of Commodore George Anson. Wherein all the material incidents during the said voyage, from its commencement in the year 1740, to its conclusion in 1744, are fully and faithfully related, having been committed to paper at the time they happened. Together with some his torical accounts of Chili, Peru, Mexico, and the empire of China ; exact descriptions of such places of note as were touched at, and variety of occasional remarks. To which is added, a large and general table of longitudes and latitudes, ascertained from accurate observations, or (where those are wanting) from the best printed books and MSS. taken from the Spaniards in this expedition. Also the variations of the compass throughout the voyage, and the soundings and depths of water along the different coasts; and lastly, several curious observations on a comet seen in the South Seas, on the coast of Mexico. By Pascoe Thomas, teacher of mathematics on board the Centurion. . ... London. 8vo. 14 A NEW GENERAL COLLECTION of voyages and travels; consist ing of the most esteemed relations which have been hitherto published in any language : comprehending every thing re markable in its kind in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, with respect to the several empires, kingdoms, and provinces; their situation, extent, bounds, &c. Also, the manners and customs of the several inhabitants, their religion, government, &c. So as to form a complete system of modern geography and history, exhibiting the present state of all nations: illus trated not only with charts of the several divisions of the ocean, and maps of each country, entirely new composed as well as new engraved, by the best hands, from the latest sur veys, discoveries, and astronomical observations, but likewise with variety of plans and prospects of coasts, harbours, and cities; besides cuts, representing antiquities, animals, vegeta- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 81 bles, the persons and habits of the people, and other curiosi- 1745. ties ; selected from the most authentic travellers, foreign as ^^ well as English. ...... London. Quarto, 4 vols. 226 maps and plates. This collection, generally known as Astley s, the publisher, was intended to have been much more extensive, but apparently did not receive sufficient patronage. It was originally published in weekly numbers, and gave rise to the collection of the Abbe Prevost, the first seven volumes of which are a translation of these four. They relate almost entirely to Africa and Asia. 15 RELATION ABREGEE d un voyage fait dans Finterieur de 1 Ame- rique meridionale. Depuis la cote de la mer du sud jusqu aux cotes du Bresil et de la Guiane, en descendant la riviere des Amazones. Liie a Fassemblee publique de 1 academie des sciences le 28 Avril, 1745. Par M. de la Condamine, de la meme academie. Avec une carte du Maragnon ou de la riviere des Amazones, levee par lememe. . . Paris. 8vo. 16 EXTRACTO DEL DiARio de observaciones hechas en el viage de Quito al Para, por el Rio de las Amazonas ; y del Para a Cayana, Surinam y Amsterdam. Destinado para ser leydo en la assemblea publica de la academia Real de las Ciencias de Paris. Por M. de la Condamine, uno de los tres embiados de la misma academia a la Linea Equinoccial para la medida de los grados terrestres. Traducida del Frances al Castellano. 8vo. Amsterdam. M. de la Condamine was detained more than two months after his arrival in Holland, waiting for passports to enable him to proceed to Paris. In this interval he employed himself in translating his journal into Spanish, to send to his friends in America ; for which purpose he caused the ne cessary number of copies to be printed, and no more. 17 EL ORINOCO ILUSTRADO Y DEFEIS T DIDO, &c. Por el Padre Joseph Gumilla, &c. Segunda impression, revista y aumen- tada por su mismo autor y dividida en dos partes. Madrid. Quarto, 2 vols. plates. The first edition was printed in 1741. 18 VITA E LETTERE Di AMERIGO VESPUCCI gentiluomo Fiorentino raccolte e illustrate dall abate Angelo Maria Bandini. Quarto, pp. 76 and 128. Firenze. G 82 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1745. Bandini s life of Vesputius is a mere panegyric throughout. He does not ^^^ hesitate to call him the discoverer of America, which he makes him appear to have heen, from the dates he gives of his two first voyages. But the Spanish writers have proved that these dates are incorrect ; and that the first of these voyages, if made at all, must have heen in 1499 instead of 1497. But even if Bandini s dates were correct, all that could be said ahout it would be, that Vesputius had followed a track which Columbus had pointed out. MDCCXLVI. 1 A LETTER from William Shirley, esq. governor of Massachusetts Bay, to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle: with a journal of the siege of Louisbourg, and other operations of the forces, during the expedition against the French settlements on Cape Breton ; drawn up at the desire of the Council and House of Representatives of the province of Massachusetts Bay ; ap proved and attested by Sir William Pepperell, and the other principal officers who commanded in the said expedition. Published by authority. .... London. 8vo. pp. 32. 2 AN ACCURATE JOURNAL of the proceedings of the New- England land forces, during the late expedition against the French settlements on Cape Breton, to the time of the surrender of Louisbourg. Containing a just representation of the trans actions and occurrences, and of the behaviour of the said forces. Dated Louisbourg, Oct. 20, 1745, and in form at tested by Lieut. Gen. Pepperell, &c. Exhibiting a more authentic, correct, and perfect account, than any before made publick. With a computation of the French fishery on the banks of Newfoundland, Acadia, Cape Breton, &c. All sent over by Gen. Pepperell himself to his friend, Capt. Henry Stafford, at Exmouth, Devon. Printed from the original manuscripts, at the desire of Capt. Stafford, as well in justice to the general, as for the better information of the publick. 8vo. pp. 40. . Exon. See 1758. 3 THE IMPORTANCE and advantage of Cape Breton, truly stated and impartially considered. With proper maps. . London. 8vo. pp. 156. 2 maps. Taken principally from Charlevoix s Nouvelle France; according to Allen by Bollan. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 83 4 IMPORTANCE of Cape Breton considered. . . London. 1746. 8vo. >-vw Entirely different from the foregoing. 5 *WORK OF GRACE among the Indians of New Jersey and Penn sylvania. By the Rev. David Brainerd. . Philadelphia- 8vo. Library of Harvard College. Mr. Brainerd published his journal, or an account of the rise and progress of a remarkable work of grace amongst a number of Indians in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with some general remarks, 1746. This work, which is very interesting, and which displays the piety and talents of the author, was published by the commissioners of the society in Scotland, with a preface by them. Allen. An abridgment of this journal was printed in 1748. 6 ORIGINAL LETTERS to an honest Sailor. . . London. 8vo pp. 94. This pamphlet appears to have been published by Admiral Vernon, after his name was ordered to be struck out of the list of flag officers, for having published two pamphlets entitled, A specimen of naked truth, and Some seasonable advice from an honest Sailor. It relates principally to the expeditions against the Spanish possessions in America. 7 LETTRE A MADAME*** sur 1 emeute populaire excitee en la ville de Cuenca au Perou, 29 Aout, 1739. Contre les aca- demiciens des sciences, envoyes pour la mesure de la terre. 8vo. pp. 108, plate. (Paris.) This pamphlet is generally found with Condamine s account of his voyage, No. 15, 1745. 8 HISTOIRE GNERALE DES VOYAGES, on nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont ete publiees jusqu a present dans les differentes langues de toutes les nations connues : contenant ce qu il y a de plus remarquable, de plus utile et de mieux avere dans les pays ou les voyageurs ont penetres touchant leur situation, leur eten- due, leurs limites, leurs divisions, leur climat, leur terroir, &c. Avec les moeurs et les usages des habitans, leur religion, leur gouvernement, leurs arts et leurs sciences, leur commerce et leurs manufactures ; pour former un sisteme complet d histoire et de geographic moderne, qui representera 1 etat actuel de toutes les nations : enrichi de cartes geographiques, nouvelle- ment composees sur les observations les plus autentiques, de plane et de perspectives ; de figures d animaux, de vegetaux, habits, antiquites, &c. Paris. 4to. 20 volumes, 393 maps and plates. 84 Bibtiotlieca Americana Nova. ] 746 The first seven volumes of this work are a translation of the four volumes published by Astley, (No. 14, 1745.) Volumes VIII. to XV. were compiled by the translator of the preceding volumes, the Abbe Prevost. The six teenth volume, printed in 1761 , is a general index to the work. The seven teenth volume is a supplement containing the restitutions and additions of the edition printed in Holland. The three remaining volumes are a continuation of the work by MM. Querlon and de Leyre, containing the voyages omitted by the abb, or which had been published after his death. Laharpe says that, if the whole of the work had been as well edited as the three last volumes, his abridgment would have been unnecessary. The twentieth volume has the date of 1802. "This quarto edition is still esteemed for the beauty of the engravings, by able artists, after the designs of Cochin, and on account of the maps and plans, which are also well exe cuted. Large paper copies sell for double and triple the price of the common paper." Bibliotheque des Voyages. Preprinted at the Hague, in twenty-five volumes in quarto, and in Paris in 1749, and following years, in eighty volumes, 12mo., but these editions are not much esteemed. It was translated into German, and printed at Leipsic in 1747, and following years. 9 IDEA DE UNA HISTORIA GENERAL de la America Septentrional. Fundada sobre material copioso de figuras, symbolos, carac- teres y geroglificos, cantares y manuscritos de autores Indies, ultimamente descubiertos. Por el Cavallero Lorenzo Boturini Benaducci. ...... Madrid. Small 4to. pp. 303. "The curious and learned author of this work arrived in Mexico in 1736 ; and, desirous of writing the history of that kingdom, he made, during eight years he remained there, the most diligent researches into its antiquity; acquired a considerable mastery of the Mexican language, entered into friendship with the Indians to obtain their ancient pictures from them, and procured copies of many valuable manuscripts which were in the libraries of the monasteries. The museum which he formed of paintings and ancient manuscripts was the most numerous and select ever seen in that kingdom excepting that of the celebrated Siguenza; but, before he put a hand to the work, the jealousy of the Spanish government stripped him of all his literary estate, and sent him into Spain, where, being entirely cleared from every suspicion against his lovaltv and honour, but without recovering his manuscripts, he published this sketch of the great history he was medi tating. It contains much important information not before published, but there are also some errors in it." Clavigero. 10 ESCUDO DE ARMAS DE MEXICO. Celestial proteccion de esta nobilissima ciudad de la Nueva Espana y de casi toclo el Nuevo mundo, Maria santissima en su portentosa imagen del Mexi- cano Guadalupe, milagrosamente apparecida en el Palacio Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 85 Arzobispal el ano de 1531. Y jurada su principal patrona el 1746. pasado de 1737. En la angustia que ocasiono la pestilencia, ^-^ que cebada con mayor rigor en los Indios, mitigo sus ardores al abrigo de tanta sombra : describiala D. Cayetano de Ca brera, y Quintero, Presbytero de este Arzobispado, &c. Folio. Mexico. 11 TIIEATRO AMERICANO: descripcion general de los reynos y provincias de la Nueva Espaiia y sus jurisdicciones : dedicala al Rey N. S. D. Phelipe quinto, monarca de las Espanas: su author D. Joseph Antonio de Villa Senor y Sanchez, etc. Folio, 2 vols. Mexico. The second volume was printed in 1748, and, according to Meusel, a third in 1774. Until Humboldt s work appeared, this was the most important statistical account of New Spain that had been published. Robertson made great use of it. 12 VIDA do Apostolico padre Antonio Vieyra da Companhia de Jesus, chamado por antonomasia o grande : acclamado no mundo por principe dos oradores evangelicos, pregador incom- paravel dos Keys de Portugal, varao esclarecido em virtudes, e letras divinas, e humanas ; Restaurador das Missoes do Ma- ranhao e Para. Pelo P. Andre de Barros da companhia de Jesus. ........ Lisboa. Folio. Father Viejra was most zealous in converting the Indians of Brazil, but was much persecuted by the Portuguese inhabitants for opposing their making slaves of them as fast as they became Christians, which, it appears, they had previously been in the habit of doing as a thing of course. 13 ARTE DE NAVEGAR, &c. Por Manoel Pimentel. Novamente emendado Lisboa. Folio, pp. 604. First printed in 1699, and reprinted in 1712. 14 NEUESTE UND RICIITIGSTE NACHRICHT von der landschaft Georgien; mit anmerkungen, die der uebersetzer bey seinem vieljahrigen aufenthalt in America angestellet hat, begleitet von J. M. K. . . . . . Goettingen. 8vo. Meusel, iii. 394. 86 Bibliothcca Americana Nova. 1747. MDCCXLVII. 1 THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST DISCOVERY and settlement of Vir ginia, being an essay towards a general history of this colony. By William Stith, A.M. rector of Henrico parish, and one of the governors of William and Mary College. Williamsburg. 8vo. pp. 331, appendix, pp. 34. Reprinted in London in 1753. This is but a small part of the author s intended work, coming down to the year 1624 only. "An appendix contains a collection of charters, relating to the period comprised in the volume. Besides the copious materials of Smith, the author derived assistance from the manuscripts of his uncle, Sir John Randolph, and from the records of the London company, put into hia hands by Colonel William Byrd, president of the council, and from the valuable library of this gentleman. Mr. Stith was a man of classical learning, and a faithful historian ; but he was destitute of taste in style, and his details are ex ceedingly minute." Allen. 2 THE HISTORY OF THE FIVE INDIAN NATIONS OF CANADA which are dependent on the province of New York in America, and are the barrier between the English and French in that part of the world. With accounts of their religion (&c. &c. &c.) By the Hon. Cadwallader Golden, esq. one of H. M/s council, and surveyor-general of New York. To which are added, accounts of the several other nations of Indians in North America (&c. &c. &c.) ..... London. 8vo. p. 20, 204, and 283. There are copies of this edition, called the second, with the date of 1750, but have merely a new title-page. The first part was printed at New York in 1727. In the reprint, the dedication, which was originally to Governor Burnet, is transferred by the London publisher to General Oglethorpe. Mr. Golden complained of this, as well as of some additions which were made to the London, edition without his knowledge or consent. An edition in two volumes 12mo. was printed in 1755. 3 A JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS in the detection of the con spiracy formed by some white people in conjunction with negro and other slaves for burning the city of New York, and murdering the inhabitants, in 1741 42. With an appendix. 8vo. London. First printed at New York in 1744. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 87 4 *FURTHER OBSERVATIONS intended for improving the culture 1747. and curing of indigo, &c. in South Carolina. London. *** 8vo. In the British Museum. 5 THE HISTORY of New England. By D. Neal, M.A. Second edition, enlarged by the author. . . . London. Svo. 2 vols. See 1720. 6 MEMOIRS of the life and travels of James Houstoun, M.D. (formerly physician and surgeon-general to the Royal African Company s settlements in Africa, and late surgeon to the Royal Assiento Company s factories in America), from the year 1690 to this present year 1747. Containing a great variety of curious observations that occurred during the course of above thirty years travels in divers foreign parts. Collected and written by his own hand. . . . London. Svo. 7 THE SPANISH EMPIRE in America, containing a succinct relation of the discovery and settlement of its several colonies ; a view of their respective situations, extent, commodities, trade, &c. And a full and clear account of the commerce with old Spain by the galleons, flota, &c. Also of the contraband trade with the English, Dutch, French, Danes, and Portuguese. With an exact description of Paraguay. By an English merchant. Svo. London. The same book as No. 14 of 1741, with a new title. 8 THE SEQUEL to Bulkely s and Cummin s voyage to the South Sea. By A. Campbell. . . . London. Svo. See 1743. 9 A SUCCINCT ABRIDGEMENT of a voyage made within the inland parts of South America ; from the coasts of the South Sea to the coasts of Brazil and Guiana, down the river of Amazons : as it was read in the public assembly of the academy of sciences at Paris, April 28, 1745. By Mons r - de la Conda- mine, of that academy. To which is annexed, a map of the Maranon or river of Amazons, drawn by the same. London. Svo. A translation of No. 15, 1745. 88 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1747. 10 *THE SEQUEL TO BULKELY AND CUMMINS S voyage to the *~ South Seas. By Alexander Campbell. . . London. 8vo. 11 CARTA DEL P.PEDRO LOZANO, de la Compania de Jesus, de la provincia del Paraguay, escrita al P. Bruno Morales, de la misma compania, y provincia existente en esta corte de Madrid. Small 4to. pp. 56. (Madrid.) This letter is dated Nov. 1, 1746, at Cordova, in the province of Tucuman, and contains an account of the state of the missions of the Jesuits in Paraguay, at that time. It has no title-page, and was evidently printed for private distribution only. The same author published Description del Gran Chaco, in 1733, and a history of his order in 1754. 12 INDIVIDUAL Y VERDADERA RELACION de la extrema ruina que padecio la ciudad de los Reyes Lima, capital del reyno del Peru, con el horrible temblor de tierra, acaecido en ella la noche del 28 de Oct re - 1746, y de la total asolacion del pre sidio y puerto del Callao, por la violenta irrupcion del Mar que ocasiono en aquella Bahia. . . . Mexico. Small 4to. pp. 20. Published in English in 1748. 13 ORDENANZAS DEL CONSEJO REAL de las Indias, nuevamente recopiladas, y por el Rey D. Phelipe IV. N. S. para su go- bierno, establecidasano de M. DC. xxxvi. . Madrid. Folio, pp. 14 *DE PRJESTANTIA COLONIJE GEORGICO-ANGLICANjE, prse Colo- niis aliis. .... . . Aug. Vind. Quarto. British Museum Catalogue. MDCCXLVIII. 1 A VOYAGE TO HUDSON S BAY, by the Dobbs galley and Cali fornia, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a North west passage ; with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country. Together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a passage is rendered probable. By Henry Ellis, gent, agent for the proprietors in the said expedition. To which is prefixed, an historical account of the attempts hitherto made for finding a passage that way to the East Indies. Illus- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 89 trated with proper cuts, and a new and correct chart of Hudson s 1 748 . Bay, with the countries adjacent. . . . London. ~~ 8vo. pp. 28 and 336. 2 ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE for the discovery of a North-west pass age by Hudson s Streights to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. Performed in the year 1746 and 1747, in the ship California, Capt. Francis Smith, commander. By the clerk of the California. Adorned with cuts and maps. 8vo. 2 vols. London. The author s name was Drage, and his work is called by Barrow t( a pedan tic, disputatious, dogmatical performance." Arctic Voyages (1818), p. 287. 3 THE STATE OF TRADE in the Northern Colonies consider d. By Otis Little, esq. ...... London. 8vo. 4 AN ABRIDGEMENT of Mr. David Brainerd s journal among the Indians, or the rise and progress of a remarkable work of grace among a number of the Indians, in the provinces of New Jersey and Pensylvania. By David Brainerd, minister of the gospel, and missionary from the honourable society in Scot land for propagating Christian knowledge, &c. London. 12mo. The work from which this abridgment was made was apparently printed at Philadelphia in 1746. The dedication to the abridgment was written by the celebrated Dr. Doddridge. 5 A BILL IN THE CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY. At the Suit of John Earl of Stair, and others, proprietors of the eastern division of New Jersey, against Benjamin Bond and others, of Elizabeth Town ; with three large maps. To which is added, the publications of the council of proprietors of East New Jersey, and Nevill s speeches to the General Assembly, con cerning the riots committed in New Jersey, and the pretences of the rioters and their seducers. New York. Folio. In the British Museum. In the Harvard College catalogue, with the date of 1747. 6 A TRUE AND PARTICULAR RELATION of the dreadful earth quake which happened at Lima, the capital of Peru, and the neighbouring port of Callao, on the 28th of October, 1746. With an account likewise of every thing material that passed 90 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1748. there afterwards to the end of November following. Published at Lima by order of the viceroy, and translated from the original Spanish, by a gentleman who resided many years in those countries. To which is added, a description of Callao and Lima before their destruction, and of the kingdom of Peru in general, &c. The whole illustrated with a map, plans, and several cuts of the natives, drawn on the spot by the trans lator. The second edition. .... London. 8vo. pp. 341, 9 plates and maps. The account of the earthquake is translated from No. 11 of 1747, and occu pies seventy pages : the remainder of the work is a compilation from various authors. The translator s name was Henry Johnson ; and the first edition was probably published in the same year. In the Gent. s Mag. for 1748 it is called a pretended translation from the Spanish. 7 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, in the years MDCCXL. i. n. in. iv. By George Anson, esq. commander-in-chief of a squadron of his Majesty s ships, sent upon an expedition to the South Seas. Compiled from papers and other materials of the R. H. George Lord Anson, and published under his direction, by Richard Walter, M.A., chaplain of the Centurion, in that expedition. Illustrated with 42 copper-plates. Quarto, pp. 417. London. Walter had prepared an account of this voyage for the press, but it was found so badly executed, that Benjamin Robins, the mathematician, was employed to re-write it, although, for some reason or other, the worthy chaplain s name was allowed to remain on the title-page. It is called by some English writers a masterpiece of composition ; but it appears to have been made amusing at the expense of truth. The progress of science formed no part of the object of this expedition, which was prepared for attacking unawares the Spanish possessions and shipping in the South Sea, and which was so successful, that the prize-money divided amongst the officers and crews amounted to more than a million sterling. The Biographic Universelle says, that the views, charts, and plans, deserve praise for their exactness ; but Dr. Dibdin says, that " the plates are in truth barbarously bad, and that to read the text without the plates, must be a comfort." He says, moreover, that the volume is unworthy in every respect of the intrepid Anson. The doctor had apparently only seen the fifth edition, printed in 1749; in which, of course, the plates must have been nearly worn out. The copies of the first edition, on royal paper, of which I now have one before me, were superior to any book of the kind which had been hitherto published, and were unequalled until Cook s voyages appeared. Of the large paper copies 350 were Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 91 taken by subscription. A seventh edition was printed in 1753 in 8vo. 1748. It was published in German, French, and Dutch, in 1749, and in Italian ^^> in 1756. 8 DESCRIPCION DE TODAS LAS PROVINCIAS, Reynos, Estados y Ciudades principales del Mundo, sacada de las relaciones toscanas de Juan Botero Benes ; en que se trata de las cos- tumbres, industria, trato y riquesas de cada una de las na- ciones de Europa, Asia, Africa, America, 6 Nuevo Mundo ; de la quantidad, qualidad y movimientos del Mar ; y de todas las islas y peninsulas hasta oy descubiertas. For Fr. Jayme Rebullosa de la orden de Predicadores. . Gerona. Small 4to. This work, which is found in Robertson s catalogue, was first printed in 1603. 9 CARTA o DIARIO que escrive D. Joseph Eusebio de Llano y Zapata al Dr. Chirivoga en que con la mayor verdad, y critica mas segura le da cuenta de todo lo acaecido en esta capital del Peru desde el viernes 28 de Oct re - 1746, quando experi- mento su mayor ruina con el grande movimiento de tierra, &c Madrid. Small 4to. pp. 33. 10 EXTRACTO DE LOS AUTOS de diligencias y reconocimientos de los Rios, Lagunas, Vertientes y Desagues de la capital Mexico y su valle : de los caminos para su comunicacion, y su comer- cio : de los daiios que se vieron : remedies que se arbitraron : de los puntos en particular decididos : de su practica : y de otros a mayor examen reservados, para con mejor acierto resolverlos. Por D. Joseph Fran 00 - de Cuevas, Aguirre y Espinosa Mexico. Folio, pp. 71, and map. 11 HISTORIA DE LA coNQUiSTA DE MEXICO, poblacion y progres- sos de la America Septentrional conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espana. Escriviala D. Antonio de Solis, secretario de S. M. y su Chronista mayor de las Tndias. . Madrid. Folio. The editor, in his dedication to Ferdinand VI. says, that this edition was corrected from the manuscripts of the author. It was first published in 1684. 12 RELACION HISTORICA del viage a la America Meridional hecho de orden de S. M. para medir algunos grados de meridiano 92 BibliotUeca Americana Nova. 1748. terrestre y venir por ellos en conocimiento de la verdadera figura y raagnitud de la tierra con otras varias observaciones astronomicas y phisicas. Por Don Jorge Juan y D. Ant- Ulloa. Small folio, 4 vols. Madrid. 13 OBSERVACIONES ASTRONOMICAS y phisicas hechas de orden de S. M. en los reynos del Peru, por D. Jorge Juan y D. Antonio Ulloa, &c. de las quales se deduce la figura y magnitud de la tierra y se aplica a la navigacion. . . Madrid. Small folio. These two works are generally found together. The historical relation was written by Ulloa ; the astronomical part by Juan. It was, at the time, the most important work of the kind that had been published. The expedition to which it relates was the same in which Condamine and Bouguer were sent by the French academy of sciences, for the purpose of determining the figure of the earth at the Equator. The astronomical observations were reprinted in 1773, with a memoir of the author. The historical part was translated into French in 1752, and into English in 1758. MDCCXLIX. 1 A SHORT STATE of the countries and trade of North America. Claimed by the Hudson s Bay Company, under pretence of a charter for ever, of lands without bounds or limits, and an exclusive trade to those unbounded seas and countries. Shew ing the illegality of the said grant, and the abuse they have made of it, &c. ...... London. 8vo. pp. 44. 2 A SHORT NARRATIVE and justification of the proceedings of the committee appointed by the adventurers to prosecute the dis covery of the passage to the Western ocean of America ; and to open and extend the trade, and settle the countries beyond Hudson s Bay. With an apology for their postponing at pre sent their intended application to Parliament. To which are annexed, the report and petitions referred to in the narrative; and the papers prepared to be delivered to the Lords and Commons, &c. Now laid before the publick for their future consideration. London. 8vo. pp. 30. 3 REASONS TO SHEW that there is a great probability of a navigable passage to the Western American ocean, through Hudson s Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 93 Streights, and Chesterfield inlet; from the observations made 1749. on board the ships sent upon the late discovery ; supported ^^ by affidavits, which coincide with several former accounts. Humbly offered to the consideration of the Lords and Com mons assembled in Parliament. , . . London. Svo. pp. 24. 4 PAPERS presented to the committee appointed to inquire into the state and condition of the countries adjoining to Hudson s Bay, and of the trade carried on there. . London. Folio. 5 *A GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of Nova Scotia. . London. Svo. Gent. s Magazine, 1749. Meusel iii. 1. 375. 6 A JOURNAL of the proceedings of the commissioners appointed for managing a treaty of peace ; to be begun and held at Falmouth, in the county of York, the 27th of September, 1749; between Thomas Hutchinson, John Choate, Israel Williams, and James Otis, esqs. ; commissioned by the Hon. Spencer Phips, esq. Lieut. -Gov. and Commander-in-chief in and over H. M. s province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New- England, on the one part, and the Eastern Indians on the other part. . ... Boston, N.E. Quarto, pp. 18. Printed by John Draper. 7 A SUMMARY, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North America. Containing i. Some general account of ancient and modern colonies, the granting and settling of the British continent and West India Island colo nies ; with some transient remarks concerning the adjoining French and Spanish settlements, and other remarks of various natures, n. The Hudson s Bay Company s lodges, fur and skin trade. in. Newfoundland harbours and codfishery. iv. The province of 1 Accadie or Nova Scotia, with the vicissitudes of the property and jurisdiction thereof, and its present state, v. The several grants of Sagadahock, pro vince of Main, Massachusett s Bay, and New Plymouth, united by a new charter in the present province of Massachu- 94 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1749. sett s Bay, commonly called New-England. By William Douglass, M.D. Vol. I. .... Boston. 8vo. pp. 568. This work was first published in numbers. The first appeared in January, 1747 ; the volume was completed in May, 1749, about which time the first 248 pages were reprinted, apparently without any alteration, not withstanding the statement made in the preface, that " the account of Commodore Knowles s impress in the harbour of Boston, in 1747, was sup pressed when the work was collected into volumes." The second volume (pp. 416,) was published in 1753; containing, i. Province of New Hamp shire, ii. Colony of Rhode Island, in. Colony of Connecticut, iv. Province of New York. v. Province of New Jersey, vi. Province of Pennsylvania and its territories, vn. Province of Maryland, vm. The colony and dominions of Virginia. The death of the author, in Oct. 1752, prevented the work from being finished ; the history of Virginia is only touched upon, the two last numbers being mostly occupied by a digression on the small-pox, which prevailed at that time in Boston. Both volumes were reprinted in London in 1755, and republished, with new titles only, in 1760. 8 *REPRESENTATION of the Board of Trade relating to the laws, manufactures, and trade of the plantations in America. Folio. London. 9 VOYAGE A LA BAYE DE HUDSON, fait en 1746 et 1747, pour la decouverte du passage de Nord-ouest, &c. Traduit de 1 An- glois de M. Henri Ellis, &c. . . . . Paris. 12mo. 2 vols. in 1, plates. The name of the translator of this work is Sellius, according to Barbier, (see No. 1, 1748.) Another edition was printed at Leyden in 1750. 10 HISTOIRE GENERALE DES VOYAGES, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages qui ont etc publiees jusqu a present, &c. (par A. F. Prevost d Exiles.) . . Paris. 12mo. 80 vols. See No. 8, 1746. The last volume was published in 1789. 1 1 LA FIGURE DE LA TERRE determinee par les observations de MM. Bouguer et de la Condamine, envoyes au Perou pour observer aux environs de 1 equateur. Avec une relation abregee de ce voyage, qui contient la description du pays dans lesquels les operations ont ete faites. Par M. Bouguer. Quarto, pp. ex. and 396. Paris. See 1751 2. 12 DISERTACION HisTORiCA Y GEOGRAPHiCA sobre el mericliano de demarcacion entre los Dominios de Espana y Portugal, y Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 95 los parages por donde passa en la America Meridional, con- 1749. forme a los tratados y derechos de cada estado, y las mas ^^ seguras y modernas observaciones. Por Don Jorge Juan y Don Ant Ulloa. ..... Madrid. Small 8vo. The boundary line between the Spanish and Portuguese possessions in America was a subject of discussion from the time of the infallible decision of Pope Alexander VI. until they became independent states. This important treatise on the subject was prepared by two of the most learned men in Spain. It was translated into French in 17T6. 13 PRIMER SYNODO DIOCESANA, celebrola el Ilmo. S r - D. Pedro Phelipe de Azua e Iturgoyen, Obispo desta Santa Iglesia de la Concepcion de Chile, despues electo Arzobispo de Santa Fe, del Nuevo Reyno de Granada, en la Santa Iglesia Cathe dral de dicha Ciudad de la Concepcion. A que se dio prin- cipio en doce de Octubre de 1744. . . . Lima. Folio, pp. 191. 14 HISTORIADORES FRiMiTivos de las Indias occidentales que junto, traduxo en parte y saco a luz, ilustrados con eruditas notas y copissos Indices Don Andres Gonzalez Barcia. Divididos en tres tomos. .... Madrid. Folio, 3 vols. The following are the contents of this valuable collection. Vol. I. 1. La historia del Almirante D. Christoval Colon, que compusoen Castel- lano Don Fernando Colon su hijoy traduxo en Toscano Alfonso de Ulloa, vuelta a traducir en Castellano, por no parecer el original, pp. 128. 2. Quatro Cthere are only three) cartas de Hernan Cortes dirigidas al Emperador Carlos V. en que hace relacion de sus conquistas, y sucessos en la Nueva Espana : con las relaciones de Pedro de Alvarado y Diego de Godoy. pp. 173. 3. Relacion sumaria de la historia natural de las Indias, compuesta y dii- gida al Emperador Carlos V. por Gonz. Fernandez de Oviedo. pp. 66. 4. Examen Apologetico de la historica Narracion de los naufragios, pere- grinaciones y Milagros de Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, en las tierras de la Florida y del nuevo Mexico, contra la incerta y mal reparada censura del P. Honorio Filipono 6 del que puso en su nombre el libro intitulado Nova typis transacta, &c. (see 1621.^ Por el Excmo. Sr. D. Antonio Ardoino. Tratase de los Milagros aparentes y verdaderos y de la virtud y bondad de la Milicia Christiana vanamente injuriada en los soldados. Madrid en la imprenta de Juan de Zuniga. Ano de 1736. pp.50. 5. Naufragios de Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca y Relacion de la Jornada que hizo a la Florida con Panfilo de Narvaez. pp. 52. 2 6 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1749. 6. Comentarios de Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Adelantado y Gobernader del Rio de la Plata, pp. 72. Vol. II. 7. Francisco Lopez de Gomara, Historia de las Indias. pp. 226, Index, 50. 8. Cronica de la Nueva Espana. pp. 214, Index, 46. Vol. III. 9. Historia del descubrimiento y conquista de la Provincia del Peru y de las Guerras y cosas senaladas^en ella, acaecidas hasta el vencimiento de Gonjalo Pizarro y de sus sequaces que en ella se rebelaron contra S. M. (Por Augustin de Zarate.) pp. 176. Index pp. 28. 10. Conquista del Peru de Francisco de Xerez. pp. 66. 11. Historia del descubrimiento de el Ilio de la Plata y Paraguay (por Hulderico Sclimidel.) pp.40. Translated and abridged by Barcia from the Latin, published in 1599 by Levin Hulsius. This work is cited in Pinelo, p. 661, as being by Gabriel de Cardenas, and printed in 1631, a mistake for 1731, in which year most of these works were printed, al though not published until 1749. 12. Argentina y Conquista del Rio de la Plata por D. Martin del Barco Centenera. pp. 124. 13. Viage del mundo por Simon Perez de Torres en 1586, &c. pp. 45. Now first printed. 14. Epitome de la Relacion del viage de algunos Mercaderes de San Malo a Moka, los afios 1708, &c. traducido del Frances por D. Manl. de Grova. pp.3. Don Andres Gonzalez de Barcia Carballido y Zuniga, after having published new editions of Torquemada (1722,) El Peru y Florida del Inca, Herrera? la Araucana, El Origen de los Indios, and the Biblioteca de Pinelo, caused to be printed the authors contained in this collection, and probably some others, as he mentions, in his edition of Pinelo, that Fenandez s Historia del Peru was about being finished in 1731, but of which no copies are known to exist. Most of these authors were printed about that same period, but were not published until 1749, (six years after Barcia s death, which happened in 1743,) when general titles to the 3 volumes were printed, with a table of contents, of which there are two different impres~ sions ; one, the most modern, is printed by Ibarra. In the account of the remaining stock of this work in 1778, two hundred complete sets are men tioned, 21 of which are described as on large paper. Of the separate parts there are as many as 1300 copies of some of them, of others very few, and none of the History of Columbus ; all these separate parts were sold as waste paper, upwards of 30 years ago. The large paper copies disap peared about the same time, and perhaps in the same manner, as I have found seven copies of the history of Columbus on this paper, but have never seen a copy of the whole work on large paper. My own copy contains, besides the works already mentioned, the following : " Viage de Jerusalen de D. Fadrique Enriquez de Ribera Marques de Tarifa, y otros Caballeros. Reprinted from the edition of 16U6. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 97 15 ANNAES HISTORICOS do Estado do Maranhao, em que se da 1749. noticia do seu descobrimiento e tudo o mais que nelle tern ^^ succedido desde o anno em que foy descuberto ate o de 1718. Por Bernardo Pereira de Berredo. . . Lisboa. Folio, pp. 710. The author was appointed governor of Maranham in the year 1718. Plis death took place in 1748, while preparing this work for the press. He was distinguished amongst his countrymen for his valour, but " has left for himself a more durable remembrance in his historical annals of the state over which he presided." Southey. MDCCL. 1 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BARBADOS. In ten books. By the Rev. Mr. Griffith Hughes, A.M. rector of St. Lucy s parish, in the said island, and F.R.S. Folio, pp. 314, 29 plates, and map. There is a very well written article on this work in Vol. 3 of the Monthly Review, (p. 197,) from which it appears that it is of no value whatever to the naturalist. The writer of the review says, that Linnaeus, when in London, "was despised, his papers laughed at, and himself, had it not been for the generous friendship of the late Dr. Isaac Lawson, had perished for want." Large paper copies of this work are more common than those on small paper. The plates being engraved from the drawings of Ehret, may still be consulted with advantage. 2 OBSERVATIONS on the importance of the Northern colonies, under proper regulations. .... New York. 8vo. pp. 36. " By Archibald Keneday, esq. receiver-general of New York." MS. note. 3 TRATADO HISTORICO, POLITICO Y LEGAL de el comercio de las Indias Occidentales, pertenicientes a los Reyes Catholicos, conforme al tiempo de Paz y Guerra, en interpretacion de las Leyes de la Nueva Recopilacion a ellas. Compendio his- torico del comercio de las Indias, desde su principio hasta su actual Estado. Su author Don Joseph Gutierrez de Rubal- cava. Professor de el Derecho canonico y civil y assessor de marina en la comission de Montes y plantios, del departa- miento de Cadiz Cadiz. Small 8vo. This work has no date on the title, but the licences, &c. were given in this year. At the end is added the Projjecto de Galeones, etc. first printed in 1720. II Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1750. 4 PISCIUM SERPENTUM INSECTORUM aliorumque nonnullorum ani- malium necnon plantarum imagines quas Marcus Catesby in posteriore parte splendidi illius operis quo Carolinse, Flori- dse, et Bahamensium insularum tradidit historiam naturalem, eiusque appendice descripsit. Ediderunt N. F. Eisenberger et G. Lichtensteger. .... Norimbergce. Folio, 64 coloured plates. The plates in this work are copied from the first sixty-four of the second volume of Catesby *s Carolina : according to Brunet, the work should contain 109 plates. 5 *Auszuo DER NACHRICHTEN von dem Englischen America, besonders von Carolina und Georgia. Von Emanuel Christian Loeber. ........ Jena. 8vo. Meusel iii. 1. 394. MDCCLI. 1 *A GENUINE NARRATIVE of the transactions in Nova Scotia since the settlement, June, 1749, till August 5th, 1751, in which the nature, soil, produce of the country, are related, with the particular attempts of the Indians to disturb the colony. By John Wilson, late inspector of the stores. 8vo. London. "Mr. Wilson seems to be very much out of humour, but does not tell us on what account. However, he pours out his spleen upon this new colony, which he represents in a very unpromising way ; but he has said so little, and that in such general terms, and in such a rambling superficial manner, that he deserves little notice, and less credit." M.R. v. p. 458. 2 *THE IMPORTANCE of settling and fortifying Nova Scotia. By a Gentleman lately arrived from that colony. London. 8vo. " We find very little, if any thing, worth notice in this piece." M.R. v. p. 397. 3 OBSERVATIONS on the inhabitants, climate, soil, rivers, produc tions, animals, and other matters worthy of notice, made by Mr. John Bartram, in his travels from Pensylvaniato Onondago, Os- wego, and the lake Ontario, in Canada. To which is annexed, a curious account of the cataracts at Niagara. By Mr. Peter Kalm, a Swedish gentleman who travelled there. London. 8vo. pp. 94, and plan. John Bartram was the father of William Bartram, who published his travels in 1791. Both were enthusiastic naturalists. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 99 4 A JOURNAL, or historical account of the life, travels and Christian 1751 . experiencies, of that ancient faithful servant of Jesus Christ, ** ** Thomas Chalkley, who departed this life in the island of Tortola, the 4th day of the 9th month, 1741. The second edition. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 326. A testimony of the Friends, at the beginning of this book, is dated Phila delphia, 1749, from which it may be inferred that the first edition was printed there about that time. Chalkley was a Quaker preacher and trader, and spent about forty years of his life in preaching and trading in differ ent parts of North America and the West Indies, but principally in Penn sylvania. He was a man of many virtues. 5 A NARRATIVE of the dangers and distresses which befel Isaac Morris and seven more of the crew belonging to the Wage store ship, which attended commodore Anson, in his voyage to the South Sea ; containing an account of their adventures after they were left by Bulkely and Cummings, on an unin habited part of Patagonia, where they remained about fifteen months, till they were seized by a party of Indians, and carried above 1000 miles into the inland country, with whom they resided upwards of sixteen months: after which they were carried to Buenos Ayres, and ransomed by the governor. Svo. London. "This narrative appears to be genuine, and is well and methodically written," &c. M.R. v. p. 156. 6 NOUVEAU VOYAGE FAIT AU PEiiou. Par M. 1 Abbe Courte de la Blanchardiere. Auquel on a joint une description des anci- ennes mines d Espagne traduite de 1 Espagnol d Alonso Ca- rillo Lazo. ....... Paris. 12mo. An English translation was published in 1753. 7 HISTOIRE DE LA jAMAiQUE, traduite de 1 Anglois : par M * * *, ancien officier de dragons. .... Londres. 19mo. 2 vols. 5 6 plates. Translated from A New History, &c. 1740. The translator s jiame was Raulin. It was probably printed in Paris. 8 HISTOIRE DES PYRAMIDES DE QUITO, elevees par les academiciens envoyes sous 1 Equateur par ordre du Roi. " Etiam periere ruinae." Lucan. ...... Paris. Quarto, pp. 53. Plate. n 2 100 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1751 . I n a London catalogue this work is stated to be very rare, from having been v^v^/ suppressed. This is probably a mistake, as the same work is reprinted with the Journal du Voyage. It was printed separately merely for private distribution, and hence its rarity. 9 JOURNAL DU VOYAGE fait par ordredu Roi, a 1 Equateur, servant d introduction historique a la mesure des trois premiers degres du Meridien. Par M. de la Condamine. . . Paris. Quarto, pp. 280, plates 5. 10. MESURE DES TROIS PREMIERS DEGRES du meridien dans 1 he- misphere Austral, tirees des observations de M rs - de 1 academie Royale des sciences, envoyes par le Roi sous 1 Equateur. Par M. de la Condamine. .... Paris. Quarto, pp. 265, plates 3. 1 1 SUPPLEMENT AU JOURNAL HISTORIQUE du voyage a 1 Equateur, et au livre de la mesure des trois premiers degres du Meridien. Pour servir de reponse a quelques objections. Par M. de la Condamine. ....... Paris. Quarto. This supplement was printed in 1752, and a second part of it in 1754 : in tended principally to answer the objections which had been made by M. Bouguer, in his Justification) 1752. 12 RECUEIL DES MEMOIRES qui ont ete publies avec les cartes hydrographiques, que Ton a dressees au depot des cartes et plans de la marine, pour le service des vaisseaux du Roi par ordre du ministere, depuis 1 annee 1737 jusqu en 1751. Par le Sieur Bellin, ingenieur ordinaire de la marine. (Paris.) Quarto. MDCCLII. 1 AN ACCOUNT of six years residence in Hudson s Bay, from 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747. By Joseph Robson, late sur veyor and supervisor of the buildings to the Hudson s Bay Company. Containing a variety of facts, observations, and discoveries, tending to shew, &c. . London. 8vo. 2 maps and a plan. " The author relates his facts with an air of honesty and seeming regard to truth ; and we are credibly assured that his account is as honest and just as it appears to be." M.R. vu. p. 75. 2 THE IMPORTANCE of gaining and preserving the friendship of the Indians of the Six Nations to the British interest consider d. 8vo. pp. 46. London. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 101 " The author of this pamphlet strongly recommends a confederacy among 1752. the American colonies, like that of the United provinces, for their ^^ mutual support, and for contributing towards the expenses of building forts, and cultivating the friendship of the Six Nations ; since it is abso lutely true, that the preservation of the whole continent depends upon a proper management of those Indians. Gent. s Mag. xxii. p. 46. This tract was apparently first printed in Philadelphia. 3 THE TRIAL of John Peter Zenger, of New York, printer; who was tried and acquitted for printing and publishing a libel against the government; with the pleadings and arguments on both sides. . ... London. 8vo. pp. 76. A very interesting trial, in which the counsel for the defendant was Andrew Hamilton, esq. a barrister of Philadelphia, who, for the able defence he made upon the occasion, was rewarded by order of the common council of New York with the freedom of the city in a splendid gold box. This trial took place in 1735. 4 *AN EPISTLE to Arthur Dobbs, esq. from a clergyman in Ame rica. ........ London. 8vo. Gent. s Mag. 1752. 5 *LAWS OF NEW YORK, from the year 1691 to 1751 inclusive. Folio. New York. In the British Museum. 6 HISTOIRE DU TREMBLEMENT DE terre de Lima et Callao, avec la description du Perou, &c. Traduite de 1 Anglois. 12mo. pp. 445, and 6 plates. Paris. A translation of No. 6 of 1748. 7 VOYAGE HISTORIQUE de 1 Amerique meridionale fait par ordre du Roi d Espagne par Don George Juan et par Don Antoine de Ulloa; ouvrage orne des figures, plans et cartes necessaires. Et qui contient une histoire des Incas du Perou, et les obser vations astronomiques et physiques, faites pour determiner la figure et la grandeur de la terre. . . Amsterdam. Quarto, 2 vols. 48 plates. The original edition in Spanish was printed in 1748. Some copies of this French translation have the imprint of Paris on the title-page, which has given rise to the idea that an edition was printed in Paris; and La Richarderie even says that the Amsterdam edition is most esteemed. I have now both before me, and I can safely assert that they are one and the same edition. The translator was M. de Mauvillon. 102 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 17/52. 8 *ALLGEMEINE Geschichte der Lander und Volker von America. ""- Nebst einer vorrede Siegmund Jacob Baumgartens, &c. Quarto, 2 vols. 58 plates. Halle. This Universal history of the country and people of America was compiled or translated, from various authors, by Jo. Fred. Schroeter. The intro ductory discourses only were written by Baumgartens. Meusel. MDCCLIII. 1 ^HISTORICAL MEMOIRS relating to the Housatunnuk Indians, or an account of the methods used for the propagation of the gospel among the heathenish tribe, under the ministry of John Sergeant, &c. By Samuel Hopkins. . Boston, N.E. Quarto. Allen s Biog. Diet. 2 *REMARKS in support of the new chart of North and South America. By J. Green. The same person published at the same time a chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic. Both are in the British Museum. 3 *A GENUINE LETTER from Mr. John Brainard, missionary from the Scotch society to the North American Indians. London. 8vo. 4 THE HISTORY of the first discovery and settlement of Virginia. By Wm. Stith, A.M London. 8vo. Originally printed at Williamsburg, V a - in 1747. 5 A VOYAGE TO PERU, performed by the (ship) Conde of St. Malo, in the years 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, and 1749. Written by the chaplain. To which is added, an appendix, containing the present state of the Spanish affairs in America, in respect to mines, trade, and discoveries. . . . London. 12mo. The Monthly Review (vol. ix. p. 294,) speaks well of this work, and says of its author, that his " observations and descriptions are sensible, perti nent, and entertaining. He seems to have little of the priest, and nothing of the bigot about him ; yet his sentiments are such as become the good Christian, and the gentleman." No mention is made in the work of the original author, who it appears was the Abbe Court de la Blanchardiere, and who published the account of his voyage at Paris in 1751. 6 *OBSERVATION T S CRITIQUES sur les nouvelles decouvertes de 1 amiral de la Fuente, presentees a 1 academie royale des sciences, par M. Robert de Vaugondy. . . Paris. l 2mo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 103 7 *OBJETS A CONSIDERER sur un memoire qu il avoit appris qu ou 1753. se proposoit cle presenter a 1 academie centre la relation de N *^* / 1 amiral de Fonte. Par M. Philippe Buache. . Paris. 12 mo. 8 NOUVELLES CARTES des decouvertes de 1 amiral de Fonte et autres navigateurs Espagnols, Portugais, Anglois, Hollandois, Francois, et Russes, dans les mers septentrionales, avec leur explication. Par M. de 1 Isle. . . . Paris. Quarto, pp. 60, and 4 maps. An abridgment, by Arthur Dobbs, of this memoir, is printed with the Letter from a Russian Sea Officer, 1754. 9 *LETTRE D UN OFFICIER de la marine Russe a un Seigneur de la Cour de Russie, concernant la carte des decouvertes, an Nord de la Mer du Sud, et le memoire qui y sert d explication. 8vo. Paris. Translated into English in the following year. 10 ^CONSIDERATIONS GEOGRAPHIQUES et physiques sur les nou- velles decouvertes au Nord de la grande Mer, appellee vul- gairement la Mer du Sud ; avec des cartes, qui y sont relatives, &c. Par M. Philippe Buache Paris. Quarto. 11 *NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS concernant les dernieres connois- sances venues de Russie, qui confirment les vues, indiquees dans les considerations geographiques, Sfc. sur le voisinage de 1 Amerique et de 1 Asie, separees uniquement par un long detroit, et sur la grande Presqu He supposee ; presentee a 1 academie des sciences. Par Philippe Buache. Paris. 12mo. 12 VOYAGE fait par ordre du Roi en 1750 et 1751, dans 1 Amerique septentrionale, pour rectifier les cartes des cotes de 1 Acadie, de 1 lsle Royale, et de 1 Isle de Terre Neuve ; et pour en fixer les principaux points par des observations astronomiques. Par M. de Chabert. Paris. Qiurto, pp. 288. Maps, &c. 7. M. Chabert s work is highly spoken of by the commission appointed by the French Academy of Sciences to examine it, and is recommended as a model to future navigators. It is divided into two parts, the first con taining an account of the author s voyage from Brest to Louisbourg, and of his four expeditions to the neighbouring coasts and islands ; the se- 104 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 753 . cond part contains the astronomical observations at large. It may be ^ ^ important as a scientific work, but can by no means be recommended to those who read for amusement. 13 MEMOIRES HISTORIQUES sur la Louisiane, contenant ce qui y est arrive de plus memorable depuis 1 annee 1687 jusqu a present ; avec 1 etablissement de la colonie Franchise dans cette province de 1 Amerique Septentrionale, sous la direction de la compagnie des Indes ; le climat, la nature, et les pro ductions de ce pays, 1 origine et la religion des sauvages qui 1 habitent, leurs moeurs et leurs coutumes, &c. Composes sur les memoires de M. Dumont, par M. L. L. M. Ouvrage enrichi de cartes et de figures Paris. 12mo. 2 vols in 1. The editor of this work was M. 1 Abbe Le Mascrier. M. Dumont, an officer in the service of France, was employed twenty-five years in Louisiana. The first part contains the history of its natural productions, and of the manners and customs of the Indians : the second part contains an histo rical narrative, from the death of La Sale, in 1687, to 1740. 14 COPIA DE LA RELACION, y diario critico nautico de el viage que desde la ciudad de Cadiz a la de Cartagena de Indias, hizo con sus Companeros el R. P. M. F. Francisco de Soto y Marne, chronista gen 1 - de la religion de San Francisco, &c. Sacase a luz a expensas de D. Fran. Ant. Garcia Vicente. 4to. pp. 40 and 8, Madrid. 15 ARTE NOVISSIMA DE LENGUA MEXICANA que dicto Don Carlos de Tapia Zenteno, &c. cathedratico proprietario de dicha lengua en la real universidad de esta Corte, &c. Mexico. Quarto. From the dedication to this work, it appears that this professorship of the Mexican language was first established in the universitv of Mexico by order of the archbishop, D. Manuel Rubio Salinas^ not long before the book was published. 16 *RESA TIL NORRA AMERICA pa Kongl. Swenska Vetenskaps Academiens befallning och publici kestnad fo rrattad. Peter Kalm. ....... Stockholm. 8vo. Vol. 1. wood-cuts. The original Swedish edition of Kalm s travels, the second volume of which was printed in 1758, and the third in 1761. It was translated into German by Jo. Philippo and Jo. Andrea Murray, and printed at Goettin- gen in 1754, 1757, and 1764. An English translation was printed in 1770. Meusel. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 105 17 FASTI SOCIETATIS JESU, res et personas memorabiles ejusdem 1753. societatis per singulos anni dies repraesantantes. Opera et > -^ studio R. P. Joannes Drews. .... Hispali. Small 8vo. 4 vols. MDCCLIV. 1 THE JOURNAL OF MAJOR GEORGE WASHINGTON : sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie, esq r - ; H. M. s lieut. gov. and com mander in chief of Virginia, to the commandant of the French forces on Ohio. To which are added, the governor s letter, and a translation of the French officer s answer. With a new map of the country as far as the Mississippi. . London. 8vo. pp. 32 and map. First printed at Williamsburg, Virginia, in the same year. Prefixed is the following. ADVERTISEMENT. As it was thought advisable by his Honour the Governor to have the following account of my proceedings to and from the French on Ohio committed to print, I think I can do no less than apologize, in some measure, for the numberless imperfections of it. There intervened but one day between my arrival in Williamsburg and the time for the Council s meeting, for me to prepare and transcribe, from, the rough minutes 1 had taken in my travels, this Journal ; the writing of which only was sufficient to employ me closely the whole time, conse quently admitted of no leisure to consult of a new and proper form to offer it in, or to correct and amend the diction of the old : neither was I apprized, nor did in the least conceive, when I wrote this for his Honour s perusal, that it ever ivould be published, or even have more than a cursory reading ; till I ivas informed, at the meeting of the present general Assembly, that it was already in the press. There is nothing can recommend it to the public but this : those things ivhich came under the notice of my own obser vation, I have been explicit and just in a recital of ; those which I have gathered from report, I have been particularly cautious not to augment, but collected the opinions of the several intelligencers, and selected from the whole the most probable and consistent account. G. WASHINGTON. 2 SOME ACCOUNT of the North American Indians ; their genius, characters, customs, and dispositions towards the French and English nations. To which are added, Indian miscellanies, viz. 1. The speech of a Creek Indian against the immoderate use of spirituous liquors, &c. 2. A letter from Yariza, an Indian maid, of the royal line of the Mohawks, to the principal ladies of New York. 3. Indian songs of peace. 4. An Bibliotheca Amencana Nova. 754. American fable. Collected by a learned and ingenious gentle man in the province of Pensylvania. . . London. 8vo. " The same book appears to have been published with a somewhat different title, viz. The speech of a Creek Indian against the immoderate use of spirituous liquors," &c. M. R. x. p. 285. 3 *A MEMORIAL of the case of the German emigrants settled in the British colonies of Pennsylvania, and in the back parts of Maryland, Virginia, &c. .... London. Quarto. Col. Aspinwall and British Museum. 4 *TiiE CONDUCT of the French with regard to Nova Scotia, from its first settlement to the present time. In which are exposed, the falsehood and absurdity of their arguments to elude the treaty of Utrecht, and support their unjust proceedings. In a letter to a Member of Parliament. . . London. Svo. " Our author has given a regular, and as it appears to us an authentic, account of the several proprietors of these countries, from their first settle ment by Europeans, as well as of the treaties that have been concluded relative thereto. Both the quantity and quality prove its coming from the hand of no common catchpenny writer." M. R. xi. p. 472. 5 SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS on the present state of the affairs in the northern colonies. By Archibald Kennedy, esq. London. Svo. 6 A LETTER FROM A RUSSIAN SEA-OFFICER to a person of dis tinction at the court of Petersburg!!. Containing his remarks on Mr. de 1 Isle s chart and memoir, relative to the new discoveries northward and eastward from Kampschatka. Together with some observations on that letter. By Arthur Dobbs, esq. governor of North Carolina. To which is added, Mr. de 1 Isle s explanatory memoir on his chart, published at Paris, and now translated from the original French. ....... London. Svo. pp. 83. " This pamphlet relates chiefly to the attempts that have been so worthily made by Mr. Dobbs and other gentlemen, associated for the patriot pur pose of discovering a N.W. passage to the South Seas." Monthly Review, x, p. 320. Bibliotheca Americana Nora. 107 7 THE NATURAL HISTORY of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama 1754, Islands, with figures coloured after the life. By Mark Catesby. ^^ The second edition. ..... London. Folio, 2 vols. 220 plates. See 1731 and 1771. 8 DE MODO PROBABILIORI, quo primse in Americam Septentrio- nalem immigrationes sunt factse. Ottonis Christi. de Lohen- schiold. ....... Tubing a. Quarto. Meusel, iii. 2. p. 92. 9 ARTE DE LA LENGUA MEXICANA, dispuesto por D. Joseph Augustin de Aldama y Guevara, presbytero de el Arzobis- pado de Mexico. . . . . . . Mexico. Small 8vo. 10 ARTE Y VOCABUIARIO DE LA LENGUA QUICHA, general de los Indies de el Peru. Que compuso el Padre Diego de Torres Rubio de la Compania de Jesus, y anadio el P. Juan de Figueredo de la misma Compania. Ahora nuevamente aumentado, &c. por un Religiose, &c. . . Lima. Small 8vo. 11 HISTORIA DE LA COMPANIA DE JESUS de la provincia del Paraguay. Escrita por el Padre Pedro Lozano de la misma Compania. ....... Madrid. Folio, 2 vols. The second volume has the date of 1755. The author was many years a missionary in Paraguay. He published in 1733 an interesting account of the Great Chaco, in the interior of South America. The present work, which appears to be very little known, contains the history of the acts of the Jesuits in Paraguay, and, notwithstanding a large portion of "Jesuiti cal chaff," is an important addition to the history of that country. These two volumes appear to be only a part of what the work was intended to be. Funes, in his Historia Civil del Paraguay (1816), speaks highly of Father Lozano, and mentions a civil history of the same country beino- extant in manuscript by him. He says that his esprit de corps sometimes causes him to fall into illusions, and that his style is redundant and heavy ; but that, in other respects, no writer is more diligent, more exact, and more sincere. 12 CONSTITUCIONES sYNODALES del Ai^obispado de los Reyes en el Peru. Hechas y ordenadas por el 111. y Rev. S. D, 108 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1754. Bartholome Lobo Guerrero, y publicadas en la Synodo Dio- cesana del aiio de 1613. . . En los Reyes (Lima.} Folio. First printed in Lima in 1614. This volume contains also a reprint of the Synod of 1636 ; and various edicts of the Archbishop of Lima, issued in the same year in which the volume was printed. 13 AMERICANISCHES ACKERWERK GOTTES : oder zuverlassige nachrichten den zustand der Americanisch, Englischen, und von Salzburgischen Emigranten erbauten Pflantzstadt Ebenezer in Georgien betreffend aus dorther eingeschickten glaubwurdigen Diarien genommen, und mit Briefen der dasi- gen herren Prediger noch weiter bestattiget. Herausgegeben von Samuel Urlsperger. .... Augsburg. Small 4to. Vol. 1. The second volume of this work, which is a continuation of the Ausfuhrliche Nachrichten, 1735, was published in 1755; the third, in 1756, with a supplement in 1760. A fourth volume, apparently unknown to Meusel, was published by Johann August Urlsperger in 1767. The honest Saltzburgers, who formed the settlement of Ebenezer, on the Savannah river, appear to have been as industrious with their pens as with their ploughs : the printed books relating to their little colony would form a small library. MDCCLV. 1 THE PRESENT STATE of North America. Part I. London. Quarto. " This first part contains only three chapters, of eight, which, we are told, the whole of this performance is intended to consist of : in these we find very little but what has been retailed before, either in the magazines or newspapers." M. R. xii. p. 484. Taken principally from Dumont s Histoire et Commerce des Colonies Angloises dans 1 Amerique Septen- trionale, printed in the same year. Gent. s Mag. xxv. p. 238. 2 A CONCISE DESCRIPTION of the English and French possessions in North America, for the better explaining of the map pub lished with that title. By /. Palairet, agent of their High Mightinesses the States-general of the United Provinces. 8vo. pp. 72. London. Printed at the same time in French. 3 STATE OF THE BRITISH AND FRENCH COLONIES in North Ame rica, with respect to number of people, forces, forts, Indians, trade, and other advantages. In which are considered : Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 109 1. The defenceless condition of our plantations, and to what 1755. causes owing. 2. Pernicious tendency of the French encroach- v- * vw ments, and the fittest methods of frustrating them. 3. What it was that " occasioned 7 " their present invasion, and the claims on which they ground their proceedings. With a proper ex pedient proposed for preventing future disputes. In two letters to a friend. ..... London. 8vo. "The defenceless condition of our plantations is" by this author ascribed to a disunion among our colonies in North America, an abuse of power in former governors, and the defection of our Indian allies ; which last he imputes to our ^ill treatment, of those allies. The second letter is intended to give a general view of the British colonies, and the number of inhabitants, which, our author thinks, ought to be placed at about 900,000. We must remark that this gentleman does not pretend to any personal knowledge of the countries he treats of, nor have we any assu rance of the authenticity of his relations or computations : however, tis certain he has made some Very pertinent reflections." M. R. xii. p. 483. 4 OBSERVATIONS on the late and present conduct of the French, with regard to their encroachments upon the British colonies in North America : together with remarks on the importance of those colonies to Great Britain. By William Clarke, M.D. of Boston, in New England. To which is added, wrote by another hand, observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, &c. .... London. 8vo. This pamphlet, which was first printed at Boston, is commended in the Monthly Review, vol. xiii. p. 400. 5 THE FRENCH ENCROACHMENT EXPOSED; or, Britain s original right to all that part of the American continent claimed by France fully asserted : wherein it appears that the honour and interest of Great Britain are equally concerned, from the conduct of the French for more than a century past, to vindi cate her rights, &c. . . . . . London. 8vo. "The author s zeal for his country is expressed in furious declamation against its enemies, and in these declamations his merit, as a writer, seems chiefly to consist." M. R. xiii. p. 508. 6 Two LETTERS to af friend on the present critical conjuncture of affairs in North America. .... London. 8vo. 110 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 755. Reprinted from the New England edition. The first of these letters is only ^^ a new edition of the following article : 7 A LETTER TO A FRIEND : giving a concise, but just account, according to the advices hitherto received, of the Ohio defeat; pointing out the many good ends this inglorious event is naturally adapted to promote, &c. . . London. 8vo. This tract was first printed in Boston, N.E. 8 SECOND LETTER to a friend, giving a more particular narrative of the defeat of the French army at Lake -George. Quarto. Boston, N. E. Harvard College Cat. 9 LETTER from a West India Merchant concerning that part of the French proposals which relates to North America, and par ticularly Newfoundland. Quarto. Harvard College Cat. No place or date, but probably printed about this time. 10 THE EXPEDITION of Major General Braddock to Virginia, with the two regiments of Halket and Dunbar, being extracts of letters from an officer in one of those regiments, to his friend in London, describing the march and engagement in the woods, &c. ........ London. 8vo. "A vile misrepresentation of every thing that the worthless, unknown scribbler, undertakes to describe." M. R. xiii. p. 300. 11 AN ACCURATE description of Cape Breton. . London. 8vo. ? Gent. s Mag. 1755. 12 THE WISDOM AND POLICY of the French, in the construction of their great offices, so as best to answer the purposes of extend ing their trade and commerce, and enlarging their foreign settlements. With some observations in relation to the dis putes now subsisting between the English and French colonies in America. ...... London. 8vo. This performance seems more especially intended as an introduction to the following : 13 A MISCELLANEOUS ESSAY, concerning the courses pursued by Great Britain, in the affairs of her colonies. With some ob- Bibliotheca Americana Nora, 111 servations on the great importance of our settlements in 1755. America, and the trade thereof. . . . London. S- * V * J 8vo. "After having pointed out the inconveniences the inhabitants of our Ame rican colonies are exposed to, for want of sufficient checks on their gover nors, our author hopes that it will be thought for the service of the crown and of the subject to regulate offices so as to bring every matter of im portance to the view of the crown, &c. The reasons urged in favor of these regulations are plausible, if not altogether convincing, and have the merit of being modestly offered. The author appears to us to have taken much pains to inform himself on the subject he has considered, and is fa r from being a mean writer." M. R. xii. p. 153. 14 A BRIEF STATE of the province of Pennsylvania, in which the conduct of their Assemblies for several years past is imparti ally examined, and the true cause of the continual encroach ments of the French displayed, more especially the secret design of their late unwarrantable invasion and settlement upon the river Ohio. To which is annexed, an easy plan for restoring quiet in the public measures of that province, and defeating the ambitious views of the French in time to come. In a letter from a gentleman who has resided many years in Pennsylvania to his friend in London. The second edition. 8vo. pp. 45. London. From the answer to this pamphlet it would appear that its author was (t Parson Smith," probably the Rev. William Smith, author of Discourses, &c. 1759, assisted, according to a MS. note in a copy of the same work, by Dr. Franklin. See Monthly Review xii. p. 192, where several pages of extracts from it will be found. 15 AN ANSWER to an invidious pamphlet intituled A brief state of the province of Pennsylvania. Wherein are exposed the many false assertions of the author or authors, of the said pamphlet, with a view to render the Quakers of Pennsylvania and their government obnoxious to the British parliament and ministry ; and the several transactions, most grossly misrepre sented therein, set in their true light. . . London. 8vo. pp. 80. Written, according to a MS. note on the title, by Mr. Cross, a Counsellor, a long time resident in North America. In the " Brief View," 1756, this answer is " said to be the production of one -j- formerly an attorney s clerk, who was convicted of forgery, sentenced to be hanged, but after some time obtained the favour of transportation ; and did us the honour to take up his residence in this province, &c. 2 112 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1755. 16 GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, philosophical, and mechanical essays. The Jirst, containing an analysis of a general map of the middle British colonies in America, and of the country of the confederate Indians ; a description of the face of the country ; the boundaries of the confederates; and the maritime and inland navigations of the several rivers and lakes contained therein. By Lewis Evans. The second edition. ...... Philadelphia. Quarto, pp. 32. Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall. A second part was published in 1756. 17 A TREATISE upon husbandry or planting. By William Belgrove, a regular bred and long experienced planter, of the island of Barbadoes. And may be of great use to the planters of all the West India Islands. D. Fowle, Boston, N.E. Small 4to. pp. 86. 18 A PHILOSOPHICAL and practical essay on the gold and silver mines of Mexico and Peru : containing the nature of the ore, and the manner of working the mines ; the qualities and use of quicksilver ; the cleansing and refining these metals, &c. Translated from a letter wrote in Spanish by Father James Hernandez, of the society of Jesus, employed by his Catholic Majesty to write the natural history of the West Indies. 8vo. pp. 86. London. 19 A MAP OF THE BRITISH and French dominions in North Ame rica, by John Mitchell. Engraved by Kitchen. Pub. Feb. 13, 1755. London. Atlas Folio, 8 sheets. 20 *A POCKET MIRROR for North America. 12mo. (London?) In the British Museum. 21 A SUMMARY, HISTORICAL AMD POLITICAL, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North America, &c. By William Douglass, M.D. 8vo. 2 vols. London. An exact reprint of the Boston edition of 1749. Some copies have the date of 1760. 22 THE MEMORIALS of the English and French commissaries con cerning the limits of Nova Scotia or Acadia. London. Quarto. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 113 23 THE MEMORIALS of the English and French commissaries con- 1755. cerning St. Lucia. ..... London. ^^ Quarto. By the titles, these two articles would appear to be distinct works, but they are distinguished at the bottom of the pages as volumes one and two. Prefixed to the first is the following "ADVERTISEMENT. Some of the memorials which have been respectively delivered by the English and French commissaries, concerning the limits of Aoadia or Nova Scotia, and the right to St. Lucia, having been printed at Paris, it has been thought necessary to print at London this edition of ALL the memorials upon these points, in the same form in which they were delivered." 24 MEMOIRES des commissaires du Roi et de ceux de sa Majeste Britannique, sur les possessions et les droits respectifs des deux couronnes en Aim rique ; avec les actes publics et pieces justificatives. Tome premier, contenant les memoires sur FAcadie et sur 1 Isle de Sainte Lucie. Tome second, contenant les traites et actes publics concernant 1 Amerique en general, et les pieces justificatives des memoires sur les limites de 1 Acadie. Tome troisieme contenant les pieces justificatives concernant !a propriete de 1 isle de Sainte Lucie. -Tome quatrieme, contenant les derniers memoires sur 1 Acadie, et im memoire des commissaires du Roi sur 1 isle de Tobago. ..... . Paris. Quarto, 4 vols. The fourth volume was printed in 1757, and is seldom found with the other three. The Rev. Dr. Holmes, in the second edition of his Annals of America, the most perfect work of the kind ever published, calls this " an invaluable collection of official papers and documents." The authors of these memoirs were M. M. de Silhouette, de la Galissoniere, and particularly the Abbe de la Ville, an ex-jesuit. Barbier. An edition, in 8 vols. 12mo. was printed in 1756. 25 *ME\IOIHES DES COMMISSAIRE de sa majeste tres Chretiennes et de ceux de sa majeste Britannique, sur les possessions et les droits respectifs des deux couronnes en Amerique, &c. 12mo. 2 vols. Cnpenhague. Probably taken from No. 24. 26 *DiscussioN SOMMAIIIE sur les anciences limites de 1 Acadie. 12mo. Basle. Written by M.Pidansat de Mairobert. It gave offence to the English com missaries, who published an answer to it in 1756. I 114 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1755. 27 *L,A CONDUITE DES FRANCOIS par rapport a la Nouvelle Ecosse. w " / * / Traduit de PAnglois, avec des notes d un Francois. 12mo. Londres. This appears to be a translation of No. 4 of 1754. Barbier says that the original was by Jefferys, and that the notes were written by Butel-Du- mont, author of the following article : 28 HISTOIRE ET COMMERCE des colonies Angloises dans I Amerique septentrionale, ou Ton trouve 1 etat actuel de leur productions et des details curieux sur la constitution de leur gouverne- ment, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle Angleterre, de la Caroline et de la Georgie. . d Londres. (Paris.} 12mo. By George Marie Butel-Dumont, author of Memoires sur la Louisiane, 1753, &c. 29 *MEMOIRES POUR LA CARTE intitulee Canada, Louisiane, et les terres Anglaises. Par J. B. Bourguignon d Anville. Quarto, pp. 26. Map. Paris. 30 REMARQUES SUR LA CARTE de 1 Amerique septentrionale com prise entre le 28 e - et le 72 e - degre de latitude avec une de scription geographique de ces parties. Par M. Bellin, &c. Quarto, pp. 131. Paris. 31 REAL COMPANIA DE COMERCIO para las Islasde Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico y la Margarita, que se ha dignado S. M. conce- der con diez registros para Honduras, y provincias de Gua- themala al comercio de la ciudad de Barcelona, y su esta- blecimiento en la misma, &c. . . . Madrid. 8vo. pp. 33. 32 RAZON DE LO ACAECIDO en la ciudad de San Francisco de Quito el dio 29 de Avril de 1755, hasta el dos de Mayo inclusive. ....... Sevilla. Small 4to. pp. 4. 33 HERNANDIA. Triunfos de la Fe, y gloria de las armas Espa- nolas. Poema heroyco. Conquista de Mexico, Cabeza del Imperio Septentrional de la Nueva-Espana. Proezas de Hernan Cortes, catolicos blasones militares, y Grandezas del Nuevo Mundo, &c. Por Don Francisco Ruiz de Leon : hijo de la Nueva Espana. ..... Madrid. Small 4to. 3 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 115 34 REPRESENTACION A S. M. C. D. FERNANDO VI. por el D. D. 1755. Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque arzobispo de la ciudad de la "^^ Plata en los Reynos del Peru en solicitud de las providencias mas proporcionadas y convenientes a la salud espiritual de los Indies y para que sus Parrocos sean tratados, con el honor y respeto que conviene, &c. . . . (Madrid?} Folio. 35 MANUAL COMPENDIO de el Real patronato Indiano, para su mas facil uso en las materias conducentes a la practica ; de- dicado al Rey. N. S. D. Fernando VI. el amado. Por Don Antonio Joachin de Ribadeneyra y Barrientos ; abogado de Mexico. Madrid. Small folio. 36 BIBLIOTHECA MEXICANA, sive eruditorum historia virorum qui in America Boreali nati, vel alibi geniti, in ipsam domicilio aut studiis asciti, quavis lingua scripto aliquid tradiderunt. Eorum prsesertim qui pro fide catholica et pietate amplianda fovendaque, egregie factis et quibusvis scriptis floruere editis aut ineditis. Tomus primus exhibens litteras A. B.C. A. D. Joanne Josepho de Ecuiara et Eguren, Mexicano, electe Epis- copo jucatenensis, &c. .... Mcxici. Folio. "Ex nova typographia in aedibus authoris edition! ejusdem bibliotheca destinata." It is unfortunate that no more of this important work was published. It is probable that not many copies were printed of this volume, as it is not often met with. 37 PLANTARUM AMERICARUM : Fascic. X. Continens plantas quas olim Carolus Plumierius, botanicorum princeps detexit, eruitque, atque in Insulis Antillis ipse depinxit. Has primum in lucem edidit, concinnis descriptionibus et observationibus. ^Eneisque tabulis iilustravit Joannes Burmannus, M.D. &c. Folio, pp. 262. 262 plates. Amsterdam. " These plates are executed with tolerable, but by no means infallible ac curacy, being far inferior in neatness and correctness to what Plumier himself published. The well-meaning editor has overloaded the book with descriptions of his own, necessarily made from the figures, and therefore entirely superfluous. They are indeed not unfrequently founded in misapprehension ; nor has he been very happy in the adaptation of his materials to Linnaean names and principles. " Sir J. E. Smith. i 2 116 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1756 . MDCCLVI. *~~ 1 A FAIR REPRESENTATION of his Majesty s right to Nova Scotia, or Acadie. Briefly stated from the memorials of the English commissaries; with an answer to the objections contained in the French memorials, and in a treatise entitled Discussion sommaire sur les anciennes limites de V Acadie. London. 8vo. pp. 64. The French commissaries having, besides their voluminous mtmoires, pub lished a pamphlet, " in order to prejudice all the courts of Europe in favour of their unjustifiable pretensions," the English commissaries thought proper, "to obviate the wrong impressions that these might create, briefly to recapitulate what had been offered in support of H.M. s claim, collected from the English memorials. 2 ALL THE MEMORIALS of the courts of Great Britain and France, since the peace of Aix la Chapelle, relative to the limits of the territories of both crowns in North America, and the right to the neutral islands in the West Indies. To which are an nexed, two maps, one delineating the right of Great Britain, and the other the claim of France. The French memorials are translated, and the whole is printed in English. Quarto. London. 3 REMARKS on the French memorials concerning the limits of Acadia. To which is added, an answer to the summary dis cussion. With two maps. .... London. 8vo. 4 ^REASONS humbly offered to prove that the letter printed at the end of the French memorial of justification is a French for gery, and falsely ascribed to . London. 8vo.? Gent. s Mag. 1756, p. 453. 5 *AN ACCOUNT of conferences held, and treaties made, between Major-Gen. Sir William Johnson, and the chief sachems and warriors of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senegas, Tuscaroras, &c. Indian nations in North America, at their meetings, on different occasions, at Fort Johnson, in the county of Albany, in the colony of New York, in the years 1755 and 1756. With a letter from the Rev. Mr. Haw- ley to Sir William Johnson, written at the desire of the Delaware Indians. And a preface, giving a short account Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 117 of the six nations; some anecdotes of the life of Sir William; 1756. and notes illustrating the whole : also an appendix, containing ~~ an account of conferences between several Quakers in Phila delphia, and some of the heads of the six nations, in April, 1756. London. 8vo. M.R. xv. p. 196. 6 A BRIEF STATE of the province of Pennsylvania, &c. (No. 14 of 1755.) Third edition London. 8vo. pp. 47. 7 A BRIEF VIEW of the conduct of Pennsylvania, for the year 1755 ; so far as it affected the general service of the British colonies, particularly the expedition under the late General Braddock. With an account of the shocking inhumanities committed by incursions of the Indians upon the province, in October and November; which occasioned a body of the inha bitants to come down, while the Assembly were sitting, and to insist upon an immediate suspension of all disputes, and the passing of a law for the defence of the country. Interspersed with several interesting anecdotes and original papers, relating to the politics and principles of the people called Quakers : being a sequel to a late well-known pamphlet entitled A brief state of Pennsylvania. In a second letter to a friend in London. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 88. 8 AN AMSWER to an invidious pamphlet entitled A brief state of the conduct of Pennsylvania. 8vo. 9 A LETTER from New Jersey, in America, giving some account and description of that province. By a gentleman late of Christ s College, Cambridge. .... London. 8vo. "In this letter we have a very slight account of the present state of the colony mentioned above : but so little is said, that it seems scarcely to deserve an exemption from being ranked among the catchpenny class." M. R. xv. p. 427. 10 * Geographical, Historical, Political, Philosophical, and Mecha nical Essays. No. II. By Lewis Evans. . London. Quarto. 118 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1756. " This second part is employed in refuting a letter published in the New York Mercury of January 5, 1756, containing objections to those parts of Evans s general map and analysis which relate to the French title to the country on the N. W. side of St. Laurence river, &c. To which our author replies with the appearance of much solidity of argument, as well as honesty of intention. He was certainly a sensible man, a good geogra pher, (so far at least as concerns that part of the world he treats of,) and a true friend to his country : so that his death may justly be deemed a public loss." M. II. xv. p. 312. 11 AN IMPARTIAL VIEW of the conduct of the Ministry in regard to the war in America, the engagement with Hesse Cassel and Prussia, the cause of throwing out the militia bill, and the affairs in the Mediterranean; in answer to the many attacks of pamphleteers. ...... London. 8vo. 12 A NEW AND COMPLETE HISTORY of the British empire in America. ....... (London.} Svo. 3 vols. I have a copy of a work which was commenced about this time, and issued in numbers of twenty- four pages each, without any title-pages, the titles, as given above, being found on the first page of two of the three volumes into which it is divided. The first volume contains an introduction of fifty-two pages, and an account of HUDSON S BAY, NEWFOUNDLAND, NOVA SCOTIA, and NEW ENGLAND, in 402 pages. The second continues the history of NEW ENGLAND, and gives that of NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, and PENNSYLVANIA ; 496 pages. The third contains MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, and NORTH CAROLINA, ending abruptly at page 272. The volumes contain several very well executed maps and plates, but the work was apparently left in this unfinished state, which accounts for its being so little known. 13 A NEW HISTORY OF SOUTH AMERICA. By Richard Rolt. Svo. London. This was intended to have been followed by a history of North America, but which apparently was never published. 14 THE CIVIL AND NATURAL HISTORY OF JAMAICA : in three parts ; containing, i. an accurate description of that island, its situation and soil ; with a brief account of its former and present state, government, revenues, produce, and trade. ii. A history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils, perfect and imperfect vegetables, qua drupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects ; with their proper- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 119 ties and uses in mechanics, diet, and physic, in. An account 1756. of the nature of climates in general, and their different effects ^*" upon the human body ; with a detail of the diseases arising from this source, particularly within the tropics: in three dissertations. The whole illustrated with fifty copper-plates, in which the most curious productions are represented of the natural size, and delineated immediately from the objects. By Patrick Browne, M.D. ..... London. Folio, pp. 503. Republished, with a new title and additional indexes, in 1789. Mr. Chalmers states that only 250 copies of this work were printed, and that all the copper-plates, as well as the original drawings, were consumed by the great fire in Cornhill, November 7, 1765. The first part of the work, containing the ciiil history, is dispatched in twenty-seven pages ; the second, which comprises the natural history, occupies the rest of the volume; the third part mentioned on the title being entirely omitted, for which the following apology is given at the end of the volume : tf I would willingly have added the three dissertations I proposed to publish with this work, but, as it has already swelled to the limits I designed, and that the season is too far advanced to finish the whole this year, I determined to publish the Civil and Natural History alone : leaving those, with another on worm-fevers, &c. which will make a small volume in 8vo. to be printed the ensuing season. " 15 *LA CONDUITE DES FRANCOIS justifiee, ou observations sur un ecrit intitule Conduite des Francois a Vcgard de la Nou- velle Ecosse. Par M. D. L. G. D. C. Utrecht et Paris. 12mo. See No. 28 of 1755. The author, according to Barbier, was M. de la Grange de Chessieux. 16 *REPLIQUE des Commissaires Anglois; ou memoire concernant la Nouvelle Ecosse. . .... La Haye. 12mo. Harvard Coll. Cat. 17 HISTOIRE DE NICOLAS I. Roy du Paraguai, et Empereur des Mamelus. ...... A Saint Paul. Small 8vo. pp. 88. " Appears to have been printed in Germany, and is the fabrication of some needy and ignorant, impostor, who wrote, not for the purpose of injuring the Jesuits, but in the hope of making money by duping the curiosity of the public. He makes Nicolas Rubiouni, a Spaniard by birth, a rogue by breeding, and a Jesuit by profession, who raises a rebellion among the Indians at Nova Colonia, and proclaims himself King of Paraguay, &c. 120 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1756. This is set forth as a true history ; and the bookseller asserts in a prefa tory advertisement, that all which the Gazettes have published upon the subject is false." Southey s Brazil, iii. p. 474. 18 HISTOIRE DU PARAGUAY. Par le P. Pierre Francx)is-Xavier de Charlevoix, de la Compagnie de Jesus. . Paris. Quarto, 3 vols. maps. An edition in six volumes 12mo. was printed in 1757. Translated into German, and printed at Nuremberg in 1768, in two volumes 8vo. In English, in 17b 9. In Latin, with notes and a supplement by Muriel, at Venice, in 1779, in folio. 19 LA COLOMBIADE, ou la Foi portee au Nouveau Monde. Poeme par Madame Dubocage. ..... Paris. Svo. 20 VOYAGE A LA MER DU SUD, fait par quelques officiers com mandant le vaisseau le Wager. Pour servir de suite au voyage de Georges Anson. Traduit de 1 Anglois. Lyon. Quarto. This volume is composed, rather than translated, from the Journals of Messrs. Bulkely and Cummins, London, 1743; of Alexander Campbell, Dublin, 1747 ; Anonymous, London, 1751 ; and of Isaac Morns, Dublin, 1752. 21 HISTOIHE DES NAVIGATIONS aux Terres Australes ; contenant ce que Ton s^ait des moeurs et des productions des contrees decouvertes jusqu a ce jour ; et ou il est traite de 1 utilite d y faire de plus amples decouvertes, et des moyens d y former un etablissement. ...... Paris. Quarto, 2 vols. By the President M. Charles de Brosse, as is stated in the Privilege, at the end of the work. Translated into German, with additions by J. C. Adelung-, and printed at Halle in 1767. For an English translation, see Terra Au&tralis Cognita, 1766. 22 *REISE NACII PENNSYLVANIEN von 1750 bis 1754. Von Gottlieb Mittelberger. .... Stuttgard. Svo. Meusel, iii. 1, 385. A work made up from this, and from Kalm, was pub lished in French, at Paris, in 1768. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 121 1757. MDCCLV1I. 1 A REVIEW OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS in North America, from the commencement of the French hostilities on the fron tiers of Virginia, in 1753, to the surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756. ..... London. Quarto. "The author s chief design is to vindicate Governor Shirley, and asperse the characters of those who opposed his measures." M. R. xvi. p.52i. 2 N"oiiTii AMERICA ; a descriptive poem, representing the voyage to America, a sketch of that beautiful country ; with remarks upon the political humour and singular conduct of its inhabi tants. To which are subjoined, notes critical and explanatory. 8vo. London. 3 THE CONTEST IN AMERICA between Great Britain and France, with its consequences and importance, giving an account of the views and designs of the French, with the interests of Great Britain, and the situation of the British and French colonies in all parts of America : in which a proper barrier between the two nations in North America is pointed out, with a method to prosecute the war, so as to obtain that necessary security for our colonies. By an impartial hand. 8vo. pp. 294. London. The Monthly Review (vol. xvii. p. 172) allows, "notwithstanding an inequality of style, a want of method, and a disgusting iteration of the same observations, which betray too much haste, that this work abounds with truths, hitherto perhaps not generally attended to, and with obser vations and proposals that indicate the author s knowledge of the subject, though his hints may not always be practicable, and his ardent zeal for the interests of Britain, though it often betrays him into national par tiality. Written by Dr. Mitchell. 4 *REMARKS UPON A LETTER published in the London Chronicle or Universal Evening Post, No. 115. Containing an enquiry into the causes of the failure of the late expedition against Cape Breton. In a letter to a Member of Parliament. London. 8vo. M. R. xvii. p. 470. 122 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1757. 5 *A LETTER to a Member of Parliament, on the importance of *~J the American colonies, and the method of making them most useful to their mother country. . . . London. 8vo. 6 ^PROPOSALS for uniting the English colonies on the continent of America, so as to enable them to act with force and vigour against their enemies. ..... London. 8vo. 7 *A LETTER from a merchant of the city of London to the R t H ble W. P., esq., upon the affairs of North America and the West Indies ; our American trade ; the destination of our squadrons and convoys ; new taxes, and the schemes proposed for raising thi extraordinary supplies for the current year. 8vo. London. The three foregoing from the M. R. xvi. p. 171 4. 8 THE CONDUCT of the late Ministry, or Memorial, containing a summary of facts, with their vouchers, in answer to the obser vations sent by the English ministry to the courts of Europe, &c. ........ London. 8vo. See "Mystery Revealed/ 1759. This work was published, probably by authority of the French government, in consequence of a piece sent by direction of H. B. M. to most of the courts of Europe, entitled " Obser vations on, the Memorial of France. 9 THE MILITARY HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN, for 1756, 1757. Containing a letter from an English officer at Canada, taken prisoner at Oswego ; exhibiting the cruelty and infidelity of the French, and their savage Indians, in times of peace and war; shewing their superior advantages, and the only means of redress; and impartially delineating the present state of our colonies in America, with some hints for their future regulation. Also a journal of the siege of Oswego, and the articles of ca pitulation; with a particular table of their inhabitants, &c. 8vo. London. "A. collection of different papers, from different quarters; and very impro perly entitled a History. However, as the materials have the appearance of authenticity, they may possibly be of use in future compilations ; but certainly the public ought to be told what authority they come from. M. R. xvii. p. 375. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 123 10 AN ENQUIRY concerning the trade, commerce, and policy of 1757. Jamaica, relative to the scarcity of money, and the causes and ^^ bad effects of such scarcity, peculiar to that island. With cal culations of the annual amount of its inland commerce, &c. Quarto. St. Jayo de la Vega. Monthly Review, xix. p. 131. 11 AN ACCOUNT of the life of that ancient servant of Jesus Christ, John Richardson, giving a relation of many of his trials and exercises in his youth, and his services in the work of the Ministry, in England, Ireland, America, &c. . London. 8vo. pp. 236. An enthusiast of the society of Friends, who pretended to be in direct com munication with the Almighty, hut whose commands he could not answer sometimes so fully as he should have done, because a violent humour fell into one of his leg-s. He was in New England in the time of George Keith (about the year 1700.) 12 THE HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK from the frst discovery to the year 1732. To which is annexed, a descrip tion of the country, with a short account of the inhabitants, their trade, religious and political state, and the constitution of the courts of justice in that colony. " Lo! swarming o er the new discovered world," &c. Thomson. By William Smith, A.M. ........ London. Quarto. An edition in 8vo. was printed in 1776; and another in 1814, with a con tinuation. A French translation in 1767. 13 AN ACCOUNT OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA. Iii six parts, i. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world, n. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants, in. Of the Spanish settlements. iv. Of the Portuguese, v. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish, vi. Of the English. Each part contains an accurate description of the settlements in it, their extent, climate, productions, trade, genius and disposition of their inhabitants; the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements; and their political and commercial views with regard to each other. Dodsley. 8vo. 2 vols. Written by the celebrated Edmund Burke, and frequently reprinted ; the last time in quarto in 1808. 124 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1757. 14 NOTICIA DE LA CALIFORNIA, y de su conquista temporal, y v -^ h espiritual hasta el tiempo presente. Sacada de la historia manuscrita, formada en Mexico ano de 1739, por el Padre Miguel Venegas, de la Compania de Jesus ; y de otras Noticias y relaciones antignas y modernas. Anadida de algunos mapas particulares y uno general de la America Septentrional, Asia Oriental, y Mar del sur intermedio, formados sobre las Memo- rias mas recientes, y exactas, que se publican juntamente. Small 4to. 3 vols. Madrid. The learned Jesuit, father Andres Marcos Burriel, deserves all the credit that is due to this work, the manuscript of father Venegas having formed but a small part of the materials made use of. An English translation was printed in 1759. From this vicious and defective version, Meusel says, were made, one in Dutch, at Harlaem, in 1761 ; one in French, at Paris, in 1767; and one, in German, at Lemgow, in 1769. MDCCLVIII. 1 AN ACCOUNT OF THE CUSTOMS AND MANNERS of the Micmakis and Maricbeets savage nations, now dependent on tbe govern ment of Cape Breton. From an original French MS. letter, never published, written by a French abbot, who resided many years in quality of missionary amongst them. To which are annexed, several pieces relative to the savages, to Nova Scotia, and to North America in general. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 146. 2 *AN ACCURATE and authentic account of the taking of Cape Breton, in the year 1745. Together with a computation of the French fishery in that part of the world; both sent over by Gen. Pepperell, who commanded in that expedition, in a letter to his friend Captain Henry Stafford, &c. From whence will appear the importance of that island, and the danger we shall be in of losing our superiority at sea, should it now again be restored to France. . . London. 8vo. Probably the same as the " Accurate Journal," &c. printed at Exon in 1747. 3 MEMOIRS of the principal transactions of the last war between the English and French in North America. From the com mencement of it, in 1744, to the conclusion of the treaty at Aix la Chapelle. Containing in particular, an account of the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 125 importance of Nova Scotia or Acadia, and the island of Cape 1758. Breton, to both nations. .... London. v- ^* / 8vo. 4 THE CONDUCT of Major-General Shirley, late commander in chief of H. M. s forces in North America, briefly stated. 8vo. London. Apparently written by Gen. Shirley himself. 5 AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT of the reduction of Louisburg, in 1758. By a spectator. ...... London. 8vo. 6 *A LETTER to the R. H. William Pitt, Esq. from an officer at Fort Frontenac. ...... London. 8vo. Fort Frontenac is now Kingston on Lake Ontario. "The author seems well acquainted with the geography of that country, and has collected several interesting considerations that have been dispersed in some late pamphlets and papers on American affairs. M. R. xx. p. 185. 7 *MINUTES OF A TREATY held at Easton, in Pennsylvania, by the Lieut. Governor of Pennsylvania and the Governor of New Jersey, with the chief sachems and warriors of fifteen Indian tribes, October 1758. . . . Woodbridge, N. J. Folio. Col. Aspinwall s Catalogue. 8 THE THEATRE of the present War in North America. With re flections on the great importance of that war. By A. Y****, esq. ........ London. Svo. Collected from Harris, Salmon, and such like authorities. M. R. 9 THE CONDUCT of a noble commander in America impartially re viewed. With the genuine causes of the discontents at New York and Halifax. And the true occasion of the delays in that important expedition. Including a regular account of all the proceedings and incidents in the order of time wherein they happened. ...... London. Svo. The design of this pamphlet is to vindicate Lord Loudon from some impu tations which were thrown out against his conduct in America. 10 OCCASIONAL REFLECTIONS on the importance of the war in America. ....... London. Svo. pp. 140. M. R. xviii. p.26D. 126 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 17,58. 11 AN ACCOUNT OF TWO MISSIONARY VOYAGES by the appointment *~ ^ of the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts : the one to New Jersey in North America, the other from America to the coast of Guiney. By Thomas Thomp son, A.M., vicar of Reculver, in Kent. . . London. 8vo. pp. 87. 12 AN ENQUIRY concerning the trade, commerce, and policy of Jamaica. ....... London. Quarto. 13 A VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA: describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive conti nent. Interspersed throughout with reflections on the genius, customs, manners, and trade of the inhabitants; together with the natural history of the country. And an account of their gold and silver mines. Undertaken by command of the King of Spain, by Don George Juan and Don Antonio de Ulloa,both captains of the Spanish navy, &c. Translated from the ori ginal Spanish. ...... London. 8vo. 2 vols. See 1748 and 1752. This English translation, which is somewhat mutilated and abridged, was reprinted in 1760, in 1772, and in 1806. 14 HISTOIRE DE LA LOUISIANE, contenant la decouverte de ce vaste pays ; sa description geographique ; un voyage dans les terres; 1 histoire naturelle ; les moeurs, coutumes, et religion des naturels, avec leurs origines ; deux voyages dans le Nord du Nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu a la Mer du Sud ; ornee de deux cartes et de 40 planches en taille douce. Par M. Le Page du Pratz. ..... Paris. 12mo. 3 vols. The plates to this work are barbarous, particularly those of plants, which remind one of the cuts in the old Hortus Sanitatis. The author appears to have been a very sensible and a very worthy man, but with very little talent as a writer. His stile is unequal and diffuse, and his work wants method. It was translated into English in 1763. 15 VOYAGE au Nouveau Monde, et histoire interessante du nau- frage du R. P. Crespel (Recollet) avec des notes historiques et geographiques. ...... Paris, 12mo. pp. 240. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 127 Father Crespel was a missionary to Canada, and on his return to France, 1758. after having spent ten years in the country, was shipwrecked on the vvw island of Anticosta. The greater part of the book is taken up with the relation of the hardships and privations suffered by himself and his companions, of whom only seven survived out of sixty-four persons. M. R. xix. p. 200. First printed at Frankfort in 1742. 16 HrsToiRE ET COMMERCE des Antilles Angloises; oil Ton trouve letat actuel de leur population, et quelques details sur le commerce de contrabande des Anglois avec les Espagnols dans le Nouveau Monde. On y a joint 1 histoire des loix principales, qui concernent les colonies Angloises etablies tant dans les iles, que sur le continent de 1 Amerique. 12 mo. Paris. The name of the author of this anonymous work appears to have escaped the researches of the industrious Barbier. 17 DESCRIPTION GEOGRAPHIQUE DES ISLES ANTILLES possedees par les Anglois. S^avoir, La Jamaique, la Barbade, Antigue, Montserrat, S. Christophe, Nieves, 1 Anguille, et les Vierges, Isles Lucayes et Bermudes. Pour joindre aux cartes de ces Isles qui out ete dressees au deport des cartes et plans de la marine. Par le S. Bellin. .... Paris. Quarto. Engraved and printed title, maps, and plans. 18 HlSTOIRE NATL RELLE, CIVILE ET GEOGRAPHIQUE DE L ORO- NOQUE, et des principales rivieres qui s y jettent. Dans la- quelle on traite du gouvernement, des usages et des coutumes des Indiens qui 1 habitent, des animaux, des arbres, des fruits, des resines, des herbes, et des racines medicinales qui nais- sent dans le Pais. On y a joint le detail de plusieurs con versions remarquables et edifiantes. Par le Pere Joseph Gumilla, de la compagnie de Jesus, superieur des missions de TOronoque. Traduite de 1 Espagnol sur la seconde edition. Par M. Eidous, ci-devant ingenieur des annees de S. M. C. 12mo. 3 vols. Avignon. See 1741 and 1745. 19 RELATION ABREGEE, concernant la republique, que les reli- gieux, nommes Jesuites, des provinces de Portugal et d Es- pagne ont etablie dans les pays et domaines d outremer de ces deux monarchies, et de la guerre, qu ils y ont excitee et soutenue contre les armees Espagnoles et Portugueses : dressees sur les registres du secretariat des deux commissaires 128 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1758. respectifs principaux et plenipotentiares des deux couronnes, ^^ et sur d autres pieces authentiques. . . . Paris. 8vo. The original of this work is said to have been written in Portuguese by the Marquis de Pombal. The translation was made by a person of the name of Pinault. According to Meusel, it was reprinted in the same year at Amsterdam, and also at the Hague, under the title of La Republique des Jesuites au Paraguay renverste, etc. 20 *BESKRIVELSE OVER EYLANDET ST. CROIX i America i West- Indien. .... . . Copenhagen. Quarto. According to Meusel, the author s name was Haagensen. MDCCLIX. 1 AN HISTORICAL REVIEW of the constitution and government of Pennsylvania, from its origin ; so far as regards the several points of controversy which have from time to time arisen between the several governors of the province and their se veral assemblies. Founded on authentic documents. "Those who would give up ESSENTIAL LIBERTY to purchase a little TEMPORAL SAFETY, deserve neither LIBERTY nor SAFETY." 8vo. London. Written by Dr. Franklin. 2 A TRUE AND IMPARTIAL state of the province of Pennsylvania. Containing an exact account of the nature of its government; the power of the proprietaries and their governors, &c. Being a full answer to the pamphlets entitled A brief state, and A brief view, &c. of the conduct of Pennsylvania. 8vo. Philadelphia. 2 THE LIFE OF GENERAL JAMES WOLFE, the conqueror of Ca nada ; or the elogium of that renowned hero, attempted ac cording to the rules of eloquence, &c. by J*** P**** ? A.M. Quarto. London. According to the Monthly Review, a performance of no merit whatever. 4 AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES of the alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British interest, and into the measures taken for recovering their friendship. Extracted from the public treaties and other authentic papers relating to the transactions of the government of Pennsylvania and Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 129 the said Indians, for near 40 years, and explained by a map 1759. of the country. Together with the remarkable journal of *** J Christian Frederic Post, (&c. &c. &c.) Written in Penn sylvania. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 184, and map. 5 DISCOURSES ON SEVERAL PUBLIC OCCASIONS during the war in America. Preached with a view to the explaining the impor tance of the protestant cause in the British colonies ; and the advancement of religion, patriotism, and military virtue. With an appendix, &c. By William Smith, D.D. provost of the college and academy of Philadelphia. London. 8vo. pp. 246. A second edition was printed in 1763, with additions ; and again in 1803, with the other works of the author. 6 THE MYSTERY REVEALED; or truth brought to light : being a discovery of some facts in relation to the conduct of the late M y. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 320. We too have a mystery to reveal, says the Monthly Reviewer, the present publication being no other than an old pamphlet, first published in 1757, under the title of The conduct of the late Ministry, &c. See Monthly Re view, xvi. p. 468, and xx. p. 379. 7 FRENCH AND INDIAN CRUELTY: exemplified in the life and various vicissitudes of fortune of Peter Williamson. Contain ing a particular account of the manners, customs, and dress of the savages; of their scalping, burning, and other barbarities, committed on the English in North America, during his resi dence among them: being at eight years of age stolen from his parents, and sent to Pennsylvania, where he was sold as a slave ; afterwards married, and settled as a planter, till the Indians destroyed his house, and every thing he had, and carried him off a captive; from whence, after several months captivity, he made his escape, and served as a volunteer and soldier in many expeditions against them. Comprehending, in the whole, a summary of the transactions of the several provinces in America ; particularly those relative to the in tended attack on Crown-point and Niagara. And an accurate and succinct detail of the operations of the French and English forces at the siege of Oswego, where the author was wounded 130 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1759. and taken prisoner. Also a curious discourse on kidnapping. ~~ Written by himself. The fourth edition, with considerable improvements. London. 12mo. 8 GOD S PROTECTING PROVIDENCE, man s surest help and defence in times of greatest difficulty and most eminent danger, evi denced in the remarkable deliverance of Robert Barrow, with divers other persons, from the devouring waves of the sea, amongst which they suffered shipwreck, and also from the cruel devouring jaws of the inhuman cannibals of Florida (in 1696.) Faithfully related by one of the persons concerned therein, Jonathan Dickenson. Fourth edition. London. 12mo. First printed in the year 1700, at which time President Dickenson, of New Jersey, to whom it has been attributed, was but twelve years of age. It was printed in German at Frankfort in 1774. 9 CONSIDERATIONS on the importance of Canada, and the bay and river of St. Lawrence ; and of the American fisheries depen dent on the islands of Cape Breton, St. John s, Newfoundland, and the seas adjacent. ..... London. 8vo. 10 CANDID REFLEXIONS on the expedition to Martinico; with an account of the taking of Guardaloupe, &c. By J. J. a lieu tenant in the navy. ..... London. 8vo. "Made up from the newspapers." M. R. 11 AN ACCOUNT of the expedition to the West-Indies, against Martinico, Guadaloupe, and other the Leeward Islands, subject to the French King, 1759. By Richard Gardiner, esq. cap tain of marines on board H.M s. ship Rippon, on the expe dition. .... . London. Quarto. See 1762. 12 AN ENQUIRY concerning the trade, commerce, and policy of Jamaica, relative to the scarcity of money, and the causes and bad effects of such scarcity, peculiar to that island, &c. Quarto. London. First printed at St. Jago de la Vega in the year 1757. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 131 13 A NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA; containing 1759. an accurate description of that country, its soil, mountains, ^^ harbours, lakes, rivers, and seas ; its animals, vegetables, minerals, and famous fishery for pearls. The customs of the inhabitants, their religion, government, and manner of living, before their conversion to the Christian religion by the mis sionary Jesuits. Together with accounts of the several voyages and attempts made for settling California, and taking actual surveys of that country, its gulf, and coast of the South Sea. Illustrated with copper plates, and an accurate map of the country and the adjacent seas. Translated from the original Spanish of Miguel Venegas, a Mexican Jesuit. Published at Madrid, 1758. In two volumes, . . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. The original work was printed at Madrid, 1757. 14 A GENUINE ACCOUNT of the late secret expedition to Martinico and Guardaloupe, under Commodore Moore and General Hopson. Written at Guardaloupe by a sea-officer, who went out with Commodore Hughes. . . . London. 8vo. 15 HISTOIRE de la guerre centre les Anglois. . Geneve. 8vo. pp. 244. This work relates almost entirely to the French war in America. Accord ing to Barbier the author was Poullin de Lumina, who published a continua tion of the work the following year. 16 PRELIMINAR Y CARTAS que preceden al tomo i. de las memo- rias historico-physicas, critico-apologeticas de la America Meridional. Su author D. Joseph Eusebio Llano Zapata. Small 8vo. Cadiz. This author treats upon several heterogeneous subjects, and incidentally endeavours to defend the humanity of the Spaniards against the good bishop Las Casas, one of his arguments being that the Indians have used the Spaniards still worse : and, altering or mistaking the title of Las Casas book, says, that if he has filled the world with desti uction and dismay by his " Destruction of the Indians (for Indies) by the Spaniards," greater horror and dismay would be caused, if any Spaniard, zealous for the honour of his nation, would write the " Destruction of the Spaniards by the Indians." At p. 238 he says that rare and uncommon books are more abundant in America, particularly in Lima, than in Europe, and that Ciceros of 1465-6-7, &c. are so frequently met with, that the finding- K2 132 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 759. f copies is not considered as any thing uncommon. This author wrote \^./^/ also a work on the natural history of America, which has never been published. 17 *BESKRIFNING OM DE SWENSKA fb rsamlingers forna och nar- warande tilstand uti Nye Swerige. By Israel Acrelius. Quarto. Stockholm. Acrelius s account of New Sweden is a scarce book, which apparently was never translated into any other language. MDCCLX. 1 GENUINE LETTERS AND MEMOIRS, relating to the natural, civil, and commercial history of the islands of Cape Breton and St. John, from the first settlement there to the taking of Louisbourg by the English, in 1758. In which, among many interesting particulars, the causes and previous events of the present war are explained. By an impartial Frenchman. Translated from the author s original manuscript. London. 8vo. pp. 400. These letters were printed at the same time in French. The author was Th. Pichon. The work is spoken of as impartial, instructive, and enter taining. M. R. vol. 22. 2 QUEBEC : A poetical essay in imitation of the Miltonic stile ; being a regular narrative of the proceedings and capital transactions performed by the British forces under the com mand of Vice-Admiral Saunders and Major General Wolfe, in the glorious expedition against Canada, in the year 1759. The performance of a volunteer on board H. M. s ship Somer set, during the passage home from Quebec. The whole embellished with entertaining and explanatory notes. London. Quarto. 3 A JOURNAL OF THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC. To which is annexed, a correct plan of the environs of Quebec, and of the battle fought on the 13th September, 1759. Together with a parti cular detail of the French lines and batteries, and also of the encampments, batteries, and attacks of the British army, and the investiture of that city, under the command of Vice- Admiral Saunders, Major General Wolfe, Brigadier General Monckton, and Brigadier General Townshend. Drawn from Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 133 the original surveys, taken by the engineers of the army, 1760. Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to H. M. (London.) ^^ Quarto. 4 A LETTER TO AN HONOURABLE BRIGADIER GENERAL, C01TI- mander in chief of H. M. s forces in Canada. London. 8vo. pp. 32. 5 A REFUTATION OF THE LETTER to an Honourable Brigadier General, commander of H. M. s forces in Canada. By an Officer. Urit enimfulc/ore suo. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 52. Lord George Townsend is the Honourable Brigadier General referred to in these pamphlets. 6 THE INTEREST OF GREAT BRITAIN considered, with regard to her colonies, and the acquisition of Canada and Guadaloupe. To which are added, Observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, &c. . . London. 8vo. pp. 58. This pamphlet was published by Dr. Franklin, when residing in London as agent for Pennsylvania. A second edition was printed in the following year. 7 THE HISTORY OF THE COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, from the first settlement thereof in 1628, until its incorporation with the colony of Plymouth, province of Main, &c. by the charter of King William and Queen Mary, in 1691. By Mr, Hutchinson, Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusett s province. The second edition. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 566. Some copies of this edition have a new title-page with the date of 1765, both called the second edition. The first edition was apparently printed in Boston, but I cannot find it mentioned in any catalogue, and am there fore unable to ascertain in what year. The second volume was printed in 1768 Both volumes were reprinted at Salem in 1795. An additional volume was published by the author s grandson in 1828. A volume of documents was printed in Boston in 1769. 8 A LETTER TO THE R. R. FATHER IN GOD THE LORD B P OF L N. Occasioned by a letter of his lordship s to the L ds of T e, on the subject of the Act of Assembly passed in the year 1758, intituled An Act to enable the inhabitants 134 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1760. of this Colony to discharge their public Dues, fyc. in money for the ensuing year. From Virginia. . . London. 8vo. pp. 60. Apparently first printed in Virginia. 9 *A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN NORTH AMERICA I Con taining several very remarkable particulars relative to the natural dispositions, tempers, and inclinations of the un polished savages, not taken notice of in any other history. With notes and a dedication to George Drummond. By Peter "Williamson. .... . Edinburgh. 12mo. See another work by the same author, printed in 1759. The above title is copied from the catalogue of an Edinburgh bookseller. 10 A POLITICAL ESSAY on the English and French colonies in Northern and Southern America. Considered in a new light. By a Patriot. ...... London. 8vo. A very trifling affair, according to the Monthly Review, and very little to the purpose. I 1 A STATE OF THE TRADE carried on with the French, on the island of Hispaniola, by the merchants of North America, under colour of flags of truce. Occasioned by some captures of said flags, lately made by H. M. s ships under the com mand of Admiral Cotes. By a Merchant of London. London. 8vo. 12 A DEFENCE OF THE CONDUCT OF BARBADOES, during the late expedition to Martinique and Guadaloupe. In a letter to the R. H. Gen. Barrington. By a Native, resident in the island. 8vo. pp. 88. London. 13 A RELATION OF THE MISSIONS OF PARAGUAY. Wrote origi nally in Italian, by M. Muratori, and now done into English from the French translation. .... London, 8vo. 14 THE NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY of the French dominions in North and South America. Giving a particular account of the climate, soil, minerals, animals, vegetables, manufactures, trade, commerce, and languages; together with the religion, government, genius, character, manners and customs of the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 135 Indians, and other inhabitants. Illustrated by maps and plans 1760. of the principal places, collected from the best authorities, ~<~* and engraved by T. Jefferys, geographer to his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales. Part i. Containing a description of Canada and Louisiana. Part n. Containing part of the islands of St. Domingo and St. Martin ; the islands of St. Bartholomew, Guadaloupe, Martinico, La Grenade, and the island and colony of Cayenne. . . . London. Folio, P. 1. pp. 168, and 8 maps and plates. 2. . . 246, . . 10 ditto ditto. M. R.xxii. p. 81. 15 LETTRES ET MEMOIRES pour servir a 1 histoire naturelle, civile et politique, du Cap Breton, depuis son etablissement jusqu a la reprise de cette isle par les Anglois en 1758. 12mo. pp. 327. A la Hay e (London?) By Th. Pichon. Barbier. See No. 1 of this year. 16 NICOLAI JOSEPHI JACQUIN enumeratio systematica plantarum quas in Insulis Caribseis Americes continente detexit novas, aut jam cognitas emendavit. . . . Lugd. Bat. 8vo. pp. 41. MDCCLXI. 1 VOYAGES FROM ASIA TO AMERICA, for completing the dis coveries of the north-west coast of America. To which is prefixed > a summary of the voyages made by the Russians on the Frozen Sea, in search of a North-east Passage. Serving as an explanation of a map of the Russian discoveries, published by the Academy of Sciences at Petersburgh. Trans lated from the High Dutch of S. Muller, of the Royal Academy of Petersburgh. With the addition of three new maps. 1. A copy of part of the Japanese map of the world. 2. A copy of Delisle s and Buache s fictitious map. And 3. A large map of Canada, extending to the Pacific Ocean, containing the new discoveries made by the Russians and French. By Thomas Jefferys, geographer to his Majesty. Quarto, pp. 52 and 76. 4 maps. London. Taken from the third volume of Muller s Satnmlung Russischer Gcschichte, Petropol. 1758. Printed in French in 1766. 136 Bibtiotheca Americana Nova. 1761. 2 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NORTH AMERICA; undertaken by ~ order of the French King. Containing the geographical de scription and natural history of that country, particularly Canada. Together with an account of the customs, charac ters, religion, manners and traditions of the original inha bitants. In a series of letters to the Duchess of Lesdiguieres. Translated from the French of P. de Charlevoix. London. 8vo. 2 vols. See No. 19, 1744. "This translation betrays, by numerous Scotticisms and misrepresentations, the hand of a North Briton, too little acquainted with the French and English languages to read or write either with pro priety. M. R. xxiii. p. 417. 3* THE IMPORTANCE OF CANADA considered, in two letters to a nobleman. ....... London. 8vo. British Museum Cat. 4 MEMOIRS OF THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC, capital of all Canada; and of the retreat of M. de Bourlemaque from Carillon to the Isle aux Noix, in Lake Champlain. From the journal of a French officer on board the Chezine frigate, taken by H. M. s ship Rippon. Compared with the accounts transmitted home by Major-General Wolfe and Vice- Admiral Saunders ; with oc casional remarks. By Richard Gardiner, esq., captain of marines in the Rippon. ..... London. Quarto. 5 A DESCRIPTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA; containing many curious and interesting particulars relating to the civil, natural, and commercial history of that colony, viz. the succession of European settlers there; grants of English charters; bounda ries ; constitution of the government; taxes; number of in habitants, and of the neighbouring Indian nations, &c. ; the nature of the climate; tabular accounts of the altitudes of the barometer monthly for four years, of the depths of rain monthly for eleven years, and of the wind s direction daily for one year, &c. The culture and produce of rice, Indian corn, and indi go; the process of extracting tar and turpentine; the state of their maritime trade in the years 1710, 1723, 1740 and 1748, with the number or tonnage of shipping employed, and the species, quantities and values of their produce exported in one 2 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 137 year, &c. To which is added, a very particular account of 1761. their rice trade for twenty years, with their exports of raw silk and imports of British silk manufactures for twenty-five years. .... . London. 8vo. pp. HO, REASONS FOR KEEPING GUADALOUPE at a peace, preferable to Canada. Explained in five letters, from a gentleman in Gua- daloupe to his friend in London. . . London. 8vo. This writer asserts that nothing can secure Great Britain so much against the revolting of North America, as the French keeping some footing there to be a check upon them. M. R. xxiv. p. 440. MDCCLXII. 1. VOYAGES FROM ASIA TO AMERICA, &c. By Thomas Jefferys, &c. Second edition. ..... London. Quarto, pp. 8. 120, and 4 maps. See No. 1 of 1761. 2 AN ENQUIRY into the origin of the Cherokees. In a letter to a member of Parliament. ..... Oxford. 8vo. pp. 27. "A mighty learned attempt to prove the Cherokees to be the descendants of Meshek, a son of Japhet. M. R. xxviii. p. 164. 3 COLONIZE ANGLICANJE ILLUSTRATE, or the acquest of dominion, and the plantation of colonies made by the English in America : with the rights of the colonists examined, stated, and illustrated. Part I. Containing, i. The plan of the whole work, including the proportion asserting the right of the colonists intended to be established, n. A brief history of the wars, revolutions and events which gave rise to all the marine discoveries and foreign acquisitions made by the modern Europeans. in. A survey of the knowledge and opinions which the Europeans had of the earth in times pre ceding these discoveries ; with other matters relating to this subject, iv. The particulars of the progress made by the Portuguese, from their beginning these discoveries to the death of King John the 2d, and an account of the grants made to the king of Portugal of the countries that were, or might be 138 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1762. discovered, by the bulls of several popes, with one of them set ^ w forth at large. London. Quarto, pp. x. 141. A very learned work, but of which, unfortunately, no more was published. The author was William Bollan, the Massachusetts agent in England from 1T45 to 1762. 4 AN AUTHENTIC JOURNAL of the siege of the Havana. By an officer. To which is prefixed, a plan, shewing the landing, encampment, approaches, and batteries of the English army; with the attacks and stations of the fleet. . London. 8vo. 5* AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT of the reduction of the Havanna. 8vo. London. 6 THE GREAT IMPORTANCE of the Havanna, set forth in an essay on the nature and methods of carrying on a trade to the South Sea and the Spanish West-Indies. By Robert Allen, esq. who resided some years in the kingdom of Peru. London. 8vo. First printed in the year 1712. 7 AN ACCOUNT OF THE SPANISH SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA. In four parts, i. An account of the discovery of America by the celebrated Christopher Columbus; with a description of the Spanish insular colonies in the West Indies. u. Their settlements on the continent of North America. in. Their settlements in Peru, Chili, Paraguay, and Rio de la Plata, iv. Their settlements in Tierra Firma. Of the different coun tries in South America still possessed by the Indians, &c. with a description of the Canary Islands, &c. . Edinburgh. 8vo. pp. 528, and map. At the end are (t the accounts published by authority, of the siege and sur render of the Havannah, the chief town of the island of Cuba. 8* THE AMERICAN GAZETTEER, containing a distinct account of all the parts of the New World, their situation, climate, produce, former and present condition. . . . London. 8vo. 3 vols. Translated into Italian in 1763. 9 A DESCRIPTION OF THE SPANISH ISLANDS and settlements on the coast of the West Indies, compiled from authentic memoirs; revised by gentlemen who have resided many years in the Spanish settlements, and illustrated with 32 maps and plans. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 139 chiefly from original drawings taken from the Spaniards in the 1762. last war, and engraved by Thomas Jefferys. London. ^~ Quarto. 10 AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION to the West Indies against Martinico, with the reduction of Guadaloupe, and other the Leeward Islands, subject to the French king, 1759. By Captain Gardiner, of the King s Royal musqueteers, &c. employed in this expedition. The third edition. Quarto, pp. 91, plates 4. Birmingham. Beautifully printed by Baskerville. There are some copies on large paper. A French translation, occupying the same number of pages, is generally found with it. It is probable that the first and second editions were also printed in this year. MDCCLXIII. 1 AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST DISCOVERY and natural history of Florida. With a particular detail of the several expeditions and descents made on that coast. Collected from the best authorities, by William Roberts. Illustrated by a general map, and some particular plans, together with a geographical description of that country. By T. JefTerys, geographer to his Majesty. . . . London. Quarto, pp. 102, 7 maps and plans. 2 THE HISTORY OF LOUISIANA, or of the western parts of Virginia and Carolina: containing a description of the countries that lie on both sides of the river Missisipi; with an account of the settlements, inhabitants, soil, climate, and products. Trans lated from the French (lately published) by M. le Page du Pratz, with some notes and observations relatingtoourcolonies. 12mo. 2 vols. London. The original French edition was printed at Paris in 1758. This translation was reprinted in octavo in 1774. ,} CANDID AND IMPARTIAL considerations on the nature of the sugar trade ; the comparative importance of the British and French islands in the West Indies ; with the value and con sequence of St. Lucia and Granada truly stated. Illustrated with copper plates. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 228. " Upon the vhole, we think it a, masterly performance." M. R. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1763. 4* SOME HINTS to people in power on the present melancholy v "^* situation of our colonies in North America. . London. 8vo. In the British Museum. 5 THE ADVANTAGES of a settlement upon the Ohio, in North America ....... London. 8vo. 6 A SET OF PLANS AND FORTS IN AMERICA. Reduced from ac tual surveys. ...... London. 8vo. oblong. A set of thirty plans, without any text, engraved by P. Andrews. 7 THOUGHTS ON TRADE IN GENERAL ; our West-Indian in par ticular, our Continental colonies, Canada, Guadaloupe ; and the preliminary articles of peace. Addressed to the commu nity London. 8vo. " The writer is a cool dispassionate advocate for Canada and the prelimi nary articles : but we cannot greatly extol his talent for composition. M.R. xxviii. p. 157. 8 OBSERVATIONS on the charter and conduct of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts ; designed to shew their nonconformity to each other. With remarks on the mis takes of East Apthorp, M.A., missionary at Cambridge, in quoting and misrepresenting the sense of said charter, &c. As also, various incidental reflections relative to the Church of England, and the state of religion in North America, parti cularly in New England. By Jonathan Mayhevv, D.D., &c. To which is added, Apthorp s Considerations. . London. 8vo. pp. 164. First printed at Boston. An answer was printed in the following year, which was followed by Dr. Mayhew s reply, a review of which was pub lished in 1765. 9 DESCRIPTION GEOGRAPHIQUE de la Guyane, contenant les possessions et les etablissemens des Francois, des Espagnols, des Portugais, des Hollandois dans ces vastes pays. Le climat, les productions de la terre, et les animaux, leurs habi- tans, leurs moeurs, leurs coutumes, et le commerce qu on y peut faire. Avec des remarques pour la navigation et des cartes, plans et figures. Dressees an depot des cartes et Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 141 plans de la marine, par le S. Bellin, Ingenieur de la MarinCj 1763. &o. ....... A Paris. v ~"- / Quarto. 10 VOYAGE A LA MARTINIQUE, contenant diverse observations sur la physique, 1 histoire naturelle, 1 agriculture, les moeurs, et les usages de cette isle, faites en 1751, et dans les annees suivantes. Lu a 1 academie royale des sciences de Paris, en 1761 Paris. Quarto. B y M. de Chanvalon : and a highly esteemed work at the time it was pub lished. See M. R. xxix. p. 526. 1 1 DESCRIPCION de las Provincias de el Peru. Por el Cosmographo mayor del Virreynato, Don Cosme Bueno. . Lima. 8vo. This work appears to have been published with the Guia or Calendario of Lima annually, during seventeen years, and is probably the most correct geographical account of Peru and Chili extant; the author says it re quired all that time to obtain the necessary information from the different provinces. In point of rarity the book may be considered as almost unique, as few persons will have taken the trouble to have collected to gether these separate accounts published in such a length of time, and to have formed them into a volume. The title is MS., nor is it probable there ever was a separate printed one. 12 SOLUCION DEL GRAN PROBLEMA acerca de la poblacion de las Americas, en que sobre el fundamento de los libros santos se descubre facil camino a la transmigracion de los hombres del uno al otro continente ; y como pudieron pasar al Nuevo Mundo, no solamente las bestias de servicio, sino tambien las fieras y nocivas. Y con esta ocasion se satisface plenamente al delirio de los Pre-Adamitas apoyado con esta dificil obje- cion hasta ahora no bien desatada. Por el P. Francisco Xavier Alexo de Orrio de la sagrada compania de Jesus. Sacala a luz Don Francisco Carmona Godoy y Bucareli, corregidor, Juez de Minas de la ciudad de N. S. de los Zaca- tecas, &c Mexico. Small 4to. 13 REI.ACION DESCRIPTIVA de la ciudad, y provincia de Truxillo del Peru, con noticias exactas de su estado politico ; escrita por el D r D. Miguel Feyjoo, corregidor (que fue) de dicha ciudad, &c. . . . Madrid. Folio. *42 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1763. 14 IL GAZZETTIERE AMERICANO contenente un distinto ragguaglio di tutte le parti del Nuovo Hondo, della loro situazione> clima, terreno, prodotti, stato antico e moderno, merci, mani- fatture, e commercio ; con una esatta descrizione delle citta, piazze, porti, baje, flume, laghi, montagni, passi, e fortifica- zioni. II tutto destinato ad esporre lo stato presente delle cose in quella parte di globo, e le mire, e interessi delle diverse po- tenze, che hanno degli stabilimenti in America. Tradotto dall Inglese e arrichito di aggiunte, note, carte, e rami. Quarto, 3 vols. 78 plates. Livorno. 15 NICOLAI JOSEPIII JACQUIN, selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia in qua ad Linnseanum systema determinate descrip- teeque sistuntur plantae illoe, quas in insulis Martinica, Ja maica, Domingo, aliisque et in vicinae continentis parte, observavit rariores; adjectis iconibus in solo natali delineatis. Folio, pp. 284, plates 183. Vienna. MDCCLXIV. 1 LETTERS to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres, giving an account of a voyage to Canada, and travels through that vast country, and Louisiana, to the Gulph of Mexico. Undertaken by order of the present King of France. By Father Charlevoix. 8vo. London. 2 THE ANCIENT RIGHT of the English nation to the American fishery ; and its various diminutions ; examined and stated. With a map of the lands, islands, gulphs, seas, and fishing bank, comprising the whole cod fishery. Humbly inscribed to the sincere friends of the British naval empire. London. Quarto, pp. 105. Bj Mr. Bollan. 3 AN ESSAY in vindication of the continental colonies of America, from a censure of Mr. Adam Smith, in his Theory of Moral Sentiments. With some reflections on slavery in general. By an American. ...... London. 8vo. pp. 46. Adam Smith said f that fortune never more cruelly exerted her empire over mankind, than when she subjected those nations of heroes (the negroes) to the refuse of the jails of Europe," (the Americans.) Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 143 4 THE ADMINISTRATION of the colonies. . . London. 1764. 8vo. pp. 131. ^-^ The first edition of Governor Pownall s celebrated work, frequently reprinted with great additions, the last time in 1777, in two volumes octavo. 5 THE HISTORY of the life and sufferings of Henry Grace, of Ba- singstoke, in the county of Southampton, being a narrative of the hardships he underwent during several years captivity among the savages in North America, and of the cruelties they practice to their unhappy prisoners. In which is intro duced an account of the several customs and manners of the different nations of Indians ; as well as a compendious de scription of the soil, produce, and various animals of those parts. Written by himself. . . . Reading, Eng. 8vo. pp. 56. " The author s recital of the various hardships he underwent affords that painful entertainment we usually find in historical details of distress, especially when they have any thing of adventure in them, as is the case with the present artless but affecting narrative. M. R. C CONSIDERATIONS which may tend to promote the settlement of our new West India colonies, by encouraging individuals to embark in the undertaking. .... London. 8vo. 7 THE SPEECH delivered in the House of Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, May 24, 1764. By John Dickinson, esq. one of the members for the county of Philadelphia. On occa sion of a petition drawn up by order, and then under con sideration, of the House, praying H. M. for a change of the government of this province. . . . London. 8vo. First printed in Philadelphia. " Mr. Dickinson reasons like a man of extraordinary good sense, with the knowledge of an able politician, and the pleasing flow of an accomplished orator. M. R. 8 THE SPEECH of Joseph Galloway, esq. one of the members for Philadelphia county, in answer to the speech of John Dickin son, esq. delivered in the House of Assembly of the province of Pensylvania, May 24, 1764. . . . London. 8vo. First printed in Philadelphia. A manly and spirited, though not a very correct production, which drew forth the following answer : 144 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1764. 9 A REPLY to a piece called the Speech of Joseph Galloway, esq. ""^ By John Dickinson. .... Philadelphia. 8vo. 10 AN ESSAY on the trade of the northern colonies of Great Britain in North America. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 38. The subject of this essay (first printed at Philadelphia,) is treated in a masterly and judicious manner, by one who appears to be perfectly well acquainted with it. M. R. 11 A GENERAL HISTORY of the late war: containing its rise, progress, and events, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. And exhibiting the state of the belligerent powers at the commencement of the war; their interests and objects in its continuation ; and remarks on the measures which led Great Britain to victory and conquest. Interspersed with the cha racters of the able and disinterested statesmen, to whose wisdom and integrity, and of the heroes to whose courage and conduct, we are indebted, for that naval and military suc cess which is not to be equalled in the annals of this or any nation. And with accurate descriptions of the seat of war, the nature and importance of the conquests, and of the most important battles by sea and land. Illustrated with a variety of heads, plans, map, and charts, designed and engraved by the best artists. By the Rev. John Entick, M.A. and other gentlemen. ....... London. 8vo. 5 vols. The Monthly Review speaks very disparagingly of this work. The greater part relates to the war in America. 12 AN ACCOUNT of the first settlement, laws, form of government, and police of the Cessares, a people of South America. In nine letters, from Mr. Vander Neck, one of the senators of that nation, to his friend in Holland. With notes by the editor. .... London. 8vo. The Cessares are a race of white Indians found in Chile, about whom, how ever, very little is known. The present work adds nothing to our infor mation respecting them, being merely a new version of Sir Thomas More s Utopia. It was written, according to Nichols, by the celebrated author of the Dignity of Human Nature, Mr. Burgh. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 145 13 AN ANSWER TO DR. MAYHEW S OBSERVATIONS on the charter 1764. and conduct of the Society for the propagation of the gospel ^^ in foreign parts. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 68. See No. 8, 1763. 14 A DEFENCE OF THE OBSERVATIONS on the charter and conduct of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, against an anonymous pamphlet falsely intitled A candid Examination of Dr. May hew s Observations, fyc And also against the Letter to a Friend annexed thereto, said to contain a short vindication of said society; by one of its members. By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. &c. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 120. First printed at Boston. 15* TRAITE DES MALADIES frequentes a Surinam, etc. avec une dissertation sur le fameux crapaud de Surinam, nomme Pipa : par M. Phelippe Fermin. .... Maestricht. 8vo. 16 DESCRIPCION EXACTA de la provincia de Venezuela, par I). Joseph Luis de Cisneros. . . . Valencia, S. A. Quarto. 17 SYNODO DIOCESANA, que celebro el Ilmo. S nr- D. Manuel de Alday y Aspee, Obispo de Santiago de Chile, en la Iglesia Catedral de dicha ciudad. A que se dio principio el dia 4 de Enero de 1763, y se publico en 22 de Abril de dicho ano. Folio, pp. 170. Lima. 18 SYNODO DIOCESANA, con la carta pastoral convocatoria para ella y otra en orden a la paga de los Diezmos. Celebrola D. Fray Bernardo Carrasco y Saavedra, Obispo de Santiago de Chile, en la Iglesia Catedral de dicha ciudad. A que se dio principio Domingo 18 de Enero de 1688 y se publico^en 2 de Mayo de dicho ano. .... Lima. Folio, pp. 168. 146 Bibliotlieca Americana Nova. 1765. MDCCLXV. 1 AN ACCOUNT of the Island of Newfoundland, with the nature of its trade, and method of carrying on the fishery. With reasons for the great decrease of that most valuable branch of trade. By Capt. Griffith Williams, of the royal regiment of artillery, who resided in the island fourteen years, &c. ; to which is annexed a plan to exclude the French from that trade, &c. By Capt. Cole London. 8vo. pp. 35. " Printed for Captain Thomas Cole." 2 THE HISTORY OF THE COLONY OF NOVA CTESAREA or New Jersey : containing an account of its first settlement, pro gressive improvements, the original and present constitution, and other events, to the year 1721 ; with some particulars since, and a short view of its present state. By Samuel Smith . .... Burlington, N. J. 8vo. pp. 573. The author was a native of New Jersey ; his work is considered as a judi cious and authentic compilation. Never having been reprinted, it has become very scarce and difficult to be met with. 3 A CONCISE ACCOUNT of North America: containing a descrip tion of the several British colonies on that continent, includ ing the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, govern ment, religion, present boundaries, and the number of inha bitants supposed to be in each. Also of the interior or Westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Lawrence, the Mississipi, Christine, and the great lakes. To which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. containing many useful and en tertaining facts, never before treated of. By Major Robert Rogers .... . London. 8vo. pp. 264. " Major Rogers headed, with much reputation, the provincial troops called Rangers, during the whole course of what were called the French wars in America. To this brave, active, judicious officer, it is, that the public are indebted for the most satisfactory account yet published of the inte- Bibliotheca Americana Nora. 147 rior parts of that immense continent, which victory hath so lately added 1765. to the British empire ; of which we were, in many respects, totally igno- ^^ rant, till the British lion tore away the veil, and opened to our view the wide, extended, glorious prospect. Major Rogers is the reputed author of a tragedy called Ponteach, or the Savages of America ; one of the most absurd productions of the kind that we have seen." M. R. xxxiv. p. 242. 4 JOURNALS of Major Robert Rogers; containing an account of the several excursions he made, under the generals who com manded on the continent of America, during the late war. From which may be collected the most material circumstances of every campaign on that continent, from the commence ment to the conclusion of the war. . . London. 8vo. pp. 236, " This is but the first part of the journals of this noted American partizan. It commences in 1755, and terminates with the year 1760. The second part*, which is to be printed by subscription of one guinea, will contain the author s travels among the Cherokees and the Southern Indians; his second tour into the interior country, upon the great lakes ; and the Indian wars in America since 1760 ; together with correct plans of all the British forts upon the continent. From the specimen of the work now before us, it appears that the accounts of Major Rogers may be de pended upon by the public ; they are undoubtedly as authentic as they are important and necessary to those who would acquire a thorough understanding of the nature and progress of the late military operations in North America. The author writes like an honest, a sensible, and a modest man; and he has given, throughout his whole conduct, un doubted proofs that he is a brave and skilful officer." M. R. xxxiv. p. 80. 5 THE MEMOIRS of Lieut. Henry Timberlake, (who accompanied the three Cherokee Indians to England in the year 1762,) containing whatever he observed remarkable, or worthy of public notice, during his travels to and from that nation ; wherein the country, government, genius, and customs of the inhabitants, are authentically described. Also the principal occurrences during their residence in London. Illustrated with an accurate map of their overhill settlement, and a curious secret journal, taken by the Indians out of the pocket of a Frenchman they had killed. .... London. 8vo. * Which apparently never was published. L 2 Bibliotheca Americana Nora. 1 765. Poor Lieut. Timber-lake and his Indians met with an inhospitable reception ^.w in England, where he got himself in debt for their expenses. After under going a variety of disappointments, vexations, arrests and imprisonments, he died in the flower of his age ; and, we much fear, of a broken heart. M.R. xxxiv. p. 1. 6 A DEFENCE of the New England charters. By ,Ier. Dummer. " Pulchrum est," &c. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 88. First printed in 1721 . The present edition has no date, but it is mentioned in the Gent. s Mag. among the books published in this year. 7 THE NECESSITY of repealing the American stamp-act demon strated; or, a proof that Great Britain must be injured by that act. In a letter to a member of the British House of Commons. ....... London. 8vo. " This is one of the most considerable publications on the subject of the pre sent disagreeable situation of affairs in our North American colonies ; and contains, indeed, more information than all the rest put together." The author is warm in defence of the colonies, and gives good reasons why they should not be taxed bv the mother country. 8 A LETTER to a Member of Parliament, wherein the power of the British legislature, and the case of the colonists, are briefly and impartially considered. .... London. 8vo. " The sensible writer of this letter endeavours to prove that, in point of law, the colonists are bound to pay obedience to every act of the Parlia ment of Great Britain, wherein they are expressly named; consequently that, by having denied and resisted this power, they have been hurried into a conduct, tinctured with an offence, bordering too nearly upon the worst species of treason; a treason against the state. At the same time, he condemns the stamp -act, as one of the worst measures of the late Ministry. M.R. 9 TJIE CLAIMS of the colonies to an exemption from internal taxes imposed by authority of Parliament, examined. In a letter from a gentleman in London to his friend in America. 8vo. London. By William Knox. "Another defence of the scheme for imposing stamp- duties in the colonies, in which the author also shews the impropriety of the measures taken by the colonies to oppose the stamp bill." M.R. 10 THE RIGHTS of the British colonies considered, the adminis tration and regulation of the colonies exploded, and the best Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. .149 means recommended to make the colonies most useful to the 176, mother country. ...... London. v * v 8vo. 11 THE RIGHTS of the British colonies asserted and proved. By James Otis, esq. ...... London. 8vo. pp. 120. First printed at Boston. " A very zealous defence of the colonies, tending to prove that every man in the British dominions is constitutionally a * free man ; and that no part of his Majesty s dominions can constitution ally he taxed without their own consent, and that every part has a right to be represented in the supreme or some subordinate legislature." M. II. 12 REGULATIONS lately made concerning the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them, considered. . . London. 8vo. pp. 114. 13 THE OBJECTIONS to the taxation of our American colonies, by the legislature of Great Britain, briefly considered. Quarto. London. On exactly opposite principles to the foregoing of Mr. Otis, being an attempt to prove not only the right of the legislature of Great Britain to impose taxes on her colonies, but the expediency and even the necessity of exercising that right in the present conjuncture. The author of "Con siderations," &c. (No. 16) calls this pamphlet the opusculum of the cele brated Mr. J - s. 14 THE MUTUAL INTEREST of Great Britain and the American colonies considered, with respect to an act passed last ses sions of Parliament, for laying a duty on merchandize, &c, With some remarks on a pamphlet entitled Objections to the Taxation of the American Colonies, &c. considered. In a letter to a Member of Parliament. . . . London. Quarto. By \V. Bollan. " This author animadverts on the foregoing pamphlet with plain good sense, and a becoming zeal for the liberties of his fellow- subjects of North America. He is not an elegant writer, but appears to be well acquainted with the mutual interest and natural connection be tween this country and the colonies." M. R. 15 THE ADMINISTRATION of the colonies. By Thomas Pownall, late governor and commander in chief of H. M. s provinces, Massachusetts Bay and South Carolina, and lieutenant go vernor of New Jersey. The second edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged. ...... London. 150 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1765. 16 CONSIDERATIONS on behalf of the colonists. In a letter to a noble lord London. 8vo. pp. 52. This pamphlet, which is signed F. A., and dated Boston, September 4, 1765, is in answer to " The Objections to the Taxation," &c. (No. 13.) "The author appears to be a staunch North American, fired with the glorious idea of LIBERTY ! and flaming with patriotic zeal for the RIGHTS of his native country ; of which he appears to be neither an incompetent judge, nor a weak defender." M.R. 17 THE GRIEVANCES of the American colonies candidly examined. Printed by authority, at Providence, Rhode Island. London. 8vo. " A modest yet pathetic recital of the hardships laid on our American bre thren by the stamp act, &c. > M.R. Written by Stephen Hopkins, one of the signers of the declaration of independence. Holmes. 18 CONSIDERATIONS relative to the North American colonies. 8vo. pp. 48. London. This appears to be one of the most important pamphlets published at this important period. 19 A REVIEW OF DR. MAYHEW S REMARKS, on the answer to his Observations on the charter and conduct of the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. By East Ap- thorp, M.A. . . .... London. 8vo. pp. 65. 20 SOME THOUGHTS on the method of improving and securing the advantages which accrue to Great Britain from the Northern colonies. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 23. Stated in the work to be reprinted from the New York Mercury. It was apparently either written or published by Israel Mauduit, who had been appointed agent for Massachusetts a year or two before. 21 *HISTOIRE NATURELLE, ou description des curiosites naturelles, qui se trouvent dans la colonie de Surinam. Par M. Phe- lippe Fermin. ..... Amsterdam. 8vo. See 1769. 22 MEMOIRES ET OBSERVATIONS geographiques et critiques sur la situation des Pays Septentrionaux, del Asie, etde rAmerique, d apres les relations les plus recentes. Auxquelles on a joint un essai sur la route aux Indes par le Nord, et sur un com- Bibliotheca Americana Xova. 151 merce tres vaste et tres riche a etablir dans la Mer du Sud. 1765 Avec deux nouvelles cartes dressees conformement a ce *** systeme. Par Mr. ***. .... Lausanne. Quarto, pp. 268, 2 maps. By the Bailly d Engel, the author of the Essay on the manner in which America was first peopled. (See 1767.) 23 ARTE DE LA LENGUA GENERAL DEL REYNO DE CHILE, con un dialogo Chileno-Hispano muy curioso : a que se anade la doc- trina Christiana, esto es Rezo Catecismo, Coplas, Confesio- nario yplaticas; lo mas en lengua Chilena y Castellana : y por fin un Vocabulario Hispano-Chileno, y un Calepino Chileno-Hispano mas copioso. Compuesto por el P. Andres Febres, Misionero de la Comp. de Jesus. Ano de 1764. De- dicalo a Maria S. S. Madre de la Luz increada, abogada espe cial de las Misiones. ..... Lima. Small Svo. pp. 682. MDCCLXVL 1 *AN ACCOUNT OF EAST FLORIDA. With remarks on its future importance to trade and commerce. . . London. Svo. M. R. xxxiv. p. 478. 2 AN ACCOUNT OF EAST FLORIDA; with a journal kept by John Bartram, of Philadelphia, upon a journey from St. Augustine up the river St. John s. ..... London. Svo. pp. 90 and 70. The account of East Florida was written by William Stork, as appears by the dedication. Reprinted in quarto in 1769. 3 AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in 1764; under the command of Henry Bouquet, esq., colonel of foot, and now brigadier-general in America; including his transactions with the Indians relative to the delivery of their prisoners, and the preliminaries of peace. Published from authentic documents, by a lover of his coun try. ....... London. Quarto, pp. 14 and 71, 5 plates. Two of the plates are from designs by Benjamin West. Reprinted from the Philadelphia edition of the preceding yenr. "The accounts here laid 3 152 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1766. before the public appear to be perfectly authentic ; and they are drawn ^^t up with equal perspicuity and elegance." M. R. The author was Thomas Hutchins. A French translation was printed at Amsterdam, in 1769. 4 THE CHARTERS OF THE FOLLOWING PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA, viz.: Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Bay, and Georgia. To which is prefixed a faithful narrative of the proceedings of the North American colonies, in consequence of the late stamp act. ....... London. Quarto, pp. 70. Closely printed in two columns. " Collected from the Daily Gazetteer/ both charters and narrative. There is no doubt of the authenticity of the former, and the latter being copies of Gazettes, &c. carry their own evidence along- with them." M. R. 5 TERRA AUSTRALIS COGNITA; or, Voyages to the Terra Austra- lis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seven teenth, and eighteenth centuries. Containing an account of the manners of the people, and the productions of the coun tries, hitherto found in the southern latitudes; the advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great conti nent, and the methods of establishing colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a preface by the editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial ques tions are discussed. .... Edinburgh. 8vo. 3 vols. The dedication is signed " John Callander," who was probably the trans lator of the work, which was written originally in French, by the Presi dent De Brosses, and printed at Paris in 1756. Mr. Callander merely acknowledges that he had u drawn many helps" from the French writer, whom he does not name, and appears inclined to take the principal merit of the work to himself, although the translation is almost literal, and the additions trifling. The second and third volumes were published in 1768. 6 A PLAIN AND SEASONABLE ADDRESS to the freeholders of Great Britain, on the present posture of affairs in America. London. 8vo. pp. 21. " Ridicule of Mr. Pitt, and declamation against the Americans." M. R. 7 CONSIDERATIONS upon the rights of the colonists to the pri vileges of British subjects, introduced by a brief review of Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 153 the rise and progress of English liberty, and concluded with 1766. some remarks upon our present alarming situation. ^^ Svo. pp. 27. New York. 8 A LETTER TO THE NORTH AMERICAN, on occasion of his ad- dress to the committee of correspondence in Barbados. By a native of the island. .... Barbados. Svo. pp. 47. 9 POLITICAL DEBATES. " Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is really my opinion. It is, that the stamp act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately." The Great Commoner. ..... Paris. Svo. pp. 18. This, and the two following, were evidently printed in London, notwith standing- that they have Paris, &c. on the title-page. 10 PROTEST AGAINST THE BILL to repeal the American stamp act, last session. ...... Paris. Svo. pp. 16. 11 SECOND PROTEST, with a list of the voters against the bill to repeal the American stamp act, of last session. . Paris. Svo. pp. 15. 12 A SUCCINCT VIEW of the origin of our colonies, with their civil state, founded by Queen Elizabeth, corroborated by succeed ing princes, and confirmed by acts of Parliament ; whereby the nature of the empire established in America, and the errors of various hypotheses formed thereupon may be clearly understood. With observations on the commercial, benefi cial, and perpetual union of the colonies with this kingdom, &c. ........ London. Svo. pp. 46. This pamphlet is extracted from an essay entitled " The Freedom of Speech and Writing," &c. 13 THE IMPORTANCE of the colonies of North America, and the interest of Great Britain, with regard to them, considered. Together with remarks on the stamp duty. . London. Quarto, pp. 16. By W. Bollan, (Allen.) " Chiefly intended to show how impolitic as well as unreasonable it would be, in the dispute with the colonies, to have recourse to any improper exertion of power." M. R. 154 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1766. 14 THE GENERAL OPPOSITION of the colonies to the payment of v -* v ^ the stamp duty, and the consequence of enforcing obedience by military measures, impartially considered. Also, a plan for uniting them to this kingdom, in such a manner as to make their interest inseparable from ours, for the future. In a letter to a Member of Parliament. . . London. Quarto. An ingenious dissuasive from violent measures with the colonies, on account of the stamp act, written partly in a serious and partly in a ludicrous vein. M. R. 15 FOUR DISSERTATIONS on the reciprocal advantages of a perpe tual union between Great Britain and her colonies. Written for Mr. Sargent s prize medal. . . . London. 8vo. First printed in Philadelphia. 16 THE CONDUCT of the late administration examined. With an appendix, containing original and authentic documents. 8vo. London. " One of the most formidable attacks that hath as yet been made on the late administration, and seems to be the production of some ingenious and well instructed writer, strongly attached to Mr. Grenville. The Ameri can stamp act is the grand object of his attention, and he confines him self in this tract to the examination of the conduct of the ministry, with regard to it, from the time at which they came into office to that at which it was repealed." M. R. The author of a letter to G. G. (No. 9, 1767) calls this Mr. G[renville] s elaborate pamphlet on the stamp act. 17 AN ACCOUNT of a late conference on the occurrences in America. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 40. An imaginary conference, managed with decency and good sense, but the strength of the argument lies altogether on the side of America. The author is supposed to be Joshua Steele, esq. 18 THE TRUE INTEREST of Great Britain, with regard to her American colonies, stated and impartially considered. By a merchant of London. . . . London. 8vo. This rational and candid politician appears to be a thorough master of his subject. He shews the impolicy of distressing the Americans by ill-de vised taxes, restrictions and prohibitions, and proves that, although the stamp-duty has been the ostensible cause of the late disturbances, it was in fact but a small portion of their grievances. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 155 19 THE ADVENTURE of a bale of goods from America, in conse- 1766. quence of the stamp act. .... London. ^^ 8vo. (i A strange attempt at humour. What the author would be at is best known to himself, and, no doubt, will ever remain so." M.R. 20 CONSIDERATIONS on the propriety of imposing taxes in the British colonies, for the purpose of raising a revenue, by act of Parliament. ... ... London. 8vo. pp. 81. First printed in America. Written by a patriotic North American, who denies the right of the Parliament to tax the colonies " and whose zeal sometimes carries him too far in his reflections on the mother country." M.R. The second edition published a month after this, has the author s name, Mr. Dulaney, of Maryland, on the title-page. 21* AN EXAMINATION of the rights of the colonies, upon principles of law. By a gentleman at the bar. . . London. 8vo. This lawyer after a very slight hearing has determined against the colonies. 22* CONSIDERATIONS on the American stamp-act, and on the conduct of the minister who planned it. . . London. 8vo. The author recommends the repeal of the stamp-act as the only means to reconcile the colonies to their mother country, and to restore peace, plenty, and cordiality to every part of the British empire. 23 CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS on the power of Parliament to levy taxes on the North American colonies. . London. Quarto. This author undertakes to prove that the colonies ought not, in sound policy, to be allowed a representation, in Parliament, urging, as a reason, their numbers, extent, situation and advantages of every kind, being such, that they only want a government properly regulated, to become the masters of Europe. 24 THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY of the British Parliament, with respect to North-America, and the privileges of the assemblies there, briefly considered. By J. M. of the Inner Temple. 8vo. London. "A vindication of the legislative jurisdiction, on the principles of law. The author however in common with almost every other writer, on what ever side the question gives up the stamp-act, as ineligible in some respect or degree. M.R. 156 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1766. 25 THE CRISIS; or a full defence of the colonies ; in which it is incontestibly proved that the British constitution has been flagrantly violated in the stamp-act ; and rendered indisputably evident, that the mother country cannot lay an arbitrary tax upon the Americans, without destroying the essence of her own liberties. ...... London. 8vo. A warm defender of the colonists, who asserts, in opposition to some of the advocates of the stamp act, that the colonies are not nil virtually repre sented in the British Parliament. 26 A LETTER to the gentlemen of the committee of London mer chants, trading to North America ; shewing in what manner the trade and manufactures of Britain maybe affected by some late restrictions on the American commerce, and by the act for the stamp duty, &c. .... London. Svo. This writer, like the foregoing-, denies the virtual representation, and offers several arguments in favor of the colonies, in common with their other advocates. 27 THE CLAIM of the colonies to an exemption from internal taxes imposed by authority of Parliament, examined. In a letter from a gentleman to his friend in America. . London. Svo. " This writer maintains the right of Parliament to asupreme and uncontrollable jurisdiction, internally and externally, over the properties and persons of the subjectsin the colonies." M. R. 28 A LETTER from a merchant in London to his nephew in North- America, relative to the present posture of affairs in the colo nies. . . . London. Svo. On the same side of the question as the feregoing, but written with less moderation. B_y Dean Tucker : republished in his four tracts, 1744. 29 AN APPLICATION of some general political rules to the present state of Great Britain, Ireland, and America. In a letter to the R. H. Earl Temple. ... London. Svo. 30 A SHORT AND FRIENDLY CAUTION to the good people of England. . .... London. Svo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 157 " This short and friendly gentleman tilts furiously at the colonies; and 1766. assures the good people of England that they must all be unavoidably ^"** ruined by a repeal of the stamp act." M. R. 31 GOOD HUMOUR; or away with the colonies. Wherein is occa sionally enquired into, Mr. Pitt s claim to popularity ; and the principles of virtuous liberty, as taught in the school of Mr. Wilkes, and other peripatetics. . London. 8vo. "Another fruitless attempt to stem the tide, which hath run so irresistibly in favour of the repeal." M. R. 32 A SHORT HISTORY of the conduct of the present ministry, with regard to the American stamp act. . . London. 8vo. " A most bitter, virulent, outrageous attack on the ministry." M. R. 33 THE LATE OCCURRENCES in North America, and policy of Great Britain, considered. ..... London. Svo. pp. 41. " This writer is in favor of conciliatory measures with the colonies, and rather severe on those who would let slip the dogs of war on their American brethren." M. R. 34* THE JUSTICE AND NECESSITY of taxing the American colonies, demonstrated. Together with a vindication of the authority of Parliament. London. Svo. " This is, in truth, a most fiery politician, and his pamphlet a mere firebrand. In reply to the objections of the colonists to a standing army, he says that they have need of the gentlemen of the blade, to polish and refine their manners, to rub off the rust of puritanism, &c." M. R. 35* SOME STRICTURES on the late occurrences in North America. Svo. London. These strictures are very weak and trivial. The author insists on the Parliament s right of taxation, whether the Americans are exempted by their charters or not; and as for these, he intimates they ought to be revoked! M. R. 36 THE LATE REGULATIONS respecting the British colonies on the continent of America, considered. In a letter from a gentle man in Philadelphia to his friend in London . London. Svo. " Written in behalf of the colonies, and said to be the work of Mr. Dickin son, of Philadelphia." M. R. 158 Bibliotheca Americana Nora. 1766. 37 A FARTHER APPEAL to the unprejudiced judgment of mankind ^^ in behalf of the Indians, &c. . . . London. 8vo. M. R. xxxiv., p. 326. 38 VOYAGES ET DECOUVERTES faites par les Russes le long des cotes de la Mer Glaciale et sur Focean oriental, tant vers le Japon que vers 1 Amerique. On y a joint 1 histoire duFleuve Amur et des Pays adjacents, depuis la conquete des Russes avec la nouvelle carte qui presente ces decouvertes et le cours de I Amur, dressee sur des memoires authentiques publiee par 1 academie des sciences de St. Petersburg, et corrigee en dernier lieu. Ouvrages traduits de I Allemand de Mr. G. P. Muller, par C. G. F c Dumas. . . Amsterdam. 12mo. 2 vols. &c. MDCCLXVII. 1 ANEW COLLECTION of voyages, discoveries, and travels ; con taining whatever is worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, &c. The whole consisting of such English and foreign authors as are in most esteem; including the descrip tions and remarks of some late celebrated travellers, not to be found in any other collection. Illustrated with a variety of accurate maps, plans, and elegant engravings. London. 8vo. 7 vols. 2 AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERIES made in the south Pacifick Ocean, previous to 1764. Part I. containing, i. A geographi cal description of places, ii. An examination of the conduct of the discoverers in the tracks they pursued, in. Investigations of what may be further expected. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 31 ; and 103, 4 maps and plates. By Alexander Dalrymple. In his Historical Collection, printed in 1770, he states that only a few copies were printed, and that it was not published until some time after, when it was r.eported that the French had discovered the Southern continent, the great object of all his researches^ I have a copy with the plates on India paper. 3 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD in his Majesty s ship the Dolphin, commanded by the Hon. Commodore Byron. In which is contained a faithful account of the several places, people, plants, animals, &c. seen on the voyage : and, among other Bibliotheca Americana Nora. 159 particulars, a minute and exact description of the streights of 1767. Magellan, and of the gigantic people called Patagonians. *^ Together with an accurate account of seven islands lately dis covered in the South Seas. By an officer on board the said ship. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 186; pi. 3. 4* HORTUS EUROPE AM ERIC AN us: or a collection of eighty-five curious trees and shrubs, the produce of North America, adapted to the climate and soil of Great Britain. London. Quarto, 17 plates. This work was prepared by Catesby, and published after his death. Copies of it appear to be uncommon. 5 THE PRESENT STATE of Great Britain and North America, with regard to agriculture, population, trade, and manufactures, impartially considered : containing a particular account of the dearth and scarcity of the necessaries of life in England ; the want of staple commodities in the colonies ; the decline of their trade ; increase of people ; and necessity of manufactures, as well as of a trade in them hereafter. In which the causes and consequences of these growing evils, and methods of prevent ing them, are suggested ; the proper regulations for the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them, are considered, &c. 8vo. pp. 363. London. " The author of this treatise appears to be well acquainted with the true in terest, nature, and state of most of our different colonies, in some ofwhich he is supposed to have resided many years, though at present in England. M. R. Written by Dr. JMitchil. Allen. 6 Two PAPERS on the subject of taxing the British colonies in America. ..... . London. 8vo. pp. 22. From the preface it appears that these two papers were first printed in 1739, and that they were drawn up hy a club of American merchants, at the head of whom were Sir William Keith, Mr. Joshua Gee, and other emi nent persons. 7 AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT of the proceedings of the Congress held at New-York, in 1765, on the subject of the American stamp act. ........ London. 8vo. pp. 37. Without either printer or publisher s name. 160 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1767. 8 THE EXAMINATION OF DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN before an ^~ Honourable Assembly, relative to the repeal of the American stamp act, in 1766. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 50. No printer or publisher s name. 9 A LETTER TO G. G. " Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong." 8vo. pp. 96. London. " This letter to Lord George Grenville, if not the most elegant or the most correct of our late political disquisitions, is one of the most solid and most intelligent, and is evidently the produce of no vulgar pen, no ill-instructed hand. It is intended as an answer to some publications in defence of Mr. Grenville s ministerial measures." M. R. 10 EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS on American potashes, with an easy method of determining their respective qualities. By W. Lewis, M. B. F. R.S. Made at the request of the society for encouragement of arts, &c. in consequence of an application from the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay. 8vo. pp. 34. London. Printed by order of the society of arts, manufactures, and commerce. 11 A CAUTION TO GREAT BRITAIN and her colonies^ in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved negroes, in the British dominions. By Ant. Benezet. London. 8vo. pp. 46. 12 ESSAI sur cette question, Quand et comment FAmerique a-t- elle ete peuplee d hommes et d animaux? Par E. B. d E. 12mo. 5 vols. Amsterdam. By the Bailly d Engel. An edition in one volume, in quarto, was published at the same time. The question, which, according to the title, ought to constitute the principal matter of this work, occupies but a small part of it. Engel s French works are so full of germanisms, that it is fatiguing to read them. Biog. Univ. 13 MEMOIRES GEOGRAPHIQUES, PHYSIQUES, ET HISTORIQUES sur 1 Asie, PAfrique, et PAmerique. Tires des lettres Edifiantes, et des voyages des Missionnaires Jesuites. Par PAuteur de Melange interessans et curieux. . . . Paris. 12mo. 4 vols. By M. Rousselet de Surgy. The fourth volume relates entirely to America. 14 HISTOIRE DE LA Nou vELLE-YoRK, depuis la decouverte de cette province jusqu a notre siecle, &c. Par William Smith. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 161 Trad uite de 1 Anglois par M. E. . Londrcs (Paris.) 1767. 12mo. pp. 415. The translator was M. Eidous. The original work was first printed in 17J7. 15* LETTRE AU DOCTEUR MATI, sur les geans Patagons. 12mo. Bruxelles (Paris.} By the Abbe Coyer. 16 COLECCION GENERAL de las Providencias hasta aqui tomadas por el Gobierno sobre el estraiiamiento y ocupacion de tempo- ralidacles de los Regulares de la compaiiia, que existian en los dominios de S. M. de Espana, Indias, e Islas Filipinas, acon- sequencia del Real decreto de 27 de Febrero, y Pragmatica- sancion de 2 de Avril de este ano. . . . Madrid. Quarto. This collection of decrees relating to the expulsion of the Jesuits consists of five parts, the last of which was printed in 1784. They are rarely met with together. 17 INFORMS DEL VISITADOR GENERAL DE NUEVA ESP AHA al Marques de Croix, Virrey, &c. del mismo reyno. Sobre los motives de la expedicion hecha en las provincias interims, causas que ha formado y providencias que deja dadas para su pacificacion. ...... (Mexico.) 4to. pp. 150. Without printer s name, year, or place, but dated at the end, Mexico, Dec. 25, 1767 ; at which place, and at about that time, there can be no doubt of its having been printed. It is signed Joseph de Galvez, apparently a different person from the minister of the same name who was sent to Mexico a few years later, to settle a dispute between the Viceroy and the Audiencia. The expedition to which the present work relates was un dertaken to take preparatory measures for expelling the Jesuits. MDCCLXVIII. 1 THE JOURNAL of a two months tour; with a view of promoting religion among the frontier inhabitants of Pensylvania, and of introducing Christianity among the Indians, to the westward of the Alegh-geny mountains. To which are added, remarks on the language and customs of some particular tribes among the Indians, with a brief account of the various attempts that have been made to civilize and convert them, from the first settlement of New England to this day. By Charles Beatty, A.M. ..... . London. 8vo. pp. 110. M 1 ()2 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1768. This journal, though chiefly of a religious cast, is enlivened with many v^^, agreeable notes and circumstances relating to the manners and customs of the Delaware Indians, who, from certain similar customs and some tra ditions among them, the author conjectures to be the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel, which has also been suggested in regard to the natives of other parts of America. 2 A SHORT HISTORY of Barbados, from its first discovery and settle ment, to the end of the year 1767. . . London. Small 8vo. 3 REMARKS upon a book intitled A short history of Barbados : in which the partial and unfair representations of the author, upon the subjects of his history in general, and upon that of the demand of privileges in particular, are detected and exposed. 8vo. London. First printed in Barbados. 4 THE GREAT PROBABILITY OF A NORTH WEST PASSAGE : deduced from observations on the letter of Admiral de Fonte, who sailed from the Callao of Lima, on the discovery of a commu nication between the South Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and to intercept some navigators from Boston, in New England, whom he met with, then in search of a North West passage. Proving the authenticity of the admiral s letter. With three explanatory maps. By Thomas Jefferys. With an appendix, containing the account of a discovery of part of the coast and inland country of Labrador, made in 1753. The whole in tended for the advancement of trade and commerce. Quarto, pp. (186.) London. Jefferys was not the author, his name being on the title merely in reference to the maps, which were prepared by him. He was also the publisher. The author is said by Meusel to have been Theodore Swindrage. Watts calls the author Dragge, who was probably the clerk of the California. (See 1748.) 5 A GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY of North America and the West Indies : being a collection of all the maps, charts, plans and particular surveys, that have been published, of that part of the world, in Europe or America. Engraved by Thos. Jefferys, geographer to the King, &c London. Folio. 6 THE NARRATIVE or THE HON. JOHN BYRON, (Commodore in a late expedition round the world,) containing an account of the 4 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 163 great distresses suffered by himself and his companions on the 176S. coast of Patagonia, from the year 1740, till their arrival s **--* in England, 1746. With a description of St. Jago de Chili, and the manners and customs of the inhabitants ; also a rela tion of the loss of the Wager man of war, one of Admiral Anson s squadron. Written by himself, and now first pub lished. ....... London. 8vo. pp. viii. and 257. 7 THE BOSTON CHRONICLE for the year M.DCC LXVIII. With many supplements and extraordinary papers. Volume I. Quarto. Boston. "This journal was commenced Dec. 14, 1767, and continued in quarto to Dec. 26, 1768. It was afterwards published in folio, but was discon tinued in June 1770." Thomas s Hist, of Printing, ii. p. 2 i7. 8 CONTINUED CORRUPTION, standing armies, and popular dis contents considered ; and the establishment of the English colonies in America, with various subsequent proceedings, and the present contests, examined, with intent to promote their cordial and perpetual union with their mother country, for their mutual honour, comfort, strength and safety. Quarto, pp. 82. London. With a fine engraving by Bartolozzi. An important tract, written by Bollan. Another pamphlet by him was published in this year, entitled An Epistle from Timoleon to Electors of Parliament, in quarto. 9 THE AMERICAN GAZETTE; being a collection of all the authentic addresses, memorials, letters, &c. which relate to the present disputes between Great Britain and her colonies containing also many original papers, never before published. No. 1 . 8vo. London. No. vi. which concluded this work, was published in 1770. 10 THE CONSTITUTIONAL right of the Legislature of Great Britain to tax the British colonies in America, impartially stated. 8vo. London. " However impartial this writer may pretend to be, he is an imperious as- sertor of the right he professes to state so fairly." M. R. 11 AN ENQUIRY into the nature and causes of the present disputes between the British colonies in America, and their mother country ; and their reciprocal claims and just rights imparti ally examined and fairly stated. . . . London. 8vo. M2 164 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1768. 12 THE FIRST MEASURES necessary to be taken in the American ~^ department. London. Quarto. 13 LETTERS from a farmer in Pennsylvania, to the inhabitants of the British colonies. ..... Boston. 8vo. pp. 148. Reprinted in London. "A calm yet full enquiry into the right of the British Parliament to tax the American colonies ; the unconstitutional nature of which attempt is maintained in a well-connected chain of close and manly reasoning." M.R. Written by Mr. Dickinson, of Pennsylvania. 14 THE ADMINISTRATION of the colonies. The fourth edition. Wherein their rights and constitution are discussed and stated, by Thomas Pownall, late governor, &c. . London. 8vo. Many additions are made to this edition. 15 THE TRUE SENTIMENTS of America : contained in a collection of letters sent from the House of Representatives of the pro vince of Massachusetts Bay, to several persons of high rank in this kingdom : together with certain papers relating to a supposed libel on the governor of that province, and a disser tation on the canon and feudal law. . . London. 8vo. pp. 158. " It is but strict justice to say that the remonstrances contained in these papers are penned with manly spirit, and with decent freedom." M.R. In Col. Aspinwall s catalogue, this pamphlet is stated to have been written by Thomas Hollis. 16 A LETTER to the Bishop of Landaff ; occasioned by some pas sages in his lordship s sermon, on the 20th of February, 1767; in which the American colonies are loaded with great and un deserved reproach. By William Livingston. London. 8vo. First printed in New York. 17 HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET POLiTiQUE de la Pensylvanie, et de Tetablissement des Quakers dans cette contree. Traduite de I Allemand. P.M.D.S. Censeur royal. Precede d une carte geographique. ..... Paris. 12mo. pp. 20 and 372. The author of this work was M. Rousselot de Surgy. It is principally ex tracted and translated from Kalm (1753) and Mittelberger (1756.) Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 165 18 LETT RE DE M. ROBERT DE VAUGONDY au sujet d une carte 1768. systematique des pays septentrion aux de TAsie et de 1 Ame- ^^ rique Paris. Quarto. 19 JOURNAL D UN VOYAGE a la Louisiane, fait en 1720. Par M***, Capitainede Vaisseau du lloi. A la Haye (Paris.} 12mo. pp. 316. This amusing but unimportant little volume is not mentioned in Barbier s Dictionnaire des Anonymes. The author was M. de Valette Laudun, the commander of the Toulouse, the ship in which father Laval (see 1728) made the same voyage as mathematician. The work is in the form of letters, addressed to a lady. 20 DESCRIPTION GEOGRAPIIIQUE des debouquemens qui sont au nord de 1 isle de Saint Domingue, avec des cartes et des plans des isles qui forment ces passages et les dangers qui s y trouverit pour le service des vaisseaux du roy. Par N". Bellin. Quarto, pp. 152, maps and plans. Paris. 21 NOUVEAUX VOYAGES AUX INDES OcCIDENTALES ; COnteiiailt une relation des different peuples qui habitente les environs du grand fleuve St. Louis, appelle vulgairement le Mississipi ; leur religion, leur gouvernment, leurs moeurs, leurs guerres, et leur commerce. Par M. Bossu. Capitaine dans les troupes de la marine. ...... Paris. 12mo. 2 parts in 1 vol. These travels of Bossu in Louisiana were translated by Foster, and printed iu 1771. Bossu made another voyage to America, an account of which was printed in 1777. 22 RECHERCHES PHILOSOPHIQUES sur les Americains, ou me- moircs interessantes pour servir a 1 histoire de 1 espece hu- maine. Par Mr. de P * * *. "Studio disposta Jideli" Lucret. ....... Berlin. Small Svo. 3 vol. By Mr. de Pauw. The second volume was published in 1769; and the third, being a defence of the two first, against the Abbe Pernetty, in 1770. Anew edition, with considerable additions, by the author, was printed at Clcves, in 1772. 23 HISTOIRE GENERALE de 1 Amerique, depuis sa decouverte, qui comprend 1 histoire naturelle, ecclesiastique, militaire, morale 166 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1768. et civile des contrees de cette grande partie du monde. Par le P. Antoine Touron, de 1 ordre des freres precheurs. Paris. 12mo. 14 vol. Father Touron s history is almost entirely ecclesiastical, and relates only to Spanish and Portuguese America. 24 HISTOHIA DEL ESTABLECIMIENTO y comercio de las colonias Inglesas en la America Septentrional : en que se da noticia del estado actual de su poblacion y algunas relaciones indi- viduales y curiosas, acerca de la constitucion de su gobierno, principalmente de el de la Nueva Inglaterra, de la Pennsyl vania, de la Carolina, y de la Georgia. Traducido del Frances. Madrid. Small 8vo. Translated from Butel Dumont s Histoire des Colonies, etc. No. 28, 1755. 25 VIAGE AL ESTRECHO DE MAGALLANES por el Capitan Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. En los anos de 1579, y 1580, y noticia de la expedicion que despues hizo para poblar le. Quarto, pp. Ixxxiv. 402, xxxiii. plates 3. Madrid. The journal of the voyage of Sarmiento was printed from the original MS., preserved in the royal library at Madrid. The editor was Don Bernardo Yriarte, the original MS. of the introduction, &c. in his hand-writing, being in my possession. 26 COLECCION GENERAL DE DOCUMENTOs tocantes a la persecu- cion que los regulares de la C- suscitaron y siguieron tenaz- mente, &c. des de 1644, hasta 1660 contra Fr. Bernardino de Cardenas del orden de S. Francisco, obispo del Para guay, expeliendole tres veces de su obispado a uferza de armas, &c. por evitar que esteprelado eritrare ni visitare sus misiones del Parana, Uruguay e Itati. Van anadidos en esta edicion muchos documentos ineditos, &c. . . Madrid. Quarto, 4 vols. A curious collection, containing the following pieces : Vol. i. Prologo que sirve de introduccion, pp. 58. Memorial y Defensorio al Rey N. S. por el credito, &c. del Obispo del Paraguay, respondiendo a las memoriales del P. Julian de Pedraza : Procurador de los religiosos de la C a ., &c. pp. 387. Vol. n. Apendice de monumentos pertenecientes a las controversias de los regulares de la compania en el Paraguay contra el venerable obispo Fr. B. de Cardenas, pp. 84. Discursos juridicos en clefensa de la consagracion de Don Fr. B. de Car- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 167 denas, obispo del Paraguay, &c. For el Lie . Don Alonso Carillo, pp. 1768. 283. ^^ Vol. m. Memorial ajustado de D. Josef Antequera, pp. 239. Cartas del S r . Dr. D. Josef de Antequera y Castro Cavallero, &c. y Capitan general que fue del Paraguay escritas al S r . M. F. Joseph de Palos, obispo taliense y coadiutor de la dicha provincia de Paraguay, pp. 374. Copia del Informe que hizo el Genl. D. Mathias de Angles y Gortari, Corregidor del Potosi, &c. pp. 64. Vol. iv. Coleccion general de documentos tocantes a la tercera epoca de las conmociones de los regulares de la compani en el Paraguay. Con- tiene el Ileyno Jesuitico del Paraguay por siglo y meclio negado y oculto, hoy demostrado y descubierto. Su author D. Bernardo Ibanez de Echa- varria, (pp. 241.) Va anadido el Diario de la guerra de los Guaranies escrito por el P. Tadeo Henis, (pp. 113.) 27 CAUSA JESUITICA DE PORTUGAL, o documentos autenticos, bulas, leyes reales, clespachos de la secretaria de Estado y otras piezas originates, que precedieron a la reforma y moti- varon despues la expulsion de los Jesuitas de los dominios de Portugal. En que se halla la republica del Paraguay, y Maranon, que contiene la relacion de la guerra que susten- taron los Jesuitas, contra las tropas Espanolas y Portuguesas, en el Uruguay, y Parana. Traducidas del Latin, y Portu- gues, e ilustradas en esta edicion espanola. . Madrid. Quarto, pp. xxviii. 172. A great many works were published in Spain and Portugal against the Jesuits about this time. The present relates principally to their pro ceedings in Paraguay. 28 *NEUE NACHRICHTEN von den Missionen der Jesuiten in Para guay und von andern damit verbundnen Vorgangen in der Spanischen monarchic. Aus dem Spanischen. Hamburgh. 8vo. Meusel, 3, 2, 37. 29 *BEYTRAG ZUR GESCHICHTE von Paraguay, und den Missi onen der Jesuiten daselbst. . . . Frankfurt. Svo. Meusel. Ut supra. 168 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 1769. MDCCLXIX. 1 A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL PAPERS relative to the history of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. . Boston, N. A. 8vo. pp. 576. This collection of papers was published by Lieut, Gov. Hutchinson, < to sup port and elucidate the principal facts related in the first part of the His tory of Massachusetts Bay, and may serve as an appendix to it." "The author of that history was possessed of many other ancient and very curious original papers, which are irrecoverably lost, by an unfortunate event, sufficiently known." This alludes to the destruction of his papers by the mob, at the time of the riots in Boston, on account of the stamp act, in 1765. 2 THE AMERICAN TRAVELLER, or observations on the present state, culture, and commerce of the British colonies in America, and the further improvements of which they are capable; with an account of the exports, imports, and returns of each colony respectively ; and of the numbers of British ships and seamen, merchants, traders, and manufacturers, employed by all collectively : together with the amount of the revenue arising to Great Britain therefrom. In a series of letters, written originally to the Right Hon. the earl of * * *. By an old and experienced Trader. London. Quarto, pp. 122, and map. By Alexander Cluny. " The author was the first to give accurate intelli gence of Hudson s Bay, and to institute an inquiry about a more success ful commerce with the Americans. The book was said to have been published under the auspices of Lord Chatham: and both the English and Americans, at that crisis, were so eager to possess it, that it was bought and read by one party with the same avidity that it was bought and de stroyed by the other. Dibdin. Even in 1775, according to Daines Barrington, it was a book not commonly to be met with. It was pub lished in French in 1783. 3 AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL of the campaigns in North America, for the years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760: containing the most remarkable occurrences of that period, particularly the two sieges of Quebec, &c.; the orders of the admirals and general officers ; descriptions of the countries where the author has served, with their forts and garrisons; their climate, soil, and produce; and a regular diary of the weather. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 169 As also several manifestos, a mandate of the late bishops of 1769. Canada, the French orders and disposition for the defence of ~~ the colony, &c. By Captain John Knox, &c. London. Quarto, 2 vols. "A very valuable collection of materials towards a history of our late war and conquests in North America, as well as for a description and natural history of those parts of the country in which this attentive and indus trious officer personally served. The work, in its present form, as a journal, in which every occurrence, however minute, is registered, may seem tedious to many readers ; and some parts are undoubtedly trivial, but these are amply compensated for by others of real importance, and of the most interesting- nature, particularly the ever -memorable sieges of Quebec, &c. Mr. Knox appears to be a man of sense, with more litera ture than usually falls to the share of officers in the army ; and we have no reason to doubt his having recorded the several events of these famous campaigns with the utmost exactness and fidelity. In brief, his work will prove an agreeable amusement to readers of every class, and to military readers in particular ; it will afford not only very high enter tainment, but much useful information in the way of their profession." M. R. 4 A DESCRIPTION OF EAST FLORIDA, with a journal kept by John Bartram, of Philadelphia, botanist to his Majesty for the Floridas, upon a journey from St. Augustine, up the river St. John s, as far as the lakes ; with explanatory notes. Il lustrated with an accurate map of East Florida, a plan of St. Augustine, and another of the bay Espiritu Santo. London. Quarto, pp. 96. The third edition of Mr. Stork s account of East Florida, &c. (see No. 2, of 1766) with the addition of maps and botanical notes. 5 *REMARKS on a passage from the river Balise, in the Bay of Honduras, to Merida, the capital of the province of Yucatan, in the Spanish West Indies. By Lieut. Cook, ordered by Sir William Burnaby, rear-admiral of the red, in Jamaica ; with despatches to the govenor of the province, relative to the logwood-cutters in the bay. . . London. 8vo. t( Some of Mr. Cook s observations, in his passage through the country, (in 1765,) though not written with elegance, will be entertaining to readers in general." M. R. 6 AN ESSAY on the natural history of Guiana, in South America. Containing a description of many curious productions in the 170 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 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. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 402. A 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. . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. 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 Seeker, LL.D., bishop of Oxford, concerning bishops in America. . London. 8vo. " 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. .... London. Small 8vo. " 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 de serted, 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: occa sioned by the late disputes between Great Britain and her American colonies. Written in the year 1766. London. 8vo. pp. 64. The writer of this pamphlet " resolves all right and (aw 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 publish ing his future thoughts on government at Morocco, under the emperor s imprimatur." M. R. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 171 11 THE CASE of Great Britain and America, addressed to the King, 1769. and both Houses of Parliament. . . . London. ^^ 8vo. pp. 43. "A well connected and clear state of our disputes with the colonies con cerning 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, Iv. 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 colo nies. 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 com merce ; 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, 172 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 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 w r herein they have been concerned, clearly proves them to be distinct dependen cies, 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 con stitutional principles, supported by unanswerable arguments, drawn from their ancient original charters, and the circum stances 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 T/te 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 or THE COLONIES, and the extent of the legislative authority of Great Britain, briefly stated and considered. 8vo. London. " The great points of representation and taxation are here decided against the colonies, by a very sensible writer. His ideas of colonisation, how ever, will, we believe, be disputed by our American brethren." M. R. 17 SHALL I GO TO AVAR with rny American brethren? A discourse from Judges xx. 28. Addressed to all concerned in deter mining that important question. . . London, 8vo. By the Rev. Dr. John Erskine, D.D. See 1776. 18 A VINDICATION of the British colonies. By James Otis, esq., of Boston. .... London. 8vo. 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 l 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. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 173 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 impose I 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 colo nies. ..... 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 colo nies. By an Englishman. . . . London. 8vo. "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. "The object of this history is to show that the colonists have no charter exemption from the authority of Parliament." M. R. By Israel Manduit. (See 1774.) 23 LETTERS TO THE MINISTRY, from Gov. Bernard, Gen. Gage, and Com. Hood. And also memorials to the lords of the treasury, from the commissioners of the customs. With sundry letters and papers annexed to the said memorials. 8vo. pp. 146. London. 24 LETTERS TO THE R. H. THE EARL OF HILLSBOROUGH, from Governor Bernard, Gen. Gage, and the Hon. H. M. s Council for the province of Massachusetts Bay. With an appendix, containing divers proceedings referred to in the said letters. . London. 8vo. pp. 165. 174 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1769. These two collections of letters were first printed in Boston. They com- \^~s mence in January, 1768, and reach to July, 1769. So that the two con tain a complete view of the political contests and dissensions in the colony of Massachusetts Bay during that period. The copies were ob tained 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 Hills- borough." 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 respec tively transmitted to the British ministry. Published by order of the town. ...... Boston. 8vo. pp. 58. Reprinted in London in the following year. Copies of this book were ordered at a town meeting to be sent to Col. Isaac Barre, Governor Pownal, Doctor Franklin, William Bollan, Dennys de Berdt, and Alder man 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. . . . . (Boston N. A.) 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. . . Wilkie. 8vo. pp. 54. 28 JOURNAL IIISTORIQUE d un voyage fait aux Isles Maloumes en 1763 et 1764, pour les reconnoitre, et y former un etablissemeut; et de deux voyages au Detroit de Ma gellan, avec une relation sur les Patagons. Par Dom Bibliotheca Americana Nova. * 5 Pernetty, abbe, &c. et bibliothecaire de S. M. le Roy de 1769. Prusse. .... Berlin. 8vo. 2 vols. Published in English in 1771. 29 DISSERTATION sur I Ameriqueetles Americains contre les recher- ches philosophiquesde Mr. deP. Par Dom. Ant. Jos.Pernetty. Small Svo. Berlin. This answer to De Pauw s Recherches philosophiques produced in 1770 his Defense, &c. to which Dom Pernetty replied, in 2 vols. in 1771. 30 RELATION HISTORIQUE de 1 expedition contre les Indiens de 1 Ohio en 1764, &c. Traduit de 1 Anglois par C. G. F. Dumas. Svo. Amsterdam. A translation of Hutchins s account of Col. Bouquet s expedition, printed in 1766. 31* VOYAGES ET AVANTURES du Chevalier de *** contenant les voyages de 1 auteur dans les Isles Antilles Francoises du Vent de 1 Amerique Septentionale, et compris les Isles Caraibes de St. Vincent, Sainte Lucie et la Dominique, et dans celle de S. Thomas, appartenant aux Danois. 12mo. 4 vols. Londres (Paris?) MeuselS, 1,331. 32* DESCRIPTION GEOGRAPHIQUE, politique et historique du roy- aume de Paraguay, fonde par les Jesuites, imprimes a terrse et traduite en Francois par Mr. Pingeron, Capitaine d Artil- lerie au service de Pologne. .... Paris. 12mo. Meusel, 3, 2, 37. 33 DESCRIPTION GENERALS, HISTORIQUE, GEOGRAPHIQUE, ET PHYSIQUE, de la colonie de Surinam, contenant ce qu il y a de plus curieux et de plus remarquable, touchant sa situation, ses rivieres, ses fortresses ; son gouvernement et sa police ; avec les moeurs et les usages des habitans naturels du pays, et des Europeans qui y sontetablis; ainsi que des eclaircisse- ments sur I o3conomie generale des Esclaves Negres, sur les plantations et leurs produits, les arbres fruitiers, les plantes medecinales, et toutes les diverses especes d animaux qu on y trouve, &c. Enrichie de figures, et d une carte topogra- phique du pays. Par Philippe Fermin, docteur en medicine. Svo. 2 vols. Amsterdam. * " Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1769. One of the best works hitherto published relating to the colonies. The same author published, in 1778, a Tableau Histarique, &c. which serves as a applement to the present work, of which it corrects several errors and nistakes. 34 RELACION DEL VIAGE que por orden de S. M. y acuerdo del Real Consejo de Tndias, bicieron los Capitanes Bartholomew Garciade Nodal y Gonzalo de Nodal, Hermanos, naturales de Pontevedra, al descubrimiento del estrecho nuevo de San Vicente, que hoy es nombrado de Mayre y reconocimiento de el de Magallanes. Reimpresso de orden del S er> D. Joachin Manuel de Villena, &c. Lleva aiiadido las derrotas de la America occidental de unos puertos a otros, que dio a luz el Teniente de Navio D. Manuel de Echavelar. . Cadiz. Quarto. Map. A reprint of the original edition of 1621. It is without a date on the title, but the map has the present year upon it. Copies of the original edition have been sold for 3Qt. 35 VIAGE DEL COMMANDANTE BYRON al rededor del Mundo, beclio ultimamente de orden del Almirantazgo de Inglaterra. En el qual se da noticia de varios payses, de las costumbres de sus habitantes, de las plantas y animales estranos que se crian en ellos; juntamente con una descripcion muy circumstanciada del Estrecho de Magallanes y de cierta Nacion de Gigantes. Llamados Patagones, con una lamina fina que los representa, &c. Traducido del Ingles e ilustrado con notas sobre muchos puntos de geographia, de physica, de botanica, de historia natural, de comercio, &c. y con un nuevo mapa del Estrecho. Por el Dr. D. Casimiro de Ortega. . . Madrid. Quarto, pp. 245, and map. A translation of the account of Byron s voyage, published by one of the officers of the Dolphin, in 1767. To the second edition, printed in this same year, was added the following : 36 RESUMEN HISTORICO del primer viage hecho al rededor del mundo, emprendido por Hernando de Magallanes y Llevado felizmente a termino por el famoso capitan Espanol Juan Sebastian del Cano, Natural de Guetaria en Guipuzcoa. Su autor D. Casimiro de Ortega. . . . Madrid. Quarto, pp. 55. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 177 37 VANDO sobre limpieza de las calles de Mexico, &c. fecha en 1769. Mexico a 26 de Octre. de 1769. . . . ico. ^^ Quarto, pp. 18. 38 CONCILIOS PROVINCIALES, primero y segundo celebradas en Mexico, presidiendo el Illmo y Rmo S. D. Fr. Alonso de Montubar. En los anos de 1555 y 1565. Dalos a luz El Illmo. S. D. Francisco Antonio Lorenzana, Arzobispo de esta Santa, metropolitana Iglesia. . . Mexico. Folio, pp. 396. The first Council was originally printed in 1556 at Mexico, by Juan Pablos Lombardo. Besides tbe two councils, tbe volume contains an account of the prelates of the Mexican church, occupying about one half of the work. The third Mexican council was printed the following year. 39* GESCHICIITE VON PARAGUAY. Aus Spanischen handschriften iibersetzt, nebst clem criminal-procesz wider die Jesuiten in Spanien. Von Juancle Escandon, und Bernhard Nusdorfer, der Gesellschaft Jesu Mitglieder. . . Frankfurt. 8vo. Meusel, 3, 2, 37. 40* PIIYSICALISCHE uNTERSucnuNG ob auch Patagonische Riesen moglich, un die Erzahlurigenda von wahr sind. Von J. C. E. S. 8vo. Leipzig. Meusel, iii., 2, 45. The author s name was Jo. Christ. Eric. Springer. MDCCLXX. 1 AN HISTORICAL COLLECTION of the several voyages and disco veries in the South Pacific Ocean. Vol. 1. Being chiefly a literal translation from the Spanish writers. By Alexander Dalrymple, esq. .... London. Quarto, 2 vols. The second volume, containing the Dutch voyages, was published in 1771. A chronological table, and a vocabulary, should be found in the second volume, but are frequently wanting. The maps and plates should be collated by the list, at page viii. of the preface. Besides the fifteen there mentioned, there is one of the teepye lobster, &c. at page 5. Dalrymple published a thin volume of voyages to the Southern hemis phere, in 1775, ? A GENERAL HISTORY of the British Empire in America. In- 178 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1770. eluding all the countries in North America and the West ~-~ Indies, ceded by the peace of Paris. By Mr. Wynne. 8vo. 2 vols. London. Several parts of these volumes are collected from the accounts given by other writers; and there is au appearance of negligence on the part of the author, in some places, where a reference is made to facts, probably in the original work, but which are here omitted. " In those remarks, which are delivered as the author s own, he generally appears as a man of abilities, of knowledge of the world, of humanity, and of candour ; we were therefore sorry for the contemptuous manner in which he sometimes ridicules the first settlers in New England, though he admits the injus tice with which they had been treated." M. R. 3 TRAVELS INTO NORTH AMERICA : containing its natural his tory, and a circumstancial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical, and com mercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various sub jects. By Peter Kalm. Translated into English, by John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. Enriched with a map, several cuts for the illustration of natural history, and some addi tional notes. . . . Warrington. 8vo. 3 vols. First published in Swedish, in 1753. A valuable work, so far as regards the natural history, geography, and state of the country at the time it was visited by the author. His name has been immortalized by Linnaeus, in the beautiful genus KALMIA, several species of which are so common throughout the United States. A second edition of this trans lation, in two volumes, was published in the following year. 4 THE PRESENT STATE of the European settlements on the Missi- sippi ; with a geographical description of that river. Illus trated by plans and draughts. By Captain Philip Pittman. Quarto, pp. viii. 100, 8 maps and plans. London. " The author resided several years in the countries he describes, and was employed in surveying and exploring their interior parts, and was ac quainted with many of the more intelligent of their inhabitants, conse quently he has been enabled to exhibit an account of them, which is accurate and worthy of attention." M.R. 5 A SHORT DESCRIPTION of the province of South Carolina, with an account of the air, weather, and diseases at Charlestown. Written in the year 1763. . London, 8vo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 179 " In this short and entertaining description of South Carolina, we have an 1770. account of the situation, soil, and some of the natural productions; the ^^^ air and weather; the inhabitants and their food; the towns and garrisons; the diseases ; and the Indian tribes which border on South Carolina : the last chapter contains a description of the cultivation and manufacture of indigo." M.R. 6 THE MOHEAGAN INDIANS, against the governor and company of Connecticut and others. The case of the respondents, the landholders. Folio, pp. 35 and 15. Apparently printed only for the use of the parties concerned ; copies, conse quently, are of great rarity. 7 A CONCISE HISTORICAL VIEW of the difficulties, hardships, and perils, which attended the planting and progressive improve ment of New England. With a particular account of its long and destructive wars, expensive expeditions, &c. By Amos Adams, A.M., Pastor of the first church at Rox- burg. . ...... London. 8vo. pp. 68. Printed at Boston in the preceding year. 8 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH DOMINIONS beyond the Atlan tic: containing chiefly what is most interesting and least known, with respect to those parts ; particularly, the impor tant question about the North- West passage is satisfactorily discussed : with a large map ; in which the said supposed pas sage, and all the Arctic regions, are more fully delineated than ever before. By William Doyle, LL. B. London. Svo. l( This author proposes a new scheme of geography, calling South America Atlantis; North America, Sebastia ; and classes the American colonies under the names of Neanglia, Jacolea, and Mesia or Midensia." M. R. 42. 9 A REVIEW OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS in North America, from the commencement of the French hostilities on the frontiers of Virginia, in 1753, to the surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756. Interspersed with various obser vations, characters, and anecdotes, necessary to give light into the conduct of American transactions in general ; and more especially into the political management of affairs in N 2 180 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1770. New York. In a letter to a nobleman. . New York. ~^ 8vo. pp. 170. 10 THE BEGINNING, PROGRESS, AND CONCLUSION of the late war; with other interesting matters considered : and a map of the lands, islands, gulphs, seas, and fishing-banks ; comprising the cod-fishery in America, annexed, for the better explana tion of the several proceedings relative to it. . London. Quarto. " Although the style of this piece is heavy and disagreeable, and the work, in course, somewhat tedious and dull, yet the materials collected in it, particularly those relating to our rights and interests in regard to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, the fisheries, &c. may be useful to the public." M.R. 1 1 CONSIDERATIONS on the expediency of admitting representa tives from the American colonies into the British House of Commons. . ..... London. 8vo. pp. 41. 12 A SHORT NARRATIVE of the horrid massacre in Boston, perpe trated in the evening of the 5th of March, 1770, by the soldiers of the 29th regiment, which, with the 14th regiment, were then quartered there. With some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophe, &c. Printed by order of the town of Boston. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 38 and 83. First printed in Boston. " We have nothing to observe on the subject of this unhappy affair, except to express our surprise that, considering the odious occasion on which the troops were sent to Boston, tumults be tween them and the inhabitants did not sooner happen, and that greater mischief has not been done than the killing and wounding only eleven of the town s people." M. R. 13 INNOCENT BLOOD crying to God from the streets of Boston. A sermon occasioned by the horrid murder of Messrs. Gray, Maverick, Caldwell, Attucks, &c. by a party of troops under the command of Capt. Preston, on the 5th of March, 1770; and preached the Lord s day following. By John Lathrop, A.M., pastor of the second church in Boston. . London. Quarto. 14 THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM WEMMS, and seven others, soldiers in his Majesty s 29th regiment, for the murder of Crispin Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 181 Attacks, and four others, March 5, 1770, at the superior 177C. court of judicature, assize, &c. at Boston, Nov. 27 following, ^+- &c. before the Hon. Benj. Lynde, John Gushing, Peter Oliver, and Edw. Trowbridge, esqs., justices of the said court. Published by permission of the court. . London. 8vo. " As the unfortunate accident which gave birth to these proceedings hath been taken up on party grounds, and the circumstances have been vari ously represented, those who are desirous of knowing the real state of the case, will here meet with satisfaction." M.R. 15 A FAIR ACCOUNT of the late unhappy disturbance at Boston, in New England; extracted from the depositions that have been made concerning it by persons of all parties. With an appendix, containing some affidavits, and other evidences relating to the affair, not mentioned in the Narrative of it that has been published at Boston. . . London. 8vo. " A defence of the massacre at Boston. The author is a zealous advocate for the soldiers, and endeavours to prove that their firing upon their assailants was, if not wholly unavoidable, at least highly excusable ; that they were provoked to it by the most unsufferable insults, and that the people were entirely the aggressors. He supports his representations by the affidavits of 29 persons; most of whom, however, it will be observed, are officers in the army. M.R. 16 PROCEEDINGS of a general court-martial, held at Pensacola, in West Florida, March 16 April 20, 1768. 8vo. The trial of Major Farmer. 17 THE POLITICAL DETECTION ; or the treachery and tyranny of Administration, both at home and abroad. Displayed in a series of letters signed Junius Amerieanus. . London, 8vo. "Although there is something illiberal in the manner, and malignant in the spirit, of this American Junius, yet there are in his letters many animad versions on the conduct of administration, particularly with respect to the colonies, which are worthy of public attention and enquiry." M.R. 18 A CRITICAL COMMENTARY on Archbishop Seeker s letter to the R. H. Horatio Walpole, concerning bishops in America. 8vo. pp. 111. London. (See No. 8 of 1769.) 19 EXTRACT OF A LETTER from the House of Representatives of 182 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1770. the Massachusetts Bay, to their agent, Dennys de Berdt, esq. ~-w With some remarks. ..... London. 8vo. "This extract contains objections to the whole system of our late regulations and laws respecting America, in order to prove that they are of dangerous tendency in regard to commerce, policy, and the true interest of the whole empire : grievous to the subject, burthensome to the trade, injurious to the revenue of the crown, and ruinous to the nation." M.E. 20 GRENADA. A letter to the R. H. the Earl of Hillsborough, H. M. s secretary of state for the colonies, on the present situation of affairs in the island of Grenada. . London. 8vo. 21 . Observations on the report made by the board of trade against the Grenada laws. ib. 8vo. 22 . Audi alteram partem; or a counter-letter to the R. H. the E. of H., &c. on the late and present state of affairs in the island of Grenada. In which is clearly demonstrated, &c. 8vo. pp. 123 and 68. London. 23 . A narrative of the proceedings upon the complaint against Governor Melvill. . . . . . ib. 8vo. 24 . Letters to the Earl of Hillsborough, &c. on the late subversion of the political system of the glorious Revolution, &c. by appointing Roman Catholics to offices in H. M. s islands of Grenada and the Grenadines, &c. By Pliny, junior. ........ ib. 8vo. 25 HISTOTRE niiLosoPiiiQUE et politique des etablissements des Europeens dans les deux Indes. . Amsterdam. 8vo. 4 vols. First edition of the Abbe Raynal s celebrated work. (See 1780.) 26 DEFENSE DES RECHERCHES PHILOSOPIIIQUES sur les Americains. Par M. de P * * *. . . . Berlin. 8vo. De Pauw s reply to Pernetty s Dissertation (1769.) This volume forms the third of the succeeding editions of De Pauw s Recherches sur les Americains, the most complete of which appears to be that of Cleves, of 1772. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 183 27 HISTORIA DE NUEVA ESPANA. Escrita por su esclarecido 1770. Conquistador Hernan Cortes, aumentadacon otros Documen- *^ tos, y notas, por el illustrissimo Senor, Don Francisco Anto nio Lorenzana, Arzobispo de Mexico. . . Mexico. Folio, pp. 400. Map, and plates, 36. An important and highly esteemed work, containing the three celebrated letters of Cortez, originally printed soon after they were received in Spain, at Seville and Valencia; but these editions are of the greatest rarity. Several other letters of Cortez are extant in MS. and will probably be printed in the Collection of voyages and discoveries of the Spaniards, by Don Martin Fernandez de Navarrete, of which three volumes have been published : (see 1825.) The present edition is illustrated by copious notes and documents, together with fac-similes of the Mexican mode of repre senting the tributes paid by the different towns of the Mexican domi nions. 28 CONCILIUM MEXICANUM PROVINCIALE in. Celebratum Mexici anno MD.LXXXV. Prseside D. D. Petro Moya, et Contreras Archiepiscopo ejusdem urbis. Confirmatum Romse die 27 Octob. anno 1589. Postea jussuRegio editum Mexici anno 1622. Sumptibus D. D. Joannis Perez de la Serna Archiepiscopi. Demum typis mandatum cura et expeusis, D. D. Franciscii Ant. A. Lorenzana, archiprsesulis. Folio. Mexico. I have examined several copies of this work, but have found in one only an appendix of 53 pages, which contains copies of some original documents, giving an account of the first Apostolical Junta held in Mexico, in the year 1537, and of another in 1539, by the Bishops Zumarraga, Zarate, and Quiroga- 29 CARTAS PASTORALES, y edictos del Illmo Seiior D. Francisco Antonio Lorenzana, y Buitrori, Arzobispo de Mexico. Folio, pp. 229. Mexico. Among other things, this volume contains a most minute account of the por trait of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which appeared miraculously on the Tilma or blanket of Juan Diego, a converted Mexican, in the year 1531 ; and which was solemnly declared, by a commission of painters and others, in 1751, not to have been painted by the hand of man. The good archbishop comes to the conclusion that it must have been painted by millions of angels. 30 DIARIO HISTORICO de los viages de mar y tierra, hechos al Norte de la California de orden del Virrey de Nueva Espana Marques de Croix y por direction de D. Josef de Galvez. 184 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1770. Executados por la tropa destinada a dicbo objeto al mando -w de D. Caspar de Portola y por los Paquebotes S. Carlos y S, Antonio. De orden del Ex Sr. Virrey en la Imprenta del Govierno. ...... (Mexico.} Folio, pp. 56. This important tract is dated in Mexico, Oct. 24, 1770, and signed D. Miguel Costanso. It is of extreme rarity, the copies having been distri buted in presents, and never intended for sale. It appears to be the work of which Dr. Robertson had a MS. copy, which was translated and pub lished by Mr. Dalrymple, in 1790. 31 BESCHRYVING VAN GUIANA, of de Wildekust in Zuid- America, Betreffende de Aardrykskunde en Historic des Lands, dc Zeeden en Gewoontes cler Inwooners, de Dieren, Vogels, Visschen, Boomen en Gewassen, als mede de eerste Ont- dekkingdier Kust, de Bezittingen der Spanjaarden, Franschen en Portugeezen en voornaamelyk de Volkplantingen der Nederlanderen, als Essequebo, Demerary, Berbice, Suriname, en derzelver Rivieren,met de noodige Kaarten en Afbeeldingen der Forten. Waarby komt eene Verhandeling over den Aart en de Gewoontes der Neger Slaaven. Alles uitechtestukken opgesteld door Mr. Jan Jacob Hartsinck, &c. Quarto, 2 vols. pp. 962. 14 maps and plates. Amsterdam. By far the best work ever published on the countries described, according to Mr. Warden. This edition appears to have escaped the notice of the accurate Meuscl, who only mentions one of 1782, in octavo. The first part of a German translation was published at Berlin in 1784, but appa rently was never continued. MDCCLXXI. 1 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CAROLINA, Florida, and the Bahama Islands ; containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, ser pents, insects, and plants : particularly those not hitherto described, or incorrectly figured, by former authors, \vith their description, in English and French. To which is prefixed, a new and correct map of the countries ; with observations on their natural state, inhabitants, and productions. By the late Mark Catesby, F. R. S. Revised by Mr. Edwards. To Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 185 the whole is now added, a Linnsean index of the animals and 1771. plants. ..... London. ***** Folio, 2 vols. 220 coloured plates. " Catesby, after having lived in Virginia, from 1712 to 1719, principally engaged in the study of its natural history, returned to England, when he was induced, by Dr. Sherard and others, to undertake another voyage to America, for the express purpose of collecting and describing its natural productions. The fruit of his voyage was this natural history of Carolina. It first appeared in numbers, between 1731 and 1748, with plates, etched by himself from his own drawings, and coloured under his inspection, A second edition was published in 1754, but both that and the present are considered as inferior to the first, in respect to the beauty of the plates. The work contains brief descriptions in French and English, of the different objects mentioned in the title, and found within the regions comprehended in its plan. To the present edition is added an index of the Linnajan names, but it is not so complete as it might have been." 2 A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE round the world, in his Majesty s ship Endeavour, in the years 1768-71, undertaken in pursuit of natural knowledge, at the desire of the Royal Society. Con taining; all the various occurrences of the voyage, with des criptions of several new discovered countries in the Southern hemisphere, &c. . . . London. Quarto, pp. 133. This appears to be the first printed account of Capt. Cook s first voyage. (See 1773.) 3 THE HISTORY OF A VOYAGE to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, in 1763 and 1764, under the command of M. de Bougainville, in order to form a settlement there; and of two voyages to the straights of Magellan, with an account of the Patagonians. Translated from Dom Pernetty s Historical Journal, written in French. Illustrated with copper-plates. Quarto. London. First printed at Berlin, in French, in 1769. The translator has omitted the detail of ordinary occurrences which are common to every voyage, re taining whatever seemed in any view peculiar to this expedition. Several charts and plans are also added, which are not in the original. The copies with the date 1773 are probably the same, with a new title- page. 4 TRAVELS THROUGH THAT PART OF NORTH AMARICA formerly call ed Louisiana. By Mr. Bossu, captain of the French marines. Translated from the French, hv John Reinhold Forster, F.S.A. 186 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1771. Illustrated with notes, relative chiefly to natural history. To ^^ which is added, by the translator, a systematic catalogue of all the known plants of English North America, or, a Flora America Septentrionalis. Together with an abstract of the most useful and necessary articles contained in Peter Loefling s travels through Spain and Cumana, in South America. . . . . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. The first volume, and sixteen pages of the second, comprise the translation of Bossu s Nouveaux Voyages, (see 1768.) The catalogue of plants which follows occupies fifty pages, and was published with a separate title. The remainder of the second volume, with the exception of a short ac count of his life, in English, is occupied by Loefling s Latin descriptions of the plants observed by him in Spain and South America. 5 FLORA AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS; or, a catalogue of the plants of North America. Containing an enumeration of the known herbs, shrubs, and trees, many of which are but lately discovered. By John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. London. 8vo. pp. 50. This Flora is merely the catalogue of plants of the preceding work, with a new title. 6 A CATALOGUE OF THE ANIMALS of North America. Containing an enumeration of the known quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, &c. many of which were never described before ; to which are added, short directions for collecting, preserving, and transporting all kinds of natural curiosities. By John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. . . London. 8vo. 7 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. Vol. 1. . . Philadelphia. A second edition of this volume was printed in It89. 8 FALKLAND S ISLAND. A justification of the conduct of the ministry relative to Falkland s Island. In a letter to both Houses of Parliament. . London. 8vo. 9 . , . Papers relative to the negotiations with Spain; and the taking of Falkland s Island from the English. Quarto, London. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 187 10 FALKLAND S ISLAND. Thoughts on the late transactions re- 1771. specting Falkland s Island. London. ~^ 8vo. pp. 75. By Dr. Samuel Johnson. 1 1 1 An examination of the declaration and agreement with the court of Spain, relating to the restitution of Falk land s Island. .... London. 8vo. 12 . . A refutation of a pamphlet called Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland s Island. In a letter addressed to the author, and dedicated to Dr. Samuel Johnson. .... London. 8vo. 13 . TWO speeches of an honourable gentleman on the late negotiation and convention with Spain. 8vo. These barren islands were made a subject of great importance about this time ; the English, French, and Spaniards laying claim to them at the same time. 14 PRECIS DE L ETAT ACTUEL des colonies Angloises dans 1 Ame- rique Septentrionale. Par M. Dominique de Blackford. 12mo. pp. 99. Milan. Part of this work is a compilation from Douglas and Kalm, and the remain der consists of a translation of the Examination of Dr. Franklin, 1767. It is generally found with a translation of Toreen s voyage to Surat, fyc. 15 EXAMEN DES RECHERCHES piiiLOSOPHiQUES sur I Amerique et les Americains, et de la defense de cet ouvrage. Berlin. Small 8vo. 2 vols. This rejoinder of Dom Pernetty, in which he exposes the blunders and un fair conduct of De Pauw, is much more ably written than his first work. (See 1769.) 16 DE L AMERIQUE ET DES AMERICAINS, ou observations curi- euses du philosophe La Douceur qui a parcouru cet hemis phere pendant la derniere guerre, en faisant le noble metier de tuer les hommes sans les manger. . Berlin. Small 8vo. pp. 116. A lively and humourous defence of the American Indians against the attacks of De Pauw, attributed by Meusel to M. Poivre, but Barbier says that 188 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. \ 771 . *t is either by M. Bonneville or Dom Pernetty. Now Poivre was never in v^vw America ; he was employed in the East Indies at the time this discussion was going forward. It appears also that M. Bonneville was only eleven years of age at this time. As it is not probable that Dom Pernetty wrote two works on the subject in the same year, all these conjectures as to the authorship of this work are apparently erroneous. 17 VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, par la fregate du roila Boudeuse et la flute 1 Etoile ; en 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. Paris. Quarto. The account of M. de Bougainville s voyage : reprinted in three volumes, octavo, in 1772; and translated into English in the same year. 18 LETTRES EDIFI ANTES ecrites par quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jesus. De 1 Amerique Septentrionale. Small 8vo. pp. 152. Bruxelles. A selection from the " Lettres edijiuntes et curieuses," commenced in 1715, of which upwards of thirty volumes were published. 19 NOTICIA BREVE de la expedicion Militar de Sonora y Cinaloa, su exito feliz, y ventajoso estaclo en que por consecuencia de ella se ban puesto ambas provincias. . (Mexico.) Folio, pp. 12. Dated Mexico, June 17, 1771 . Robertson Cnote 65, vol. ii.) speaks of this tract, and notes its great rarity. He says it was published in order to satisfy the curiosity of the merchants who had furnished the Viceroy with money for defraying the expense of the expedition. 20 ITINERARIO PARA PARROCOS de Indios, en que se tratan las materias mas particulars tocantes a ellos para su buena ad- ministracion : compuesto por el Dr. Don Alonso de la Pena Montenegro, &c. Nueva edicion purgada de muchisimos hierros. ..... Madrid. Folio. This instruction for the parish priests among the Indians of South America was first printed in 1668. 21 DIZIONARIO STORICO-GEOGRAFICO dell America Meridionale di Giandornenico Coleti della compagnia di Gesu. Venezia. Quarto, 2 vols. in 1. The author was many years employed in South America as a missionary : the principal merit of his work consists in being almost entirely the result of personal observation, or of information procured on the spot. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 189 1772. MDCCLXXII. 1 THE ENTERTAINING HISTORY of King Philip s war, which began in the month of June, 1675. As also of expeditions more lately made against the common enemy, and Indian rebels, in the eastern parts of New England : with some account of the Divine Providence towards Col. Benjamin Church. By Thomas Church, esq., his son. The second edition. 8vo. pp. 199. Newport, R. I. First printed in 1716. Reprinted in 1827. This edition has portraits of Col. Church and of King Philip, engraved by P. Revere, and are proba bly among the first specimens of engraving done in New England. 2 THE HISTORY OF THE LATE WAR IN NORTH AMERICA and the islands of the West Indies; including the campaigns of 1763 and 1764, against his Majesty s Indian enemies. By Thomas Mante, assistant engineer during the siege of the Havana, and major of a brigade in the campaign of 1764. Quarto, 542 pp. and 18 maps and plans. London. The introduction contains an account of Washington s escape from assassi nation, by an Indian, in December, 1753. "Mr. Mante explains the cause of the commencement of hostilities with the French in North America in a satisfactory manner, and leads the reader through a cir cumstantial and entertaining detail of the military operations, both there and in the West Indies, to the end of the war ; together with two sub sequent compaigns against the Indians." M.R. 1773. 3 A COLLECTION of several commissions and other public instru ments, proceeding from his Majesty s royal authority, and other papers, relating to the state of the province in Quebec, in North America, since the conquest of it by the British arms, in 1760. Collected by Francis Maseres, esq. his Majesty s attorney-general in the said province. London. Quarto, pp. 311 4 THE ATLANTIC PILOT. Calculated for the safe conduct of ships in their navigation from the Gulph of Mexico along Cuba and the Martieres, through the new Bahama Channel, to the northern parts of his Majesty s dominions on the continent of America, and from thence to Europe. London. 8vo. 3 charts. 190 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1772. By William Gerard de Brahm, his Majesty s surveyor-general of the southern district of North America. I have a French tract in quarto, of sixteen pages and a map, without date, which appears to be translated from this, the title of which is : Recherches faites par or Are, de S. M. B. depuis 1765jusqu en 1771, pour rectifier les cartes &; perfection-tier la navi gation du canal de Bahama. Traduite de I Anglois de W. Gerard de Brahm, ;c. I possess also three folio volumes in MS., by the same author, relating to the coast of North America, with plans, surveys, &c. 5 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. Performed by order of his most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. By Lewis de Bougainville, colonel of foot, and com modore of the expedition, in the frigate La Boudeuse, and the store ship L Etoile. Translated from the French, by John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. . . London. Quarto, pp. 476, 5 maps, &c. 6 A VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA, &c. (see No. 13 of 1758.) by Don George Juan and Don Antonio de Ulloa, fyc. The third edition : to which are added, by Mr. John Adams, of Waltham Abbey, who resided several years in those parts, occasional notes and observations ; an account of some parts of the Brazils hitherto unknown to the English nation; and a map of South America corrected. . . . London, 8vo. 2 vols. Maps and plates. 7 POLITICAL ESSAYS concerning the present state of the British Empire; particularly respecting, i. Natural advantages and disadvantages, n. Constitution. HI. Agriculture, iv. Manu factures, v. The colonies; and vi. Commerce. London. Quarto. " The plan of this work is extensive, the design useful, and the execution is in some parts masterly and very satisfactory, although it is in others extremely deficient." M.R. The part relating to the Colonies appears (from the Review) to be extensive and important. 8 REPORT OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS for trade and planta tions on the petition of the Honourable Thomas Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton, esqs., and their associates, fora grant of lands on the river Ohio, in North America, for the purpose of erecting a new government. With observations and remarks. London. Svo. pp. 110. Eibliotkeca Americana Nova. 191 9 THE CASE OF MR. JOHN GORDON, with respect to the title to 1772. certain lands in East Florida, purchased of H. C. M. s sub- jects by him and Mr. Jesse Fish, for themselves and others H. B. M. s subjects; in conformity to the twentieth article of the last definitive treaty of peace. With an appendix. Quarto, (pp. 76) and plan. London. Privately printed for the use of the persons interested. 10 VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, par la fregate du Roi la Bou- deuse et la flute 1 Etoile, en 1766, 1767, 1768, et 1769. Seconde Edition augmentee. . . . Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. 11 SUPPLEMENT AU VOYAGE DE M. DE BOUGAINVILLE: ou jour nal d un voyage autour du monde fait par M M. Banks et Solander, Anglois, en 1768, 1769, 1770, et 1771. Traduitde 1 Anglois par M. de Freville. .... Paris. 8vo. 12 VOYAGE EN CALIFORNIE pour 1 observation du passage de Venus sur le disque du soleil, le 3 Juin 1769; contenant les observations de ce phenomene,, et la description historique de la route de 1 Auteur a traversle Mexique. Par feu M. C nappe d Auteroche. Redige et publie par M. de Cassinifils. Paris. Quarto, pp. 170 and 4 plates. An English translation was printed in 1778. 13 PIIOJET POUR TENTER la decouverte du Pole gauche du monde nomme Pole Arctique par un Septuagenaire. A la Haye. 8vo. pp. 30. A curious tract, in which its author gives very plausible reasons for suppo sing the heat at the Poles to be greater at a certain season than between the tropics : and that, in consequence, its natural productions must be of a very extraordinary nature. 14 NOTICIAS AMEIUCANAS: entretenimientos phisico-historicos, sobre la America Meridional, y la Septentrional Oriental. Comparacion general de los territonos, climas y producciones en las tres especies, vegetales, animales y minerales: con la relacion particular de las petrificaciones de cuerpos marinos de los Indies naturales de aquellos payses, sus costumbres y HSOS; de las Antiguedadcs: discurso sobre la lengua y sobre 193 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1772. el modo en que pasaron los primeros pobladores. Su autor Don Antonio de Ulloa, &c. .... Madrid. Quarto. A highly esteemed work, reprinted in 1792. Translated into German in 1781, and into French in 1787. 15 REGLAMENTO, E INSTRUCTION para los Presidios que se han de formar en la linea de frontera de la Nueva Espana. Resuelto por el Rey N. S. en cedula de 10 de Septiembre de 1772. Quarto, pp. 122. Madrid. 16 NACHRICHT VON DER PROVINZ VIRGINIEN ; nebst einer geo- graphischen Beschreibung der provinz Pensylvanien. 8vo. Frankfurt. Meuseliii. 1. p. 390. MDCCLXXIII. I THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA . from the first discovery of that vast continent by Sebastian Cabot, in 1497, to its present glorious establishment, as con firmed by the late treaty of peace, in 1763. In fourteen books. 4to. 2 vols. in 1, pp. 584, and map. London. A compilation of no great authority: probably a bookseller s speculation, in consequence of the interest which the affairs of America excited about this time. 2 AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES undertaken by the order of H. M. for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere, and successively performed by COMMODORE BYRON, CAPTAIN WALLIS, CAPTAIN CARTERET, and CAPTAIN COOK. In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour : drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, esq. by John Hawksworth, L.L.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps, relative to countries now first dis covered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. , London. Quarto, 3 vols. The first volume contains the voyages of Byron, Wallis, and Carteret. Captain Cook s first voyage occupies the second and third volumes. They were translated and published in German and in French, in the following year. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 193 3 A LETTER from Mr. Dalrymple to Dr. Hawkesworth, occasioned 1773. by some groundless and illiberal imputations in his account of *~*" the late voyages to the South. . . . London. Quarto, pp. 35. The indefatigable Alexander Dalrymple, who appears to have been the first projector of the expeditions under VVallis, Carteret,and Cook, to the South Seas, but in which he was not permitted to join, is rather severe in this tract upon some parts of Dr. Hawkesworth s account of those voyages. 4 A JOURNAL of a voyage to the South Seas in H. M. s ship the Endeavour, faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, draughtsman to Joseph Banks, esq. on his late expedition with Dr. Solander round the world. Each bellished with views and designs, delineated by the author, and engraved by capital artists. . . London. Imperial 4to. pp. 214, and 27 plates. Published by the author s brother, who makes great complaints of the con duct of Sir Joseph Banks in witholding the original MSS. and drawings. 5* AN ATTEMPT TO SHEW that America must have been known to the ancients, &c. By Samuel Mather. . Boston. 8vo. Harvard Coll. Cat. 6 THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS of the freeholders and other in habitants of the town of Boston, in town meeting assembled, according to law. To which is prefixed, as introductory, an attested copy of a vote of the town at a preceding meeting. The whole containing a particular enumeration of those grievances that have given rise to the present alarming dis contents in America. . . London. 8vo. First printed at Boston. The London editor has added a preface, giving an account of the discontent arising from the tax on tea, &c. " In the re port of the committee to the town meeting at Boston we have a concise system of politics, adapted to their situation as colonists, which is drawn up with great good sense and mature judgment." M.R. 7 AUTHENTIC PAPERS relative to the expedition against the Charibbs, and the sale of lands in the island of St. Vincent. London. Quarto, pp.83. 8 CONSIDERATIONS on the state of the sugar islands, arid on the policy of enabling foreigners to lend money on real securities in those colonies. In a letter addressed to the R. H. Lord o 194 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1773. North; by a West India planter. . . London. ^^ 8vo. 9 THE ADVANTAGES OF A SETTLEMENT upon the Ohio, in North America. ..... London. 8vo. 10 OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESENT STATE of the waste lands of Great Britain, published on occasion of the establishment of a new colony on the Ohio. By the author of a Tour through England. .... London. 8vo. pp. 83. 11 ESSAYS CONCERNING IRON AND STEEL: the first containing observations on American sand iron ; the second observations founded on experiments on common iron ore, &c. By Henry Home. ..... London. 12mo. pp. 223. The first essay has a separate title as follows : Observations on American sand iron. In a letter to the late Mr. John Ellicott, F.R.S. read at the Royal Society, March 3, 1763, pp. 31. 12 VOYAGE FAIT PAR OIIDRE DU Roi en 1768 et 1769 a diffe- rentes parties du monde, pour eprouver en mer les Horloges Marines inventees par M. Ferdinand Berthoud. Par M. d Eveux de Fleurieu. . . . Paris. Quarto, 2 vols. 13 CHRISTOPHE COLOMB, ou rAmerique decouverte : poeme en 24 chants, par un Americain. . . Paris. By M. Bourgeois, of Rochelle. Barbier. 14 EL LAZARILLO DE ciEGos CAMiNANTES desde Buenos Ayres, hasta Lima con sus Itinerarios segun la mas puntual observa- cion, con algunas ncticias utiles a los Nuevos Comerciantes que tratan en Mulas : y otras historicas. Sacado de las memorias que hizo D. Alonzo Carrio de la Vandera en este dilatado viage, y comision que tuvo por la corte para el arreglo de correos y Estafetas, situacion y ajuste de postas desde Montevideo. Por D. Calixto Bustamante Carlos Inca alias Concolorcorvo, natural del Cuzco, que acompano al referido comisionado en dicho viage y escribio sus extractos. Small 8vo. Gijon. Bibliotfieca Americana Nova. This work bears all the marks of having been printed in Lima. The author 1773. was a descendant from the ancient Incas. He accompanied Don Alonso /*/ Carrio in a journey from Buenos Ajres to Lima, for the purpose of es tablishing the posts between those places, in the humble capacity of a servant. This work is a joco-serious account of the expedition. 15 JUNTA GENERAL DE LA REAL COMPADIA GUIPUZCOANA DE Caracas del ano de 1772. Compendio de sus acuerdos y deliberaciones, como del estado de esta real compania en sus cargas y fondos universales, en 31 de Dec. del proximo ano anterior de 1771. . Madrid. Quarto, pp. 160. MDCCLXXIV. 1 THE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE undertaken by order of his present Majesty, for making discoveries towards the North Pole, by the Hon. Commodore Phipps and Captain Lutwidge, inH. M. s sloops Racehorse and Carcase. To which is prefixed, an account of the several voyages undertaken for the discovery of a North-east passage to China and Japan. London. 8vo. pp. 118. " This appears to be the real journal of some person on board one of the ships above-mentioned, and contains many curious particulars." M.R. The following work is the official account of the same voyage, of which this is a popular relation, omitting the scientific details, &c. 2 A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE NORTH POLE, undertaken by his Ma jesty s command in 1773. By Constantine John Phipps. 4to. pp. 253, and 14 maps and plates. London. "This work is an important addition to nautical science, and does honor to its author. Besides a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalogue of the natural productions of Spitzbergen, an account of the pro cess for obtaining fresh water from sea water, &c." Biog. Univ. There is an edition in French, and one in German with additions by Engel. 3 REMARKS on the observations made in the late voyage to the North Pole, for determining the acceleration of the pendulum in latitude 79 5 . By Samuel Horsley, L.L.D. Sec. R.S. In a letter to the Hon. Constantine John Phipps. London. Quarto. "This pamphlet ought to be annexed to every copy of Captain Phipps s book, and bound up with it, 4 A JOURNAL of two visits made to some nations of Indians on the West side of the river Ohio, in the years 1772 and 1773. By o2 196 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1^74. the Rev. David Jones, minister of the gospel at Freehold, in New Jersey. . . . Burlington. N. J. Svo. pp. 95. An interesting account of the manners and customs among some Indian tribes now nearly extinct. f) A SHORT ACCOUNT of the province of New England, in North America, from the first discovery thereof; selected from various authors; with additional remarks. . London. Svo. pp. 32. The copies of this work appear to have been numbered. I have one with the No. 7,706. 6 A BRIEF ACCOUNT of the mission established among the Esqui maux Indians, on the coast of Labrador, by the church of the Brethren, or Unitas Fratrum. . . Lewis. Svo. pp. 33. 7 OBSERVATIONS on a variety of subjects, literary, moral and re ligious; in a series of original letters, written by a gentleman of foreign extraction, who resided sometime in Philadelphia. Revised by a friend, to whose hands the manuscript was com mitted for publication. . . Philadelphia. 12mo. Written by the Rev. Jacob t)uche under the signature of TAMOC CASPIPINA. A correspondent of the Monthly Review who signs himself a Ptnnsylva- nian, says that the author was CURATE Ax ST. PETER S, ^PHILADELPHIA, IN NORTH AMERICA, the initials of these words forming the name he adopted; but does not explain the meaning of Tamoc. These letters were reprinted at Buth in 1777. 8 THE HISTORY OF LOUISIANA, &c. Translated from the French of M. Le Page dn Pratz. A new edition. London. Svo. ( See No. 2 of 1763.) 9 THE HISTORY OF JAMAICA; or a general survey of the ancient and modern state of that island. Illustrated with copper plates. . . Lou-fan. Quarto, 3 vols. " By Edward Long, esq. whose high station in the island of Jamaica, where he was judge of the Admiralty court, gave every opportunity of procuring authentic materials, which have been digested with ingenuity and can dour. The work has now become exceedingly rare." Nichols. 10 A SUMMARY ACCOUNT of the present flourishing state of the 3 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 197 respectable colony of Tobago, in the British West Indies. 1774. Illustrated with a map of the island, and a plan of its settle- ^"^ ment, agreeably to the sales by H. M. s commissioners. 8vo. pp. 80. London. 11 A DESCRIPTION OF PATAGONIA, and the adjoining parts of South America; containing an account of the soil, produce, animals, vales, mountains, rivers, lakes, &c. of those countries; the religion, government, policy, customs, dress, arms, and language of the Indian inhabitants; and some particulars relating to Falkland s Islands. By Thomas Falkner, who resided near forty years in those parts. Illustrated with a new map of the southern parts of America, engraved by Mr. Kitchin, hydrographer to his Majesty. . Hereford. Quarto, pp. 144, 2 maps. An abridgment of this work was published in German in 1775, and iu French in 1788. " A judicious author, whose book is so much the more interesting-, on account of the little knowledge we possess of the people and countries he visited. Biog. Univ. 12 AN ORATION delivered Feb. 4, 1774, before the American Phi losophical Society, held at Philadelphia. Containing, an en quiry into the natural history of medicine among the Indians in North America, and a comparative view of their diseases and remedies with those of civilized nations. Together with an appendix, containing proofs and illustrations. By Benja min Rush, M.D., &c. . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 118. 13 AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators, including those lately un dertaken by order of his present Majesty. The whole faith fully extracted from the journals of the voyages, &c. In four volumes. To which is added, an appendix, containing the journal of a voyage to the North Pole, by Commodore Phipps and Captain Lutwidge. , . . London. 8vo. 4 vols. The two first volumes were compiled bj David Henry, a great contributor to the Gentleman s Magazine, and who added a fifth volume in 1775, and a, sixth in 1786, containing Capt. Cook s second and third voyages ; in troduced by an admirable summary of all the voyages undertaken for dis covery only, iu both the Southern and Northern hemispheres, and in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Nichols Lit. Anec. iii. p. 425. 198 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1774. 14 A TRUE STATE of .the proceedings in the Parliament of Great Britain, and in the province of Massachusetts Bay, relative to the giving and granting the money of that province, and of all America, in the House of Commons, in which they are not represented. . . . . . London. Folio. "A chronological summary of the disputes between the Parliament and the colonies, but more especially with that of Massachusetts Bay ; and of the events that took place in the course of those disputes : together with such remarks as naturally arose from them on the part of the Americans. 5 M.R. 15 THE PETITION OF MR. BOLLAN, agent for the council of the province of Massachusetts Bay, to the King in council, dated Jan. 26, 1774. Published with illustrations, in order briefly to shew to the impartial and considerate the importance of perfect harmony between Great Britain and the colonies, their merits, the benefits thence accrued to this kingdom in point of empire, manufactures, commerce, wealth and naval strength; and the origin and progress of their present unhappy differ ence ; with intent to promote their cordial arid perpetual union, for their mutual safety and welfare, with which their dissen- tion is incompatible. . . . London. Quarto. 16 THE PETITIONS OF MR. BOLLAN, agent, &c. lately presented to the two Houses of Parliament; with a brief Introduction relating to the law of nature, the authority of human rulers, and the subject s common right of defence: with subsequent observations respecting the nature of the principalities estab lished in Europe by the northern conquerors, and of the English constitution; to which is subjoined, the council s defence against the charge of certain misdemeanours. Quarto, pp. 49. London. 1 7 A SPEECH intended to have been spoken on the bill for alter ing the charters of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. Fourth edition. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 36. " This unspoken speech, which is attributed to the bishop of St. Asaph, does equal honor to the understanding and to the heart that dictated it. ; ISA SPEECH never intended to be spoken, in answer to a speech intended to have been spoken, on the bill for altering the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 199 charter of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. Dedicated to 1774. the Bishop of St. Asaph. . . . London. "~~ 8vo. pp. 35. "The writer of this speech declaims with some spirit and plausibility; but when he condescends, or rather pretends to reason, we cannot but pity either the weakness or the abuse of his faculties." He maintains that there are more people in England unrepresentad and yet taxed, than there are in habitants in British America. He also states that as the Parliament represents the whole body and realm of England and dominions of the same, the Americans are also represented therein. 19 OBSERVATIONS on the act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port bill; with thoughts on civil society, and stand ing armies. By Josiah Quincy, junior, councillor at law in Boston. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 80. First printed in Boston. " One peculiarly unlucky circumstance attending our American disputes may be added to the rest, viz. that our fellow- subjects there are as well read in the nature and grounds of civil and re ligious liberty as ourselves; as appears by many of their late publications, in which they oppose British pretensions on British principles ; and this shrewd commentary on the Boston Port bill will incline us to entertain a respectable opinion of their law pleaders. M. R. 20 THE AMERICAN CRISIS; a letter addressed, by permission, to the Earl Gower, lord president of the council, &c. on the present alarming disturbances in the colonies. Wherein vari ous important points relative to plantation affairs are brought into discussion; as well as several persons adverted to, of the most distinguished characters. And an idea is offered toward a complete plan for restoring the dependence of America upon Great Britain to a state of perfection. By William Allen, esq. ..... London- 8vo. pp. 72. " There is an unhappy affectation of fine writing in this pamphlet; and it contains many illiberal passages : but any particular attention to them, would be doing honour to a performance which will reflect none upon its author." M.R. 21 AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE the interest and glory of Great Britain. In a series of letters to the Legislature. London. 8vo. " This writer asserts that the distance of the colonies renders it impossible to govern them by authoritv of Parliament, and that therefore a law should 200 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1774. be passed declaring them free and independent states. By John Cart- ^^ vrright. M. R. 58, p. 238. (See No. 1775.) 22 A SUMMARY VIEW of the rights of British America, set forth in some resolutions intended for the inspection of the present delegates of the people of Virginia. By a native, and member of the house of burgesses. . . London. 8vo. pp. 44. " This summary was intended to convey to the late convention of the dele gates of Virginia the sentiments of one of their members, who was pre vented from attending by an accidental illness." By Mr. Jefferson. 23 AN APPEAL to the justice and interests of the people of Great Britain, in the present dispute with America. By an old member of Parliament. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 46. " The author of this appeal is an able advocate for the colonists, not as com posing distinct states, but as having, in common with British subjects, un indefeasible right to an exclusive disposal of their own property. After denying the right he proceeds to expose the impolicy of raising a revenue in America against the will of the people; and this leads him to a severe reprehension of the late measures, and an alarming prediction of their consequences." M. R. 24 A VERY SHORT and candid appeal to free-born Britons. By an American. .... London. 8vo. This appeal consists only of arguments often repeated before in favour of the colonies, without anything of interest to those who are at all ac quainted with the state of the American controversy. 25 GREAT BRITAIN S RIGHT to tax the colonies placed in the clearest light, by a Swiss. . . . London. 8vo. " This Swiss is an advocate for the people of America, chiefly on grounds which have before been trodden by others." M.R. 26 A LETTER from a Virginian to the members of the congress to be held at Philadelphia on the 1st of September, 1774. 8vo. pp.29. No place, but apparently printed in Philadalphia. The author appears to have made an unsuccessful effort to dissuade (he members of the congress from adopting the non-importation and non-exportation agreements. 27 THOUGHTS of a traveller upon our American disputes. 8vo. This pamphlet contains some good together with some inconsistent obser vations. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 201 I rj t*i A 28 AN ARGUMENT in defence of the exclusive right claimed by the colonies to tax themselves. With a review of the laws of England, relative to representation and taxation. To which is added, an account of the rise of the colonies, and the man ner in which the rights of the subjects within the realm were communicated to those that went to America, with the exer cise of those rights from their first settlement to the present time. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 163. " Another solid and judicious advocate for the colonies has employed his pen to no farther purpose than to render the contrast between equity and power more glaring." M.R. 29 THE ADMINISTRATION of the British colonies. Part the second. Wherein a line of government between the supreme jurisdic tion of Great Britain and the rights of the colonies is drawn, and a plan of pacification is suggested. To which is added, a postscript, being remarks on the Pennsylvania instructions, and the new essay on the constitutional power of the parlia ment over the colonies. With an appendix, containing papers referred to in both the first and second parts. By Thomas Pownall, late governor, &c. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 172. 30 THE AMERICAN QUERIST; or some questions proposed relative to the present disputes between Great Britain and her Ame rican colonies. By a North American. The tenth edi tion. ..... New York. 8vo. pp. 32. One edition of this pamphlet has no place or printer s name to it, but has the appearance of having been printed in London. Another edition has "Boston, reprinted by Mills and Hicks," on the title. It is stated on the title of the tenth edition, that "this pamphlet, on the 8th day of Sep tember last, was, in full conclave of the Sons of Liberty in New York, committed to the flames by the hands of their common executioner; as it contains some queries they cannot, and others they will not answer!" 31 CONSIDERATIONS on certain political transactions of the pro vince of South Carolina; containing a view of the colony legislature (under the description of that of Carolina in par ticular.) With observations, shewing their resemblance to the British model. .... London. 8vo. 202 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1774. " This snrew d al *d dispassionate examination of the internal disputes of the colony of South Carolina contains a detail of curious and interesting transanctions." M.R. 32 ANSWER to considerations on certain political transactions of the province of South Carolina. . . London. 8vo. pp. 140. "An answer to the foregoing, from a most coarse and virulent antagonist, who defeats whatever advantages argument might afford him, by the gross illiberality of his language. He describes the author of the Considerations as a wretch, whom his vices only have raised to a title. " M.R. 33 SELECT LETTERS on the trade and government of America; and the principles of law and polity applied to the American colonies. Written by Gov. Bernard, at Boston, in the years 1763, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Now first published. To which are added, the petition of the Assembly of Massachusetts Bay against the governor ; his answer thereto, and the order of the king in council thereon. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 130. These letters appear to have been published by Governor Bernard himself. I have in my possession the governor s original letter books, containing a great number of unpublished letters, throwing great light on the affairs of New England at that period ; with a large collection of original letters, addressed to him from the government and from individuals. 34 THE LETTERS OF Gov. HUTCHINSON AND LT. Gov. OLIVER, &c. printed at Boston, and remarks thereon. With the as sembly s address, and the proceedings of the lords committee of council. Together with the substance of Mr. Wedderburn s speech relating to those letters. And the report of the lords committee to his Majesty in council. . London. 8vo. pp. 142. These letters were procured by Dr. Franklin, and sent to Boston to his friend Dr. Samuel Cooper, with strict injunctions not to allow them to be published. They were, however, printed in Boston, and made a great noise at the time. The present edition was published, with remarks, in exculpation of Gov. Hutchinson, by his friend Israel Mauduit. 35 AMERICA VINDICATED from the high charge of ingratitude and rebellion : with a plan of legislation, proposed to the consi deration of both houses, for establishing a permanent and solid foundation for a just and constitutional union between Great Britain and her colonies. By a friend to both coun tries. ..... Devizes. 8vo. pp. 48. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 203 " Written by a warm advocate for the Americans, who proposes that a free 1774. constitution should be confirmed to North America, similar to that of ^^ Ireland ; that the claim of taxation over it should be renounced ; and that their freedom should be guaranteed against all foreign invaders. M.R. 36 CONSIDERATIONS on the measures carrying on with respect to the British colonies in North America. The second edition with an appendix relative to the present state of affairs on that continent. .... London. 8vo. pp. 221. " The first edition of these considerations which we may venture to ascribe to Mr. M. R b n, (Robinson,) was hastily printed, and there were in it, besides many errors of the press, considerable omissions, which are supplied in the present edition, to which has been added, a large appendix, relating to events which have happened since. The author is one of the most candid and best informed of any of the late writers on the interests of Great Britain and her colonies." M. R. 37 FOUR TRACTS, together with two sermons, on political and commercial subjects. By Josiah Tucker, D.D. dean of Glocester. ..... London. 8vo. The third tract, first printed in 1766, and the fourth, now first printed, relate to the American colonies. 38 A LETTER to Dr. Tucker, on his proposal of a separation be tween Great Britain and her American colonies. London. 8vo. * A very inconsiderable production by a very indifferent writer. M R. 39 A BRIEF VIEW of the rise and progress, services and sufferings, of New England, especially the province of Massachusetts Bay. Humbly submitted to the consideration of both Houses of Parliament. .... London. 8vo. pp. 32. " Contains a verv decent, and to all appearance, a very fair and impartial statement of facts, that ought to have due attention paid to them." M. R. 40 A SHORT VIEW of the history of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, with respect to their charters and constitution. By Israel Manduit. The third edition. To which is now added, the original charter granted to that province in the 4th of Charles I. and never before printed in England. London. 8vo. pp. 93. The first edition of this tract appeared without a name in 1769. 204 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1774. 41 THE RIGHT- of the British legislature to tax the American colonies vindicated; and the means of asserting that right proposed. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 50. "This writer professes to prove that the North Americans have never lost the happy state of free subjects ; and that the acts of the mother country, regarding- them, and of which they now complain, are very consistent with the fundamental principles of our constitution, erring only on the side of indulgence towards them ; points which, says the reviewer, cer tainly require some ability to demonstrate, to the entire conviction of our brethren on the other side of the Atlantic." M. R. 42 A PLAN to reconcile Great Britain and her colonies, and to preserve the dependency of America. . London. 8vo. pp. 56. Dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland, and signed " Cosmopolite. 43 Two CHAPTERS of the last book of Chronicles; six letters to the good people of England ; and several other pieces, relative to the dispute between Englishmen in Europe and in America. By an old English merchant. . . London. 8vo. The author is a friend to New England. 44 THE REPORT of the Lords committee appointed by the House of Lords to inquire into the several proceedings in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, in opposition to the sovereignty of H. M. in his Parliament of Great Britain, over that province; and also what hath passed in this house relative thereto, from the 1st day of Jan. 1764. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 62. 45 THE INTERESTS of the merchants and manufacturers of Great Britain, in the present contest with the colonies, stated and considered. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 50. "A ministerial writer, whose principal endeavour is to prevent any interfer ence of the merchants and manufacturers of Great Britain, in behalf of the people of America, by representing that the continuance of their trade to the colonies clearly and entirely depends upon the laws of England, having authority there." M. R. 46 A LETTER to a member of Parliament on the present unhappy dispute between Great Britain and her colonies. London. 8vo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 205 An advocate for the measures of Government, whose opinion is that it is 1774. safer to enforce a doubtful, or even pernicious measure, than tamely to yield ^^j a point. 47 A FRIENDLY ADDRESS to all reasonable Americans, on the subject of our political confusions. In which the necessary consequences of violently opposing the king s troops, and of a general non-importation, are fairly stated. . London- 8vo. pp. 56. First printed in New York, and ascribed to Dr. Myles Cooper, president of King s College, who was soon after obliged to leave the place on account of his lory principles. 48 THE OTHER SIDE of the question, or a defence of the liberties of North America. In answer to a late friendly address to all reasonable Americans, &c. By a citizen. New York. 8vo. pp. 30. Another edition has on the title "America, printed for the purchasers." 49 FREE THOUGHTS on the proceedings of the continental congress, held at Philadelphia, Sept. 5th, 1774, &c. By A. W. Farmer. 8vo. pp. 24. (No place.) Probably printed in New York, written by a tory. Reprinted in London in 1775, 50 THE CONGRESS canvassed: or, an examination into the con duct of the delegates, at their grand convention, held in Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1774. Addressed to the merchants of New York. By A. W. Farmer, author of Free Thoughts, &c. 8vo. pp. 28. (No place.) Probably printed in New York. The following pamphlet is referred to in a P.S., dattdDec. 16, 1774. 51 A FULL VINDICATION of the measures of the congress from the calumnies of their enemies; in answer to a letter, under the signature of A. W. Farmer. \V hereby his sophistry is exposed, his cavils confuted, his artifices detected, and his wit ridiculed ; in a general address to the inhabitants of America, and a par ticular address to the farmers of New York. New York- 8vo. pp. 35. This appears to be an answer to A. W. s Free Thoughts, &c. 52 EXTRACTS from thevotes and proceedings of the American con- 206 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1774. tinental congress, held at Philadelphia on the 5th Sept. 1774. .... Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 48. Reprinted in London with additions, pp. 82. Another edition printed in Boston. ,53 JOURNAL of the proceedings of the congress held at Philadel phia, September 5, 1774. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 132. Reprinted in London, 1775. 54 LETTERS FROM A FARMER in Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the British colonies. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 136. Mr. Dickinson s^rsi pamphlet. First printed in 1768. 55 A NEW ESSAY (by the Pennsylvanian Farmer) on the consti tutional power of Great Britain over the colonies in America ; with the resolves of the committee for the province of Penn sylvania, and their instructions to their representatives in Assembly. .... London. 8vo. pp. 120. By Mr. Dickinson. 56 A LETTER from a veteran to the officers of the army encamped at Boston. . , . America. 8vo. pp. 19. 57 SHORT ADVICE to the counties of New- York. By a country gentleman. .... New York. Svo. pp. 15. 58 THE ASSOCIATION, &c. of the delegates of the colonies, at the grand congress, held at Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1774. Versi fied, and adapted to music. &c. By Bob. Jingle, esq. poet laureat to the Congress. 8vo. pp. 22. (No place.} This and the following- pamphlet were published at New York by the Tories, to ridicule the proceedings of the congress. 59 THE AMERICANS ROUSED, in a cure for the spleen, or amuse ment for a winter s evening; being the substance of a con versation on the times, &c. . New York. 8vo. pp. 32. No date, but probably printed about this time. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 207 60 A LETTER from Thomas Lord Lyttleton to William Pitt earl of 1774. Chatham, on the Quebec bill. . . New York. ^^ 8vo. ap. 20. 61 AN ADDRESS to protestant dissenters of all denominations, on the approaching election of members of Parliament, with re spect to the state of public liberty in general, and of American affairs in particular. . . London. 8vo. pp. 16. 62 COLONISING; or a plain investigation of that subject: with a legislative, political, and commercial view of our colonies. Quarto, pp. 16. London. 63 THOUGHTS on the act for making more effectual provision for the government of the province of Quebec. 8vo. London. 64 THE JUSTICE AND POLICY of the late act of parliament for making more effectual provision for the government of the province of Quebec, asserted and proved; and the conduct of the administration respecting that province, stated and vindi cated. ..... London. 8vo. 65 A LETTER to the earl of Chatham on the Quebec bill. 8vo. London. 66 FREE AND CALM CONSIDERATION of the misunderstandings and debates between the parliament of Great Britain and their American colonies, in eight letters. . Salem. ( Mass.) 8vo. By Prescott (of Danvers) Harv. College Cat. 67 HYDROGRAPIIIE DE LA MER DU SUD, ou histoire de uouvelles decouvertes faites dans la mer du Sud, redigee d apres les diverses relationes Angloises et Francaises, avec une carte dressee par Vaugondy. Par M. de Freville. Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. 68 VOYAGES DANS LA MER DU SUD, par les Espagnols et les Hollandois, ouvrage traduit de I Anglois de M. Dalrymple, par M. de Freville. .... Paris. 8vo. A translation of No. (1.) of 1770. 208 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1774. 39 EXAMEN historique sur Fapparition cle la maladie Venerienne en Europe, et sur la nature de cette epidemic. 12mo. pp. 83. A. Lisbonne. (Paris.) It is proved in this little work that Siphilis was not brought from America, but introduced there by Europeans. 70 RECOPILACION DE LEYES DE LOS REYNOS de las Indias, mandadas imprimir y publtcar por el Iley D. Carlos. IT. Folio, 4 vols. Madrid. The third edition of the laws of the Indies. The first was printed in 1681. A. fourth was published in 1791. All the editions are so rare that it is with the greatest difficulty that a copy can now be obtained in Spain. MDCCLXXV. 1 THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS, particularly those nations adjoining to the Missisippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia: containing an account of their origin, language, manners, religion, and civil customs, laws, form of government, punishments, con duct in war and domestic life, their habits, diet, agriculture, manufactures, diseases and method of cure, and other parti culars, sufficient to render it a complete Indian system. With observations on former historians, the conduct of our colony governors, superintendents, missionaries, &c. Also an ap pendix, containing a description of the Floridas and the Missisippi lands, with their productions. The benefit of colonising Georgiana, and civilising the Indians. And the way to make all the colonies more valuable to the mother country. With a new map of the country referred to in the history. By James Adair, esq. a trader with the Indians, and resident in their country for forty years. London. Quarto, pp. 464. Mr. Adair points out various customs of the Indians, having a striking re semblance to those of the Jews ; and the great object of his work appears to be to prove that the aborigines of America are descended from that race. Some distrust appears to have fallen upon his statements, although he himself says that his account is neither disfigured by fable or prejudice. Allen. 2 THE PROBABILITY of reaching the North Pole discussed. Quarto, pp. 90. London. By the Hon. Daines Harrington. Reprinted in 1818, in octavo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 209 3 A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES, chiefly in the Southern Atlantic 1775. Ocean. Published from original MSS. By Alexander Dal- ^ rymple. . . London. Quarto, pp. 182. This collection contains : I. Dr. Edmund H alley s two voyages in 1698 and 1700. II. Voyage fait aux terres Australes par M. des Loziers Bouvet en 1738-9. III. Journal de navigation pour un voyage de la Mer du Sud fait par le S. Ducloz Guyot, en 1753-6. IV. Journal of winds, weather, cfec. at Falkland s Island, in 1766-7, by Captain Macbride. 4 TRAVELS THROUGH THE MIDDLE SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA. In the years 1759 and 1760, with observations upon the state of the colonies. By the Rev. Andrew Burnaby, A.M. Vicar of Greenwich. . London. Quarto, pp. 106. A second edition was published in octavo in the same year ; and a third, enlarged, in quarto, in 1798. 5 AMERICAN HUSBANDRY : containing an account of the soil, climate, production, and agriculture, of the British colonies in North America and the West Indies. By an American. 8vo. 2 vols. London. " This work contains some very obvious errors, which we think the writer must have avoided, had he really visited the several colonies to which his account extends. Whether he be an American born or not, is of little consequence; but certainly the present performance is not merely the result of his own observations : it consists chiefly of accounts obtained from different persons very differently qualified for information ; and therefore a considerable inequality is discoverable in the merits of their respective communications. A correspondent thinks that every passage of it discovers the industrious hand of that eminent book-builder, Mr. A r Y g, (Arthur Young.)" M.R. 6 AN ACCOUNT of the last expedition to Port Egmont, in Falkland s Islands, in 1772. Together with the transactions of the company of the Pinguin shallop, during their stay there. By Bernard Penrose, surgeon s mate. . London. 8vo. 7 A NARRATIVE OF AN EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OUt of the hands of the Indians in the Gulph of St. Lawrence; interspersed with a description of the coast, and remarks on the customs and manners of the savages there. Also a providential escape p 210 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1775. after a shipwreck, in coming from the island of St. John, in said gulph; with an account of the fisheries round that island. Likewise a plan for reconciling the differences be tween Great Britain and her colonies. By Gamaliel Smethurst, late member of the assembly, &c. in the province of Nova Scotia, comptroller of his Majesty s customs, &c. Quarto, pp. 48. London. " There is nothing very extraordinary or providential in either of the author s escapes. His plan for reconciling the differences, &c. is favorable to the claims of America, but not likely to be adopted." M.R. 8 A NARRATIVE of the miseries of New- England, by reason of an arbitrary government erected there. Printed in the tyrannic reign of Sir Edmund Andross. . . Boston. 8vo. pp. 8. First printed in 1687, in London. 9 REMARKS ON THE PRINCIPAL ACTS of the thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain. By the author of Letters concerning the present State of Poland. Vol. I. containing remarks on the acts relating to the colonies, with a plan of reconciliation. 8vo. London. This volume constitutes part of a work which was never continued, and was published separately, because the concerns of America require such immediate attention, that, says the author, if ever my poor opinion can be worth attending to, it is now. Dr. Parr said that this was the ablest book he ever read in defence of the American war, and that he knew and respected the writer; who was John Linde, esq. a barrister, author of Letters on Poland. 10 THE REMEMBRANCER ; or impartial repository of public events. 8vo. Vol. I. Almon, . The publication of this important collection of papers and documents re lating to the American war commenced in this year, and was continued down to the year 1T84: forming in all, seventeen volumes; to which should be added, the Prior documents, published in 1777. Almon, the publisher, states, in an advertisement, that the plan of the work is, <f to select from all the public prints the best account of every material public event ; to print it in octavo ; and at the end of the volume, to give a copi ous index to the whole." There are several editions of the first volume, all, except the first, in royal octavo, while all the other volumes are of the common octavo size. The first edition of the first volume is also de ficient of several papers contained in the succeeding editions. " Mr. Al mon was assisted by Gov. Pownall in this work, which has now become extremely scarce/ Nichols Lit. Anec. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 2 LI H THE PARLIAMENTARY REGISTER; or history of the proceedings 1775. and debates of the House of Commons: containing an ac- v *^- / count of the most interesting speeches and motions ; accurate copies of the most remarkable letters and papers ; of the most material evidence, petitions, &c. laid before and offered to the house, during the first session of the fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain. . . . Almon, -. 8vo. 14 vols. These volumes contain the proceedings in the House of Commons (and the House of Lords also,) during the five sessions of the fourteenth Parlia ment, from 1774 to 1779, and of course relate almost entirely to American affairs. It was published simultaneously with the Remembrancer, and should accompany that work in an American library. The editor was assisted by "many senatorial gentlemen" and its authenticity, conse quently, may be depended on. 12 A JOURNAL OF OCCURRENCES which happened within the circle of observation in the detachment commanded by Colonel Benedictine Arnold, consisting of two battalions, which were detached from the army at Cambridge, in the year 1775. By Major Ret. J. Meigs. Small 4to. pp. 11. This interesting little tract contains an account of the attack on Quebec, in which General Montgomery was killed. It has no place, date, or printer s name, but has the appearance of having been printed in* America. A part of this journal is printed in the Remembrancer, vol. in. ; said to be taken from the American copy, "supposed to be written by Major Meigs. " 13 AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, the interest and glory of Great Britain. A new edition. To which is added, a copious ap pendix, containing two additional letters to the legislature ; a letter to Edmund Burke, esq. controverting his principles of American government; and a postcript containing new arguments on the subject ; a draught of a bill proposed to be brought into Parliament for restoring peace and harmony be tween Great Britain and British America, and for perpetuating the same. Together with the essential materials for a pro posed grand British league and confederacy, to be entered into by Great Britain and all states of British America: the whole of which shews beyond denial or doubt, that by granting the colonists an unrestrained civil freedom and legislative inde pendence, we may most effectually secure their future com- 212 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1775. mercial dependence upon, and consequently shall best pro- *" * mote the interest, and support the glory of Great Britain. 8vo. pp. 108. Wilkie, By John Cartwright. See M. R. Iviii., 238. For the first edition see No. 2.1 of 1774. In this new edition the author gives the names and boundaries of nineteen American states, together with a map of the same. 14 A LETTER TO EDMUND BURKE, esq. controverting the princi ples of American government laid down in his lately published speech on American taxation, delivered in the House of Com mons, on the 19th of April, 1774. . Wilkie, -. 8vo. pp. 30. Postscript, pp. 51. By Major Cartwright, under the signature of Constitutio : dedicated to Sir George Saville. Although with a separate title-page and paging, this tract appears to have been published with the foregoing, in one book. 15 A PLAIN STATE of the argument between Great Britain and her colonies. .... Becket, . 8vo. pp. 19. A brief recapitulation of the arguments usually employed by the advocates for parliamentary supremacy over America. 16 A CONCISE ACCOUNT of all the British colonies in North Ame rica, comprehending their rise, progress, and modern state, particularly of Massachusetts Bay, &c. Bew, . 8vo. A tolerable account of the New-England provinces, but that of the other colonies is very brief indeed. 17 A DECLARATION by the representatives of the united colonies of North America, now met in general congress at Philadel phia ; setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms. Also an address from the twelve united colonies to the inhabitants of Great Britain. W. Pine, Bristol. 12mo. pp. 16. 2d. Reprinted from the Philadelphia edition. 18 THE DECLARATION, &c. The letter of the twelve united colo nies by their delegates in congress to the inhabitants of Great Britain, their humble petition to H. M. and their address to the people of Ireland. Collected together for the use of seri ous thinking men, by lovers of peace. . London. 8vo. pp. 36. Similar to the foregoing, but with some additions. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 213 19 THE RIGHTS of the English colonies established in America, 1775. stated and defended; their merits and importance to Great ^^ Britain displayed; with illustrations of the benefits of their union, and the mischiefs and dangers of their continued dis sension. .... Almon, . 8vo. " This performance, which we consider as the work of Mr. B nd, is written with decent moderation and impartiality. It consists chiefly of facts de rived from ancient history, from the accounts of the transactions which occasioned the revolt of the United Provinces, and from the history of our American colonies." M. R. 20 TRACT V. The respective pleas and arguments of the mother country and of the colonies distinctly set forth; and the im possibility of a compromise of differences or a mutual con cession of rights, plainly demonstrated. By Josiah Tucker, D.D. dean of Gloucester. . . Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 51. "The contents of this tract are so foreign from the proper subject of con sideration, and so evidently the effusion of ill temper, that did they not proceed from so respectable a character as the dean of Gloucester, we should have imagined them solely intended as the vehicle of insinuations against the colonies, unjust in their nature and malevolent in their de sign. M.R. 21 AN HUMBLE ADDRESS and earnest appeal to those respectable personages in Great Britain and Ireland, who, by their great and permanent interest in landed property, their liberal edu cation, elevated rank, and enlarged views, are the ablest to judge, and the fittest to decide, whether a connection with, or a separation from the continental colonies of America, be most for the national advantage, and the lasting benefit of these kingdoms. By Josiah Tucker, D.D. dean of Glou cester. .... Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 94. Dean Tucker seems to think that the Americans are unworthy of the pro tection of the mother country, and that consequently she had better abandon them entirely to themselves, "and to reject them from being fellow-members and joint partakers with us in the privileges and advan tages of the British empire." The dean, in this tract, calls the Monthly Reviewers the agents and confederates of l)r. Franklin. 22 A SHORT HINT, addressed to the candid and dispassionate, on both sides the Atlantic. . Almon,- . 8vo. 214 Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. Ill 5. 23 SELECT DISSERTATIONS on colonies and plantations. By those celebrated authors, Sir Josiah Child, Charles Davenant, LL.D. and Mr. William Wood, wherein the nature of plantations, and their consequences to Great Britain, are seriously con sidered ; and a plan proposed which may settle the unhappy differences between Great Britain and America. 8vo. Hay, - . 24 SOME REASONS for approving of the dean of Gloucester s plan of separating from the colonies. With a proposal for a further improvement. . . . Conant, - . 8vo. pp. 32. " These reasons are intended to ridicule the plan in question, and they cannot fail of success." M. R. 25 THE LAW OF LIBERTY. A sermon on American affairs, preached at the opening of the provincial congress of Georgia. Ad dressed to the R. H. Earl of Dartmouth. With an appendix, giving a concise account of the struggles of Swisserland to recover their liberty. By John J. Zubly, D.D. 8vo. pp. 74. Almon, . Reprinted from a Philadelphia edition. " Warm for the congress, but sen sible. Dr. Zubly is a man of abilities, and a good writer ; witness also his rational and pathetic address to Lord Dartmouth, prefixed to this discourse." M.R. 26 A CANDID EXAMINATION of the mutual claims of Great Britain and the colonies: with a plan of accommodation on constitu tional principles. . . . New York. 8vo. pp. 62. " This pamphlet has been advertised as the production of Mr. Galloway, and we have otherwise sufficient authority not only to ascribe it to that gentleman, but to consider it as the effect of illiberal motives and un worthy passions." M.R. 27 THE ADDRESS of the people of Great Britain to the inhabitants of America. . . Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 60. "This address is said and believed to have been written by Sir J. D. (Sir John Dalrjmple,) and printed at the public expense, to be distributed in America, where the greatest part of a large impression has been sent ap parently to co-operate with a late conciliatory resolution of the House of Commons. It is replete with expressions of tender affection for the 3 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 215 inhabitants of the colonies, and paints the measures and intentions of 1775. government towards them in the softest and most pleasing colours." v*v^/ M.R. 28 MOTIONS made in the House of Commons, on Monday, the 27th of March, 1775. Together with a draught of a letter of requisition to the colonies. . Almon, . Quarto. " These motions, and the proposed letter of requisition, were the parts of an offered plan, by Mr. Hartley, for restoring the peace and affection, and commerce, formerly subsisting between the inhabitants of Great Britain and of British America." M.R. 29 THE REPLY of a gentleman in a select society, upon the im portant contest between Great Britain and America. 8vo. Almon, . 30 A DECLARATION of the people s natural right to a share in the legislature. By Granville Sharpe. White, . 8vo. " We are sorry to find that but a small impression of this sober, dispassion ate, and rational performance, has been made, for the purpose only of being given among the author s friends." M.R. 31 AN ANSWER to the printed speech of Edmund Burke, esq. spoken in the House of Commons, April 19th, 1774. In which his knowledge in polity, legislature, humankind, his tory, commerce, and finance, is candidly examined; his argu ments are fairly refuted; the conduct of administration is fully defended; and his oratoric talents are clearly exposed to view. .... Evans, . 8vo. pp. 222. By Dr. Shebbeare. " This pamphlet contains so many slanderous invectives, coarse witticisms, vulgar obscene allusions, and scandalous epithets, that, exalted as the author himself has formerly been, his answer falls beneath all notice." M.R. 32 A LETTER to Edmund Burke, esq., agent for the colony of New York, &c. in answer to his printed speech of March 22, 1775, &c. By Josiah Tucker, D.D. dean of Gloucester. 8vo. pp. 58. Gloucester. "Dr. Tucker here controverts many of Mr. Burke s arguments, and almost all his conclusions ; and labours to support the expediency of his favorite plan of a separation between Great Britain and the colonies in America and the better to dispose the public to it, he represents the colonists Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1775 themselves as the most unprincipled, worthless, and detestable part of v^w mankind." M.R. 33 THE FALSE ALARM ; or, the Americans mistaken. 8vo. Ridley, . " We cannot discover any degree of pertinence in the title of this perform ance, which is but a feeble attempt to vindicate the late measures of government respecting colonies." M.R. 34 ARGUMENTS in support of the supremacy of the British legis lature and their right to tax the Americans. Addressed to the citizens of London. By a Liveryman. Wilkie, . 8vo. "Most of these arguments are extracted from a pamphlet published seven years ago, under the title of A Review of the Controversy, c." 35 AMERICANS AGAINST LIBERTY ; or, an essay on the nature and principles of true freedom, shewing that the designs and con duct of the Americans tend only to tyranny and slavery. 8vo. pp. 64. Mathews, . " The author is an able advocate for British claims." M.R. 36 THE CONDUCT OF ADMINISTRATION, with regard to the colo nies. .... Williams, . 8vo. "The whole conduct of the ministry, with respect to the troubles in America, is absolutely condemned by this warm writer, who expresses himself with more zeal than judgment." M.R. 37 A PROPOSITION for the present peace and future government of the British colonies in North America. Davis, . 8vo. pp. 54. " Our author s proposition appears to be the result of good sense, prudence, moderation, and a competent knowledge of the subject: and we hope his advice will be duly and immediately attended to by both parties ; lest WISDOM and REPENTANCE should come too late." M.R. 38 A VIEW of the several schemes with respect to America, and their comparative merit in promoting the dignity and interest of Great Britain. . . . Owen, , 8vo. pp. 55. " After examining many of the plans suggested for terminating our American contest, the writer declares in favour of that which consists in restoring the colonies to the situation they were in before the stamp act, and waving by an act of the legislature the exercise of taxation, as in expedient." M.R. By Capel Lofft. I have his own copy, with his manuscript additions. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 217 39 THE PROCEEDINGS of the House of Burgesses of Virginia. 1775. Quarto. Williamsburg. ^^ 40 AN IMPARTIAL and authentic narrative of the battle fought on the 17th of June, 1775, between H. B. M. s troops and the provincial army, on Bunker s Hill, near Charlestown, in New England. With a true and faithful account of the officers killed and wounded. To which are added, some re marks and anecdotes which have not yet transpired. The whole collected and written on the spot. By John Clarke, first lieutenant of marines. Millan, . 8vo. pp. 36. 41 THEYANKIES WAR-WHOOP; or Lord North s Te Deum for the victorious defeat at Boston, June 17, 177,5. Written by an American. . . . Bladon, . Quarto. " Banters the gazette account of the battle, and extols the Americans, in wretched rhymes, concluding with the following couplet, which is worth all the rest of the poem:" "And therefore I think we d best kiss and be friends, For vice must be beat that with virtue contends." M.R. 42 AN ACCOUNT of the proceedings of the British and other pro- testant inhabitants of the province of Quebec, in North America, in order to obtain a house of assembly in that pro vince. .... White, . 8vo. pp. 294. " This volume is the work of Francis Maseres, esq. lately attorney- general of Quebec, and now cursitor baron of the court of exchequer." A volume of additional papers was printed in 1776. 43 A SECOND APPEAL to the justice and interests of the people on the measures respecting America, by the author of the first. 8vo. pp. 90. Almon, " An account of what has occurred in our unhappy American contest, since the first appeal, (see No. 23, 1774,) was published." The following pamphlet is by the same author : 44 A SPEECH intended to have been delivered in the House of Commons, in support of the petition from the general con gress at Philadelphia. . . Almon, . 8vo. pp. 67. "A very able and spirited exposition of the grievances alleged in the peti tion from the congress, together with a review of the causes and progress 218 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1775. f tne American contest, and a vindication of the several measures pur sued by the colonies." M.R. 45 AN ESSAY on the nature of colonies and the conduct of the mother country towards them. . Johnson, . 8vo. pp. 57. "This performance consists of extracts from the writings of the marquis of Mirabeau, tending 10 discourage the present pursuit of coercive measures towards the colonies." M.R. 46 THE SUBSTANCE of the evidence on the petition presented by the West India planters and merchants to the House of Commons, as it was introduced at the bar, and summed up by Mr. Glover, March 16, 1775. . Cadell, >. 8vo. " Contains many important facts and observations respecting the situation, mutual relations, and commerce of the British American colonies." M.R. 47 A LETTER to the R. H. Lord Camden, on the bill for restrain ing the trade and fishery of the four provinces of New England. .... Cadell, , 8vo. pp. 44. " This writer, by suppressing and misrepresenting facts, endeavours to de fend the expediency, justice, and humanity of the bill, which is the subject of his letter, in opposition to the noble lord to whom the letter is addressed." M.R. 48 A LETTER TO DR. SHEBEEARE*. containing a confutation of his arguments concerning the Boston and Quebec Acts of Parliament; and his aspersions upon the memory of King William, and the protestant dissenters. By Hugh Baillie, LL.D. &c. Donaldson, -. 8vo. 49 AN APPENDIX to a letter to Dr. Shebbeare: to which are added, some^observations on a pamphlet entitled Taxation no Tyranny, in which the sophistry of that author s reasoning is detected. By a doctor of laws. Donaldson, . 8vo. This pamphlet is also by Dr. Hugh Baillie. 50 A CONCILIATORY address to the people of Great Britain, and of the colonies, on the present important crisis. 8vo. Wilkie, . " This address appears to have been produced by a benevolent desire of promoting the re-establishment of harmony between Great Britain and Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 219 the colonies on equitable terms ; for which purpose, the author enumerates ] 775. several concessions to be made on both sides, for their mutual security ^^ and benefit, most of which appear to be reasonable and just." M.R. 51 REMARKS on the new essay of the Pennsylvania!! Farmer, and on the resolves and instructions prefixed to that essay; by the author of The right of the British Legislature vindi cated. .... Becket, . 8vo. pp. 62. "This author appears to possess considerable abilities for literary contro versy, and has employed them dexterously (though sometimes very illi berally-) in opposition to the Farmer s essay." M.R. ,52 WHAT THINK YE OF THE CONGRESS NOW? Or an inquiry how far the Americans are bound to abide by and execute the de cisions of the late continental congress. With a plan, by Samuel Galloway, esq. for a proposed union between Great Britain and the colonies. To which is added, an alarm to the legislature of the province of New York, occasioned by the present political disturbances. Addressed to the representa tives in general assembly convened. Richardson, . 8vo. pp. 90. First printed in New York. * Intended to dissuade the people of New York from concurring with their sister colonies in adhering to the association, &c.of the congress. " M.R. 53 COMMON SENSE; in nine conferences between a British mer chant and a candid merchant of America, in their private capacities as friends; tracing the several causes of the present contest between the mother country and her American sub jects, the fallacy of their prepossessions; and the ingratitude and danger of them; the reciprocal benefits of national friend ship; and the moral obligations of individuals which enforce it: with various anecdotes and reasons drawn from facts, tending to conciliate all differences, and to establish a perma nent union, for the common happiness and glory of the British empire. . . . Dodsley, . Quarto, pp. 127. " The candid merchant of America, who is here employed to support nine tedious conferences, and to be converted from his opinions, and sent home to convert his countrymen, appears to have been a greater booby than even 220 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 775. the letter-writer who was brought forward some time since by a reverend *-*.^/ dean." M.R. Dean Tucker is here probably referred to. 54 TAXATION NO TYRANNY; an answer to the resolutions and ad dress of the American congress. . Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 91. This noted tract of the celebrated Dr. Johnson gave rise to a great many others, the principal of which are the following : 55 AN ANSWER to a pamphlet entitled Taxation no Tyranny. Addressed to the author, and to persons in power. 8vo. pp. 63. Almon, . This, according to the Monthly Review, is one of the best of the answers to the foregoing. 56 TYRANNY UNMASKED: an answer to a late pamphlet entitled Taxation no Tyranny. Flexney, . 8vo. pp. 90. This pamphlet contains some good reasoning, but is in general inferior to the former. 57 TAXATION TYRANNY: addressed to SamuelJohnson, LL.D. 8vo. pp. 80. Bew, - . The style and argument of this performance deserves commendation, but in some cases the author appears not to be well acquainted with facts in re gard to the dispute. 58 THE PAMPHLET ENTITLED Taxation no Tyranny candidly con sidered, and its arguments and pernicious doctrines exposed and refuted. . . . Davis, . . 8vo. 59 RESISTANCE NO REBELLION; in answer to Dr. Johnson s Tax ation no Tyranny. . . . Bell, . 8vo. pp. 35. This reply, " by way of parody ," appears to be in general well conducted, and capable of affording much entertainment, with some information. 60 A DEFENCE of the resolutions and address of the American congress; in reply to Taxation no Tyranny. By the author of Regulus. . Williams, . 8vo. pp. 96. " This pamphlet contains many very harsh, and some very just strictures on the doctrines and tenets advanced by Dr. Johnson, whose pamphlet has been honoured with unmerited notice." M.R. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 221 61 A CALM ADDRESS to our American colonies. By John Wesley. 1775. 12mo. 2d. Hawes, -. ^^ Mr. Wesley has here revived some of the arguments urged by Dr. Johnson in his Taxation no Tyranny : and his Calm Address gave rise to as many answers as that celebrated pamphlet did. 62 A LETTER to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley, occasioned by his Calm address to the American colonies. By Caleb Evans, M.A. A new edition, to which are prefixed, some observa tions on the Rev. Mr. Wesley s late reply. DUly? . 12mo. 3d. The first edition of this pamphlet was published under the signature of Americanus. The following supplement to it, by a different writer, was published before this edition, with the author s real name, appeared. 63 A SECOND ANSWER to Mr. John Wesley; being a supplement to the letter signed Americainis. In which the idea of supreme power, and the nature of royal charters, are briefly consi dered. ByW. D. . . Wallis, . 12mo. 2d. 64 A CONSTITUTIONAL ANSWER to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley s Calm address to the American colonies. Dilly, . 12mo. 2d. Mr. Wesley is here charged with acting the part of a political incendiary. 65 AN OLD FOX tarred and feathered ; occasioned by what is called Mr. John Wesley s Calm address to our American colonies. By an Hanoverian. . . French, . 12mo. 2d. The intention of the Hanoverian is to show Mr. Wesley s honesty as a plagiarist, pointing out no less than t/m-ty-one-paragraphs borrowed from Johnson s Taxation, fyc. and to raise a little skin by giving the Fox a gentle flogging as a turncoat. 66 A WOLF IN SHEEP S CLOATHING; or an old Jesuit unmasked. Containing an account of the wonderful apparition of Father Petre s ghost, in the form of the Rev. John Wesley. With some conjectures concerning the secret cause that moved him to appear at this very critical juncture. By Patrick Bull, esq. .... Trickett, . 12mo. 2d. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1775. The title-page states, Dublin, printed ; London, reprinted. The author in sinuates that Mr. Wesley had solicited an American bishopric. 67 A COOL REPLY to a calm address lately published by Mr. John Wesley. The second edition. By T. S. 12mo. Plummer, . 68 A LETTER to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley, on his Calm address to the American colonies : wherein is shewn that his argu ments are inconclusive, his principles arbitrary, and that his assertions are without foundation. By a lover of truth and the British constitution. . . Manchester, 12mo. pp. 16. Id. Perhaps no two pamphlets did more good to the American cause than Dr. Johnson s Taxation no tyranny and Mr. Wesley s Calm address, both in tended to have quite a contrary effect from that which was produced by them. This arose from the numerous and able answers which were immediately circulated by lovers of truth and enemies to oppression, in which the specious arguments of the ministerial hirelings were at once confuted and shown in their true light. 69 THE PRESENT CRISIS, with respect to America considered. 8vo. Becket, . The writer of this pamphlet zealously opposes the claims of the colonies, and goes so far as to assert that even the people of England may be justly taxed without the consent of any Parliament. 70 PLAN OFFERED BY THE EARL OF CHATHAM to the House of Lords, entitled a Provisional Act for settling the troubles in America, and for asserting the supreme legislative authority of Great Britain, &c. Which was rejected, and not suffered to lie on the table. . . Almon, . Quarto, pp. 14. " We cannot but regret that this plan was totally rejected, as we are con vinced that by a few slight alterations it might have been rendered accept able to the people of America; and that the general superintending authority of Parliament, asserted and maintained by it, would have suffi ciently answered all the good ends of government, and have preserved through a long series of years that happy union which has been so bene ficial as well to the parent state as to her American offspring." M. R. 71 THE SPEECH OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the Earl of Chatham, in the House of Lords, on Friday, the 20th of January, 1775. Quarto, pp. 18. Kearsly, . 72 THE AMERICAN QUERIST; or some questions proposed relative Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 223 to the present disputes between Great Britain and her Amen- 1775. can colonies. By a North American. Richardson, . ^^ 8vo. First printed in New York, (See No. 30, 1774,) where the sons of liberty committed it to the flames by the hands of their common executioner. Supposed to be written by Dr. Cooper, as well as the two following . 73 THE CONGRESS CANVASSED; or an examination into the conduct of the delegates at their grand convention held in Philadel phia Sept. 1, 1774. Addressed to the Merchants of New York. By A. W. Farmer, author of Free Thoughts. 8vo. Richardson, . First printed in New York. (See No. 50, 1774.) 74 A VIEW OF THE CONTROVERSY between Great Britain and her colonies : including a mode of determining their present dis putes finally and effectually, and of preventing all future contentions. By A. W. Farmer. Richardson, . 8vo. First printed in New York, (see No. 51, 1774,) and intended as an answer to " A full Vindication, &c. 75 THE FARMER REFUTED, or a more impartial and comprehensive view of the dispute between Great Britain and the colonies, intended as a further vindication of the congress: in answer to a letter from A. W. Farmer, entitled A view of the contro versy, &c. . New York. 8vo. pp. 78. 76 THE PRESENT POLITICAL STATE of the province of Massachu setts Bay in general, and the town of Boston in particular. Exhibiting the rise and progress of the disordered state of that country, in a series of letters, published weekly, at Boston, and now first collected. By a native of New England. 8vo. pp. 86. New York. This pamphlet has two title-pages ; the other is as follows : 77 THE ORIGIN of the American contest; or the present political state, 8fc. in a series of weekly essays, published at Boston under the signature of Massachusettensis, a native of New England. .... New York. 8vo. It contains about one half of the essays afterwards printed under the title of Massachusettensis (1776) but at the end it is stated that the continuation is in the press. 224 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1775. 78 SOME CANDID SUGGESTIONS towards accommodation of differen- * * ces with America. Offered to consideration of the public. 8vo. Cadell, " The author of these suggestions appears to be actuated by good motives, and to have entertained sentiments partaking of moderation and candour. His style is somewhat peculiar, from a singular aversion to the use of the particle the. 79 AN ADDRESS to the R. H. Lord M sf d; in which the measures of government respecting- America are considered in a new light; with a view to his Lordship s interposition there in. .... Almon, . 8vo. This author endeavours, by expatiating on the grievous nature and ruinous consequences of the measures adopted with regard to America, to persuade Lord Mansfield to interpose his influence in favour of the colonies. 80 THE SUPREMACY of the British legislature over the colonies, candidly dicussed . . . Johnson, . 8vo. pp. 38. The object of the writer of this pamphlet is to prove that the Americans are subject to the authority of Parliament, by the first principles of coloniza tion ; by the power inherent in Parliament over all the British territories, and confirmed by the submission of the colonists to it; by the long usage and custom of Parliament, &c. 81 A SHORT ADDRESS to the government, the merchants, manu facturers, ond the colonists in America and the sugar islands, on the present state of affairs. By a member of Parliament. 8vo. Robinson, . This member of Parliament asks are the colonies a part of the British dominions, or are they not ? If they are, then are they subject to the su preme authority of Great Britain: and was there ever a supreme autho rity in the world without the power of taxation ? 82 A COMPLAINT to the - of , against a pamphlet, in tituled, a speech intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. 8vo. pp. 40. White, . This author is very angry with the benevolent bishop of St. Asaph, against whose speech he declaims with much warmth and some invective, without however offering any substantial objections to it. 83 THE SPEECH of H. G. the Duke of Manchester, against the bill to prohibit all intercourse with the colonies. 4to. pp. 15. Kearsly, . Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 225 84 THE SPEECH of Edmund Burke, esq. on moving his resolutions 1775. for conciliation with the colonies, March 22, 1775. *~ 4to. pp. 65. Dodsley, . Mr. Burke says, in this speech, that " whatever England has been growing to by a progressive increase of improvement, brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilizing conquest and civilizing settlements, in a series of seventeen hundred years, you shall see as much added to her by America in a single life ! 85 THE PLEA of the colonies, on the charges brought against them by Lord M d, and others, in a letter to his lordship. 8vo. pp. 47. Almon, . "Contains some spirited animadversions on two speeches delivered by a celebrated law peer (Lord Mansfield,) in the beginning of the last session of Parliament." M. R. 86 AUTHENTIC PAPERS from America: submitted to the dispassion ate consideration of the public. . Becket, . 8vo. pp. 33. This collection contains the several American petitions previous to the re peal of the stamp-act, contrasted with the petition of the late congress to the king, and their address to the people of Great Britain. 87 A SERMON on the present situation of American affairs, preached in Christ church, June 23, 1775. At the request of the offi cers of the third battalion of the city of Philadelphia. By William Smith, D.D. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 32. Reprinted in London. 88 AN ENGLISHMAN S answer to the address from the delegates to the people of Great Britain, in a letter to the several colo nies, which were represented in the late continental congress. 8vo. pp. 26. New York. 89 THE-; PATRIOTS of North America; a sketch, with explanatory notes. ..... New York. 8vo. pp. 48. " A tory here reviles the whigs in verse. 90 A CANDID EXAMINATION of the mutual claims of Great Britain and the colonies ; with a plan of accommodation, on constitu tional principles. . . . New York. 8vo. pp. 62. Said to be written by Mr. Galloway: "and we have otherwise sufficient au thority not only to ascribe it to that gentleman, but to consider it as the effect of illiberal motives and unworthy passions. A principal object of Q 226 Bibliotheca Americana Nora. ]775. this pamphlet is to reprobate the proceedings of the congress; and for v^^/ this purpose the author lahors to maintain the unlimited supremacy of Parliament over all the dominions of the crown, by arguments which hav e been often alleged, and sufficiently answered." M. R. 91 THOUGHTS on the present contest between Administration and the British colonies in America; addressed to the merchants of the city of London, and all the sea-ports, trading and manufacturing towns, in Great Britain and Ireland. 8vo. Browne, . "This writer is a warm advocate for the people of America, but few of his thoughts are new and peculiar to himself." M. R. 92 A LETTEII to the people of Great Britain, in answer to that published by the American congress. Newbery, . 8vo. pp. 59. "This letter-writer was it seems determined, fas aut nefas, to controvert every allegation of the congress, in their letter to the people of Great Britain; and in doing this, we think we often see him offending against the truth." 93* CONSIDERATIONS on the nature and extent of the legislative authority of the British parliament. 8vo. London > This pamphlet, attributed by Dean Tucker, in his Tract V.to Dr. Franklin, was written by Dr. Witherspoon. See M.R. lii. p. 175. 94 CONSIDERATIONS ON THIS QUESTION, " What should be an honest Englishman s endeavour in the present controversy between Great Britain and the colonies?" 8vo. Wilkie, . See M.R. lii., p. 175. 95 A SECOND APPEAL to the justice and interests of the people, on the measures respecting America. By the author of the first. 8vo. pp. 90. Almon, . The " Appeal to the justice, &c. was first printed in 1774; and a fourth edition was printed in 1776. 96 LETTERS ON THE COLONIES. By Edward Long, esq. 8vo. London. Nichols 1 Lit. Anec. iii., p. 182. 97 THE EVIDENCE delivered on the petition presented by the West India planters and merchants to the Hon. House of Commons, as it was introduced at the bar and summed up by Mr. Glover. 8vo. pp. 95. (London.) Without date, place, &c. The petition was presented Feb. 2, 1775. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 227 98 REMARKS ON THE PATRIOT. Including some hints respecting- 1775. the Americans; with an address to the electors of Great <-~^ Britain. . . . Richardson, . 8vo. pp. 46. The Patriot, addressed to the electors of Great Britain; a sixpenny pamphlet, published the preceding year, written by Dr. Johnson. 99 A FEW REMARKS upon some of the votes and resolutions of the continental congress, held at Philadelphia in September, and the provincial congress, held at Cambridge in November, 1 774. 8vo. London? In the British Museum. 100 THREE LETTERS to a member of Parliament, on the subject of the present dispute with our American colonies. 8vo. Lowndes, . " These letters are written in support of an opinion that the plea set up in justification of our violent proceedings against our American brethren cannot be defended on constitutional ground, and in refutation of the arguments used by the author of a pamphlet called The interest of the merchants and manufacturers, -c. No. 45 of 1774. 101 A LETTER to the R. H. Lord M d, on the affairs of Ame rica; from a Member of Parliament. . Almon, . 8vo. 102 A PLAN for conciliating the jarring political interests of Great Britain and her North American colonies, &c. 8vo. Ridley,- "The author declares that he has not communicated his plan to any minis terial or antiministerial man, nor to any person connected with the peo ple of North America or the West Indies ; and, had he never commu nicated it to the public, no loss would have been sustained, as it contains nothing that is likely ever to be adopted. M. R. 103 TRAITE DE LA LOI DES FIEFS qui a toujours etc suivie en Canada depuis son etablissement, tiree de celle contenue en la Coutume de la Prevote et Vicomte de Paris, a laquelle les fiefs et seigneuries de cette province sont assujettis, en vertu de leurs titres primitifs de concession, &c. Traiteutile a tous les seigneurs de cette province, tant nouveaux qu anciens sujets, aux Juges et au Receveur general des droits de sa Ma- jeste. Par Francois Joseph Cugnet, ecuier, seigneur de St. Etienne, &c. .... Quebec. Small 4to. pp. 71. Q2 228 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1775. 104 TRAITE DE LA POLICE qui a toujours ete suivie en Canada, "-* aujourdhui province de Quebec, depuis son etablissement jusqu a la conquete, &c. Par Francois Joseph Cugnet, &c. Small 4to. pp. 188. Quelec. 105 EXTRAITS DES EDITS, DECLARATIONS, ORDONNANCES ET RE- GLEMENS, de sa majeste tres chretienne, &c. Faisans partie de la legislature en force en la colonie du Canada, aujourd hui province de Quebec. Tires des regitres du conseil su- perieure et de ceux d intendance. Par F. J. Cugnet, &c. Small 4to. pp. 106. Quebec. I have a copy of each of these three tracts bound up in a volume, which formerly belonged to Francis Maseres; and, characteristically of him, has Craig s Method /is fgur arum bound up with them. I can find no notice of Cugnet, or of these tracts, in any work within my reach. The printer s name was William Brown, and they are probably some of the earliest specimens of the press in Canada. 106 HISTOIRE DES AVENTURIERS FLiBUSTiERS, qui se sont signales dans les Indes ; contenant ce qu ils y ont fait de remarquable, avec la vie, les moaurs & les coutumes des boucaniers, & des ha- bitans de St. Domingue, & de la Tortue; une description exacte cle ces lieux, & un etat des offices, tant ecclesiastiques que seculiers, & ce que les grands princes de 1 Europe y posse- dent. Par Alexandre Olivier Oexmelin. Nouvelle edition, corrigee & augmentee de 1 histoire des pirates Anglois, depuis leur etablissement dans 1 Isle de Providence jusqu a present. 12mo. 4 vols. maps and plates. Trevoux. This history of the buccaneers was first printed at Amsterdam, in Dutch, in ]678, and said to be written by John Esquemeling. It was translated into Spanish, from Spanish into English, and from English into French In the latter translation the author s name appears to have been changed M. Eyries, in the Biographie Universelle, says that the French translation, first printed in 1086, was published from the MSS. of the author by Frontignieres ; who, he says, printed the work as if translated from the English, which no doubt was the case; but M. Eyries appears to have been ignorant of the existence of any previous edition, in any Ian. guage. 107 ANALYSE DE L HISTOIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE et politique de s etablissements & du commerce des Europeans dans les deux Indes. ..... Leyde 8vo. pp. 245. Querard attributes a work with a similar title, printed at Paris, in the same Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 229 year, to Fr. Bernard, a Dutchman. This is, probably, another edition 1775 of the same. ^^ 108 HISTOIRE DBS PLANTES de la Guiane Franchise, rangees suivant la methode sexuelle, avec plusieurs memoires sur differens objets interessans, relatifs a la culture & au com merce de la Guiane Franchise, & une notice des plantes de I lsle de France. Ouvrage ornee de pres de 400 planches en taille douce, &c. Par M. Fusee Aublet. Londres (Paris.} 4to. 4 vol. 392 plates. About 800 plants are described in this work, more than half of them being entirely new. Aublet gave the uncouth Indian names of the plants to his new genera, which have been adopted by most of the French botanists ; but Schreber and others have very properly replaced them by others, better adapted to the Linna?an nomenclature. 109 GAZOPHYLACIUM REGIUM PERUBICUM. Opus sane pulcrum, a plerisque petitum & ab omnibus, in universum, desideratum non sine magno labore & experientia digestum, provideque, & accurate illustratum. In quo omnes materise spectantes ad administrationem calculationem, & conservationem jurium regalium regni Peruani latissime discutiuntur & plena manu pertractantur. Editum a D. Gaspare de Escalona Aguero, &c. ..... Madrid. Folio. First printed in 1647, and reprinted in 1675. Only the first part of the first book is in Latin, the remainder of the work being in Spanish. 110 DK REGIO PATRONATU INDIARUM. Queestiones aliquee de- sumptse et disputatse, in alia quinquaginta capita partita auctore D. Petro Frasso, jurisconsulto turritano, &c. Folio. 2 vol. Madrid. First printed in 1677. Considered formerly as an important work in a Spanish- American law library. MDCCLXXVI. 1 ADDITIONAL PAPERS concerning the province of Quebec; being an appendix to the book entitled An account of the proceed ings of the British and other protestant inhabitants of the province of Quebec, Sfc. (see No. 42, 1775.) London. 8vo. pp. 510. 230 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776* ^y Baron Maseres, at the time attorney- general for Quebec ; who was also the author of the following work : 2 THE CANADIAN FREEHOLDER: a dialogue, shewing the senti ments of the bulk of the freeholders of Canada, concerning the late Quebec Act, with some remarks on the Boston-charter Act ; and an attempt to shew the great expediency of imme diately repealing both those Acts of Parliament, as a ground for a reconciliation with the united colonies in America. 8vo. pp. 483. London. A second and third volume were printed in 1779. 3 AN ACCOUNT of the work of God in Newfoundland, North America. In a series of letters. To which are prefixed, a few choice experiences; some of which were taken from the lips of persons who died triumphantly in the faith. By the Rev. L. Coughlan. .... London. 12mo. pp. 192. 4 AN ACCOUNT of the weather and diseases of South Carolina. By Lionel Chalmers, M.D. of Charlestown, South Carolina. 8vo. 2 vols. London. This work is highly spoken of in the Monthly Review. 5 A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of such parts of North America as are contained in the (annexed) map of the middle British colonies, &c. in North America. By T. Pownall, M.P. late governor, &c. of H. M. s provinces of Massachusetts Bay and South Carolina, and lieutenant governor of New Jersey. .... Almon, . Folio, pp. 68. Map. This is a republication of Evans s map and analysis (1755), with consider able improvements and additions. Gov. Pownall says that " a pirated copy of Evans s map, soon after it came to England, was, in a most audacious manner, published by Jefferys, and falsely sold as Evans s map improved, by which that very laborious and ingenious, but poor man, was deprived of the benefit of his work. Owing to the ignorance of the engraver it can scarcely be called a copy, and, as respects the face of the country, might as well be a map of the face of the moon. The same plate, with all its imperfections, was afterwards used by Sayer, in his atlases." 6 THE HISTORY OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, containing an account of the first discoveries of the New World, &c. To which is added, an impartial inquiry into the present American Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 231 disputes. ..... London. 1776. 12mo. 2 vols. ^^ Published in sixteen numbers. 7 THE AMERICAN MILITARY POCKET ATLAS : being an approved collection of correct maps, both general and particular, of the British colonies, especially those which now are or possibly may be the theatre of war. Taken principally from the actual surveys and judicious observations of engineers De Brahm and Romans ; Cook, Jackson, and Collet ; Major Holland, and other officers employed in his Majesty s fleets and armies. ..... London. 8vo. Contains six whole-sheet maps, folded into the octavo form. 8 A SECOND VOYAGE round the world, in the years 1772, 73, 74, 75. By James Cook, esq. commander of his Majesty s bark the Resolution. Undertaken by order of the King, and en couraged by a parliamentary grant of 4000/. Drawn up from authentic papers. . . Almon, . Quarto. A surreptitious account of Cook s second voyage, abounding in errors, and accounts of occurrences which never took place ; many of which are pointed out in the Monthly Review, on the authority of Captain Cook himself. 9 JOURNAL of the Resolution s voyage in 1772, 3, 4, and 5, on discovery to the Southern Hemisphere. Also a journal of the Adventure s voyage in 1772, 3, and 4. With an account of the separation of the two ships, &c. A chart and other cuts. .... Newbery, . 8vo. Another surreptitious journal. 10 *SUMMARY OBSERVATIONS AND FACTS, collected from late and authentic accounts of Russian and other navigators, to show the practicability and good prospect of success in enterprises to discover a Northern passage for vessels by sea, between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, or nearly to approach the North Pole ; for which the offers of reward are renewed by a late act of parliament. .... London. Quarto. According to Meusel, the author was a Swiss of the name of De Val Trovers. 232 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. 11 *A CONCISE NATURAL HISTORY of East and West Florida. By Bernard Romans. . . . New York. 8vo. 12 A PHILOSOPHICAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY of the settle ments and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Translated from the French of the Abbe Raynal, by J. Justamend, A.M. . . . London. 8vo. 5 vols. "We do not scruple to pronounce the work in its English dress correct, elegant, and nervous." M.R. A new edition was printed in 1783, with the additions and corrections of the Geneva edition of 1780. 13 THE NORTH AMERICAN and West Indian Gazetteer, containing an authentic description of the colonies and islands in that part of the globe, shewing their situation, climate, soil, pro duce and trade, with their former and present condition, &c. Illustrated with maps. . . . London. 12mo. A compilation from other similar works. 14 REMARKS ON THE DIFFERENT OPINIONS relative to the American colonies. . . . Kearsly, . " A nothing." M.R. 15 MASSACHUSETTENSIS; or, a series of letters containing a faith ful state of many important and striking facts, which laid the foundation of the present troubles in the province of Massachusetts Bay, &c. By a person of honour upon the spot. .... Mathews, . Svo.pp. 118. " In the latter part of the year 1774, and in the beginning of 1775, a poli tical controversy was begun and carried on in the Boston newspapers, between two gentlemen of considerable abilities, under the signatures of Novanglus and ^lassachusettensis. The letters appertaining to the latter of these signatures (and written on the side of government,) were after wards collected and published in a pamphlet, and are now reprinted from the Boston impression." M.R. The author of Massachusetlensis was Jonathan Sewall, at that time attorney-general for the king, of the pro vince of Massachusetts. This, and the essays of Novanglus, (written by John Adams, afterwards president of the United States,) were reprinted, with a preface and a number of letters, by President Adams, in Boston, in 1819. 16 OBSERVATIONS on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 233 America. To which is added, an appendix, containing a state 1776. of the national debt, an estimate of the money drawn from "~~ the public by the taxes, and an account of the national in come and expenditure since the last war. By Richard Price, D.D., F.R.S. . . . Cadell, - . 8vo. pp. 128. "The author of these observations must be ranked among the most respect able writers on the affairs of America. He does not attempt to engage our attention by the specious and flaming declamation of a party zealot, or the factious invective and rant of modern patriotism. In him we see the warm pleader united with the sound reasoner, the intelligent politi cian, and (above all) the INDEPENDENT MAN, the UNINFLUENCED FUIEND of his country." M.R. 17 A LETTER to the Rev. Dr. Price on his Observations on the nature of civil liberty., Sfc. . Evans, . 8vo. 18 REMARKS on Dr. Price s Observations, fyc. 8vo. Kearsley, . 19 THE HONOUR of parliament and the justice of the nation vin dicated. In a reply to Dr. Price s Observations, fyc. 8vo. London. This defender of the honour of parliament exclaims without mercy against the Americans, as rebels, parricides, traitors, fyc. and is not a little sarcas tic on Dr. Price s profession as a preacher among the dissenters. 20 OBEDIENCE the best charter., or law the only sanction of liberty. In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Price. Richardson, . 8vo. pp. 103. The writer of this pamphlet represents Dr. Price as a mere factious dema gogue, or, what is worse, as the tool and dupe of others more factious and more designing than himself. He represents the Americans as the most worthless of mankind, as wretches in whose breasts the blackest treason rankles, while devotion shades their faces, and rebellion fumes in their hearts! 21 CURSORY OBSERVATIONS upon Dr. Price s essay on civil liberty, particularly relating to specie and paper currency; by which several of his positions are proved erroneous, and most of his deductions utterly fallacious. Published with a view to re move the prejudices which might affect the minds of unin formed readers, from a too ready assent to his doctrine. 8vo. pp. 24. Carnan, . 234 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. 22 CURSORY REMARKS on Dr. Price s Observations on the nature of civil liberty. . . . Nicoll, . 8vo. 23 REMARKS on a pamphlet lately published by Dr. Price, inti tuled Observations on civil liberty, fyc. Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 61. These remarks have been ascribed to Dr. Ferguson. They are written with less invective, and more decency, candour, and moderation, than have lately appeared in the productions on that side of the American dispute. 24 EXPERIENCE preferable to theory. An answer to Dr. Price s Observations, fyc. . . Payne, . 8vo. pp. 102. One of the best and most decent answers to Dr. Price. 25 CIVIL LIBERTY asserted, and the rights of the subject de fended, against the anarchial principles of Dr. Price. By a friend to the rights of the constitution. Wilkie, . 8vo. Replete with dogmatical assertions and slanderous invectives. 26 A LETTER to the Rev. Dr. Price. By the author of the De fence of the American congress, in reply to Taxation no Tyranny. . . . William, . 8vo. pp. 31. "The spirited writer of this letter, (probably Mr. N e,) applauds Dr. Price s late publication, but dissents from that part of it where, treating of the colonists, the doctor says, they are not our subjects, but our fellow-subjects. It appears to him, he says, that they are neither the one nor the other/ and his reasoning on this point is worthy of atten tion." M.R. 27 A LETTER to the Reverend Dr. Price, wherein his Observa tions , &c. are candidly examined. . Bew, . 8vo. pp. 54. Apparently by the same author as the following : 28 THE TOTAL REFUTATION and political overthrow of Doctor Price; or Great Britain successfully vindicated against all American rebels, and their advocates. In a second letter to that gentleman. By James Stewart. . Bew, -. 8vo. pp. 88. Mr. Stewart s style is not very polite ; but he is more shrewd in his argu ments than many of the doctor s numerous antagonists. He attempts to ridicule, but is only rude. Some of his remarks, however, merit attention. 3 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 235 29 THE DUTY of the king and subject, on the principles of civil 1776. liberty ; colonists not entitled to self-government, or to the **"+* same privileges with Britons : being an answer to Dr. Price s system of Fanatical liberty. By the author of the Political Looking -glass. . . . Dixwell, . 8vo. 30 THREE LETTERS to Dr. Price, containing remarks on his Ob servations, &c. By a member of Lincoln s Inn, F.R.S., F.S.A. .... Payne, . 8vo. pp. 163. These letters are probably the work of Mr. L(in)d, the reputed author of Remarks on the principal acts of the last Parliament. They discover great ability in the writer, though it does not seem to be always rightly or successfully employed. 31 OBSERVATIONS on the nature of civil liberty, and the principles of government. By Rich. Hey, M.A., Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and barrister at law of the Middle Temple. . . . Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 70. Mr. Hey s observations are generally delivered in the candid liberal style of a gentleman, and many of them deserve particular attention. 32 LICENTIOUSNESS UNMASKED ; or liberty explained. 8vo. Bew, . "Of all the numerous answers which have appeared to Dr. Price s late publication, this seems to be the most unconnected, superficial, and un worthy." M.R. 33 SOME OBSERVATIONS on liberty. Occasioned by a late tract. By John Wesley. . Foundry, &c. . 12 mo. Another answer to Dr. Price. 34 OBSERVATIONS on Dr. Price s theory and principles of civil liberty and government; preceded by a letter to a friend, on the pretensions of the American colonies in respect of right and equity. ..... York. 8vo. pp. 147. Ascribed to Henry Goodrich, esq. who treats his opponent in a candid, liberal, and dispassionate manner. 35 AN ESSAY on the origin, progress, and establishment of national society; in which the principles of government, &c. con tained iu Dr. Price s Observations, &c. are fairly examined 236 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. and refuted. By J. Shebbeare, M.D. Bew, . *~~ 8vo. pp. 212. " This performance of Dr. Shebbeare contains many tenets repugnant to the principles of all free governments ; reasoning, often founded on mis representations and untruths ; language, frequently intemperate, foul, and opprobrious ; and humour, often coarse, low, and indelicate." M.R. 36 A LETTER from an officer retired, to his son in Parliament. 8vo. pp. 38. Cadell, . " This officer exhorts his son to use his utmost endeavours in support of vigorous measures against the Americans. He may have been an excel lent officer, but he is a very moderate politician." M.R. 37 CONSIDERATIONS on the American war. Addressed to the people of England. . . Becket, . 8vo. pp. 60. (f The industrious, enterprising, and useful men, who first planted and settled in our American colonies are described by this author, as men whose flagitious crimes had rendered them objects of public punishment, or whose turbulent and refractory dispositions made them enemies to every established government. " 38 A PLAN OF RECONCILIATION between Great Britain and her colonies, founded in justice and constitutional security ; by which the rights of Englishmen, in matters of taxation, are preserved to the inhabitants of America, and the islands be yond the Atlantic. By the author of The historical essay on the English constitution. . Johnson, . 8vo. 39 THE RIGHTS OF GREAT BRITAIN asserted against the claims of America; being an answer to the declaration of the general congress. .... Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 92. " This celebrated performance is said to have been written, printed, and liberally distributed, both in Great Britain and America, at the instance and expense of government ; but whether this be true or not, the work itself, we are afraid, will answer no other purpose than to exasperate the people of Great Britain against their brethren of America, and, by in flaming misrepresentations and invectives, aggravate the evils of our pre sent civil discord." M.R. I have a copy of the EIGHTH EDITION (printed in the same year ;) To which is now added, a refutation of Dr. Price s state of the national debt ; which belonged to Sir James Macintosh, who has written on the fly-leaf, " now owned to be by Sir John Dalrymple." 40 SHALL I GO TO WAR with my American brethren? A discourse Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 237 addressed to ALL concerned in determining that important 1776. question. First published at London, 1769. To which are v * v * / now added, a preface and appendix. By John Erskine, D.D. one of the ministers of Edinburgh. . Edinburgh. 12mo. 41 THE EQUITY AND WISDOM of administration, in measures that have unhappily occasioned the American revolt, tried by the sacred oracle. .... Edinburgh. 12mo. " Administration found guilty and condemned. This is, possibly, another production of the sensible and dispassionate author of the foregoing dis course. But this is merely our conjecture." M. R. 42 REFLECTIONS on the rise, progress, and probable consequences of the present contentions with the colonies. By a freeholder. Edinburgh. In this pamphlet, also attributed to Dr. Erskine, the author has drawn to gether, in a summary way, from a variety of publications, &c. a fair state of the sentiments of the colonists, in order to shew their manner of plead ing their own cause, and the regard due to some of their pleas. 43 SOME OBSERVATIONS on a pamphlet lately published, entitled The rights of Great Britain asserted, fyc. By the author of the Answer to Dr. Shebbeare and Dr. Johnson. 8vo. pp. 44. Donaldson, . Dr. Hugh Baillie, late judge of the Admiralty court in Ireland, the author of this pamphletj in reply to that of Sir John Dalrymple, "is not an elegant or a correct writer, but he appears to be a well-meaning one, equally zealous for the honour and welfare of Great Britain, on the one hand, and for the rights of the colonies, on the other. In politics, he is a true whig of the old revolutionary stamp." 44 A FURTHER EXAMINATION of our American measures, and of the reasons and principles on which they are founded. By the author of Considerations on the measures carrying on with respect to the British colonies in North America. Bath. 8vo. pp. 256. " Generally received and acknowledged as the work of Mr. M w R b ns n. His former production (36 of 1774) justly obtained the applause of the public; the present is not less meritorious." M.R. 45 THE CRITICAL MOMENT, on which the salvation or destruction of the British empire depends. Containing the rise, progress, present state, and natural consequences of our American dis- 238 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. putes. By Janus. . . . Setchell, - 8vo. pp. 121. " This author shews a more comprehensive knowledge of his subject than is common to the pamphleteers of the times. He appears to be particu larly well informed of the present state and circumstances of America, and of the true grounds on which our fellow subjects in that quarter of the globe have taken arms against us. His zeal for the colonies, and the acrimony with which he speaks of the administration at home, lead to the suspicion that he is a native of America." M.R. 46 SEASONABLE ADVICE to the members of the British Parliament concerning 1 conciliatory measures with America, and an act of perpetual insolvency, &c. . Bew, . 8vo. " This writer warmly and fluently declaims in favour of the colonists and of confined debtors." M.R. 47 COMMON SENSE; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects, i. Of the origin and de sign of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution. n. Of monarchy and hereditary suc cession, in. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs, iv. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections. A new edition, with several ad ditions in the body of the work. To which is added, an appendix, together with an address to the people called Quakers. .... Philadelphia. Svo. Reprinted in London. The celebrated production of the celebrated Tom Paine: written for the purpose of disposing the colonists to renounce the king s sovereignty, and assume the form and the rights of a distinct inde pendent state. " The American editions of this pamphlet contain, in different parts, such reflections on the king and government of Great Bri tain, as could not have been printed here without considerable hazard ; and therefore, in Mr. Almon s impression, frequent chasms occur ; some of these are short, and the words omitted so obvious, that the defects may be easily supplied ; but with others it will be found impossible, without other assistance, to conjecture the meaning of the deficient pas sages." MvR. 48 ADDITIONS to Common Sense, addressed to the inhabitants of America. .... Almori, . Svo. pp. 47. A compilation from the American newspapers, of essays in support of the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 239 arguments and conclusions of the celebrated pamphlet called Common 1776. Sense. Stated on the title to have been first printed in Philadelphia. ^*vw 49 THE TRUE MERITS of a late treatise printed in America, entitled Common Sense, clearly pointed out. By a late member of the continental congress. . . Nicoll, . 8vo. Supposed to have been written in South Carolina, but the author was no friend to American independence. 50 PLAIN TRUTH: addressed to the inhabitants of America, con taining remarks on a late pamphlet entitled Common Sense ; wherein are shewn, that the scheme of independence is ruin ous, delusive and impracticable; that were the author s asse verations respecting the power of America as real as nuga tory, reconciliation on liberal principles with Great Britain would be exalted policy; and that, circumstanced as we are, permanent liberty and true happiness can only be obtained by reconciliation with that kingdom. Written by Candidus. 8vo. Philadelphia. Reprinted in London, and joined by Mr. Almon with the foregoing, (No. 47.) perhaps from prudential motives. " It is written with such outra geous zeal, and contains so many scurrilous reflections against the author of Common Sense and the supposed favourers of independency, that we may safely conclude, from its having been printed in Philadelphia, that the congress either do not aim at a separation from this country, or that their government is not of the tyrannical nature which some have chosen to represent it." .M. R. Dr. Parr says that this tract produced a wonderful effect throughout America and England. 51 THE CONSTITUTIONAL ADVOCATE; by which, from the evidence of history, and of records, and from the principles of British government, every reader may form his own judgment con cerning the justice and policy of the present war with America. Addressed to the people at large, &c. Flexney, - 8vo. pp. 47. Several ancient charters, statutes, and law authorities, are here enlisted in defence of the colonies, and accompanied with some good arguments and just conclusions. 52 REFLECTIONS on the present state of the American war. 8vo. pp. 30. Payne, . 53 AN ANSWER to the declaration of the American congress. The fifth edition. . . Cadell, 8vo. pp. 132. 240 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. 54 AN ENQUIRY whether the guilt of the present civil war in Ame- ^j rica ought to be imputed to Great Britain or America. 8vo. pp. 73. Donaldson, . Throws the whole blame and guilt of the American war on the colonists, whom the author charges with the most notorious folly, wickedness, and ingratitude. The writer s name is John Roebuck, M.D. 55 AN ADDRESS to the people of Great Britain in general, the members of Parliament, and the leading gentlemen of oppo sition, in particular, on the present crisis of American politics. 8vo. pp. 79. Bristol. This writer professes to have substituted persuasion for argument, and gentle reproof for bitter invective: the Americans, however, will think him bitter enough. He reasons, nevertheless, well on some points, and throws out many sensible remarks. 56 A LETTER to the noblemen, gentlemen, &c. who have addressed his Majesty on the subject of the American rebellion. 8vo. pp. 37. " Cadell, . Whatever may be thought of his reasoning by those who entertain contrary sentiments, the style of this writer proves him to be a man of abilities. 57 THE PLAIN QUESTION upon the present dispute with our Ame rican colonies. . . . Wilkie, . 12mo, 2d. " One great purpose of this little ministerial handbill, is to prove that there is nothing new or unprecedented in the exercise of parliamentarv autho rity over the colonies. The writer, however, appears to have been very ignorant of the subject, and very badly instructed by his employers." M.R. 58 DE TUMULTIBUS AMERICANS, deque eorum concitatoribus meditatio senilis. .... Oxon. 8vo. pp. 36. "A pompous declamatory production, occasioned by the sarcastic observations that were lately made in a great assembly on the conduct of the univer sity of Oxford, respecting their address to the king. The author extols the university, praises the ministry, and reviles tlie Americans, but with out any novelty of sentiment or ideas." M. R. 59 THE HONOUR of the university of Oxford defended against the illiberal aspersions of E d B e, [Edmund Burke,] esq. 8vo. Kearsly, . " A translation of the foregoing, which was written by Dr. B." M. R. 60 A SHORT APPEAL to the people of Great Britain, upon the un avoidable necessity of the present war with our disaffected Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 241 colonies. .... Kearsley, . 1776. I2mo. 2d. ~^ " Another ministerial hand-bill. (See No. 57.) 61 INDEPENDENCY the object of the congress in America; or an appeal to facts. . . . Rivington, . 8vo. pp. 70. " We have rarely seen a performance which exhibits more unequivocal marks of passion, prejudice, and antipathy, than the present." M.R. 62 FAMILIAR DIALOGUES between Americas and Britannicus, in which the right of private judgment, the exploded doctrine of infallibility, passive obedience, and non-resistance, with the leading sentiments of Dr. Price on the nature of civil liberty, &c. are particularly considered. By John Martin. 8vo. Wilkie, . These dialogues afford scarcely anything worthy of attention. Mr. Martin must have known little respecting America, or he would not have cen sured the colonists for considering the wild Indians as their own slaves ! 63 SERIOUS ;\ND IMPARTIAL OBSERVATIONS on the blessings of liberty and peace. Addressed to persons of all parties. By a clergyman in Leicestershire. Rivington, . 8vo. Apparently the work of a well-disposed religious old man; but his observa tions are generally trite, superficial, and unimportant. 64 A PROSPECT of the consequences of the present conduct of Great Britain towards America. . Almon, . 8vo. The author of this publication reasons impartially and justly on the civil rights of the Americans; and reprobates the war carrying on against them as being, under every possible event, pregnant with injustice and ruin on the part of Great Britain. 65 REFLECTIONS on the American contest: in which the conse quences of a forced submission, and the means of a lasting reconciliation, are pointed out. Communicated by letter to a member of Parliament some time since, and now ad dressed to Edmund Burke, esq. By A. M. Bew, . 8vo. pp. 50. "Said to have been written in the year 1769, soon after the writer s return from America. It contains many candid, pertinent, and just reflections on the situation, circumstances, and dispositions of the colonists, and on the consequences of attempting to govern them by force. M. R. R 242 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. 66 THE POLITICAL MIRROR, by a student of the Inner Temple. 8vo. Becket, - "The writer declaims vehemently, and reasons badly." M.R. 67 A DIALOGUE on the principles of the constitution and legal liberty, compared with despotism ; applied to the American question, and the probable events of the war; with observations on some important law authorities. . Owen, . 8vo. pp. 92. "The dialogue is judiciously conducted, and exhibits a perspicuous, sober, and rational defence of the colonies. M. R. 68 A LETTER to the R. H. the Earl of Shelburne, on the motives of his political conduct, and the principles which have actuated the opposition to the measures of Administration, in respect to America. . . . W.Davis, . 8vo. pp. 28. The author abuses not only Lord Shelburne, but the opposition in general, and he is occasionally most illiberal in his reflections on Dr. Price and the presbyterians, with whom he seems to apprehend that Lord Shelburne is in some degree associated. 69 REFLECTIONS on the most most proper means of reducing the rebels, and what ought to be the consequence of our success. By an officer who served the last war in America. 8vo. Wilkie, . 70 THE RELIGIOUS HARMONIST, or a recipe for the cure of schism, the fatal source of our American disputes, &c. 12mo. Bew, . 71 A LETTER to the Rev. Josiah Tucker, D.D. Dean of Gloucester, in Answer to his humble address and earnest appeal, &c. With a postscript, in which the present war with America is shewn to be the effect, not of the causes assigned by him and others, but of a fixed plan of Administration, founded in system : the landed opposed to the commercial interest of the state, being as the means in order to the end. By Samuel Estwick, L. L. D. . . . Almon, . 8vo. pp. 125. Mr. Estwick is an acute reasoner, and an entertaining writer ; and a warm and zealous advocate for the Americans. 72 A SERIES OF ANSWERS to certain popular objections against separating from the rebellious colonies, and discarding them Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 243 entirely ; being the concluding tract of the Dean of Gloucester 1776. on the subject of American affairs. . Cadell, . ^^ 8vo. The Monthly Review (Jan. 1777) is warm in its defence of Dr. Franklin against Dean Tucker, who endeavours, apparently without effect, to prove in this tract some former aspersions on the character of the doctor. 73 MINUTES of the trial and examination of certain persons in the province of New York charged with having been engaged in a conspiracy against the authority of the congress, and the liberties of America. . . Bew, . 8vo. "If this account be authentic, it is worthy of notice. It relates the par ticulars which came out on the examination of Mr. Matthews, late mayor of New York, and other persons accused of a conspiracy against the con gress, and especially against Washington. Thev proposed, it seems, to seize and carry off this American Samson, by the help of his Dalilah, a Mrs. Gibbons, who had promised them her assistance. Matthews was condemned to suffer death, but congress resolved to postpone the exe cution of the sentence, and ordered him to be carried into Connecticut, there to be kept imprisoned till further orders." M.R. March 1777. 74 A LETTER to Lord George Germaine. Almon, . 8vo. pp. 38. This writer sets forth very circumstantially the prodigious numbers and alarming power of the United colonists by sea and land, and enumerates the unsurmoun table difficulties that will impede in particular the opera tions of our land forces in every province. In short, that it will be im possible for us to succeed in the attempt of forcing the Americans to submission. 75 REFLECTIONS on government, with respect to America; to which is added, Carmen Latinum. 8vo. pp. 32. Lewis, - These reflections are favorable to the colonists, but they afford nothing which, in the present advanced stage of the American controversy, de mands particular notice. 76 HYPOCRISY unmasked; or a short inquiry into the religious complaints of our American colonies. To which is added, a word on the laws against popery in Great Britain and Ireland. 12mo. Nicol, . 77 A FULL DEFENCE of the Rev. Mr. John -Wesley, in answer to the several personal reflections cast on that gentleman by the Rev. Caleb Evans, in his observations on Mr. Wesley s late R 2 244 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. Reply, prefixed to his Calm address. By Thomas Oliviers, ~^ 12mo. Foundry, . 78 A VINDICATION of the Rev. Mr. Wesley s Calm address to the American colonies. In some letters to Mr. Caleb Evans. By John Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Salop. 12mo. Hawes, . 79 A REPLY to the Rev. Mr. Fletcher s vindication of Mr. Wesley s Calm address. By Caleb Evans, M.A. . Bristol. 12mo. pp. 103. " Mr. Evans is a lively and sensible advocate for the freedom of the colonies, a spirited controvertist, and a zealous asserter of those liberal and noble principles to which we were indebted for the glorious revolution, &c." 80 POLITICAL EMPIRICISM; a letter to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley. 8vo. pp. 32. Johnson, . "Attacks the author of the Calm address for borrowing Sam. Johnson s quarter- staff, [Taxation no Tyranny,] to drub the Americans. The author s weapons are raillery and serious expostulation. M.R. 8 1 AMERICAN PATRIOTISM farther confronted with reason, scripture, and the constitution : being observations on the dangerous politics taught by the Rev. Mr. Evans, M.A. and the Rev. Dr. Price. With a scriptural plea for the revolted colonies. By J. Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Salop. Shrewsbury. 12mo. pp. 130. 82 POLITICAL SOPHISTRY detected; or brief remarks on the Rev. Mr. Fletcher s late tract entitled American Patriotism. By Caleb Evans, M.A. Dilly, - . 12mo. 83 FREE THOUGHTS on the American contest. 8vo. pp. 59. Edinburgh. This writer, under the signature of Timoleon, takes the Government side of the question, and concludes with some severe strictures on the American pamphlet entitled Common Sense. Printed for private distribution only. 84 A LETTER to Lord Chatham, concerning the present war of Great Britain against America; reviewing, candidly and im partially, its unhappy cause and consequence; and wherein the doctrine of Sir William Blackstone, as explained in his Commentaries on the Laws of England, is opposed to ministerial tyranny, and held up in favour of America. With some Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 245 thoughts on Government. By a gentleman of the Inner 1776. Temple. .... Kearsley, . *<** 8vo. " This spirited writer is warm for liberty, and for the claims of America, as connected with what he apprehends to be the real interest of this country, as well as with the common rights inseparable from the very idea of a free community." M.R. Jan. 1777. 85 LETTERS on the American troubles; translated from the French of Mr. de Pinto. . . . Boosey, . 8vo. 86 SUBSTANCE of a speech in Parliament, upon the state of the nation, and the present civil war with America ; upon Mon day April 1, 1776. By David Hartley, esq. 4to. pp.24. Almon, . 87 AN ORATION in memory of General Montgomery, and of the officers and soldiers who fell with him, Dec. 31, 1775, before Quebec; drawn up (and delivered Feb. 1 9th, 1776,) at the desire of the honourable Continental congress. By William Smith, D.D. Provost of the college and academy of Phila delphia. .... Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 36. Reprinted in London. " In this discourse we find the warm effusions of a zeal for freedom blended with historical notes and anecdotes, relative not only to the hero who is here celebrated as a proto-martyr to the rights of America, but to others engaged with him in the same cause." M.R. 88 AN ORATION delivered at the state-house in Philadelphia, to a very numerous audience, Aug. 1, 1776. By Samuel Adams, member of the general congress of America. 8vo. pp. 42. Johnson, . "Mr. Adams, the American Cicero, declaims with warmth and energy against kingly government arid hereditary succession. There are pas sages in this oration which would have done honour to a Roman tribune, when the republican spirit of that mistress of the world was at its great est height. M. R. 89 JOURNAL of the proceedings of the congress held at Philadel phia, May 10, 1775. Published by order of the congress. 8vo. London. Reprinted from the edition printed in Philadelphia. 90 JOURNAL of the provincial congress of South Carolina, 1776. 246 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. Published by order of the congress. . Almon, . ~^ 8vo. pp. 134. First printed in Charlestown, S.C. 91 AMERICA POIS D IN THE BALANCE of justice. Ornamented with an elegiac frontispiece, and a reconciliatory tail-piece. In this research, the present dissention between the mother country and her colonies is considered in a new light, and supported by arguments quite different from those held forth by the parliamentary speakers and polemical writers on either side of the question, By P oplicola H istoricus. Quarto, pp. 40. Author, , 92 JUSTIFICATION de la resistance des colonies Arnericaines. 8vo. pp. 30. Leyden. A sensible advocate for the colonies, and apparently one well acquainted with the principal objects of the American controversy. 93 LETTRE de Mr. *****. a Mr. S. B. Docteur en Medecine a Kingston, dans la Jama ique, au sujet des troubles qui agitent actuellement toute I Amerique Septentrionale. A la Haye. 8vo. pp. 29. The first letter of Mr. de Pinto ; which, with the following, was translated into English, and published this year. 94 SECONDE LETTRE de M. de Pinto, a 1 occasiondes troubles des colonies, contenant des reflexions politiques sur les suites de ces troubles, et sur 1 etat actuel de 1 Angleterre. 8vo. pp. 90. A la Haye. 95 OBSERVATIONS d un homme impartial sur la lettre de Mr. ***** 9 a Mr. S. B. docteur en medecine a Kingston, dans la Jama i que. .... Londres (Holland?) 8vo. pp. 65. 96 NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS sur la seconde lettre de Mr. de Pinto, a 1 occasion des troubles de 1 Amerique Septentrionale. Pour servir de suite aux observations d un homme impartial sur la premiere lettre de Mr. *****. Londres (Holland?) 8vo. pp. 60. 97 REPONSE DE MR. J. DE PINTO, aux observations d un homme impartial, sur sa lettre a Mr. S. B., docteur en medecine a Kingston dans la Jaraaique, au sujet des troubles qui agitent Biblwtheca Americana Nova. 247 actuellement toute 1 Amerique Septentrionale. 1776, 8vo. pp. 60. A la Haye. ~^ Isaac Pinto was a Portuguese Jew, living in Holland, who undertook the defence of the measures of the British government for the subjection of the colonies. His two letters are little more than an abstract of Sir John Dalrymple s celebrated pamphlet, The Rights of Great Britain asserted, fyc. which he lauds to the skies. The author of Observations d un homme im partial exposes the false reasoning of " little Isaac/ and shows himself a zealous defender of the rights of the colonies. 98 EXPOSE DES DROITS des colonies Britanniques, pour justifier le projet de leur independance. . . Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 36. Written by a foreigner residing in England, who it appears had already published an Essai sur la veritable Liberte civile, adress au peuple d Angleterre. 99 ETAT PRESENT DE LA LOUISIANE: pour servir de suite a 1 his- toire des etablissemens des Europeens dans les deux Indes. Par M. Champigny. . . A la Haye. 8vo. Meusel m. 2, 360. 100 CONSIDERATIONS sur 1 etat present de la colonie Franchise de Saint Domingue. Ouvrage politique et legislatif; presente an ministre de la marine, par Mr. H. D. . Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. By M. Hilliard D Auberteuil. Barbier. (See Nouvelles Considerations, &cc. 1780.) 101* ESSAI SUR L HISTOIRE NATURELLE de Saint Domingue. (Par le P. Nicolson.) . . . Paris. 8vo. 10 plates. 102 AFFAIRES DE L ANGLETERRE ET DE I/AMERIQUE. 8vo. Anvers (Paris.} This work appears to have been an imitation or translation of Almon s Remembrancer, and appears to have extended to fifteen volumes. Among its editors, according to Barbier, were Franklin, Count de Gebelin, Robinet, &c. Harvard college library possesses a copy of this scarce work. 103 DISSERTATION IIISTORIQUE ET GEOGRAPHIQUE sur le meri- dien de demarcation entre les domaines d Espagne et de Portugal. Par Don Georges Juan & Don Antoine de Ulloa, &c. Traduitde 1 Espagnol. (Avec une carte.) Paris. 12mo. The original, in Spanish, was published in 1749. 248 BibliotJ eca Americana Nova. 1776. 104 RESPTESTA A. LA MEMORIA que presento en 16 de Enero de 1776 el Exmo Sor D. Francisco Tnocencio de Souza Coutinho, embaxador de S. M. F. cerca del Rey N. S. rela- tiva a la negociation entablada para tratar del arreglo y sena- lamiento de limites de las posesiones Espanolas y Portuguesas en America meridional. Apendice de documentos que se citan en la respuesta Carta de acompanimiento que precede a la misma respuesta. Quarto, pp. 255 and 78. (Madrid. ) This work has no date, &c. to it; but, by the original MS. in my posses sion, it appears that the edition was prepared by Don Bernardo Yriarte, and published at Madrid in this year. Some bookseller has affirmed that only six copies were printed, but I have myself seen a much greater number in Madrid, where the work was considered as of very little value. It apparently, however, was never intended for sale. 105 COMPENDIO DELLA STORIA GEOGRAFICA, natumle, 6 civili, del regno di Chile ; con una tavola geografica e figure. 8vo. Bologna. Meusel attributes this anonymous work to the Abbe Vidaurre, but Molina speaks of it as if by a different author. The American translator of Molina has made large extracts from it, from which it appears to be, though con cise, a work of considerable authority 7 . A map of the country, a plan of Santiago, the capital, and other places, all made from accurate observations, add to the value of this work. 106 CHARACTERES GENERUM PLANTARUM, quas in itinere ad in- sulas Maris Australis, colligerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772-1775, Jo. R. Forster, L.L.D. et Georgius Forster. Quarto, pp. 150, plates 75. London. This work should form part of a complete set of Cook s voyages. 107 FASTI NOVI ORBIS et ordinationum apostolicarum ad Indias pertinentium breviarium cum adnotationibus. Opera D. Cyriaci Morelli presbyteri, olim in universitate Neo-Cordu- bensi in Tucumania professoris. . . Venetia. Quarto, pp. 642. Cyriaci Morelli is the pseudonyme of Don Domingo Muriel, a Spanish Jesuit, for many years a professor in the college of his order at Tucuman. When the Jesuits were expelled from the Spanish dominions he retired to Italy, where he prepared the present work, which is a collection of all the orders, decrees, &c. given by the popes, and by the kings of Spain, relative to the spiritual concerns of America, from its first discovery He also translated Charlevoix History of Paraguay into Latin, and pub lished it, with a continuation, at Venice, in 1779. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 249 1777. v^/W MDCCLXXVII. I THE X^TLANTIC NEPTUNE, published for the use of the Royal navy of Great Britain. By Joseph F. W. Des Barres, esq. under the directions of the R. H. lords commissioners of the Admiralty. Sunt ingeniorum monumenta quce saculis probantur. Liv. v\tlas folio. 2 vols. London. The most splendid collection of charts, plans, and views, ever published. It was executed at the expense of the British government for the use of the British navy, and no expense appears to have been spared in the exe cution in order to render it a monument worthy of the nation. The following are the titles (beautifully executed) to the different parts, to gether with the plates belonging to each : VOL. I. THE SEA COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA ; exhibiting the diversities of the coast and face of the country near it ; the banks, rocks, shoals, soundings, &c. Together with remarks and directions for the conveniency of navigation and pilotage. Surveyed by order of the R. H. lords commissioners of the Admiralty, by Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres, esq. 1 General Title (engraved.) 20 View of Annapolis Royal. 2 Title to Nova Scotia. 21 Three views, coloured. 3 Table of contents. 22 Bay of Fundy. No. 9. 4 References. No. 3. 23 Five views, coloured. 5 General remarks. 24 S.W. coast of Nova Scotia, No. 9.* 6 General chart. No. 4. 25 Barrington Bay. No. 10. 7 Two views. 26 Port Amherst, &c. 8 Chart Nova Scotia. No. 5. 27 Port Campbell. No. 12. 9 Three views. 28 Port Mills. No. 13. 10 River St. John. No. 6. 29 Liverpool Bay. 14. II Five views, coloured. 30 Port Jackson. 15. 12 Two do. do. 31 King s Bay. 16. 13 Isthmus of Nova Scotia. No. 7. 32 Mecklenburgh Bay. IT. 14 Six views. 33 Charlotte Bay. 18. 15 Chignecto Bay. No. 7.* 34 Leith harbour. 19. 16 Fort Cumberland, coloured. 35 S.E. coast Nova Scotia. 19*. 17 Four views, coloured. 36 Six views. 18 One do. of Partridge island, col d. 37 Halifax harbour. No. 20. 19 Annapolis Royal. No. 8. 38 View of Halifax. 250 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1777. 39 Harbour of Halifax, wv^/ 40 Egmont harbour. 21. 41 Six views coloured. 42 Keppell s harbour, &c. 22. 43 Spry harbour, &c. 44 White Islands harbour, &c. 45 Eight views, coloured. 46 Sandwich bay. 25. 47 Torbay, &c. 26. 48 Whitehaven. 27. 49 Canso harbour, &c. 28. 50 St. Peter s bay, <fcc. (Directions.) 51 St. Peter s bay, &c. 29. 52 Milford haven. 30. 53 Con way harbour, &c. 30.* 54 Part of Cape Breton. 31. 55 Gut of Canso. 32. 56 Northumberland straits. 32.* 57 Ditto. 32.** 58 Port Hood. 33. 59 View of do. 60 Two views, coloured. 61 Pictou harbour, &c. 34. 62 View of Plaister cliffs. 63 Port Shediach. 35. 64 Isle of Sables. 36. 65 Five views, coloured. 66 Isle of Sables. 36.* 67 View of do. 68 Remarks on do. 69 Four views, coloured. 70 Printed table of places. VOL. II. I. CHARTS OF THE COAST AND HARBOURS in the gulf and river of St. Lawrence, from surveys taken by Major Holland, surveyor-gen, of the northern dis trict of North America, and his assistants, pursuant to orders from the R. H. the lords commissioners for trade and plantations, in the years 1765, 1766, 1767, and 1768. Composed and published by command of Government, for the use of the Royal navy of Great Britain, by J. F. W. des Barres. 1 Engraved Title to Vol. ii. 2 Title to St. Lawrence. 3 Index of charts. 4 Gulf of St. Lawrence. 5 River St. Lawrence. 6 View of Quebec. 7 River St. Lawrence. 8 Bay of Seven Islands. 9 N. VV. coast of the Gulph of St. Lawrence. 10 Gaspee Bay, &c. 11 Bay of Chaleurs. 12 Miramichi Bay. 13 Richebucto harbour, &c. 14 Magdalen islands. 15 River St. Lawrence. 16 Cape Breton. 17 Cardigan Bay. 18 Island of St. John. 19 Cape Breton, &c. 20 Ditto. 21 Six views, coloured. 22 Cape Breton, <fec. 23 View of Cape Breton. 24 Louisbourg harbour. 25 View of Louisburg, coloured. II. CHARTS OF THE COAST AND HARBOURS OF NEW ENGLAND, from surveys taken by Samuel Holland, esq. surveyor-gen. <fec. and Geo. Sproule, Chas. Blascowitz, James Grant, and Thos. Wheeler, his assistants, pursuant to orders from the R. II. lords commissioners of trade and plantations. Together with several useful additional surveys, soundings, views, <fec. taken by various officers on the spot. Composed, tfec. by J. F. W. des Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 251 Barres, surveyor of the coast and harbours of North America : 22 charts 1777 and 20 views, some coloured. 26 Title to New England, &c. 42 Piscataqua harbour. 27 Index of charts. 43 Two views. 28 Passamaquoddy bay. No. 4. 44 Massachusetts bay. 29 Grand Manan islands. 45 Boston bay. 30 Narraganset bay, &c. 46 Four views near Boston. 31 Frenchman s bay, cfec. 47 Boston harbour. 32 Mount Desert, cfec. 48 View of Boston. 33 Penobscot bay, <fec. 49 Three views. 34 Do. &c. 50 Three do. 35 Kennebec river, &c. 51 Plymouth bay. 36 Falmouth harbour. No. 7. 52 Five views. 37 St. George s river, &c. 53 Block island, &c. 38 Portland sound, <fec. 54 Buzzard s bay, &c. 39 Piscataqua harbour, &c. 55 Narraganset bay. 40 View of Portsmouth, coloured. 56 Plan of Newport, coloured. 41 Cape Ann, <fec. 57 Nantucket. III. CHARTS OF SEVERAL HARBOURS and divers parts of the coast of North America, from New York south-westwards to the gulf of Mexico. Collected from surveys deposited at the office of the right honourable the lords commissioners for trade and plantations, and others. Composed and published by command of Government for the use of the royal navy of Great Britain, by J. F. W. Des Barres, esq. (1781.) 58 Title to New York, &c. 68 Charleston. 59 Index of charts. 69 Port Royal, South Carolina. 60 Printed directions. 70 Savannah river, &c. 61 New York harbour. 71 Georgia, cfec. 62 Five views. 72 Harbour of St. Augustine. 63 Coast of New York to Carolina. 73 Gulf of Mexico. 64 Ditto. 74 Ditto. 65 Long island sound, &c. 75 Pensacola, &c. 66 Delaware bay. 76 Mississippi river. 67 Delaware river. 2 THE WEST INDIAN ATLAS, or a general description of the West Indies ; taken from actual surveys and observations. By Thomas Jefferys, geographer to the king. . London. Atlas folio. 3 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD in his British Majesty s sloop Resolution, commanded by Captain James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. By George Forster, F.R.S., &c. Quarto, 2 vol. London. 252 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1777. This account of Captain Cook s second voyage was published before the following, which is the official narrative. 4 A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE, and round the world. Performed in his Majesty s ships the Resolution and Adven ture, in the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. Written by James Cook, commander of the Resolution. In which is included, Captain Furneaux s narrative of his proceedings in the Ad venture during the separation of the ships. Illustrated with maps and charts, and a variety of portraits of persons and views of places, drawn during the voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent masters. London. Quarto, 2 vols. portrait, and 63 plates. 5 THE ORIGINAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS made in the course of a voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world, in his Majesty s ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. By William Wales, F.R.S. and Mr. William Bailey. . . . London. Quarto. 6 THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. By William Robertson, D.D. principal of the university of Edinburgh, and Historiographer to his Majesty for Scotland. . London. Quarto, 2 vols. Frequently reprinted and translated into most of the modern languages, except the Spanish. The following extract from a masterly criticism, in an early number of the Edinburgh Review, displays the merits of Robertson in their true colours. "The histories of Robertson abound in the finest descriptions, the most pleasing delineations of character, the most dignified and judicious mixture of reflections ; and more espe cially they are distinguished by a style of narration at once manly, copious, and easy. But all these descriptions, delineations, reflections, and even this narrative itself, are too general for practical use and appli cation. The politician and political economist will search those writings in vain for the accurate details of fact which they have a right to expect from one who investigates the subjects of particular men and nations. Dr. Robertson appears to have studied grace and dignity more than use fulness. He has chosen those features of every figure which he could best paint, rather than those which were most worthy of the pencil. The charms of Robertson s style, and the full flow of his narration, which is always sufficiently minute for ordinary readers, will render his works immortal in the hands of the bulk of mankind. But the scientific reader requires something more than periods which fill his ear, and Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 253 general statements which gratify by amusing; he even requires more 1777. than a general text-book, a happy arrangement of intricate subjects, which ^v^ may enable him to pursue them in their details. When we repair to the works of Robertson for the purpose of finding facts, we are instantly carried away by the stream of his narrative, and forget the purpose of our errand to the fountain. As soon as we can stop ourselves, we discover that our search has been vain, and that we must apply to those sources from which he drew and culled his supplies." Ed. Rev. 2, p. 241. Sfewart s Life of Robertson, p. 111. 7 THE HISTORY OF THE VOYAGES of Christopher Columbus, in order to discover the West Indies. . London. 12mo. pp. 190. Intended for popular use. 8 A HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND, with particular reference to the denomination of Christians called Baptists. Containing the first principles and settlements of the country; the rise and increase of the baptist churches therein ; the intrusion of arbitrary power under the cloak of religion; the Christian testimonies of the baptists and others against the same, with their sufferings under it, from the beginning to the present time. Collected from the most authentic records and writ ings, both ancient and modern. By Isaac Backus, pastor of the first baptist church in Middleborough. Boston, N.A. 8vo. vol. 1, pp. 544. There are three volumes of this work, the last of which was published in 1790, and an abridgment of it in 1804, when the author was eighty years of age, bringing the history down to that year. The Rev. Dr. Allen says " that it contains many facts, for which the public are indebted to the patient industry of the writer, and it must be a very valuable work to the baptists, as it presents a minute account of almost every church of that denomination in New England. But these facts are combined with out much attention to the connexion which ought to subsist between them, and the author shows himself too much under the influence of the zeal of party." Am. Biog. Diet. 9 CASPIPINA S LETTERS: containing observations on a variety of subjects, literary, moral, and religious, written by a gentleman who resided sometime in Philadelphia. To which is added, the life and character of William Penn, esq. original pro prietor of Pennsylvania. . Bath (England.) Small 8vo. 2 vols. First printed at Philadelphia, in 1774, (No. T.) Written by the Rev. 254 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. } 777. Jacob Duche. The English editor has added a life of William Penn, and s^v^/ a copy of his letter, first printed in 1683. 10 A COMPENDIOUS DESCRIPTION of the thirteen colonies in British America. . . . Herman, . 8vo. pp. 23. 1 1 HISTORY of the colonizations of the free states of antiquity, applied to the present contest between Great Britain and her American colonies. With reflections concerning the future settlement of these colonies. . Cadell, . Quarto. By Mr. Baron. See Symond s Remarks, Sfc. 1778. 12 LETTERS from General Washington to several of his friends, in the year 1776. . . . Bew, . 8vo. (( We cannot look upon these letters as genuine, but we must pronounce them well written : they would do great honour to General Washington, could his claim to them be indisputably established." 13 LETTERS from the Marquis de Montcalm, governor-general of Canada, to Messrs, de Berryer and De la Mole, in the years 1757, 8, and 9. With an English translation. 8vo. Almon, .. If these letters are genuine, they show that M. de Montcalm had a very cor rect presentiment of what would be the consequences of attempting to tax the colonies. 14 THE LETTERS OF VALENS, which originally appeared in the London Evening Post, with corrections, explanatory notes, and a preface by the author. . Almon, . 8vo. pp. 160. " In these well written, spirited, anti -ministerial letters, the author takes a view of the policy of the American war, its objects, its conduct, and the motives of government for engaging in it. The prospect is dreary and discouraging, and terminates with this reflection, that it will be wise in us to seize the moment of success to do proudly, what long since we ought to have done wisely, to repeal the obnoxious acts, and to put things on the footing as they stood in 1763. 15 AN ADDRESS to the inhabitants of Pensilvania, by those free men of the city of Philadelphia who are now confined in the Mason s Lodge, by virtue of a general warrant, signed in Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 255 council by the vice president of the council of Pensil- 1777. vania. .... Philadelphia. ^^ 8vo. Reprinted in London. These freemen, principally Quakers, were taken up on suspicion of holding communication with the British army, and were detained for refusing to make the following declaration, viz. : " I do swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as a free and independent state," <fec. 16 A POLITICAL PARADOX. . . Almon, . 8vo. pp. 21. A fling at the ministry, who have declared, on a solemn occasion, their de sire of restoring to America the blessings of law and liberty. To prove their sincerity, these blessings, it is remarked, are tendered to the Americans by the hands of 40,000 lawgivers from Britain and Germany. 17 A LETTER to Benjamin Franklin, LL.D., F.R.S. In which his pretensions to the title of natural philosopher are con sidered. .... Bew, 8vo. A pompous attempt to undervalue the merits of Franklin. 18 A CALM ADDRESS to the inhabitants of England. By John Wesley. .... Fry, - ^. "Mr. Wesley s calmness is only to be found in his title-pages; he is far from being a dispassionate writer ; and the Americans have great reason to complain of him as bfomenter, rather than a composer of national dis cord." M.R. 19 OBSERVATIONS on Mr, Wesley s second Calm Address, and incidentally on other writings upon the American question, &c. . Dilly, --. 12mo. A plain, sensible, and dispassionate refutation of Mr. Wesley s pamphlet. 20 THE DOUBLE DELUSION, or faction the cause of all the confu sion. In a joco-serious review of our American embroilment. 8vo. Johnson, . "Commonplace invective." M.R. 21 A LETTER from an officer at New York to a friend in London. .... Nicoll, . 8vo. " For New York read Grub-street." M.R. 22 THE AMERICAN CRISIS. By a Citizen of the World. 8vo. Flexney, . 2 256 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1777. "The Citizen of the World takes for granted a speedy triumph over the colonists, and accordingly recommends in the strongest terms clemency towards the vanquished." M.R. 23 DR. PRICE S NOTIONS of the nature of civil liberty, shewn to be contradictory to reason and scripture. Becket, . 8vo. " Mr. John Gray, the author of this pamphlet, appears to have bestowed great attention on the several important topics on which the patriotic Dr. Price had given his opinion, and many of his arguments come recom mended by their novelty as well as by the ingenuity with which they are enforced. But while we allow his merit as a politician, we must condemn his asperity." M.R. 24 ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS on the nature and value of civil liberty, and the war with America, &c. By Richard Price, D.D., F.R.S. Cadell, - 8vo. pp. 176. 25 THE CONTRAST; or, strictures on select parts of Dr. Price s Additional Observations, &c. forming a concise state of the present currency ; an impartial view of the trade and govern ment of the kingdom ; the cause and consequences of the war with America; and a sketch of the debts and revenues of France. By A. Charles Dodd. . Fielding,- . 8vo. pp. 56. "A very illiberal and indecent performance." M.R. 26 A LETTER TO THE EARL OF CHATHAM, concerning his speech and motion in the House of Lords, on the memorable 30th of May ; with some observations on the speeches of Lord Gower, the duke of Grafton, &c. To which are subjoined, Reflections on his Majesty s most gracious speech from the throne, and an index to peace with America. . Evans, . 8vo. pp. 54. "A spirited but not very elaborate declamation against Great Britain, in respect of her quarrel with her colonies; and a prophetic denunciation of the most melancholy consequences to the mother country. The author looks upon the Americans as irrecoverably lost to every idea of future de pendence upon the British government." M.R. 27 A LETTER TO THE ENGLISH NATION, on the present war with America; with a review of our military operations in that country; and a series of facts never before published, from which the absolute impossibility of reducing the colonies will Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 257 sufficiently appear, and the folly of continuing the contest be 1777. demonstrated. By an officer returned from that service. ^~ Svo. pp. 59. Corral, . "According to this mutinous officer, nothing remains for us to do but, in the first place, to desist from an attempt in which it is impossible for us to succeed, and in the next place, to bring the authors of all this mischief to condign punishment." M.R. 28 REFLECTIONS on our present critical situation. In a letter from a landed proprietor. . Williams, . Svo. This writer reprobates the war, and predicts nothing but ruin from the event ; and thinks that no time should be lost in coming to an accommo dation with the Americans. 29 REFLECTIONS on the present combination of the American colonies against the supreme authority of the British legis lature, and their claim to independency. By a real friend to legal liberty and the constitution. . Wallis, . Svo. pp. 100. " Such bigoted advocates for the measures of administration will do us no service, nor the rebels any harm." M.R. 30 LETTERS to the high and mighty United States of America. By Integer, candidate for the office of accomptant-general to their Excellencies the Continental Congress. . New York. Svo. pp. 80. " Reprinted in London. A fellow of infinite jest : but we wish him a sub ject better adapted to the proper exertions of humour." M.R. 31 A LETTER from Edmund Burke, esq. one of the representatives in parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr and John Harris, esqs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America. Svo. pp. 75. Dodsley, . 32 AN ANSWER to the letter of Edmund Burke, esq. one of the representatives of the city of Bristol, to the sheriffs of that city. .... Cadell, . Svo. pp. 60. 33 AN ANSWER from the electors of Bristol to the letter of Edmund Burke, esq. on the affairs of America. Svo. pp. 90. Cadell, . 34 AN ADDRESS to Edmund Burke, esq. on his late letter relative s 258 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1777 . to the affairs of America. By Edmund Topham, cornet of ^^ his Majesty s second troop of horse guards. Bew, . Quarto, pp. 27. 35 THOUGHTS ON THE LETTER OF EDMUND BURKE, ESQ. to the sheriffs of Bristol, on the affairs of America. By the earl of Abingdon. ... . Oxford. 8vo. pp. 64. The sixth edition (same year) contains an introduction of ninety-one pages. 36 SECOND THOUGHTS ; or, observations upon Lord Abingdon s thoughts on the letter of Edmund Burke, esq. to the sheriffs of Bristol. By the author of the Answer to Mr. Burke s letter (No. 32.) . . . Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 74. " This writer attacks some eminent characters, particularly Dr. Franklin, with an illiberal severity, for which he deserves the reprehension of every considerate and candid reader." M.R. 37 DIALOGUES in the shades, between General Wolfe, General Montgomery, David Hume, George Grenville, and Charles Townsend. . . . Kearsley, . 12mo, 38 AN UNCONNECTED WHIG S address to the public; upon the present civil war, the state of public affairs, and the real cause of all the national calamities. Kearsley, . 8vo. pp. 80. " Civil war is a disease ; but tyranny is the death of a free state. " The author s motto from Sydney. 39 REMARKS on the conduct of the Opposition, with regard to America ; shewing their inconsistency, by a short review of their own measures. . . Cadell, . Svo. pp. 42. " One of those overheated defenders of government who supposes every man in opposition to have horns and a tail, with all the other ensigns of diabolism." M.R. 40 ESSAYS, commercial and political, on the real and relative in terests of imperial and dependent states, particularly those of Great Britain and her dependencies; displaying the probable cause of, and a mode of compromising, the present disputes between this country and her American colonies, &c. Svo. pp. 147. Newcastle. 4 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 259 "This intelligent writer, with pretensions to great impartiality, is very 1777. severe on the Americans. He is in favour of the independence of New ^^ England, and would make the most of the Southern colonies ; but, rather than lose the whole, proposes that they should be divided with some of the maritime states of Europe/ ^M. R. 41 CONSIDERATIONS addressed to all persons of property in Great Britain, concerning the present disposition of the Americans towards this country. . . Owen, . 8vo. This writer states that, as the Americans are united among themselves, " it is imprudent in Britain to persist in the attempt to reduce, because it is impracticable to effect the reduction of, that extensive country by force/* 42 PEACE THE BEST POLICY : or, reflections on the appearance of a foreign war, the present state of affairs at home, and the commission for granting pardons in America. By Matt. Robinson, M. Almon, . 8vo. pp. 112. Second edition, pp. 59. , l( This patriotic writer does not trouble himself much about systematic arrangement, or classic purity of style ; he abounds with peculiarities and redundances of expression; but his compositions are the productions of a vigorous comprehensive mind, deeply impressed by the subject, and filled with just, bold, liberal, and reflected ideas. M. R. 43 LETTERS occasioned by three dialogues concerning liberty ; wherein the. author s doctrine respecting the state of nature is shewn to be repugnant to nature ; to which are added, re marks on Dr. Price s Additional observations on the nature and value of civil liberty. By Joseph Wimpey. 8vo. pp. 103. Johnson, . 44 REMARKS on the evidence delivered on the petition presented by the West India planters and merchants to the House of Commons, on the 16th of March, 1775, &c. by Mr. Glover, so far as the same respects Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands. By a West India planter. . . Bew, . 8vo. pp. 50. 45 A LETTER to the Rev. Dr. Cooper, on the origin of civil govern ment; in answer to his sermon, preached before the University of Oxford, on the general fast. . Almon, . Svo. pp. 53. 46 AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of facts, relating to the exchange s2 260 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1777. of prisoners taken at the Cedars; supported by the testimonies and depositions of H. M. s officers, with several original letters and papers. Together with remarks upon the report and resolves of the American congress, on that subject. 8vo. pp. 50. Cadell, " These remarks are intended to shew the fallacy of the report of the congress, and to evince the perfidy of that body, in the resolves." M. II. 47 REPONSE A LA DECLARATION du congres Americain. Traduite de 1 Anglois. . . . Cadell, . Svo.pp. 24. A translation of the answer to the Declaration of the American congress. No. 53 of 1776. Probably published by authority. 48 ANECDOTES AMERICAIN ES, ou histoire abregee des principaux evenements arrives dans le nouveau monde, depuis sa decou- verte jusqu a present. Paris. 8vo. By Ant. Hornot. Barbier. 49 RECHERCHES HISTORIQUES ET GEOGRAPHIQUES sur le Nouveau Monde. Par Jean Benoit Scherer. . Paris. 8vo. pp. 350. Map and 8 plates. Copies of this work, with the plates, are uncommon. 50 NOUVEAUX VOYAGES DANS I AMEiiiQUE septentrioiiale, conte- nant une collection de lettres ecrites sur les lieuxparl auteur, a son ami, M. Douin, chevalier, capitaine dans les troupes du roi, cidevant son camarade dans le Nouveau Monde. Par M. Bossu, chevalier, &c. . Amsterdam (Paris.} 8vo. pp. 392, 4 plates. Bossu s account of his two first voyages to Louisiana was printed in 1768 ; after which, he made a third voyage, the account of which is given in this volume : which, not having been reprinted, nor translated into any other language, is a much scarcer work than the former. There are copies with the date of 1778, and with "nouvelle edition" on the title-page, but the edition is the same. 51 MEMOIRES pour servir a 1 histoire de Cayenne et de la Guiane Franchise, dans lesquels ou fait connoitre la nature du climat de cette contree, les maladies, &c. Avec des observations sur 1 histoire naturelle du pays, et sur la culture des terres. Par M. Bajon, chirurgien de 1 Isle de Cayenne, &c. 8vo. 2 vols. Paris. 52 LE GUIDE DU COMMERCE de 1 Amerique, principalement par le Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 261 port de Marseille. Contenant le detail de la decouverte de 1777. 1 Amerique, et de 1 etablissement des Europeens dans cette ^^ partie du monde. Celui des Isles Antilles et de leurs pro ductions. Le recueil des lettres patentes, &c. Ouvrage utile aux negocians qui font ce commerce et aux personnes curi- euses de connoitre 1 histoire de nos colonies. Par M. Ch de Marseille. . . . Marseilles. Quarto, 2 vols. 19 maps and plates. This work (by M. Chambon) appears to have been first published in 1764 ; and again in 1783 ; but are all the same edition, with some variation in the title. ,03 COURIER POLITIQUE ET LITTERAIRE; annonces et avis divers : or French evening post. Externo Robore crescit. London. Quarto. This French journal, which was commenced in the month of May of the pre sent year, had been preceded by the Courier de rEurope, under which title it was continued from June 1778. According to Barbier, it was edited by the Irish abbe, Perkins Mac Mahon, Serres de la Tour, and Theveneau de Morande. The eighteenth volume, apparently the last, was published in 178,5 ; and some of the latter volumes contain contribu tions from the pen of the celebrated Mirabeau. Having been published during the whole course of the American war of independence, one of its principal objects appears to have been that of giving an impartial account of the events which attended it. The copy in my possession, in eighteen volumes, appears to have been preserved with the greatest care by a per son of the name of Renovates, apparently a Spaniard, who had very neat vignette titles made for each volume, executed in India ink, and added the portraits and caricatures, (mostly Dutch,) which appeared at the time. 54 AFFICHES AMERICAINES. Port au Prince. Quarto. De rimprimerie royale. I have in my possession a copy of this French journal, from 1777 to 1783, both inclusive, in seven volumes. As they comprise the greater part of the American war, they contain many interesting articles relating to it which probably are not to be found elsewhere. f>. r > KURZ GEFASSTE NACiiRiciiT von dem etablissemeiit der Salz- burgischen Emigranten zu Ebenezer in der provinz Georgien in Nord America, wie solche auf Verlangen von dem Hrn. Regierungsrath Von Reck zu Ranzau mit getheilet worden. vo. Hamburg. Meusol iii, 1, 391. 262 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1777. 56 GESCHICIITE DER MISSION der evangelischen Brlider auf den Caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix und S. Jan ; he- raurgegeben von Johann Jacob Bossart. . Barbey. 8vo. 2vols. Meusel iii. 2, 70. 57 CHILIDUGU, SIVE RES CHILENSES vel descriptio status turn naturalis, turn civilis, cum moralis regni populique Chilensis, inserta suis locis perfecta ad Chilensem linguam manuductioni, Bernard! Havestadt, &c. Monasterii Westphalia. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. 952. A very valuable and scarce work. It has a map and two plates of music. " The author passed twenty years as a Jesuit missionary in the kingdom of Chili. The main ohject of the work is to promote the knowledge of the Chilian language, which he avers to be as much above all other lan guages, as the Chilian Andes are above the mountains of the rest of the earth. The work is divided into seven parts. The first is a very ample grammar of the Chilian tongue, amounting to near 200 pages. The se cond is a translation into the Chilian tongue of father Forney s Indi-culus Um versalis. The third is a Chilian catechism, in verse and prose. The fourth is an ample vocabulary of the Chilian language. The fifth is a Latin vocabulary, corresponding with the preceding. The sixth contains the music for accompanying the organ, in chanting the poetical cate chism. The seventh is the author s diary of a missionary excursion in the years 1751 and 1752. * N. A. Rev. MDCCLXXVIII. 1 THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, from its discovery by Columbus to the conclusion of the late war. With an appendix, contain ing an account of the rise and progress of the present unhappy contest between Great Britain and her colonies. By William Russell, esq. of Gray s inn. . . London. Quarto, 2 vols. 51 plates. * 2 AN IMPARTIAL HISTORY of the present war in America; con taining an account of its rise and progress, the political springs thereof, with its various successes and disappointments, on both sides. By the Rev. James Murray, of Newcastle. 8vo. 3 vols. portraits. London (Newcastle.) By the author of Sermons to Asses, &c. This work was apparently pub lished in numbers at Newcastle. It has no year on the titles, but the dedication is dated in 1778. The third volume, which brings the history down to the end of the year 1780, ends abruptly, in the middle of a chap- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 263 ter, at p. 332. The first and second volumes are not common, but the 1778. third is particularly rare. No mention is made of this work in any list ^** of the author s publications. 3 TRAVELS THROUGH THE INTERIOR PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1763. By /. Carver, esq. captain of a company of provincial troops during the late war with France. Illustrated with copper-plates. London. 8vo. pp. 544, 2 maps and 4 plates. First edition, dedicated to Joseph Banks, esq. Carver came to England, soon after he returned from his travels, with the intention of publishing his account of them; but when he had already sold the MS. to a book seller, he was ordered by the government to deliver up all his maps and journals ; and it was not until near ten years after that he obtained per mission to publish his work. Although this work was very favorably received, and went through several editions, its author derived but little benefit from it; and in 1780 "a putrid fever supervening a long continued dvsentery, brought on by want, put an end to the life of a man, who, after rendering, at the expence of fortune and health, and the risk of life, many important services to his country, perished through want, in the first city of the world. Lettsom s Life of Carver, prefixed to the third edition of his Travels, 1781. 4 THE AMERICAN ATLAS ; or, a geographical description of the whole continent of America, wherein are delineated at large its several regions, countries, states, and islands, and chiefly the British colonies, (composed from numerous surveys several of which were made by order of government. By Major Holland, Lewis Evans, Wm. Scull, Henry Mouzon, Lt. Ross, J. Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock, &c.) Engraved on 49 copper-plates. By the late Mr. Thomas Jefferys, geographer to the King. London. Atlas Folio. 5 OBSERVATIONS made during a voyage round the world, on phy sical geography, natural history, and ethic philosophy, &c. By John Reinhold Forster, LL.D., F.R.S. &c. Quarto. Robinson, . 6 A LETTER to the right honourable earl of Sandwich, &c. From George Forster, F.R.S. . Robinson, . Quarto, pp. 32. Complaining of the bad treatment the writer and his father had received, after their return from the voyage round the world. 264 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1778. 7 REMARKS on Mr. Forster s account of Captain Cook s last ^^ voyage round the world, in the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. By William Wales, F.R.S. astronomer on board the Resolu tion, &c. . . . Nourse, . Svo. An explanation and defence of certain transactions, stated by Mr. Forster to have occurred during the voyage of the Resolution round the world. 8 REPLY to Mr. Wales s remarks. By George Forster, F.R.S. naturalist on the late voyage round the world, by the king s appointment. . . . White, . Quarto, pp. 53. 9 NEW DISCOVERIES concerning the world and its inhabitants; in two parts, &c. : containing a circumstantial account of all the islands in the South Sea that have been lately discovered, &c. With maps and prints. . Johnson, . Svo. pp. 408. A cheap and judicious account of the discoveries made in the South Seas. 10 A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT of the islands lately discovered in the South Seas. Giving a full detail of the present state of the inhabitants, their government, religion, &c. from the first discovery to the present time, &c. By the Rev. Dr. John Trusler. .... Baldwin, . Svo. "Scanty and unsatisfactory, and not well written." 11 A VOYAGE to California to observe the transit of Venus, with an historical description of the author s route through Mexico. By M. Chappe d Auteroche. Also a voyage to Newfound land and Sallee, &c. By M. de Cassini. Dilly, . Svo. pp. 215. First printed in French at Paris in 1772. 12 A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina ; comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Mississippi, &c. Published by Thomas Hutchins, captain in the 60th regi ment. With an appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy s journal up the Illinois river. . Author. London. Svo. pp. 67, 3 plates. Published in French, at Paris, in 1781. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 265 13 AN ACCOUNT of the sufferings and persecution of John 1778. Champneys, a native of South Carolina, inflicted by order of ^^ congress, for his refusal to take up arms in defence of the arbitrary proceedings carried on by the rulers of the said place. Together with his protest, &c. . Noplace. 8vo. pp. 20. A person similarly situated to the Philadelphia Quakers. See No. 15, 1777. 14 COLLECTION OF PAPERS, that have been published at different times, relating to his Majesty s commissioners, &c. 8vo. pp. 64. New York. 15 THE PRESENT STATE OF THE WEST INDIES: containing an accurate description of what parts are possessed by the several powers of Europe. The materials collected on the spot during the last war by some of the officers of his Majesty s forces, and diligently compared with all authentic narrators. Illustrated with a complete map of the West Indies, done from the latest observations. . Baldwin, . Quarto, pp. 95. 16 LETTERS ON THE AMERICAN WAR. Addressed to the mayor and corporation, and to the worthy burgesses of the town of Kingston upon Hull. By David Hartley, esq. M.P. for Hull. .... Almon, . Quarto, pp. 92. With the author s autograph to each letter. " In these letters Mr. Hartley lays before his constituents the proceedings of the several sessions of this parliament with respect to the American war, in order to prove that whatever deceptions may, from time to time, have heen used, or whatever pretexts may have been held out, coercion, and not reconciliation, was from the very first the secret and adopted plan, and this plan hath ever since been systematically and inflexibly pursued." M.R. 17 THE WEST INDIA MERCHANT. Being a collection of papers, originally published under that signature, in the London Evening Post. With corrections and notes by the author. 8vo. Almon, . Most of these papers were originally published in the year 1766. The main design of the author is to reprobate in every view the American war. 18 A LETTER to the people of America, lately printed at New 266 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1778. York; now republished by an American. With a postscript, ^^ by the editor. Addressed to Sir W H . 8vo. Becket, . (< The author earnestly admonishes and exhorts the revolted Americans to make it up with us ; endeavouring to convince them, by every popular argument, that nothing but immediate reconciliation can save them from destruction." M. R. 19 ANTICIPATION; containing the substance of his M y s most gracious speech to both H s of P 1 t, on the opening of the approaching session : together with a full and authentic account of the debate which will take place in the H e of C s on the motion for the address, and the amendment. With notes. . Becket, . 8vo. pp. 74. Chalmers, speaking of Richard Tickell, says " that which raised him to immediate celebrity was his admirable political pamphlet, called Antici pation ; in which, with the most successful humour, he imitated the man ner of the principal speakers in parliament, and defeated the force of the arguments of the opposition, by pre-occupying them." Biog. Diet. 20 THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION and supplement to the two tracts on Civil Liberty, the War with America, and the Finances of the Kingdom. By Richard Price, D.D., F.R.S". 8vo. pp. 62. . Cadell, . See No. 16 of 1776, and 24 of 1777. It appears that Dr. Price s tracts went through fourteen editions in three months. In this introduction the Doctor says, "we now see a great people likely to be formed, in spite of all our efforts, into free communities, under governments which have no reli gious tests and establishments ! A new sera in future annals, and a new opening in human affairs, beginning among the descendants of Englishmen in a new world ! A rising empire, extending over an immense continent, without BISHOPS, without NOBLES, and without KINGS." 21 THE CASE STATED on philosophical ground, between Great Britain and her colonies, &c. . Kearsley, . 8vo. "The rhapsody of a vehement advocate for the independency of the colo nies, abounding in hard words and unintelligible expressions." M.li. 22 PLAN of reunion between Great Britain and her colonies. 8vo. Murray, . "The plan of an outrageous ministerial politician, blessed with a lively imagination, strong passions, and a plentiful lack of wisdom." M.R. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 267 23 CONSIDERATIONS on the present state of affairs between 1778. England and America. . . Nourse, ~. ^* 8vo. "Against the American war; sensible, not violent in favour of the colonies, but totally against allowing their independency." M.R. By Alexander Dalrymple. 24 A LETTER to the earl of Abingdon, discussing a position rela tive to a fundamental right of the constitution, contained in his lordship s Thoughts on the letter of Edmund Burke, esq. By John Cartwright. . . Almon, . 8vo. By the celebrated patriot, Major Cartwright, in defence of the right of the colonists to freedom in trade. 25 THE MEMORIAL of Common Sense, on the present crisis. 8vo. pp. 29. .. . Almon, " Warmly urges, from a melancholy review of the present situation of our public affairs, a full acquiescence in the American claim of independ ence." M.R. 26 UNANIMITY in all the parts of the British Commonwealth, necessary to their preservation, interest, and happiness, and absolutely depending on the wisdom and spirit with which the present period of time is improved. Addressed to the king, parliament, and people. . W. Davis, . 8vo, 27 THE CONCILIATORY BILLS considered. Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 39. A partial review and defence of the conduct of administration. 28 AN IMPARTIAL SKETCH of the various indulgences granted by Great Britain to the colonies, upon which they have founded their presumption of soaring towards independence. 8vo. Davenhill, . This author is of opinion that long winters, reading, writing, and praying, are great incentives to sedition; for, says he, you ll not meet with a New Englander but has the Bible by heart, and all the laws of his pro vince. From which the Monthly Reviewer infers that " they are well acquainted with their duty to God and the laws of their country, but do not understand one word of unconditional obedience to the parliament of Great Britain." 29 REMARKS upon General Howe s account of his proceedings on 268 Bibliothcca Americana Nova. 1778. Long Island, in the Extraordinary Gazette of October 10th, 1776. .... Fielding, . Svo. pp. 54. By Israel Mauduit, esq. 30 THE SUBSTANCE of General Burgoyne s speeches, &c. on Mr. Vyner s motion, on the 26th of May ; and upon Mr. Hartley s motion, on the 28th of May, 1778. With an appendix, containing General Washington s letter to General Burgoyne, &c. . . . Almon, . Svo. pp. 48. 31 A LETTER to Lord George Germaine, giving an account of the origin of the dispute between Great Britain and the colo nies ; with some remarks on the manner in which the war has been conducted. To which are added, certain terms humbly proposed as a ground-work of a reconciliation. By a gentleman for many years a resident in America. Svo. .... Whieldon, A defence of the measures of the British government, in which the writer recommends that the independency of the Americans should never be ac ceded to. 32 PROPOSALS for a plan of reconciliation and re-union with the thirteen provinces of America, and for an union with the other colonies. By one of the public. . Kearsley, . Svo. " If the author of this pamphlet is not one of the American commissioners, he seems very, very proper to be added to their number. Modesty, per spicuity, an extensive knowledge of the subject, and a love of liberty, characterise these proposals, and render them worthy the serious and candid consideration of every one who wishes w r ell to the British empire." M.R. 33 ADDRESS to the rulers of the state: in which their conduct and measures, the principles and abilities of their opponents, and the real interest of England, with regard to America, and her natural enemies, are freely canvassed. By a friend to Great Britain, .... Bew, , Quarto. " This writer recommends most earnestly an effectual reconciliation with the Americans, by the most ample and unreserved concessions on our part, even the granting them (what they are already in possession of) their favourite independency." M.K. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 269 34 THOUGHTS on the present state of affairs with America, and 1778. the means of conciliation. . Dodsley, . ^~" 8vo. pp. 100. "This very candid author, (William Pulteney, esq.) a member of par liament for Shrewsbury, appears to have written on purpose to prepare our minds for a plan of reconciliation, which, it is much to be appre hended, will come too late to prevent the loss of America. In the appen dix to this pamphlet are some letters written by Dr. Franklin to Gov. Shirley, in 1754, in which the objections of the Americans to being taxed are so fully, ably, and clearly stated, that, as our author says, those who read them with attention, will probably think that hardly anything new has since been suggested on the subject." M.R. 35 AN APPEAL to reason and justice, in behalf of the British con stitution and the subjects of the British empire. In which the present important contest with the revolted colonies is impartially considered, the inconsistency of modern patriotism is demonstrated, the supremacy of parliament is asserted on revolution principles, and American independence is proved to be a manifest violation of the rights of British subjects. To which is added, an appendix, containing remarks on a pamphlet, intitled Thoughts on the present state of affairs with America, by William Pulteney, esq. Nicoll, . Svo. pp. " The writer of this elaborate appeal traverses again the beaten ground of this exhausted controversy, in order to demonstrate the injustice and in gratitude of the rebellious Americans toward their very loving and indul gent parent. He was not probably aware that the pamphlet on which he animadverts has generally been considered as a ministerial production, and the harbinger of conciliatory proposals." M.R. 36 GREAT BRITAIN undeceived in the conduct of government and the views of America. Including occasional strictures on the prevailing sects, a cursory hint for regulating the police of London, and a plan for the speedy termination of the present unhappy contest. In an epistle to the right honourable Lord N * * * *, suggested by the late proposal for an accommo dation. . Cadell, . 12mo. The writer contends for the most determined persecution of the American war, in order, at all hazards, and at whatever expense, to reduce the colonies to unconditional submission. The means he points out are to lay waste, burn, and destroy, through all the coasts of the thirteen 270 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. ] 778. states, but on New England in particular this good Christian soul would ^s*> pour the utmost severity of vengeance ; and Delenda est Bostonia ! is re peatedly sounded in the ears of the noble statesman to whom this burn ing, sinking, and destroying proposal is addressed." M.R. 37 CONSIDERATIONS on the mode and terms of a treaty of peace with America. The second edition. . Dilly, . 8vo. pp. 30. 6d. 38 THE VOICE or THE MINISTRY; being an expostulatory address to an unpopular minister, on occasion of an impolitic war. An original poem, never before published. 8vo. Is. Fielding, . " Good sentiments and bad verse, in defence of the cause of revolted America." M.R. 39 AN EXAMINATION into the conduct of the present administra tion, from the year 1774 to the year 1778. And a plan of accommodation with America. By a member of parlia ment. .... Almon, . 8vo. pp. 69. This writer proposes that the whole force of Great Britain should be em ployed against France. France being subdued, the Americans, he con cludes, will naturally propose such terms of union as could be accepted, without derogating from the national dignity or interest. 40 THE DOMINION of Providence over the passions of men. A sermon preached at Princetown, May 17, 1775, being the general fast appointed by the congress through the united colonies. By John Witherspoon, D.D., &c. 8vo. pp. 44. Fielding, . 41 AN ADDRESS to the natives of Scotland residing in America; being an appendix to a sermon preached at Princetown, on a general fast appointed by the congress. By John Witherspoon, D.D., president of the college at New Jersey. 8vo. pp. 24. Fielding, . Dr. Witherspoon is well known as one of the signers of the declaration of independence, and by numerous other works. 42 REMARKS on an essay intituled The history of the colonization of the free states of antiquity, fyc. By John Syrnonds, LL.D., professor of Modern History in the university of Cambridge. . Payne, . Quarto. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 27 L 43 LETTERS in answer to Dr. Price s two pamphlets on civil 1778. liberty, &c. With remarks on the parliamentary debates of ^^ last session, as they appeared in the newspapers. Also copies of four letters concerning the slavery of the colliers, &c. ad dressed to the members of the House of Commons, in the year 1774. By John Stevenson. . Burnet, . Svo. A defence of the measures of the British government, with respect to America, by a dissenter, in opposition to Dr. Price. 44 PLAIN ENGLISH. A letter to the king. (London.} Svo. pp. xxxvii. and 53. The letter was printed in 1775 , but was not published for fear of displeasing a gentleman to whom the author was under many obligations. The preface was printed in 1778, with the intention of publishing the whole, which, however, was not done, " the author fearing still, after he had written the preface, that the gentleman referred to might still be dis pleased with the publication, notwithstanding that he had declared him self indifferent to its appearing." MS. note. It is principally a reply to Dr. Johnson s Taxation no Tyranny. Signed Sincerus. 45 RECUF.IL DES LOIX CONSTITUTIVES des colonies Angloises, con- federees sous a denomination d Etats Unis de TAmerique Septentrionale. Auquel on a joint les actes d independance, de confederation, & autres actes du congres general, traduit de 1 Anglois. Dedie a M. le Dr. Franklin. 1 2mo. pp. 370. P hiladelpliie (Paris.) The dedication is signed Regnier. 46 LA SCIENCE DU BON HOMME RICHARD, moyen facile de payer les impots. Traduit de 1 Anglois. Philadelphie (Paris.) 12mo. pp. 151. This volume contains also the examination of Dr. Franklin before the British parliament, in 1766. Translated by Dupont de Nemours. The constitution of Pennsylvania, as established in 1776. And the examina tion of Mr. Peun, at the bar of parliament, in 1776. Translated by MM. Quetant and Lecuy. 47 ABRGE DE LA REVOLUTION de I Amerique Angloise, depuis le commencement de 1 annee 1774, jusqu au premier Janvier 1778. Par M. ***, Americain. . . Paris. 12mo. pp. 452. The author, (M. du Buisson, according toBarbier,) says, in his preface, that "the French nation knew so little of the people with whom their sove- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1778. reign had just formed an alliance, that they applied the name of Bostonian v^v^/ to all the inhabitants of the thirteen provinces, when of right it belonged only to those of the province of Massachusetts. At the end of the work is a copy of the treaty with France, which was made in this year. 48 CORRESPONDANCE DE FERNAND CORTES avec 1 Empereur Charles-Quint, sur la conquete du Mexique. Traduite par M. le Vicomte de Flavigny. . . Paris. 12mo. pp. 508. Translated from Lorenzana s edition of the letters of Cortez, printed at Mexico in 1770. 49 TABLEAU HISTORIQUE ET POLITIQUE de Tetat ancien et actuel de la colonie de Surinam, et des causes de sa decadence; par Phelippe Fermin. . . Maestricht. 8vo. pp. 392. Intended as a supplement to the former work of M. Fermin on the same colony. See No. 33 of 1769. 50 RELATION, &c. Par M. de la Condamine, (see 1745,) &c. Nouvelle edition, augmentee de la relation de 1 emeute popu- laire de Cuenca au Perou, et d une lettre de M. Godin des Odonais, contenant la relation du voyage de Madame Godin, son epouse, &c. . . , Maestricht. 8vo. 51 L HISTOIRE DE L AMERIQUE, par M. Robertson. Traduite de FAnglois. ..... Paris. Quarto, 2 vols. Translated by Suard and Jansen. 52 STORIA DI AMERICA del dottore Guglielmo Robertson tradotta dall originale Inglese dall Abate Antonio Pillori, Fiorentino. 8vo. 4 vols. Venezia. The portraits at the beginning of each volume, which the editor speaks of as a recommendation of his edition, are from imagination. 53 NOTICIA DEL ESTABLECIMIENTO v poblacion de las colonias Inglesas en la America septentrional ; religion, orden de go- bierno leyes y costumbres de sus naturales y habitantes ; cali- dades de su clima, terreno, frutos, plantas y animales; y es- tado de su industria, artes, comercio y navigacion. Sacada devarios autores por D. Franco. Alvarez. . Madrid. Small Quarto, pp. 196. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 273 54 TARDES AMERICAN AS: Gobierno gentil y Catolico: breve y 1778. particular noticia de toda la historia Indiana. Sucesos, casos ^"^ notables, y cosas ignoradas, desde la entrada de la Gran Nacion Tulteca a esta tierra de Anahuac, hasta los presentes tiempos. Trabajadas por un Indio y un Espanol. Sacalas a luz El M. R. P. Fr. Joseph Joaquin Granados y Galvez, pre- dicador, &c. y guardian que fue de los conventos de Xiquil- pan, Valladolid, Rio-verde, y custodio de todas sus misiones, &c. ..... Mexico. Quarto. A scarce and curious work relating to the early history of the Mexicans, unknown to Clavigero, and not mentioned by Meusel. 55 REGLAMENTO Y ARANCELES REALES para el comercio libre de Espana a Indias de 12 de Ocmbre de 1778. . Madrid. Folio, pp. 262. MDCCLXXIX. 1 AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the rise and progress of the colonies of South Carolina and Georgia. . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. By Alexander Hewatt, who was for some time a resident at Charlestown, S. C. Probably the Rev. Alex. Hewatt, D.D. the author of two volumes of sermons, printed in 1S03-5. 2 THE HISTORY OF THE WAR IN AMERICA, between Great Britain and her colonies, from its commencement to the end of the year 1778. In which its origin, progress, and operations are faithfully related ; together with anecdotes and characters of the different commanders, and accounts of such personages in congress as have distinguished themselves during the con test. To which is added, a collection of interesting and au thentic papers tending to elucidate the history. In two volumes. . . . . . Dublin. 8vo. " Printed for the company of booksellers." After part of the first chapter of part ii. of this work was printed, the author appears to have changed his mind, and commences anew with another chapter i. and a new paging, leaving the unfinished chapter, apparently to avoid the necessity of re printing the sheet. 274 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1779. 3 HISTORICAL ANECDOTES, civil and military. In a series of letters, written from America, in the years 1777 and 1778, to different persons in England ; containing observations on the general management of the war, and on the conduct of our principal commanders, in the revolted colonies. 8vo. Bew, . "These letters seem to have been written by a zealous North British Loyalist ; who chooses to demonstrate his aversion to the rebels and their cause, by bestowing, most liberally on both, the choicest flowers of scurrility." M.R. 4 THE COMPLEAT PILOT for the Gulf passage, or directions for sailing through the Gulf of Florida, or New Bahama channel, and the neighbouring parts. By Capt. Bernard Romans, Capt. W. Gerard de Brahm, &c. R. Sayer, . 8vo. pp. 60. 5 AUTHENTIC memoirs of Capt. Paul Jones, the American corsair. Containing his numerous exploits and surprising revolutions of fortune in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, &c. By Mr. Theophilus Smart, who escaped from Jones s vessel a few moments before she sunk. . . Hogg, -. Svo. portrait. Probably a fictitious narrative. 6 POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL speculations on the distinguish ing characteristics of the present century; and on the state of legislation, military establishments, finances, and com merce, in Europe ; with occasional reflections on the proba ble effects of American independency. By Mr. Linguet, late of the parliament of Paris. Fielding and Co. . Small Svo. From the Annales Politiques, Civiles et Litteraires du IBme Siecle. 7 THE MARITIME CAMPAIGN of 1778. A collection of all the papers relative to the operations of the English and French fleets. To which are added, strictures on the publication made in France, by order of the ministry, concerning the en gagement on the 27th of July ; illustrated with charts and plans on six copper-plates. By J. M., a lieutenant in the fleet. . . . Faden, . Folio. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 275 8 A FULL VINDICATION of the R. H. General s conduct, against 1779. the attacks of an anonymous libeller; who, in a letter to the *~"~* printer of the London Chronicle, Jan. 28, 1779, stiles himself " a friend to Great Britain." By a Friend to truth. 8vo. General Howe s military operations in America are here ironically de fended. 9 CANDID AND IMPARTIAL NARRATIVE of the transactions of the fleet under the command of Lord Howe, from the arrival of the Toulon squadron on the coast of America, to the time of his lordship s departure for England. With observations by an officer then serving in the fleet. Almon, , 8vo. pp. 44. Praises Lord Howe, and abuses the ministry, particularly Lord Sandwich. 10 A LETTER to the right honourable Lord Viscount H e, on his naval conduct in the American war. Wilkie, . 8vo. pp. 50. Charges Admiral Howe (as his brother, the general, had been charged be fore), with the most palpable and criminal negligence and misconduct, in regard to the prosecution of the American war ; leaving the reader to account for it, if he can, from connexions with opposition at home, from secret favour to the American defection, from views of private interest, or from the co-operation of all these unworthy principles. Supposed to have been written by Joseph Galloway. 11 OBSERVATIONS upon the conduct of S r W m H e at the White Plains; as related in the Gazette of December 30th, 1776. . Bew, - 8vo. pp. 44. By Israel Mauduit, esq. 12 Two LETTERS from Agricola to Sir William Howe ; to which are annexed, by the same author, Political Observations. 8vo. pp. 63. . . . Millidge, . "The author is very severe on Sir William Howe, whom he charges with the most shameful indolence and langour, in the conduct of the American war, which he accuses him of protracting, to the utter distress and igno miny of his country, while possessed of every superiority and advantage for putting a speedy and glorious end to the contest. General Burgoyne comes in for a share of the condemnation here passed on the late com manders of the two British armies in America. Colonel Barre likewise, and other leaders of opposition, are involved in the stream of censure so T 2 276 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1779. liberally poured on all those who appear to the author to have conducted themselves as unprofitable servants of the British commonwealth, with respect to the American revolt, and its consequences, so far as they are already manifested." M.R. i 3 A VIEW of the evidence relative to the conduct of the American war, under Sir William Howe, Lord Viscount Howe, and General Burgoyne ; as given before a committee of the House of Commons, last session of Parliament. To which is added, a collection of fugitive pieces, that are said to have given rise to this important inquiry. 8vo. Richardson, &c. . " Praise is due to the editor of this publication, for the care and attention which he has manifested in digesting- the very important materials of which it is composed. He has introduced them by a proper summary of the contents. He has pointed by marginal notes to the most essential and striking facts, and he has illustrated the evidence of the officers and other gentlemen, by the addition of many occasional remarks and strictures, published as events occurred, and especially by letters from Boston, New York, &c. which contain very pertinent but severe comments on the conduct of our commanders in chief. It is a melancholy retrospect which is here given of our military exploits in attempting to reduce the revolted colonies." M.R. 14 EXAMINATION of Lieut. General the Earl of Cornwallis, be fore the Committee of the House of Commons, upon Sir William Howe s papers. . . Robson, . 8vo. 15 THE EXAMINATION of Joseph Galloway, esq., late speaker of the House of Assembly of Pennsylvania, before the House of Commons, in a committee on the American papers. With explanatory notes. . . Wilkie, . 8vo. pp. 85. "Mr. Galloway was a member of Congress; he came over to the royal army in December, 1776, and continued with it till the evacuation of Philadelphia, in June, 1778; abandoning his estate and property in America, to the value, as he declared to the Committee, of above forty thousand pounds sterling. Besides Mr. Galloway s very important evidence, this pamphlet contains many useful and interesting notes rela- lative to the conduct of the war in America, the situations and move ments of the British troops, the circumstances of the friends to govern ment, the proceedings of the Congress, their adherents, their forces, &c. The result of this examination and inquiry is by no means favourable to the commander of the royal army." M.R. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 277 16 STRICTURES ON THE PHILADELPHIA MISCHIANZA, or triumph 1779. upon leaving America unconquered. With extracts, containing *** the principal part of a letter published in the American Crisis, in order to shew how far the king s enemies think his General deserving of public honours. . Bew, . 8vo. pp. 42. A catchpenny pamphlet, according to the Monthly Review, supposed to be written by Israel Mauduit. Sometime before General Howe left Philadelphia and the command of the army, the officers gave him a splendid and singular entertainment, whicb^ as it consisted of a variety of parts, was called the Mischianza (medley.) It far exceeded anything that had been seen in the Western world, and even rivalled the magnificent exhibitions of that voluptuous monarch, Louis XIV. It was confined to such spectators only as were favoured with tickets of admission, which were decorated with a sun just verging towards the horizon, with this inscription : Luceo descendens aucto splen- dore resurg am. 17 LETTERS to a nobleman, on the conduct of the war in the middle colonies. . . . Wilkie, . Svo. pp. 101, and map. (( ADVERTISEMENT. An attempt has been made in the House of Commons to establish the following propositions. That the revolted colonies are naturally so strong as to be impracticable by war; that their inhabitants are almost universally disaffected to the British government; and that the force sent over to suppress the rebellion has been, by no means, equal to the object. This attempt, as soon as made, appeared to the writer of the following letters to involve several matters of the utmost importance to the nation. It was intended to conceal from the public eye the shameful misconduct of the American war, to place to the account of the adminis tration all the national misfortunes which were founded only in that mis conduct, to prove that the rebellion cannot be suppressed by the force of this country; and, of course, to demonstrate the disgraceful necessity of of suffering two thirds of the British territory to be dismembered by rebellion from the dominion of the state. To prove the reverse of these propositions ; to place the present national danger to the account of those, to whose conduct alone it can be with justice imputed, and to expose to public view an attempt so inconsistent with the safety of the empire is the design of publishing these letters. If the facts stated, and the arguments deduced from them, shall apply to those purposes, the end proposed by the writer will be fully answered." Supposed to be written by Joseph Galloway. 18 CONSIDERATIONS on the American inquiry. Svo. pp. 56. Wilkie, . The inquiry alluded to> is the late parliamentary examination into the pro- 278 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 779. ceedings of the army in America, under the command of General Howe. \^.j^/ The main intent of these Considerations is to prove the falsehood of the assertion, which has been much insisted upon, that "it is impossible to subdue the colonies." 19 A LETTER from Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne to his constituents, on his late resignation; with the correspondence between the secretaries of war and him, relative to his return to America. 8vo. pp. 37. Almon, . After Gen. Burgoyne s surrender to the Americans he was allowed to return to England on parole. Thinking himself ill-treated by the govern ment, and having been appointed a member of parliament for Preston, he joined the Opposition. Whereupon an official order was sent to him, signifying that it was the king s pleasure that he should return to America, and join his captive army. He remonstrated, and was again commanded, and, in consequence, resigned all his civil and military em ployments. He gives an account of his conduct to the public in this letter, in which he inveighs with bitter acrimony against the ministers of his Royal master. The two following answers were published soon after its appearance : 20 A LETTER to General Burgoyne, on his letter to his consti tuents. . . . Becket, . 8vo. pp. 35. " Instead of the liberal manner of a gentleman, this writer attacks Mr. Burgoyne with the ferocity of one of his own savages, reeking and hot from the murder of poor Miss Macray." M.R. 21 A REPLY to Lieutenant General Burgoyne s letter to his con stituents. .... Wilkie, . 8vo. pp. 46. "This writer merits commendation, for the decent and candid strain in which he writes. He does not, like the general s antagonist above men tioned, assail with a blunted tomahawk. He cuts up like a skilful sur geon, and dissects his subject with the dexterity of an able anatomist." M.R. 22 A BRIEF EXAMINATION of the plan and conduct of the Northern expedition in America, in 1777; and of the surrender of the army under the command of Gen. Burgoyne. 8vo. pp. 52. Hookham, . 23 CONSIDERATIONS upon the French and American war. In a letter to a member of parliament. Almon, 8vo. " If this correspondent with a member of the British Parliament, is himself a member of the American Congress, he writes as might be expected from his character and connexions. He believes from his heart that the pro- Bib Hot he ca Americana Nova. 279 secution of the war will be attended with the ruin and downfall of this 1779. country." M.R. v- ^ / ^ / 24 CONSIDERATIONS on the present state of public affairs, and the means of raising the necessary supplies. By William Pulteney, esq. . . . Dodsley, . Svo. 25 A PROPOSAL for peace between Great Britain and North America; upon a new plan. In a letter to Lord North. By D. M. Knight. Svo. Mr. Knight proposes that the Americans should be acknowledged a free and independent people, and that GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES should be received by them as their sovereign lord and chief. 26 A SHORT HISTORY of the Opposition, during the last session of Parliament. . . . Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 58. Rather a picture than a history, and that picture a carricature; in which the anti-ministerial party makes but an awkward and scurvy appearance. 27 OBSERVATIONS on a pamphlet intitled A short history of Oppo sition, fyc. To which is prefixed, an address to Messrs. Wedderburn, Gibbon, and Macpherson. By a member of Parliament. . . W. Davis, . Svo. " The gentlemen whose names are mentioned in the title-page of this pamphlet have been severally given, by report, as the writers of the Short history ; but our observer fixes the performance on Mr. Macpherson, the celebrated editor of Ossian s Poems, and he, probably, is not a bad guesser, but still it is only guess-work. M.R. 28 A SHORT DEFENCE of the Opposition ; in answer to a pamphlet intitled A short history of the Opposition. Almon, . Svo. pp. 80. A serious, candid, and solid refutation of the Short History. 29 ADMINISTRATION dissected. In which the grand national culprits are laid open for the public inspection. Svo. Barker, . "A review of the present circumstances and situation of Great Britain, so far as both have been obviously affected by the conduct of government, since the commencement of the unfortunate war with the American colo nies." M.R. 280 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1779. 30 LETTERS of Papinian; in which the conduct, present state, and prospects of the American Congress are examined. 8vo. New York. Reprinted in London. According to the account of this writer, the conduct of the Congress has been altogether Machiavelian, tyrannical, and wicked; their present state is desperate, and their prospects present them only with scenes of wretchedness and irretrievable ruin. 31 OBSERVATIONS on American independency. Edinburgh. 8vo. "A North British publication in favour of American independency; which the writer supposes, on commercial principles, to be the most advan tageous ground on which we can settle our differences with the revolted colonies." M.R. 32 REMARKS on the rescript of the court of Madrid, and the manifesto of the court of Versailles. In a letter to the people of Great Britain. To which is added, an appendix, contain ing the rescript, the manifesto, and a memorial of Dr. Franklin to the court of Versailles. Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 91. " The very ingenious and spirited author of these remarks observes, in his preface, that the rescript and manifesto, above mentioned, are intended to work upon the understandings and affections of four distinct classes of men: the rulers of other states, the subjects of their own dominions, his Majesty s rebellious subjects in America, and his loyal subjects in every part of his dominions. In pointing out to his countrymen the insolence of style, the fallacy of argument, and the grossness of misrepresentation, which strongly mark both these papers, the remarker employs the united force of reason and ridicule, aided by the powers and embellishments of oratory." M.R. 33 A FULL ANSWER to the King of Spain s last manifesto, respect ing the Bay of Honduras and the Mosquito Shore; in which all the accusations brought against the subjects of Great Britain settled in the bay of Honduras, and against the ancient British settlements in the free and independent do minions of the Mosquito Shore, are candidly stated and refuted; and the importance of the Mosquito Shore to Great Britain delineated and ascertained. . Cadell, . 8vo. A very sensible and spirited refutation of the king of Spain s manifesto, as far as regards the subjects mentioned in the title-page. The author, however, zealously presses our perseverance in carrying on the ruinous Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 281 and (in the opinion of many well-informed people) hopeless war in 1779. America. ^^ 34 OBSERVATIONS on the answer of the King of Great Britain to the Manifesto, $c. of the court of Versailles. By an Inde pendent Whig. . . Fielding . Quarto. "The Independent Whig is a vehement advocate for the cause of the re volted colonies; whose independency he treats as a matter of establish ment as just as it is certain." M.R. 35 GENTINE ABSTRACTS from two speeches of the late Earl of Chatham ; and his reply to the Earl of Suffolk. With some introductory observations and notes. Dodsley, . 8vo. 36 THE REPORT OF A CONSTITUTION or form of government for the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Agreed upon by the committee, to be laid before the convention of delegates, assembled at Cambridge, on the first day of September, A.D. 1779; and continued by adjournment to the 28th day of October following. . . Boston, . Quarto, pp. 50. 37 THE GREEN BOX of Monsieur de Sartine, found at Mademoi selle Du 7 he s lodgings. From the French of the Hague edition; revised and corrected by those of Leipsic and Amsterdam. . . . Becket, . 8vo. A satirical work from the ludicrous pen of Mr. Tickell, author of Anticipa tion. The following is the supposed original of this pamphlet. 38 LA CASSETTE VERTE de Monsieur de Sartine, trouvee chez Mademoiselle du The. Sixieme edition, revue & corrigee sur celles de Leipsic et d Amsterdam. . A la Haye. Svo. pp. 76. 39 LETTRES d un membre du Congres Ameriquain, a divers mem- bres du Parlement d Angleterre. . A Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 108. " Se trouve a Paris chez 1 auteur, maison de M. Bertin." By M. Vincent, of Rouen. Barbier. 40 MEMOIRE sun LA NAVIGATION dans la Mer du Nord depuis le 63 e degre de latitude vers le Pole, & depuis le 10 au 100 e degre 282 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1779. de longitude. Avec une nouvelle carte sur cette etendue. Par M. le B. E. . . . A Berne. Quarto, pp. 29, and map. By the Bailly d Engel. 41 HISTORIA CORO-GTIAPHICA, natural y evangelica de la Nueva Andalucia, provincias de Cumana, Guayana, y vertientes del Rio Orinoco. Por el M. R. P. Fr. Antonio Caulin, etc. Folio; map, and 3 plates. (Madrid.) The author was several years a missionary in the countries which he describes. There are copies of this work on large paper. 42 DE FRiMORDiis CIVITATUM oRATio. In qua agitur de bello civili inter M. Britanniam & Colonias nunc flagranti, &c. i.e. An oration concerning the origin of states, in which the author treats of the civil war between Great Britain and her colonies. By James D unbar, professor of philosophy in the King s College, Aberdeen. . . Cadell, . Quarto. Monthly Review, July 1779. MDCCLXXX. 1 POLITICAL ANNALS of the present united colonies, from their settlement to the peace of 1763. Compiled chiefly from records, and authorised often by the insertion of state papers. By George Chalmers, esq. Book I. . London. Quarto. " This work is so valuable on account of the distinctness of its detail, the authenticity of its documents, and the elegant manner in which it is written, that it is with concern we remark, throughout the narrative, the most studied application of every fact, which will admit of it, to the vin dication of a principle, as warmly contradicted by one party, as it is strenuously asserted by another, the right of the British parliament to tax America. Taking for granted principles which many will be disposed to contest, that a series of precedents is of itself a sufficient foundation of legality, and that it is conclusive to argue from the manner in which the colonies were treated in their infancy, to that in which they ought to be treated in their maturity, he takes every occasion which the history affords him of maintaining this right; and thus, in indulging the warmth of political disputation, he loses the dignity of history." M.R. 2 AN IMPARTIAL HISTORY of the war in America, between Great Britain and her colonies, from its commencement to the end Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 283 of the year 1779; exhibiting; a circumstantial, connected, and 1780. complete account of the causes, rise, and progress of the war, *<** interspersed with anecdotes and characters of the different commanders; and accounts of such personages in congress as have distinguished themselves during the contest. With an appendix, containing a collection of interesting and au thentic papers, tending to elucidate the history. Illustrated by a variety of copper-plates. . Faulder, . 8vo. " A work, far from being an impartial history, collected from the most common sources of information, and put together without any traces of the hand of an eminent master." M.R. 3 THE HISTORY of the civil war in America, Vol. I. Compre hending the campaigns of 1775, 1776, and 1777. By an officer of the army. . . Sewell, . 8vo. The author said to be Capt. Hall, of General Howe s regiment- It is rather a vindication of the measures of the mother-country, and conse quently an utter condemnation of the Americans, than a fair and equal representation. No more than this volume was published. 4 THE POLITICAL MAGAZINE, and parliamentary, naval, military, and literary journal, for the year MDCCLXXX. Bevv, . 8vo. This work appears to have been published in the tory interest, in opposi tion to Almon s Remembrancer. It was continued down to the year 1790. " Contains many documents, anecdotes, &c. connected with the revolutionary war, not to be found elsewhere." Col. Aspinwall s catalogue. 5 THE COMPLEAT PILOT for the Windward passage, or directions for sailing through the several passages to the eastward of Jamaica. By Captain Hester, Mr. Bishop &c. To which are added, the reports and descriptive instructions of the commanders sent by the French government to explore the Windward passages in 1753 and 1755; now first translated into English. . . R. Sayer, . 8vo. pp. 82. 6 AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the Virgin Islands in the West Indies, from their being settled by the English near a century past, to their obtaining a legislature of their own, in the year 284 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1780. 1773; and the lawless state in which his Majesty s subjects in those islands have remained since that time to the present. By George Suckling, esq. . White, 8vo. The descriptive part of this performance is very brief, the historical detail is more ample ; but the main design of the publication bears reference immediately to the affairs of the author, who was chief justice of the islands in question. 7 A MEMORIAL most humbly addressed to the Sovereigns of Europe, on the present state of affairs between the Old and New World. . . . Almon, . 8vo. This pamphlet, (by Gov. Pownal,) which presupposes the independence of America, the editor says, was written by a gentleman lately deceased, who, from some misfortune in his personal relations, left England, and took up his residence in the Azores. It is, according to the Monthly Review, written with so much clearness of information and strength of argument, that it is probably the work of some eminent master, who chooses to conceal himself behind a peculiar style, and a fictitious tale. 8 A STATE OF THE EXPEDITION from Canada, as laid before the House of Commons by Lieutenant General Burgoyne, and verified by evidence; with a collection of authentic docu ments, and an addition of many circumstances which were prevented from appearing before the House by the proroga tion of Parliament. Written and collected by himself, and dedicated to the officers of the army he commanded. Quarto, pp. 140 and 63, 6 maps. "General Burgoyne writes well: his very interesting story is told in a masterly manner, and the materials of which it is composed will be held in great estimation by the historians who shall record the events of the unhappy war to which they owe their birth. M.R. 9 REMARKS on General Burgoyne s State of the expedition from Canada. .... Wilkie, . 8vo. A criticism of the foregoing in defence of the ministry. 10 A LETTER to Lieutenant General Burgoyne, occasioned by a second edition of his State of the expedition from Canada. 8vo. Kearsley, . The great object of this letter is to defend Lord G. Germaine, and govern ment in general, from the charges brought against them, in the Prefatory Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 285 speech to the state of the expedition. The general is attacked with great 1780. severity, and Sir William Howe comes in for a share of the author s keen. \^,.w animadversions. 11 A SUPPLEMENT to the State of the expedition from Canada; containing General Burgoyne s orders, respecting the prin cipal movements and operations of the army, to the raising of the siege of Ticonderoga. . Becket, . Quarto. 12 A CANDID EXAMINATION of the mutual claims of Great Britain and the colonies; with a plan of accommodation, on consti tutional principles. By the author of Letters to a nobleman on the conduct of the American war. Wilkie, . 8vo. First printed in New York in 1775. " The author, it is supposed, is Mr. Galloway, late a member of Congress, and a convert to the British government. M.R. 13 AN ESSAY on the interests of Great Britain, in regard to America ; or, an outline of the terms on which peace may be restored to the two countries. . Sewell, . 8vo. " After expatiating, with good sense, on the impolicy of our continuing the war in North America, the author proceeds to enumerate the terms on which a happy union between the two countries might be effected ; and which, he says, lie is well assured would be received by America," M.R. 14 THE DETAIL AND CONDUCT of the American war, under Generals Gage, Howe, Burgoyne, and Vice-Admiral Lord Howe. With a very full and correct state of the whole of the evidence, as given before a Committee of the House of Commons ; and the celebrated fugitive pieces, which are said to have given rise to that important inquiry. The whole ex hibiting a circumstantial, connected, and complete history of the real causes, rise, progress, and present state of the American rebellion. The third edition. 8vo. Richardson, . " This is a new and much enlarged and improved edition of A view of the evidence, &c. (see No. 13, 1779.) The author is rather violent in ex pressing his resentment against the revolted Americans, the minority party at home, and some of the commanders mentioned in the title-page, particularly the Howes ; but he appears to be a well informed writer and a judicious compiler." M.R. 286 Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. 1780. l^ THE NARRATIVE of Lieutenant General Sir William Howe, in a Committee of the House of Commons, on the 29th of April, 1779, relative to his conduct during his late command of the king s troops in North America. To which are added, some observations upon a pamphlet intitled Letters to a nobleman. Quarto. Almon, . " Sir William s vindication now appears ; and candour must acknowledge that it is not a feeble attempt to rescue the general s reputation from the obloquy thrown upon it, not only by the author of the letters (to Joseph Galloway, esq.), but many other writers, who had joined in the cry against the noble commander." 16 A REPLY to the observations of Lieutenant General Sir William Howe, on a pamphlet intitled Letters to a nobleman, in which his misrepresentations are detected, and those Letters are supported by a variety of new matter and argument. To which is added, an appendix, containing: i. A letter to Sir William Howe, upon his strictures on Mr. Galloway s private character, u. A letter from Mr. Kirk to Sir William Howe, and his answer, in. A letter from a committee to the pre sident of the Congress, on the state of the rebel army at Valley Forge, found among the papers of Henry Laurens, esq. By the author of Letters to a nobleman. 8vo. pp. 149. Wilkie, - Mr. Galloway s defence of his own character and conduct, against Sir William Howe. 17 THREE LETTERS to Lord Viscount Howe. To which are added, remarks on the attack at Bunker s Hill. Wilkie, . 8vo. " These letters contain many strong articles of impeachment of the conduct of Lord and Sir William Howe, during their command in America. The particulars are too well known, and the silence of the noble brothers is, by many, considered as a strong presumption that the charge implied in them is not to be answered." M.R. 18 PLAIN TRUTH; or, a letter to the author of Dispassionate thoughts on the American war. In which the principles and arguments of that author are refuted, and the necessity of carrying on that war clearly demonstrated. By the author of Letters to a nobleman, fyc. and Cool thoughts, Sfc. 8vo. Wilkie, 3 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 287 " Another of the numerous pamphlets of Mr. Galloway, wherein he strongly j 780. recommends a spirited prosecution of the war, in which he has not the v^.^/ least doubt of the complete success of the British arms; and he points out the policy by which America may be firmly and perfectly united with Great Britain. M.R. 19 OCCASIONAL LETTERS on taxation; on the means of raising the supplies within the year, to answer the expenses of a ne cessary war ; and on such means as would probably tend to secure Great Britain, and its natural dependencies, the bless ings of peace, on a durable system. By an Independent man. .... Dodsley, . 8vo. l< These letters contain some judicious observations on the exigences of the times, and the subject of finance. Much is also urged on the expediency and necessity of a speedy and cordial re-union with America, for which the writer argues with zeal, but on moderate and liberal principles." M.R. 20 COOL THOUGHTS on the consequences to Great Britain of American independence, on the expense of Great Britain in the settlement and defence of the American colonies ; and on the value and importance of the American colonies and the West Indies to the British empire. Wilkie, . 8vo. "The intention of this tract is to shew the ruinous consequences to Great Britain of acknowledging the independence of the American colonies, written in a decent and dispassionate, though very earnest and serious strain." M.R. Supposed to be by Joseph Galloway. 21 DISPASSIONATE thoughts on the American War; addressed to the moderate of all parties. . Wilkie, . 8vo. "The advice given by this moderate and judicious writer is, that we should immediately relinquish the American war, as a scheme not only imprac ticable but impolitic, and turn our whole national strength against the House of Bourbon. He does not seem to be a party man, but if he leans any way, it is toward administration." M.R. 22 HISTORICAL and political reflections on the rise and progress of the American rebellion. In which the causes of that re bellion are pointed out, and the policy and necessity of offer ing to the Americans a system of government founded in the principles of the British constitution, are clearly demonstrated. 288 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1780. By the author of Letters to a nobleman on the conduct of the American war. . . Wilkie, . 8vo. " The writer is supposed to be Joseph Galloway, esq. author also of A letter to Lord Howe, Cool Thoughts, &c. His zeal for a solid re-union of the two countries is as laudable as it is warm, and seems to be really founded in his sincere wishes for the permanent welfare and happiness of all parties." M.R. 23 OBSERVATIONS on the opinion of Mr. George Rons, lately de livered in the House of Commons, that the crown can give independence to America without the assent of Parlia ment. 8vo. Kearsley, . " A feeble comment on an able performance. Both the commentator and his original consider the independence of the American States as a question upon which Great Britain ought to decide, from motives, not of justice, but of policy, not of right, but of power." M.R. 24 A PLAN of articles of perpetual union, commerce, and friend ship, between Great Britain and her American colonies; founded on the solid basis of justice, and proposed as a me dium between the claims of total independence on the one hand, and those of legal subjection on the other. 8vo. Johnson, . " A very well intentioned writer, who proposes to split the difference in the dispute between Great Britain and the colonies." M.R. 2,5 NATHAN TO LORD NORTH. . Wilkie, . 8vo. pp. 59. 26 A CONSTITUTION, or frame of government, agreed upon by the delegates of the people of the State of Massachusetts Bay, in convention, begun and held at Cambridge, on the first of September, 1779; and continued, by adjournments, to the second of March, 1780. Revised and corrected. Boston. 8vo. pp. 43. See No. 36 of 1779. 27 THE CANDID RETROSPECT; or, the American war examined by Whig principles. . . Charlestown. Small 8vo. pp. 28. Reprinted in New York. 28 PROCEEDINGS OP A BOARD OF GENERAL AFFAIRS, held by order Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 289 of H. E. Gen. Washington, Commander-in-chief of the army 1780. of the United States of America, respecting Major John v *" w Andre, Adjutant-general of the British army, September 29, 1780. .... Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 21. A very interesting pamphlet, published by order of the American Congress, containing the official account of the proceedings against the unfortunate Major Andre. 29 A SHORT HISTORY of the last session of Parliament, with remarks. .... Almon, . . Svo. pp. 99. 30 To the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade and Plantations! THE REPLY OF H. M. s SUBJECTS, the principal inhabitants of the Mosquito Shore, to the printed pamphlet, entitled, The Defence of Robert Hodgson, Esq. late superintendent of the Mosquito Shore, &c. . . . London. Svo. pp. 144. Privately printed for the use of the parties concerned. 31 A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE, addressed to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in the presence of a respec table audience, &c. By James Bowdoin, Esq. President of said Academy. .... Boston. Svo. pp. 35. 32 A POETICAL EPISTLE to H. E. George Washington, Esq. Commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States of America, from an inhabitant of the State of Maryland. To which is annexed, a short sketch of General Washington s life and character. . . Dilly, Quarto, pp. 24, portrait. First printed at Annapolis, in Maryland, in 1779. Reprinted in London, " for the charitable purpose of raising a few guineas to relieve in a small measure the distresses of some hundreds of American prisoners, now suffering confinement in the gaols of England." Preface. 33 NEPTUNE AMERICO-SEPTENTRIONAL ; contenant les cotes, isles et banes, les baies, ports et mouillages, et les sondes des mers de cette partie du monde, depuis le Greenland in- clusivement jusques et compris le Golfe du Mexique avec les isles de sous-le-vent et du vent, accompagnes de plans par- u 290 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1780. ticuliers des ports les plus frequentes, ou recueil de cartes ^ ^ hydrographiques, a 1 usage des vaisseaux du Roi, redige d apres les cartes frar^oises et etrangeres les plus estimees. Rectifie d apres des plans marmscrits authentiques, et assu- jetti aux observations astronomiques. Dresse an depot gene ral des cartes, plans, et journaux de la marine, et publie par ordre du Roi. .... Paris. Atlas folio. A collection of very beautiful charts of the coast of North America, with plans of the ports, harbours, &c. published on separate sheets, between 1778 and 1780, for the use of the French navy. 34 HISTOIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE ET POLITIQUE des etablissemens et du commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes. Par Guillaume Thomas Raynal. . . Geneve. Quarto, 4 vols. and atlas. Another edition. . . . . ib. 8vo. 10 vols. and atlas in 4to. As this work could not be published in Paris, the Abb6 Raynal caused three copies to be printed there, one of which he sent to Geneva, from which the present edition was printed. It is stated by Grimm that more than one third of this work was written by Diderot. According to Barbier, a number of other persons were concerned in it, particularly Holbach, Pechmeja, Paulze, Dutasta, Deleyre, the Abbe Martin, and Counts Aranda and de Souza. The Biographie Universelle (art. Raynal) says that the production of so many hands must necessarily be a bad book ; and that, besides the assistance derived from other persons, whole pages were copied from other works without any acknowledgment. A decree was issued by the parliament of Paris, May 21, 1781, against the author and his book, which obliged him to leave France. " That this history is written in an animated style, and that it contains many just reflections, both political and philosophical, is known to all Europe ; for it has been translated into every European language. Its beauties, how ever, are deformed by many sentiments that are irreligious, and by some that are impure." Chalmers. 35 HJSTOIRE DU PARAGUAY sous les Jesuites et de la Royaute qu ils y ont exercee pendant un siecle et demi ; ouvrage, qui renferme des details tres interessans et qui peut servir de suite a VHistoire Philosophique et Politique des etablissemens des Europeens dans les deux Indes. Orne d une grande carte du Paraguay, du Chili, &c. Amsterdam. 8vo. 3 vols. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 291 This work appears to have been taken principally from the " Coleccion de 1780 Documentos, fyc. (No. 26 of 1768,) comprising a translation of nearly the ^^/ whole of the fourth volume of that work. 36 LE DESTIN DE I/AMERIQUE, ou dialogues pittoresques dans lesquels ou developpe la cause des evenemens actuels, la politique et les interets des puissances de 1 Europe relative- ment a cette guerre, et les suites qu elle devroit avoir pour le bonheur de rhumanite, traduit fidelement de 1 Anglois. Small 8vo. pp. 106. Written by M. Cerisier. Barbier. Said in the preface to be translated from the fourth English edition. 37 NOUVELLES CONSIDERATIONS sur Saint Domingue, enreponsea celles de M. H. D. Par M. D. B. . Paris- 8vo. 2 parts. An answer to M. Milliard D Auberteuil by M. Du Buisson. Barbier. -See Considerations, $fc. 1776. 38 RIFLESSIONI IMFARZIALI sopra 1 Umanita degli Spagnuoli nell Indie contr i pretesi filosofi e politici per servire di lume alle storie de Signori Raynal et Robertson, del Sig Abbate D. Giovanni Nuix. . . Venezia. 8vo. There are two Spanish translations of this work, defending the humanity of the Spaniards towards the natives of America, one published at Madrid, in 1782, the other at Cervera, in 1783. " The author would have ren dered a more important and honorable service to the Spaniards, if, instead of endeavouring to disculpate them from calumnies, not entirely without foundation, he had manifested to foreigners the useful measures which the Spanish Ministry were taking to remedy the abuses of their colonial government." Semper e, Biblioteca. 39 LETTERE AMERICANS di Gianrinaldo Conte Carli. 8vo. 2 vols. Cosmopoli (Florence.) Reprinted in 1781 at Cremona, in 3 volumes, with some additions by Giuseppe Bianchi. A German translation was published in 1785, and one in French in 1788. These letters originated in a correspondence of Carli with his cousin, the Marquis Gravisi, in 1777 and 1779. In the first part, the author describes the manners and customs of the Americans before their country was discovered by the Europeans. He refutes, on every point, the paradoxes of Pauw. The second part is hypothetical ; its object being to discover at what epoch the people of the Atlantide (that large continent which has disappeared in some general commotion of the globe,) might have had communication with America on one side, u2 292 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1780. and with Europe on the other, which would alone explain the resem blance of certain ancient civil and religious customs and traditions com mon to the two continents." Gingutnte, in the Biog. Univ. 40 STORIA ANTICA DEL MESSICO cavata da migliori storici Spag- nuoli, e da manoscritti, e dalle pitture antiche degl Indian! : divisa in dieci libri, e corredata di carte geografiche, e di varie figure : e dissertazioni sulla terra, sugli animali, e svigli abitatori del Messico. Opera dell Abate D. Francisco Saverio Clavigero. . . . Cesena. Quarto, 4 vols. plates. Clavigero was horn 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 import ant 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 6 sia storia naturale, civile, e sacra de regni e delle provincie Spagnuole di terra firma nelF America Meridionale descritta dall Abate Filippo Salvadore Gilii e consecrata alia santita di N. S. Papa Pio sesto felice- mente regnante. .... Roma. 8vo. 4 vols. Tomo I. Delia storia geografica e naturale della prov a dell Orinoco, 1780. II. : De costumi degli Orinochesi, 1781. III. Della religione e delle lingue degli Orinochesi e di altri Ameri- cani, 1782. IV. Stato presente di terra ferma, 1784. The author w r as one of the Jesuits banished from America, with the rest of his order, in 1767. Charles III. honoured him with a pension, for having, in this work, "vindicated the Spanisli nation and government from the calumnies of foreigners." 42 COMTENDIO DE LA YsTORiA GENERAL del origeii, viajes y monarquia de los Indios dc la America Septentrional fundada sobre las mejores noticias que se hallan de el Nuebo Mundo, donde manifiesta la Ystoria Indiana a la Espafia los sucesos de sus peregrinaciones y casos mas memorables asta el estado presente. Por Josef Giraldo, grabador de laminas, etc. . . . . . Madrid. Small 4to. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 293 This work consists merely of six plates, representing the nncient history of j 739. the Mexicans, with an engraved account at the bottom of each, of their ^^ emigrations, &c. A work of no sort of authority. 43 *BESCIIREIBUNG DES PORTUGIESISCIIEN AMERIKA vom Pedro Cudena ; ein Spanisches manuscript in der Wolfenblittelschen bibliothek, herausgegeben vom Herrn Hofrath Lessing ; An- mcrkungen und Zusatzen 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 infor mation respecting that part of America to which it relates. Biog. Uitiv. 44 SELECTARUM STIRPIUM AMERICANARUM HISTORIA, in qua ad Linnseanum systema determinate, descriptrcque sistuntur plantee illce, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, S. Domingo, aliisque et in vicinee continents parte, observavit rariores, Nic. Jos. Jacquin ; adjectis iconibus ab authoris archetypo pictis. ..... Vienna. Large folio, pp. 137. This splendid work consists of 261 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. A GENERAL HISTORY of Connecticut, from its first settlement under George Fenwick, esq., to its latest period of amity with Great Britain ; including a description of the country, and many curious and interesting anecdotes. To which is added, an Appendix, wherein new and the true sources of the present rebellion are pointed out ; together with the particular part taken by the people of Connecticut in its promotion. By a Gentleman of the province. . . Bew, . Svo. 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 294. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1781. containing " so many marks of party spleen and idle credulity, as to be ^v*> 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 Cohos, " 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 Brigadier- general 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. 8vo. pp. 182. Said to be by Geo. Cookings. " 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 4 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 295 the volume is the Journal of a voyage in 1775, to explore the coast of 1781. America, northward of California, by the second pilot of the fleet, Don v*v*/ Francisco Antonio Maurelle, in the king s schooner called the Sonora, com manded by Don Juan Francisco de la Bodega : with a map. 6 A GENERAL ACCOUNT of the calamities occasioned by the late tremendous hurricanes and earthquakes in the West India islands, foreign as well as domestic. With the petitions to, and resolutions of the House of Commons, in behalf of the sufferers, &c. ; carefully collated from authentic papers. By Mr. Fowler. . . . Stockdale, . . 8vo. 7 A HISTORY of Jamaica and Barbadoes, with an authentic account of the lives lost, and the damage sustained in each island, by the late hurricanes. To which is prefixed, a sermon, preached on the melancholy occasion, at St. Clement s, Lombard street. Quarto. Davenhill, . 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 lived there ten years. . . Nicoll, . 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 advan tageous peace. . . . Murray, . Quarto. 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 Indies; with a new and successful manner of treating it. By Benjamin Mosely, surgeon, at Kingston, in Jamaica. . Jamaica. 8vo. Reprinted, in London, for Becket, The author s mode of cure is by tho most active sudorifics. 296 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 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, con taining a short address to military gentlemen, on the means of preserving health in the West Indies. . Dilly, . 12mo. The author signs himself " John Hollo, 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. By Thomas Dancer, M.D., physician to the troops on that service, .... Jamaica. Quarto. 14 A TRANSLATION of the Memorial to the Sovereigns of Europe, upon the present state of affairs between the Old and the New World, into common sense and intelligible English. 8vo. .... Stockdale, . The original Memorial (see No. 7, 1780), by Gov. Pownall, was written in quaint and rather obscure language, but the importance of the matter induced the present author to " clothe it in a more easy, natural, and becoming dress." Gov. Pownall says that his ideas have been entirely misrepresented in this work. 15 THE PATRIOTIC MIRROR; or, the salvation of Great Britain in embryo. . . . Faulder, . 8vo. A violent invective against the Opposition, the diabolical congress, the republicans, the American commanders, lee-shore admirals, &c. all in the usual low, intemperate style of the common run of pamphleteers and newspaper politicians. 16 A REPLY TO THE OBSERVATIONS of Lieut. Gen. Sir William Howe, &c. By the author of Letters to a Nobleman. The second edition, with additions. . Wilkie, . 8vo. pp. 157. See No. 16 of 1780. 17 LETTERS from Cicero to Cataline the Second. With correc- Bibliotheca Americana Nova 297 tions and explanatory notes. . Bew, . 1781. 8vo. ^^ Mr. Galloway, under the name of Cicero, attacks the Hon. C. J. Fox (Cataline the Second), and the leaders of the Opposition, with the view of exposing them to the scorn and indignation of the public. 18 A LETTER to Cicero, Lucius Cataline, the American deputy ; with two letters in defence of the present and more general association of Protestants in England, &c. 8vo. Stockdale, . A zealous friend to religious and civil liberty, but a very indifferent writer, who attacks Mr. Galloway with much asperity, stigmatizing him as a " traitor, who has quitted one injured country to injure another." 19 A LETTER from Cicero to the R. H. Lord Viscount H e, occasioned by his late speech in the House of Commons. 8vo. Bew, . Mr. Galloway here accuses Lord Howe, and his brother Sir William, of having most flagrantly, shamefully, and wickedly betrayed the trust reposed in them, in the command of the British naval and land forces in America. 20 FREE THOUGHTS on the continuance of the American war, and the necessity of its termination. Addressed to the inhabitants of Great Britain. By a Gentleman of Lincoln s Inn. .... Payne, . Svo. pp. 22. 21 THE TRIAL of Lieut. Col. Thomas, of the first regiment of Foot Guards, on a charge exhibited by Lieut. Col. Cosmo Gordon, for aspersing his character, by accusing him of neglect of duty before the enemy, as commanding officer of the first battalion of Guards, on the 23d of June, 1780, near Springfield, in the Jerseys ; containing the whole proceedings of a general court martial, held at New York on the 16th of September last, &c. Ridley, . Svo. pp. 118. 22 THREE LETTERS to Lieutenant-General Sir William Howe, with an Appendix. . . Wilkie, . Svo. pp. 48, and map. 23 THREE LETTERS to Lord Viscount Howe, with remarks on the attack at Bunker s Hill. The second edition. To which is 298 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1781. added, a comparative view of the conduct of Lord Cornwallis ^^ and General Howe. . . Wilkie, . 8vo. pp. 48, and map. This tract, as well as the preceding, was written by Israel Mauduit, esq. 24 THE SPEECH of General Conway, member of Parliament for Saint Edmondsbury, on moving in the House of Commons, on the 5th of May, 1780, " That leave be given to bring in a Bill for quieting the troubles now reigning in the British colonies in America, and for enabling his Majesty to appoint Commissioners with full powers to treat and conclude upon terms of conciliation with the said colonies." Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 51. 25 THE ACTS of trie General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, carefully compared with the originals, and an Appendix, containing the laws now in force, passed between the 30th Sept. 1775 and the Revolution. Together with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania, and the articles of Confederation of the United States of America. Published by order of the General Assembly. . . . Philadelphia. Folio. 26 fuE REVOLUTION of America. By the Abbe Raynal, author of the Philosophical and political history of the establishments and commerce of the Europeans in both the Indies. 12mo. Davies, . The translator of this work procured a copy of the original unpublished MS. from the Abbe Raynal, and, without his knowledge or consent, published it in French, at the same time with this translation. It was printed in the same year at Geneva, in the new edition of the Histoire Pkilosophique. 27 REVOLUTION de TAmerique. Par M. 1 Abbe Raynal, auteur de 1 histoire philosophique et politique des etablissemens et du commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes. A Dublin. 8vo. pp. 131, vignettes. " The author pleads the cause of the revolted colonies with a degree of zeal, censures the conduct of the British government with a keenness of asperity, and displays a knowledge of the principles and intrigues of the different factions which at that period divided the English nation, that surely was not natural to the impartial pen of a philosophic foreigner. Hence he has been supposed to have been incited to the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 299 undertaking, and to have been furnished with part of his materials by 1781. some persons who opposed the measures of the English government, and v-v*/ secretly fomented the American cause." Chalmers. 28 EXPOSURE or Examination of the operations of the Ministry since the beginning of the war against the Americans. Written by M. Joly de St. Valier. . . . London. 8vo. The above title is taken from the following work, to which is prefixed the following advertisement, in English : * It has been lately seen that the booksellers, dreading the keenness of the ministry s resentment, refused to vend the English translation of the Exposure, 8fc. } which has laid the author under the necessity of vending it at his own lodgings, &c. ? From a printed letter from the same person to Mr. Pitt, dated Bridewell, Dec. 1784, it appears that his pamphlet had got him into difficulties ; that he had been imprisoned, and had been released on condition of his leaving England ; that the " Chevalier Yorke" had had something to do with it, for which he felt himself aggrieved, and in consequence returned to England, and sent him a challenge, for which he was again condemned to a twelvemonth s imprisonment in Bridewell. 29 EXPOSE ou EXAMEN des operations des ministres d Angleterre depuis le commencement de la guerre centre les Americains jusqu aujourd hui, comparees avec les operations qui auraient convenu aux interets de la Grande Bretagne, par M. Joly de St. Valier, Lieut. -col. d Infanterie. II. Partie. On trouvera dans cette seconde partie les vrais motifs qui ont porte les ministres d Angleterre a ordonner les actes d hostilite centre les provinces unies ; motifs d autant plus interessants a con- noitre qu il parait que personne jusqu ici ne les a pas meme soupc,onne. . Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 52. The first part was printed in London in January, and an English translation of it in March (see the preceding article). No printer or publisher in London would have anything to do with this second part, which obliged the author to have it printed in Holland. 30 PAUL JONES, ou propheties sur 1 Amerique, TAngleterre, la France, FEspagne, la Hollande, &c. par Paul Jones, corsaire, prophete, et sorcier, comme il n en fut jamais. Y joint le reve d un Suisse sur la revolution de 1 Amerique, dedie a S. E. Mgr 1 Ambassadeur Franklin, et a leurs noble et hautes puissances messeigneurs du Congres. De 1 ere de 1 Inde- 300 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1781. pendance de TAmerique Tan V. . . (Basle 7 .) ~~ 8vo. pp. 120. A very amusing jeu d esprit, the author of which shews himself to be no false prophet. 31 VOYAGE de Newport a Philadelphie, Albany, etc. Quarto, pp. 188. Neivport, R.L "De Timprimerie Royale de 1 Escadre," The Marquis de Chastelleux caused twenty-four copies of this journal to be printed at a press on Aboard one of the ships of the French squadron at Newport. It consists only of that part which forms the first volume of the edition of Paris of 1786, comprising his travels in the winter of 1780-1, and was printed, he says, to avoid the trouble of making MS. copies to send to his friends in Europe. 32 DESCRIPTION TOPOGRAPiiiQUEde la Virginie,delaPennsylvanie, du Maryland, et de la Caroline Septentrionale ; contenant les rivieres d Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, &c. Et de toutes les parties representees, dans les cartes ci-jointes ; pub- liee par Thomas Hutchins, &c. Traduit de 1 Anglois. Paris. 8vo. pp. 72, plates 3. A translation of No. 12 of 1778. 33 ESSAIS HISTORIQUES ET roLiTiQUEs sur les Anglo-Americains, par M. Hilliard d Auberteuil. . A Bruxelles. 8vo. 2 vols. in 4 parts, 17 maps and plates. An edition in quarto was printed at the same time. The second volume, printed in 1782, is called Essais historiques et politiques sur la Revolution de PAmerigue Septentrionale, c. The plates are very well engraved, and among them is a full length portrait of Washington, after Trumbull. 34 DIARIO de las operaciones contra la plaza de Panzacola con- cluida por las armas de S. M. C. baxo las ordenes del Mariscal de campo D. Bernardo de Galvez. . S. I. a. etc. Small 4to. pp. 48. This tract, without date or place, was apparently printed at Madrid, about this time. 35 ELOGI STORICI di Cristoforo Colombo e di Andrea D Oria. Quarto, pp. 337. Parma. " The Eulogy of Columtus, published anonymously in conjunction with a Eulogy of Andrew D Oria, but since attributed to the Marquis Ippolito Durazzo, is written with great fulness and elegance, and is particularly valuable for its elucidation of many points of cotemporaiy history bear ing on the life of Columbus." N, Am. Rev. xxi. p. 425. 36 RELIQUIAE HOUSTONIAN& seu plantarum in America Meridi- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 301 1781. dionali a Gulielmo Houstoun, M.D. F.R.S. collectarum Icones manu propriee sere incisee ; cum desciiptionibus e schedis ejusdcm in bibliotheca Joseph! Banks, asservatis. London. Quarto, pp. 12, 26 plates. MDCCLXXXII. 1 NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA; written in trie year 1781, somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, for the use of a foreigner of distinction, in answer to certain queries proposed by him respecting 1 . Its boundaries . . page 1 2. Rivers, &c (Table of contents). 8vo. pp. 391. MDCCLXXXII. Paris. This edition of Mr. Jefferson s celebrated Notes was evidently printed in Paris; but as Mr. Jefferson did not reacli France until tbe year 1784, the date on the title probably is not that of the year in which it was printed, but of the year in which the manuscript was completed. A copy presented to M. Malesherbe had the following note, in Mr. Jefferson s handwriting. " Mr. Jefferson having had a few copies of these notes printed to present to some of his friends, and to some estimable charac ters beyond that line, takes the liberty of presenting a copy to M. de Malesherbe, as a testimony of his respect to his character. Unwilling to expose them to the public eye, he begs the favour of M. de M. to put them into the hands of no person on whose care and fidelity he cannot rely, to guard them against publication." It was reprinted in London in 1787. The best edition is probably that of Philadelphia, in 1801, with the Appendix, which was first printed separately in 1800. 2 AN INTRODUCTION to the history of the revolt of the colonies ; giving from the state papers a comprehensive view of their conduct, from the successive settlements of each, to their de claration of independence, and of the policy of Britain during every reign. By George Chalmers, Esq. In two volumes. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. 496. London. Printed by Baker and Galabin. Here is a volume by a celebrated author, apparently entirely unknown, purchased at an auction in Fleet street, in March, 1834. It has the book-plate of Gilbert Buchanan, LL.P., with this manuscript note : " not published, corrected for the press by me, G. B. > The work has no preliminaries ; is divided into reigns, beginning with James I. and ending with George I. It has the appearance of being an abridgment of the same author s Political Annals ; and if it were not for the difference in the dates, the latter might be considered an enlarged edition of the present work. 302 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1782. 3 LETTERS from an American farmer; describing certain provincial situations, manners, and customs, not generally known; and conveying some idea of the late and present interior circum stances of the British colonies in North America. Written for the information of a friend in England. By J. Hector St. John, a farmer in Pennsylvania. Davis, . 8vo. pp. 318. A writer in the Edinburgh Review (said to be Mr. Hazlitt) allows this to be one of the few well written works produced by American authors. A more liberal English writer had done justice to it nearly half a century before. An article in the Monthly Review, for June 1782, and con tinued in the numbers for August and October, probably first directed the attention of Mr. Hazlitt to this work. The Monthly Reviewer concludes his long article, by saying that this work will be read with pleasure "by those who are admirers of natural, easy composition, where truth and simplicity unite with good sense to furnish the philosophic enquirer with rational amusement and useful information. M. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur was a native of Normandy, who went to the British colonies at the age of sixteen, and became a naturalized American. Having established himself on a farm near the frontiers of the colonies, he became one of the first victims of the war of independ ence, the Indian allies of Great Britain setting fire to and destroying his estate. He wrote his letters during the different epochs of the war in English. Returning afterwards to France, he translated them into French, in which language they were printed, in 1784 and 1787. 4 THE CONSTITUTIONS of the several independent States of America ; the declaration of Independence ; the articles of Confederation between the States ; the treaties between H. M. C. M. and the United States of America. Published by order of Congress. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. Reprinted in London, for Stockdale, &c. " This interesting publication contains a greater portion of unsophisticated wisdom and good sense, than is perhaps to be met with in any other legislative code that was ever yet framed. It is, in short, the book which may be considered as the MAGNA CHARTA of the United American States." M.R. Reprinted in 1783, for J. Walker. 5 A CONCISE ACCOUNT of voyages for the discovery of a North West passage. Undertaken for finding a new way to the East Indies, With reflections on the practicability of gaining Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 303 such a passage, &c. By a Sea Officer. Bew, . 1782. 12mo. *^ By Lieut. Pickersgill. 6 AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in H. M. s ships Resolution and Discovery, during the year 1776-80, in search of a N. W. passage between the continents of Asia and America. In cluding a faithful account of their discoveries, and the unfor tunate death of Captain Cook. Illustrated with a chart, and a variety of cuts. By W. Ellis, assistant-surgeon to both vessels. . . . Robinson, . 8vo. 2 vols. 7 THE NEW AND IMPARTIAL universal history of North and South America, and of the present Transatlantic war. Containing, &c. &c. &c. By Charles Henry Arnold, esq. late of Phila delphia, now of Burlington street. . Hogg, . 12mo. A catchpenny work with a very long title, not worth transcribing. 8 NARRATIVE of a shipwreck on the Island of Cape Breton, in a voyage from Quebec, 1780. By S. W. Prentiss, ensign of the 84th regiment of Foot. . Richardson, . 12mo. An interesting narrative, related with moderation and good sense ; several times reprinted, 9 OBSERVATIONS and reflections on an Act passed in the year 1774 for the settlement of the province of Quebec. In tended to have been then printed for the use of the electors of Great Britain, but now first published. By a Country Gentleman. . . Stockdale, 8vo. pp. 39. 10 THE HISTORY of the second ten years of the reign of George the Third, King of Great Britain, &c. From the conclusion of the third session of the thirteenth Parliament, in 1770, to the end of the last session of the fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain, in 1 780. . . Evans, . 8vo. The most important part of this work is that which relates to the com mencement and prosecution of the war with America, The author aims 304 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 178<2 at impartiality, and no where discovers the zeal of a partizan. He is neither a determined Whig, nor a pertinacious Tory, hut seems to have made it a rule to steer a middle course. This volume is intended as a continuation to the history of the first ten years of the reign of George III., -written apparently by a different author. 11 A VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN during the admi nistration of Lord North, to the second session of the fifteenth Parliament. In two parts. With statements of the public expenditure in that period. . Wilkie, . 8vo. The first part was published in the preceding year, under the title of the History of Lord North s Administration* 12 NARRATIVE of Lieut. -gen. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B., relative to his conduct during part of his command of the King s troops in North America, particularly that which respects the unfortunate issue of the campaign in 1781. With an Appen dix, containing copies and extracts of those parts of his cor respondence with Lord George Germaine, Earl Cornwallis, Rear- Admiral Graves, &c. which are referred to therein. 8vo. Debrett, . Ill success is the parent of accusation, exculpation, and recrimination ; and in this detail Sir Henry Clinton acquits himself of all share in Lord Cornwallis s misfortune ; leaving that general to answer for misconcep tions of the orders sent him, and for the choice of the post he was reduced to surrender. For the reply to this narrative, see No. 28, 1783. 13 Cui BONO? or an inquiry, what benefits can arise either to the English or the Americans, the French, Spaniards, or Dutch, from the greatest victories or successes in the pre sent war ? Being a series of letters, addressed to o Mons. Necker, late controller-general of the finances of France. By Josiah Tucker, D.D. Dean of Glocester. Cadell, . 8vo. The Dean says that no sooner shall the Americans have established their independency, than they will be enslaved by their present rulers, the members of Congress, who will govern them with a rod of iron. The moment they are at peace with England, they will quarrel among them selves, and, with the fury of famished wolves, they will endeavour to tear each other in pieces. Nay, farther ; in the course of a few years, those whom by their violence or their crimes they had compelled to migrate into the interior parts of the continent, will, after the manner of the Asiatic and European Tartars, invade them with a numerous and irresistible body of cavalry ! Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 305 14 CONSIDERATIONS on the Attorney-General s proposition for a 1782. Bill for the establishment of peace with America. By an old v ^^ Member of Parliament. . . Debrett, . 8vo. This writer is anxious for peace, but considers that it would be a degrada tion to the country for the offer to come from Parliament. 15 THE DECLARATION and address of H. M. s suffering loyalists to the people of America. . Becket, . Quarto. " Many readers on our side the Atlantic will perhaps consider this mani festo as the last effort of expiring- loyalty in North America. It pretends to be the resolve of MANY in all the provinces never to submit to the usurped dominion of the CONGRESS, who are stigmatised as a set of tyrants, whose government is not less intolerable than illegal. The editor says that this tract had a very extensive circulation through the colonies, notwithstanding the endeavours of Congress to suppress it." JM.ll. 16 CONSOLATORY THOUGHTS on American independence ; shewing the great advantages that will arise from it to the manufac tures, the agriculture, and commercial interest of Britain and Ireland. Published for the benefit of the Orphan hospital at Edinburgh. By a Merchant. . . Edinburgh. 8vo. This writer, in his representation of the advantages that will be derived from a general freedom of trade to all the American ports, has proved himself a much better prophet than Dean Tucker. See No. 13. 17 Two MEMORIALS, not originally intended for publication, now published ; with an explanatory preface. By Governor Pownall. . . . Dodsley, . 8vo. In these memorials the governor offered his services to undertake the nego tiation of an indefinite truce, as a preliminary to a treaty of peace. But some of H. M. s ministers not agreeing to the measure of opening any such negotiation with the persons referred to as being authorised by the Americans to treat for peace, the memorials were delivered back, and never presented to the king. 18 CONSIDERATIONS on the American war, under the following heads: American independency Pursuit of the war War of ports Plan of operations French policy. By Joseph Williams, Esq. . . Hookham, . Quarto. x 306 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1782. The author served four years in America as a military officer. He recom- mends a relaxation of the operations against the Americans, and that the whole force of Great Britain should be employed to crush the rising power of France, aa the only way of preventing the American scheme of independence becoming fatal to Great Britain. 19 FABRICIUS: or, letters to the people of Great Britain, on the absurdity and mischief of defensive operations only in the American war, and on the failure in the Southern opera tions. .... Wilkie, . 8vo. Mr. Galloway again ! 20 A PLAN of reconciliation with America, consistent with the dignity and interest of both countries. Humbly addressed to the King. . . . Coghlan, . 8vo. This plan yields to America everything but the word independency. 21 THE PANGS of a patriot, expressed in a letter to a nobleman, on the unfortunate capture of Lord Cornwallis. 8vo. Walker, . " If the nobleman to whom this letter is addressed hath received from it no more entertainment or instruction than it hath afforded to us, his lordship will not be violently disposed to encourage a continuance of the correspondence." M.R. 22 REMARKS on Lord Howe s Extraordinary Gazette. By Nauticus. As published in a Morning Paper of Nov. 11, 1782. . . . Sibthorp, . 8vo. pp. 20. 23 THE INTEREST or GREAT BRITAIN with regard to her Ameri can colonies considered. To which is added, an appendix, containing the outlines of a plan for a general pacification. By James Anderson, M.A. author of Observations on the means of exciting a, spirit of national industry, fyc. 8vo. Cadell, . The object of the author of this pamphlet is to shew " that the American colonies, instead of promoting the trade and manufactures of Great Britain, have tended in a most powerful manner to depress them. That, instead of adding strength and stability to the empire, they have neces sarily weakened it to a great degree, and exposed it to the most imminent danger. That therefore the settling of these colonies at first was unwise, and the subsequent encouragement that was given them highly impolitic." Bibliotheca Americana Nova 307 24 IMPARTIAL REFLECTIONS on the conduct of the late adminis- 1782. tration and opposition, and of the American Congress. In ^/^ which the causes and consequences of the destructive war between Great Britain and the revolted colonies are particu larly considered, and an immediate suspension of hostilities is earnestly recommended. . . Nicoll, . 8vo. " This writer improves the many opportunities offered him of blaming the errors of all parties ; of course, all parties will be even with him, and despise his censure. He makes occasionally a number of pertinent observations, but, being desultory, they possess no aggregate force." M.R. 25 PROOFS that Great Britain was successful against each of her numerous enemies before the late victory of Sir George Brydges Rodney. . . Law, . Quarto. A comparative view of the successes and the defeats respectively obtained by Great Britain and her enemies, from the commencement of the American war ; by which it appears that the balance wus greatly in favor of the former. The writer also states that, although Great Britain should lose all " the rebellious colonies," she will not be materially affected by it. 26 A LETTER addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the affairs of North America : in which the mistakes in the Abbe s account of the revolution of America are corrected and cleared up. By Thomas Paine, M.A. of the university of Pennsylvania, &c. . . . . Philadelphia. Svo. Reprinted in London for Dilly. 27 A LETTER to the Earl of Shelburne, on his speech, July 10, 1782, respecting the acknowledgment of American indepen dence. By Thomas Paine, M.A., &c. Philadelphia. Svo. Reprinted in London for Stockdale. 28 LETTERS AND DISSERTATIONS, by the author of Analysis A. P. on the disputes between Great Britain and America. 12mo. pp. 130. Author, . These letters and dissertations were written by Thomas Crowley, and were mostly published in the newspapers under the signature of Amor Patrice. x2 308 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1782. 29 REMARKS on the manners, government, laws, and debt of America. By Webster. . Philadelphia. 8vo. Bib, Am. p. 206. 30 AN ENQUIRY whether the absolute independence of America is not to be preferred to her partial dependence, as most agree able to the real interests of Great Britain. Addressed to the people of Great Britain by one of themselves. Bew, . 8vo. " The author, after many sensible observations, candid arguments, and just conclusions from the principles and premises which he lays down, deter mines this great question in the affirmative. " M.R. 31 REFLECTIONS upon the present state of England, and the independence of America. By Thomas Day, Esq. 8vo. Stockdale, . " From the inflexible spirit of the Americans, and their determined resolu tion to be free, Mr. Day gives it as his opinion that America ought to be declared independent, fie conceives that great advantages will result from this measure, and his reasonings are solid and well supported. He affirms that England ought to yield with magnanimity what she cannot withhold by arms." M.R. 32 A COLLECTION or STATE PAPERS, relative to the first acknow ledgment of the sovereignty of the United States of America, and the reception of their Minister Plenipotentiary by their High Mightinesses the States-general of the United Nether lands. To which is prefixed, the political character of John Adams, Ambassador Plenipotentiary from the States of North America to their High Mightinesses, &c. By an American. Likewise, an essay on canon and feudal law ; by John Adams, Esq. . . . Fielding, &c. 8vo. 33 THOUGHTS on the present war. With an impartial review of Lord North s administration, in conducting the American, French, Spanish, and Dutch war, and in the management of contracts, taxes, the public money, &c. Dilly, . 8vo. 34 A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE ACCOUNT of the very important debate in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, July 9, 1782, in which the cause of Mr. Fox s resignation, and the great Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 309 question of American independence, came under consideration, 1782. &c. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 61. Stated in the preface to be an account of the most important debate that ever happened in the House of Commons. 35 NOUVEAU VOYAGE dans I Amerique Septentrionale en 1 annee 1781, et campagne de Farmee de M. le Comte de Rocham- beau: par M. 1 Abbe Robin. A Philadelphie (Paris?) 8vo. Reprinted at Paris in 1784 ; in German, at Norimberg, in 1783. (Meusel, iii. 1, 318.) A translation was printed at Philadelphia in the following year (1783.) 36 EXTRAIT DU JOURNAL d un ofEcier de la marine de 1 escadre de M. le Comte d Estaing. . . (Paris 7 .) 8vo. pp. 126. Warden, Bib. Am. Sept. 37 MEMOIRS sur le passage par le Nord, qui contient aussi des reflexions sur les glaces. Par le Due de Croy. Paris. 4to. pp. 23. 38 PRECIS de Phistoire philosophique et politique des etablisse- mens et du commerce des Europeens dans les Deux Indes. Par G. Th. Raynal. . . . Amsterdam. 8vo. This abridgment of the Abb Raynal s work appears to have been made by P. Van Woensel. 39 RELATION de deux voyages dans les mers Australes et des Indes, faits en 1771, 1772, 1773, et 1774, par M. Kerguelen- Tremarec. ..... Paris. 8vo. It is said that this volume was suppressed by order of the French govern ment, and a considerable part of the edition seized. In his second voyage, Kerguelen was accompanied by Pages, who gives an account of the same voyage in the following work : 40 VOYAGES autour du Monde, et vers les deux Poles, par terre et par mer, pendant les annees 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1774, & 1776. Par M. de Pages, capitaine des vaisseaux du Roi, &c. . . . Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. and atlas. The dedication is dated from St. Domingo. See 1791. 41 MEMOIRE adresse aux souverains de 1 Europe, sur 1 etat pre- 310 Biblwtheca Americana Nova. 1782. sent des affaires de 1 ancien et du nouveau monde. Par Mr. ^^ Povvnall, ci-devant Gouverneur, Capitaine-generale, &c. des provinces Americaines de Massachusetts Bay, &c. Traduit de 1 Anglois par M *****. Londres (Hollande?) 8vo. pp. 82. This translation was made by the desire of Gov. Pownall, in consequence of a French version having been printed of the Translation, &c. (No. 14, 1781,) which he declares to be an unwarrantable interpretation of his views. 42 COLOMB DANS LES FEES, a Ferdinand et Isabelle, apres la de- couverte de I Amerique; epitre qui a remporte le prix de 1 academie de Marseille ; precedee d un precis historique sur Colomb. Par M. le Chevalier de Langeac. 8vo. pp. 150. Londres (Paris.) The poem which gives the title to this book occupies fourteen pages. A memoir of Columbus fills up the rest of the volume. It is very hand somely printed, and ornamented by a frontispiece and two vignettes, beautifully executed. 43 REAL ORDENANZA para el estabiecimiento e instruccion de Intendentes de exereito y provincia en el virreinato de Buenos Ayres. De orden de S. M. Aiio 1782. Folio, pp. 460. (Madrid) 1778. 44 REFLEXIONES JMPARCIALES sobre la humanidad de los Espaiioles en las Indias, contra los pretendidos filosofos y politicos. Para ilustrar las historias de M. M. Raynal y Robertson. Escritas en Ttaliano por el Abate Don Juan Nuix y traducidas con algunas notas por D. Pedro Varela y Ulloa. ..... Madrid. Small 4to. pp. 315. See No. 38, 1780, and No. 49, 1783. 45 SAGGIO sulla storia naturale del Chili del Signer Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. . . Bologna. 8vo. Translated into French in 1789 ; into Spanish in 1788 j and into English in 1808. The Storia civile was not published until 1787. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 311 MDCCLXXXIII. 1 PORTRAITS of the generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others who have rendered themselves illus trious in the revolution of the United States of North America. Drawn from the life by M. Dusimitier, painter, and member of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, and engraved by the most eminent artists in London. London. 4to. Contains the following portraits : General Washington. Silas Deane, Esq. Henry Laurens, Esq. General Read. John Jay, Esq. Governor Morris. S. Huntingdon, Esq. Baron Steuben. Charles Thompson, Esq. W. H. Drayton, Esq. J. Dickinson, Esq. General Gates. 2 A JOURNAL of Capt. Cook s last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a North-West passage between Asia and America; performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779. Illustrated with a chart, shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition. Faithfully narrated from the original MS. of Mr. John Ledyard. Hartford, Con. 8vo. pp. 208. This scarce little volume is highly interesting, from being the only pub lished work of the celebrated traveller Ledyard, with the exception of his communications to the African Association. It contains a detailed account of the circumstances attending the death of Captain Cook. 3 An impartial history of the war in America between Great Britain and the United States, &c. with copper-plates. 8vo. 2 vols. Boston, N.A. Warden, Bib. Amer. 59. 4 NEW TRAVELS through North America ; in a series of letters, exhibiting the history of the victorious campaign of the allied armies, under General Washington and Count Rochambeau, in the year 1781, &c. Translated from the original of the Abbe Robin, one of the chaplains to the French army in America. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 112. See No. 35, 1782. 312 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1783. 5 REMARKS on the Letters from an American Farmer ; or a de- ^-^ tection of the errors of Mr. J. Hector St. John; pointing out the pernicious tendency of these letters to Great Britain. 8vo. Fielding, . The writer of this pamphlet is of opinion that Mr. St. John s design, in publishing his letters, was to diffuse a spirit of migrating to America, lie accuses him also of a palpable falsehood, in describing himself as a native American descended from Scotch parents, it being a fact, accord ing to this writer, well known, that he is a native of Normandy, and that his chief residence while in America was at New York. The author was the Rev. Samuel Ayscough. Nichols, ix. p. 65. 6 THE AMERICAN WANDERER through various parts of Europe. In a series of letters to a Lady, interspersed with a variety of interesting anecdotes. By a Virginian. Robson, . 8vo. 7 A LETTER from General Washington to General Green. 8vo. Stockdale, . * An exposition of the motives of this American Cincinnatus for returning again to the plough. His reasons do honour to his good understanding and amiable disposition ; and his parting advice to the United States, is such as they ought to write in letters of gold on the front of their state- house, if they had enough of that precious metal to spare from more pressing demands." M.R. 8 THE RECOVERY OF AMERICA demonstrated to be practicable by Great Britain, upon principles and deductions that are clear, precise, and convincing. Containing, among other matters, a copy of the outlines of a plan for reinstating the British empire. Addressed to the Earl of Shelburne, when his lord ship was one of H. M/s principal secretaries of State, &c. By the Author, a man of no party. Wilkie, . 8vo. This author s plan is to attack the power of Prussia by sea, purposely to produce a general European war, for the sake of enforcing alliances, and finding employment at home for those powers who now assist the American States : and then, says the author, " America will gladly treat with Great Britain upon terms short of independence. 9 OBSERVATIONS on the commerce of the American States. With an appendix, containing an account of all the rice, indigo, cochineal, tobacco, sugar, molasses, and rum, imported into, and exported from Great Britain the last ten years ; of the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 313 value of all merchandize imported into, and exported from 1783. England ; of the imports and exports of Philadelphia, New ~~ York, &c. Also, an account of the shipping employed in America previous to the war. . Debrett, . 8vo. First edition of Lord Sheffield s work. 10 THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH chronicle of war and politics; being an accurate and comprehensive register of the most memorable occurrences in the last ten years of H. M. s reign : in which will be found above eighteen hundred inter esting events, during the late war between Great Britain and America, France, Spain, and Holland; from May 10, 1773, to July 16, 1783. The whole carefully collected from au thentic records, and correctly arranged in chronological order, &c. . . Author, . 8vo. pp. 130. Dedication signed E. I. S. 1 1 AN AUTHENTIC COPY of the provisional and preliminary articles of peace between Great Britain and the United States of America, the King of France, and the King of Spain, signed November 30, 1782, and Jan. 20, 1783. Stockdale, . 8vo. 12 PRELIMINARY ARTICLES of peace between Great Britain and the United States of America, the King of France, and the King of Spain, &c. In French and English. By Authority. 8vo. Harrison and Co., . 13 A FREE AND IMPARTIAL EXAMINATION of the preliminary articles of pacification. With a retrospective review of the rise, and various stages of the war. By a Member of Parlia ment. . . . Fielding, . 8vo. 14 A LETTER to the Earl of Shelburne on the peace. 8vo. Debrett, . These two last articles are anti-ministerial, and consequently anti-pacific. 15 OBSERVATIONS on the preliminary and provisional articles. 8vo. Debrett, &c., . 16 CANDID AND IMPARTIAL considerations on the preliminary articles, &c. By a country gentleman. Robson, . 8vo. 314 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 1783. 17 THOUGHTS ON THE PEACE. In a letter from the country. 8vo. Debrett, ~. The three last articles are in favour of the peace, and defend the ministry for making it. 18 AN ADDRESS to the people of Great Britain, containing thoughts entertained during the Christmas recess, on the independence of America. Milne, - , 8vo. " A strenuous advocate for that British declaration of American indepen dence that has lately taken place, as well on the ground of policy as of necessity." M.R. 19 CONSIDERATIONS on the provisional treaty with America, and the preliminary articles of peace with France and Spain. 8vo. Cadell, . The author of this pamphlet appears to have been a person of some note well acquainted with the secrets of the British cabinet. He enters into an examination of the several articles of the treaty, and vindicates them from the mistakes and misrepresentations of those who had not well weighed them, or were interested in decrying them. He observes, that "we had not a moment to lose, and if we had lost the opportunity of reconcili ation with America, it would in all probability never have returned till England was totally undone." He hints at some secrets of very great consequence, which, if disclosed, would make the necessity of peace appear still more obvious, and pays a high compliment to the ministry, for their prudence and generosity in not revealing them, and vindicating them selves from the irritating reflections which have been so liberally thrown on their conduct and characters, for acting a part which deserves the warmest applause of their country. I possess a copy with the following note on the back of the title : " Rev. Dr. Rees told me that Rey. Dr Kippis told him that the materials for this pamphlet were sent to him by the Earl of Shelburne, from which Dr. K. composed it, and that he was paid for it more handsomely than such things are usually paid for. A. H." 20 PROVISIONAL ARTICLES signed at Paris the 30th of November, 1782, by the Commissioner of his Britannic Majesty, and the Commissioners of the United States of America. Published by authority. .... London. Quarto, pp. 8. 21 THOUGHTS on the difficulties and distresses in which the peace of 1783 has involved the people of England; on the present disposition of the English, Scots, and Irish, to emigrate to America ; and on the hazard they run (without certain pre cautions) of rendering their condition more deplorable. Ad- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 315 dressed to the R. H. Charles James Fox. By John King, 1783. Esq. . . . Fielding, . *^ 8vo. A bitter invective against Mr. Fox, with a number of anecdotes of a political nature, in which characters of all complexions and degrees are treated with great asperity, written in a harsh and declamatory strain. 22 THE TREATIES between H. M. C. M. and the thirteen United States of America. Published by order of Congress. 8vo. .... Philadelphia. London, reprinted for Stockdale. 23 THE CLAIMS of the American Loyalists impartially stated and considered. Printed by order of their agents. 8vo. .... Wilkie, . 24 THE PARTICULAR CASE of the Georgia Loyalists ; in addition to the general case and claim of the American Loyalists. 8vo. .... Wilkie, . 25 OBSERVATIONS on the fifth article of the Treaty with America; and on the necessity of appointing a judicial inquiry into the merits and losses of the American Loyalists. Printed by order of the agents. . . Wilkie, . 8vo. 26 LIEUT. JAMES MOODY S narrative of his exertions and sufferings in the cause of Government since the year 1776; authenti cated by proper certificates. Richardson & Co. . 8vo. <f Lieut. Moodv, an American farmer, was so harassed by mobs, associations, and committees, that, driven into the British lines, he became an active, and in some instances successful partizan against his countrymen." 27 DIRECTIONS to the American Loyalists, in order to enable them to state their cases, by way of memorial to the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the losses and services of those persons who have suffered in consequence of their loyalty, &c. By a Loyalist. . . . Flexney, . 8vo. 28 A REPLY to Sir Henry Clinton s narrative. Wherein his numerous errors are pointed out, and the conduct of Lord Cornwallis fully vindicated from all aspersions: including the whole of the public and secret correspondence between Lord 316 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1783. George Germaine, Sir Henry Clinton, and his Lordship: as also intercepted letters from General Washington. 8vo. pp. 109. . . . Faulder, This anonymous reply is debased with illiberal epithets and sarcastic ex pressions, very different from the plain, modest style in which Sir H. C. relates his story. 29 AN ANSWER to that part of the narrative of Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B., which relates to the conduct of Lieut. Gen. Earl Cornwallis, during the campaign in North America, in the year 1781. By Earl Cornwallis. Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 260. This answer consists of the chain of correspondence between the two com manders during the campaign referred to, for the purpose of proving that " the conduct and opinions of the author were not the cause of the catas trophe which terminated the unfortunate campaign of 1781." 30 OBSERVATIONS on some parts of the answer of Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton s narrative. By Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. To which is added, an Appendix, containing extracts of letters and other papers, to which reference is necessary. . . . Debrett, . 8vo. 31 A VIEW of the constitution of the British colonies in North America and the West Indies, at the time the civil war broke out on the continent of America. In which notice is taken of such alterations as have happened since that time, down to the present period. With a variety of colony precedents, which are chiefly adapted to the British West India Islands ; and may be useful to those who have any intercourse with the colonies. By Anthony Stokes, of the Inner Temple, London, barrister at law, H. M. s chief justice of Georgia. 8vo. .... White, . " This work consists chiefly of forms of legal process, and deeds, used on the most current occasions in the plantations. These precedents are in troduced with a very intelligent account of the late constitution of the North American provinces under British government ; and the present frame of their government as independent united states ; interspersed with such observations as show the author to be well qualified for the task he has executed." M.R. 32 POLITICAL REFLECTIONS on the late colonial governments ; in which their original constitutional defects are pointed out, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 317 and shewn to have naturally produced the rebellion which 1783. has unfortunately terminated in the dismemberment of the **** British empire. By an American. . Wilkie, . 8vo. " A review of the several forms of government established by Great Britain in America, tending to show that the seeds of revolt were sown in the discordant principles of their composition ; for that the delegated powers not being tempered according to the constitution of the parent state, no permanent harmony could subsist between them." M.ll. 33 ADDRESSES and recommendations to the States, by the United States in Congress assembled. By order of Congress. 8vo. .... Stockdale, . " Should we now think ourselves little interested in the subjects of these American state papers, we may however be much gratified in perusing them, as pieces of fine, energetic writing, and masterly eloquence. It would be a curious speculation for the philosophical enquirer, to account for the perfection to which the English language has been carried in our late colonies, amidst the clamours and horrors of war." M.R. 34 THE CONSTITUTIONS of the several independent States of America : the declaration of independence ; and the articles of confederation between the said States. To which are now added, the declaration of rights ; the non-importation agree ment ; and the petition of Congress to the King. With an Appendix, containing the treaties between H. M. C. M. and the United States ; the provisional treaty with America ; and (never before published) an authentic copy of the treaty con cluded between the States General and the United States of America. With a preface and dedication. By the Rev. William Jackson. , . Stockdale, , 8vo. " The American constitutions differ in many particulars, some partaking more, others less of the nature of a pure democracy ; but they are all valuable, because all favourable to liberty. " Preface. 35 A MEMORIAL addressed to the sovereigns of America. By T. Pownall, late Governor, Captain-general, Vice-admiral, &c. of the Provinces, now States of Massachusetts Bay and South Carolina ; and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. 8vo. y : Debrett, . Gov. PownaH s memorial was published the same year in French. 318 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1783. 36 OBSERVATIONS on the means of preserving and restoring health ~~ in the West Indies. . . Mly, . 12mo. By Mr. Rollo, author of a work on the diseases of St. Lucia. 37 FREE AND CANDID reflections, occasioned by the late addi tional duties on sugars and rum, submitted to the considera tion of the British ministry, the members of both houses of Parliament, and the proprietors of sugar estates in the West India colonies. By John Gardner Kemeys, esq. of Plantain Garden River plantation, in Jamaica, &c. 8vo. Becket, &c. . 38 LE VOYAGEUR AMERICAIN, ou observations sur 1 etat actuel, la culture, le commerce des colonies Britanniques en Ame- rique, &c. Traduit de 1 Anglois, augmente d un precis sur 1 Amerique Septentrionale et la republique des Treize-Etats- Unis. Par M. Jh. M. . . Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 264. A translation of The American Traveller, 1769, by M. Joseph Mandrillon, author of Le Spectateur Americain, 1784. With the addition of a sketch of the United States, and the treaty with Holland of 1782. 39 JOURNAL d un officier de I armee navale en Amerique, en 1781 et 1782. .... Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 72. Relates principally to the operations of the Count de Grasse in America. 40 ESQUISSE INTERESSANTE du tableau fidele des causes qui ont occasionne les revolutions actuelles de I Amerique Septentri onale ; ornee d anecdotes historiques, etc. Revue et corrigee a Versailles. . . P hiladelphie (Paris ?) 8vo. Warden s Bib. Am. Sept. p. 27. 41 HISTOIRE RAISONNEE des operations militaires et politiques de la derniere guerre, suivie d observations sur la revolution qui est arrivee dans les moeurs et sur celle qui est sur le point d arriver dans la constitution d Angleterre, par Joly de St. Valier. ..... Liege. 8vo. 42 ALMANACH AMERICAIN, ou etat physique, politique, ecclesias- tique, et militaire dc rAmerique ; ouvrage qui comprend les 2 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 319 forces, la population, les loix, le commerce et 1 administration 1783. de chaque province de cette partie du monde ; le tableau de ^~ ceux qui y figurent par leurs charges et par leurs dignites, celui de la marine des peuples Europeans qui y ont des pos sessions et les noms des officiers qui sont employes dans cette partie de radministration publique. Par M. P. D. L. R. C. A. L. T. de M. . . . . Paris. 16mo. Barbier says that the Almanach Americain, Paris, 1780, and following years, was edited by M. Poncelin de la Roche Tillac. He probably refers to a continuation of this work. 43 NOUVEAU VOYAGE a la Mer du Sud, commence par Marion, acheve par Duclesmeur, et redige d apres les journaux de Crozet; on y a joint un extrait de celui de Surville dans les memes parages. .... Paris. 8vo. By Alexis Rochon. See 1800. 44 SAGGIO sulla nautica antica de Veneziani, con una illustra- zione d alcune carte idrografiche antiche della biblioteca di S. Marco, che dimonstrano 1 isole Antille prima della scoperta di Cristoforo Colombo, di Vincenzio Formaleoni. Venezia. 8vo. 45 TRATADO DEFINITIVO de paz concluido entre el Rey nuestro senor y el Rey de la Gran Bretana, firmado en Versailles a 3 de Setiembre de 1783, con sus articulos preliminares. 4to. pp. 94. Madrid. 46 HISTORIA de la conquista de Mexico. Por Don Antonio de Solis. .... Madrid. Quarto, 2 vols. plates. This is by far the best edition of Solis s esteemed work. The copies on LARGE PAPER, which are very scarce, do honour to the press of Sancha. 47 REALES ORDENANZAS para la direccion, regimen, y gobierno del importante cuerpo de la Mineria de Nueva-Espana y de su real tribunal general. De orden de S. M. Madrid. Folio, pp. 46 and 214. Printed only for the use of the parties concerned. 48 MEMORIAS IIISTORICAS de la ultima guerra con la Gran Bretaiia desde el afio 1774 hasta su conclusion, Tomo 1. 320 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1783. Estados Unidos de America. Afio 1774 y 1775. Madrid. ~~ Quarto. The dedication of this work to Count Florida-Blanca is signed D. Josef de Cobarrubias. It does not appear that the continuation was ever published. 49 REFLEXIONES IMPARCIALES sobre la humanidad de los Espa- iioles en Indias contra los pretendidos filosofos y politicos, para servir de luz a las historias de los S re9> Raynal y Robertson : de D. Juan de Nuix y de PerpinA, anadidas por el mismo autor y traducidas del idioma Italiano al Espanol por su hermano D. Josef de Nuix y de Perpind. Small 4to. pp. 523. Cervera. This second translation (see No. 44, 1782) of the Abb6 Nuix s defence of the conduct of the Spaniards in America, was made by the brother of the author, from a copy sent to him for the purpose, with considerable additions. MDCCLXXXIV. 1 A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Undertaken by the com mand of bis Majesty for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in his Majesty s ships the Resolu tion and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. In three volumes. Vol. I. and II. written by Capt. James Cook; Vol. III. by Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. . . London. 4to. 3 vols. and atlas in folio. 2 THE HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Vol. I. Comprehending the events of one complete century, from the first discovery of the river Pascataqua. By Jeremy Belknap, A.M. member of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge. . Philadelphia. 8vo. Reprinted in 1792. The second volume was published in 1791, the third in 1792 : the whole were reprinted in 1813. 3 A TOUR in the United States of America: containing an account of the present situation of that country ; the population, agri culture, commerce, customs and manners of the inhabitants ; anecdotes of several members of the Congress, and general Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 321 officers in the American army; and many other very singular 1784. and interesting occurrences. With a description of the < - N ~ Indian nations, the general face of the country, mountains, forests, rivers, and the most beautiful, grand and picturesque views throughout that vast continent. Likewise improvements in husbandry, that may be adopted with great advantage in Europe. By J. F. D. Smyth, Esq. 8vo. 2 vols. Robinson, &c. . Mr. Smyth was an European who went to America to try his fortune as a planter. During the war he leagued with the government, and the zeal of loyalty proved the destruction of his property. This work appears to have been written for the purpose of gaining favor with the government, by abusing the Americans, and magnifying his own sacrifices. 4 A GENUINE DETAIL of the several engagements, positions, move ments of the Royal and the American armies, during the years 1775 and 1776. With an accurate account of the blockade of Boston, and a plan of the works on Bunker s Hill, at the time it was abandoned by his Majesty s forces, on the 17th of March, 1776. In a series of letters to a friend. By William Carter, late a lieutenant of the 40th regiment of Foot. . . Kearsley, . 4to. pp. 50. 5 OPINIONS on interesting subjects of public law and commercial policy, arising from American independence : 1. The question answered, Whether the citizens of the United States are con sidered by the laws of England as aliens ; what privileges are they intitled to within the kingdom ; what rights can they claim in the remaining colonies of Britain? 2. The regula tions for opening the American trade considered ; faults found and amendments proposed; how the late proclamations affect the United States discussed : objections pointed out, and alterations suggested. 3. How far the British West Indies were injured by the late proclamations fully investi gated ; the amount of their wants discovered ; modes of supply shewn ; and the policy of admitting the American vessels into their ports amply argued. 4. An inquiry how far a commercial treaty with the United States is necessary, or would be advantageous : what the laws of England have already provided on this subject ; and the fundamental laws 322 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1784. of the United States compared with them. By George v ~~ Chalmers, author of Political Annals, &c. Debrett, . 8vo. " Those who wish to gain solid information on the topics above enume rated, will meet with ample satisfaction in the perusal of this elaborate performance." M.R. 6 OBSERVATIONS on the government and laws of the United States of America : translated from the French of the Abbe de Mably, with a preface by the translator. . Hague. 8vo. This work consists of four letters addressed to John Adams, Esq., with a preface by the translator, who does not seem to consider himself bound to adopt all the opinions of his author. These, in fact, are not so liberal as was to be expected from a character so distinguished in the literary world. His work contains some observations which are the result of good sense, and a great knowledge of mankind, yet amidst these there are many things which betray the author s country and religious per suasion. 7 REMARKS concerning the government and the laws of the United States of America, in four letters, addressed to Mr. Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to those of Holland; and one of the negociators for the purpose of concluding a general peace. From the French of the Abbe de Mably. With notes by the translator. 8vo. Debrett, . This translation is by a different hand from the foregoing. 8 AN HISTORICAL NARRATIVE and topographical description of Louisiana and West Florida ; comprehending the river Mis sissippi, with its principal branches and settlements, and the rivers Pearl, Pascagoula, Mobille, Perdido, Escambia, Chacta-hatcha, &c.; the soil, climate, and produce, &c. By Thomas Hutchins, geographer to the United States. 8vo. pp. 94. Philadelphia. 9 THE DISCOVERY, SETTLEMENT, and present state of Kentucke : and an essay towards the topography and natural history of that important country. To which is added, an appendix, containing: I. The adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the first settlers, comprehending every important occurrence in the political history of that province. II. The minutes of Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 323 the Piankashaw council, held at Port St. Vincent, April 15, 1784. 1784. III. An account of the Indian nations inhabiting ^~" within the limits of the thirteen United States, their manners and customs, and reflections on their origin. IV. The stages and distances between Philadelphia and the falls of the Ohio, from Pittsburg to Pensacola, and several other places. The whole illustrated by a new and accurate map of Kentucke and the country adjoining, drawn from actual surveys. By John Filson. . . Wilmington. 8vo. pp. 118. Reprinted in 1792. A French translation was published at Paris in 1785. 10 HISTORY of the disputes with America, from their origin in 1754. Written in the year 1774. By John Adams, Esq. 8vo. Stockdale, . " The avowed design of this pamphlet is to pursue the tories through all their dark intrigues and wicked machinations, and to shew the rise and progress of their schemes for enslaving America. The conduct of Barnard and Hutchinson is treated with great freedom and asperity ; nor is the indignant author less sparing of some eminent statesmen in England, under whose influence they projected and pursued the inauspi cious system of American taxation. M.R. 11 REMARKS concerning the savages of North America. 8vo. Birmingham. In an advertisement to this tract it is stated that it was written by Dr. Franklin, and taken from a copy printed by himself, for his own amuse ment, at his house at Passy. " It is strongly marked by that plainness and simplicity of manner, accompanied by that point and poignancy, which distinguish the doctor s writings, whenever he chooses to indulge his vein of pleasantry." M.R. 12 Two TRACTS: Information to those who would remove to America ; and remarks concerning the savages of North America. By Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Stockdale, . 8vo. The first of these tracts was written by Dr. Franklin, on account of numer ous applications made to him by persons desirous of emigrating to America, with sanguine expectations, in order that they might not be disappointed on their arrival. The second tract is a reprint of the pre ceding number. 13 AN ADDRESS to the United States of North America. To which is added, a letter to the Hon. Robert Morris, Esq. Y 2 324 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1784. with notes and observations. By Silas Deane, Esq. late one of the commissioners plenipotentiary from the United States to the court of Versailles. . Debrett, . 8vo. Mr. Deane s vindication from the charge of mismanagement of the public money. 14 REMARKS on the climate, produce, and natural advantages of Nova Scotia. In a letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield. . . Debrett, . 8vo. A very favourable account of Nova Scotia. 15 OBSERVATIONS on the commerce of the American States. By John Lord Sheffield. With an appendix, containing tables of the imports and exports of Great Britain to and from all parts, from 1700 to 1783. Also the exports of America, &c. With remarks on those tables, on the trade and navigation of Great Britain, and on the late proclamations, &c. The sixth edition, enlarged. With a complete index to the whole. 8vo. pp. 345, tables, &c. Debrett, . The first edition was published anonymously, in 1783. 16 A LETTER from an American now resident in London, to a Member of Parliament, on the subject of the restraining pro clamation ; and containing strictures on Lord Sheffield s pamphlet on the commerce of the American States. 8vo. Stockdale, . A well written remonstrance against the proclamation confining all com mercial intercourse between the United States and the West Indies to British shipping. 17 CONSIDERATIONS on the present situation of Great Britain and the United States of North America, with a view to their future commercial connexions ; particularly designed to ex pose the dangerous tendency of the arguments used, and of the conclusions drawn in a late pamphlet published by Lord Sheffield, &c. . . Stockdale, . 8vo. This writer particularly recommends the cultivation of a close commercial union with the American States, which he considers as still practicable. The first edition, published anonymously, of the following work : 18 CONSIDERATIONS, &c. The second edition, to which is now Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 325 lirst added, the plan of an Act of Parliament for the establish- 1784, meiit and regulation of our trade with the American States. ^^ Also a preface, containing remarks upon the authorities on which Lord Sheffield has formed the principal part of his observations. By Richard Champion, Esq. late deputy pay master-general of his Majesty s forces. Stockdale, . 8vo. pp. xxxiv. 274 and 36. 19 THOUGHTS on the late proceedings of Government, respecting the trade of the West India Islands with the United States of America. By Brian Edwards, Esq. Cadell, . 8vo. A remonstrance against the ill policy and tendency of restricting the com merce of the West India Islands with North America to British ships. The author shews himself an able antagonist to Lord Sheffield, and expresses himself with much candour and liberality. 20 A FREE AND CANDID review of a Tract, intitled Observations on the Commerce of the American States, shewing the per nicious consequences, both to Great Britain and to the British sugar islands, of the systems recommended in that tract. 8vo. Lowndes . 21 CONSIDERATIONS on the present state of the intercourse between H. M. s sugar colonies and the dominions of the United States of America. James Allen, Secretary. 8vo. pp. 54. " Published by the West India merchants and planters, for distribution to the members of Paliament, &c. and not sold." M.R. 70, p. 434. 22 AN ADDRESS to Brian Edwards, Esq. ; containing remarks on his pamphlet, intitled Thoughts on the late proceedings, $ c. Also, observations on some parts of a pamphlet lately pub lished by the West India planters and merchants, intitled Considerations on the present state, fyc. By John Stevenson. 8vo. Nicoll, . Mr. Stevenson is a strenuous supporter of Lord Sheffield s argument for restricting the intercourse between our West Indian Islands and the American States to British ships, according to the Navigation Act. 23 REMARKS on Lord Sheffield s Observations on the Commerce of the American States. By an American. 8vo. Stockdale, . An antagonist to Lord Sheffield, who inveighs against the climate, soil, and 326 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1784. productions of Great Britain, and draws a comparison between Great <^v^ Britain and France, to the disadvantage of the former. 24 AN ESSAY on the treatment and conversion of African slaves in the British sugar colonies. By the Rev. James Ramsay, M.A., Vicar of Teston, in Kent. . . Phillips, . 8vo. 25 AN ENQUIRY into the effects of putting a stop to the African slave trade, and of granting liberty to the slaves of the British sugar colonies. By the author of An Essay on the Treatment, fyc. . . . Phillips, - . 8vo. The author of these two tracts is a warm advocate for the Blacks, but his views seem to be more directed towards an amelioration of their condition, than to the extinction of slavery. See Cursory Remarks, 1785. 26 A SUMMARY VIEW of the courses and crops in the husbandry of England and Maryland ; with a comparison of their pro ducts ; and a system of improved courses proposed for farms in America. . . Philadelphia. 4 to. pp. 22. 27 A LETTER from Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B., to the commissioners of public accounts, relative to some observa tions in their seventh report, which may be judged to imply censure on the late Commander-in-chief of H. M. s army in North America. . . Debrett, . 8vo. 28 A PHILOSOPHICAL and political history of the thirteen United States of America. By James Franklin, Esq. London. 12mo. 29 LE SPECTATEUR AMERICAN, ou remarques generates sur 1 Amerique Septentrionale et sur la republique des treize- Etats-Unis. Par M. Jh. M*********, Negotiant a Am sterdam, &c. . . Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 307. By M. Mandrillon. At the end of the work is an essay on the question, " Whether the discovery of America has been beneficial to mankind or not 1 If benefits have resulted from it, what are the means of preserving and increasing them? If evils, how are they to be remedied?" It is separately paged, and has the following title ; 30 RECIIERCHES PHILOSOPHIQUES surla decouverte de I Amerique, Bibliotkcca Americana Nova. on discours sur cette question, proposee par TAcademie des 1784. Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon : " La decouverte de ~^ 1 Amerique a-t-elle ete utile ou nuisible au genre humain ?" &c. Par M. Jh. M. Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 91. 31 APPEL a la justice de 1 etat, ou recueil de lettres ou sont fidelement exposes les actes horribles de la violence arbitraire qui a regne dans la colonie durant les dernieres troubles, et les sentimens du Canada sur le bill de Quebec, et sur la forme du gouvernement la plus propre a faire renaitre la paix et le bonheur public. Par Pierre du Calvet. Londres. 8vo. Printed at the same time in English. 32 LETTRES d un cultivateur Americain, ecrites a W. S. Ecuyer, depuis 1 annee 1770, jusqu a 1781. Traduites de 1 Anglois, par * * *. . . . . Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. This translation of Hector St. John s Farmer s Letters (No. 3, 1782,) vras made by the author himself. The work is highly recommended in two letters, by way of introduction, from M. de Lacretelle. Reprinted, with additions, in 1787. Boucher de la Richarderie says that the author had been so long unaccustomed to his native language that his translation abounds with Anglicisms, (i which," he says, <e however, give greater energy to his expressions." 33 Loix et CONSTITUTIONS des colonies Francoises de 1 Amerique sous le Vent, suivies (1) d un tableau raisonnee des differentes parties de Tadministration actuelle de ces colonies; (2) d observations generates sur le climat, la population, la cul ture, le caractere et les moeurs des habitans de la partie Franchise de Saint-Domingue ; (3) d une description physique, politique et topographique des differens quartiers de cette meme partie, le tout termine par 1 histoire de cette Isle et de ses dependances depuis leur decouverte jusqu a nos jours. Par M. Moreau de Saint-Mery, Avocat au Parle- ment, &c. . . . Paris. 4to. 8 vols. 34 CONSIDERATIONS sur 1 ordre de Cincinnatus, ou imitation d un pamphlet Americain, par le Comte de Mirabeau. Suivies de plusieurs pieces relatives a cette institution ; d une lettre 328 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. \ 784. signee ]du General Washington, accompagnee de remarques par 1 auteur Fran9ois ; d une lettre de feu Monsieur Turgot, Ministre d Etat en France, au Docteur Price, sur les Legisla tions Americaines ; et de la traduction d un pamphlet au Docteur Price, intitulee Observations on the importance of the American Revolution, and the means of making it a benefit to the world ; accompagnee de reflexions et de notes du Tra- ducteur. .... Londres, 8vo. pp. 388. See No. 13, of 1785. 35 RECUEIL D ESTAMPES, representants les differents evenements de la guerre qui a procure 1 independance aux Etats Unis de I Amerique Paris. 4to. Sixteen plates, beautifully engraved by Ponce and Godefroy. They consist of imaginary representations of some of the principal events of the American war. 36 HISTOIRE DE L ADMINISTRATION DE LORD NORTH, Ministre des Finances en Angleterre, depuis 1770 jusqu en 1782, et de la guerre de FAmerique Septentrionale, jusqu a la paix : suivie du tableau historique des finances d Angleterre, depuis Guillaume III. jusqu en 1784. A Londres (Paris). 8vo. 2 vols. The author of this work (M. Milliard D Auberteuil) says, that after having translated the View of the history of Great Britain during the Administra tion of Lord North (No. 11, of 1782), he thought that he might substitute in its place a less prolix and more complete history, preserving all that was useful, agreeable, and interesting in the English work ; and adding an account of events which would comprise a complete account of the American war. 37 OBSERVATIONS sur le gouvernement et les loix des Etats Unis d Amerique. Par M. YAbbe de Mably. Amsterdam. 8vo. See No. 5. 38 HISTORIA de abiponibus equestri, bellicosaque Paraquarise natione locupletata copiosis barbararum gentium, urbium, fluminum, ferarum, amphibiorum, insectorum, serpentium proecipuorum, piscium,avium,arborum,plantarum. aliarumque ejusdem provincise, proprietatum observationibus, authore Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 329 Martino Dobrizhoffer, Presbytero, et per annos duo de viginti 1784. Paraquarise missionaries . Vienna. ^^ 8vo. 3 vols. Published about the same time in German by Professor Kreil. An English translation, said to be by Southey, was published in 1822. The original Latin edition is rare in England. 39 NORDAMERICA, nacli den Friedent schllissen vom Jahre, 1783. Nebst 1. einem Vorbericht von America iiberhanpt; 2. einegen Charten, und 3. einem hinlanglichen Register; von Job. Jacobi Moser. .... Leipzig. 8vo. 3 vols. Meusel 3. 1. 321. MDCCLXXXV. 1 MEMOIRS of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, to the end of the year 1783. Vol. I. . Boston, N.A. Quarto. Monthly Review, Nov. 1788. 2 HISTORY of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland ; commencing in 1775, and ending in 1783. By John Andrews, LL.D. 8vo. 4 vols. Portraits, maps, and charts. . London. Compiled chiefly from the newspapers, and the proceedings of the House of Commons. 3 THE HISTORY of the revolution of South Carolina from a British province to an independent state. By David Ramsay, M.D., Member of the American Congress. . Trenton, N. J. 8vo. 2 vols. A French translation was printed, in 1787. 4 ARBUSTRUM AMERICANUM : the American Grove, or an alpha betical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnsean system, containing the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple, and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties : also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic economy. Compiled from actual know- 330 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1785. ledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors, "-"* by Humphry Marshall. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 20, 174. Published in French in 1788. 5 THE CRISIS of the colonies considered; with some observations on the necessity of properly connecting their commercial interest with Great Britain and America. Addressed to the Duke of Richmond. With a letter to Lord Penrhyn, late Chairman of the Committee of Planters and West India Merchants. . . . Bew, . 8vo. The situation of the British sugar islands, in consequence of the late war, and the peace by which that war was terminated, is reviewed in this pamphlet. The author, Mr, John Williams, urges the necessity of pre serving their commercial intercourse with America, and recommends that free ports should be established at Jamaica and Grenada. 6 LETTERS to a young planter; or observations on the manage ment of a sugar plantation. To which is added, the planter s kalendar. Written on the island of Grenada, by an old Planter. . . . Strachan, . 8vo. Highly recommended in the Monthly Review. 7 AN ADDRESS to the loyal part of the British empire, and the friends of the monarchy throughout the globe. By John Cruden, Esq. ; president of the Assembly of the United Loyalists, and late commissioner of sequestered estates in Carolina, &c. 8vo. pp. 29. The unfortunate Loyalists of the Southern States, who took refuge in Florida, under the promise of protection from the British government, found themselves at the peace in the hands of the Spaniards, by whom they were ordered to quit the country. In this dilemma they empowered Mr. Cruden to negociate a lottery for their benefit, which gave rise to this address. 8 CURSORY REMARKS upon the Reverend Mr. Ramsay s Essay on the treatment and conversion of African slaves in the sugar colonies. By a Friend to the West India colonies and their inhabitants. . . . Wilkie, . 8vo. A very able defence of the planters and slaveholders in the British West Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 331 Indies against the representations of Mr. Ramsay. Written by a Mr. 1785. Tobin. v^s-^ 9 A COLLECTION of acts or laws passed in the State of Massachu setts Bay, relative to the American Loyalists and their property. . . . Stockdale, - 8vo. pp. 33. 10 A SHORT ADDRESS to the disinterested and unprejudiced citizens, merchants, and manufacturers of Great Britain, on the im portance of the trade of this country with the United States of America : also reasons why, as customers, they should not be restricted, like other foreign nations, from sending- raw materials to this country in payment of British goods. By a Manufacturer. . . Stockdale, . 8vo. pp. 24. 11 A POEM addressed to the United States of America. By David Humphries, Esq., colonel in the service of the United States, and aid-de-camp to H. E. the Commander-in-chief. Quarto. Kearsly, . First printed at Newhaven, Connecticut, and reprinted in Paris. " To inspire our countrymen now in arms, or who may hereafter be called into the field, with perseverance and fortitude, through every species of difficulty and danger to continue their exertions for the defence of their country and the preservation of its liberties, is the object of this address." Preface. 12 OBSERVATIONS on the importance of the American Revolution, and the means of making it a benefit to the world. To which is added, a letter from M. Turgot, late comptroller-general of the finances of France ; with an appendix, containing a translation of the will of M. Fortune Ricard, lately published in France. By Richard Price, D.D., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 8vo. Cadell, . This tract, which was originally intended only for America, was translated into French by the celebrated Mirabeau. The doctor speaks of the American revolution as " a revolution which opens a new prospect in human affairs, and begins a new aera in the history of mankind, a revo lution by which Britons themselves will be the greatest gainers, if wise enough to improve properly the check that has been given to the despot ism of their ministers, and to catch the flame of virtuous liberty which has saved their American brethren." He uses very strong language with respect to religious establishments, the spirit of which he condemns as contrary to the spirit of Christianity ; and he hopes that no such monster will ever be known in America, as human authority in matters of religion. 332 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1785. 13 CONSIDERATIONS on the order of Cincinnatus; to which are added, as well several original papers relative to that institu tion, as also a letter from the late M. Turgot, comptroller of the finances in France, to Dr. Price, on the constitutions of America ; and an abstract of Dr. Price s Observations on the importance of the American Revolution; with notes and reflec tions upon that work. Translated from the French of the Count de Mirabeau. . . Johnson, . 8vo. A translation of No. 34, of 1784. " In this work much eloquence is em ployed to prove that the institution of the order of Cincinnatus is the creation of a military nobility, which "will in time form a dangerous aristo cratic power, supported by numbers, military force, general respect, the right of inheritance, the power of holding assemblies at pleasure, and revenue." Monthly Review. " The language of the Count relating to the new order is animated and indignant, though clear and precise ; the translator frequently soars above him, and sometimes seems to be lost in the clouds into which he is raised." Critical Review. 14 VOYAGE de M. Le Chevalier de Chastellux en Amerique. 8vo. pp. 228. Noplace. This appears to be the surreptitious edition of the Marquis de Chastellux s Travels, printed at Cassel, which is referred to in the Paris edition of 1786. It consists of extracts taken at random from his MS. journals, without any connexion, which were first published in a periodical journal at Gotha. 15 HISTOIRE DES TROUBLES de rAmerique Anglaise. Par Francois Soules. ... . Londres. 8vo. 2 vols. ? This work was printed at Paris in 1787, in four volumes. I have a second volume, printed in London in this year, but can obtain no information respecting it. It appears to be somewhat different from the Paris edition. 16 DISCOURS sur la grandeur et 1 importance de la Revolution qui vient de s operer dans 1 Amerique Septentrionale, par le Chevalier Deslandes. . . Franco/. (Paris.} 12mo. 17 VOYAGE d un Suisse dans differentes colonies d Amerique pendant la derniere guerre, avec une table d observations meteorologiques faites a Saint Domingue. " Observateur sans pretention, vrai sans malignite." Neuchatel. 8vo. pp. 416. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 333 This is no doubt the work mentioned by Barbier and Querard, printed in 1785. 1787. Aux verreries Suisses, attributed by them to Girod-Chantrans. ^^/ It relates principally to St. Domingo. 18 ESSAI sur I administration de St. Domingue, par Guillaume Thomas Raynal. (Noplace.} 8vo. pp. 256. 19 REFLEXIONS D UN VIEILLARD du pays de Medoc, sur Tarret du conseil du 30 A out dernier, qui permet 1 admission des etrangers dans nos colonies. . (Bourdeaux ?) Quarto. lf Par Charles Lemesle, negociant de Bourdeaux." Ms. Note. This pamphlet and the following all relate to the affairs of the colonies, and, being- without the printer s or publisher s name, were probably privately printed. 20 LETTRES CRITIQUES et POLITIQUES sur les colonies et le com merce des villes maritimes de la France, adressees a G. T. Raynal. . . . Geneve. Quarto. By M. Dubucq and M. Dubuisson. 21 LE POUR ET LE CONTRE, sur un objet de grande discorde et d importance majeure. Paris ? Quarto. By M. Dubucq. 22 REPONSE A LA BROCHURE intitulee Le Pour et le Contre. Quarto, pp. 63. A Londres (Paris?) 23 REPLIQUE a 1 auteur du Pour et Contre A Londres (Paris.) Quarto, pp. 84. 24 REPONSE au contradicteur de la brochure, intitulee Le Pouret le Contre. . . A Londres (Paris.) Quarto. By M. Dubucq. 25 POEMA EPICO, la rendicion de Panzacola y conquista de la Florida occidental por el Conde de Galvez. Componialo el comisario de guerra D. Francisco de Rojas y Rocha. Quarto, pp. 34 and 6. Mexico. 26 IDEA DEL VALOR DE LA ISLA ESPANOLA y utilidades que de ella puede sacar su Monarquia. Por D. Antonio Sanchez 334 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1785. Valverde, Lie. en sagrada theologia, &c. natural de la propia ~^ isla, &c. . . . Madrid. 4to. pp. 208. 27 LA AMERICA VINDICADA de la calumnia de haver sido madre del mal venereo : por el autor de la Idea del valor de la Isla Espanola. . . . Madrid. 4to. pp. 80. This treatise is rarely found with the foregoing. 28 RRISEN einiger Missionarien der Gesellschaft Jesu in Amerika. Aus ihren eigenen Aufsatzen heraus gegeben von Christoph Gottlieb von Murr. . . Nurnberg. 8vo. pp. 614, map and plates. Relates entirely to South America. 29 GESCHICHTE der revolution von Nord-Amerika von M. C. Sprengel, professor der Geschichte auf der universitat zu Halle. Speyer. Small 8vo. pp. 196, map. 30 DREYHUNDERT auserlesne Amerikanische Gewachse nach Linneischer ordnung. . . Numberg. 8vo. 6 parts, 300 coloured plates. This work, commenced in this year, was finished in 1789, under which date copies are frequently met with. It contains the whole of the plants of Jacquin s Selectarum Stirp. Americ. (No. 44, 1780), reduced from the original drawings, and a few others taken from nature, or from other works. MDCCLXXXVI. 1 TRANSACTIONS of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. Volume II. Quarto. Philadelphia. This volume contains the memoir, by M.Otto, upon the discovery of America, in which he endeavours to prove that it had been discovered, before Columbus, by Martin Behaim. 2 AN ADDRESS from the general court to the people of the com monwealth of Massachusetts. Boston. 8vo. pp. 41. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 335 3 AN ACCOUNT of the present state of Nova Scotia. Edinburgh. 1786. 8vo. ~~ By Mr. S. Hollingsworth. A second edition was printed in 1787. 4 HISTORY of voyages and discoveries made in the North. Translated from the German of John Reinhold Forster, J. U. D. Elucidated by several new and original maps. Quarto. Robinson, . 5 A NARRATIVE of the death of Captain James Cook : to which are added, some particulars concerning his life and character, and observations respecting the introduction of the venereal disease into the Sandwich Islands. By David Samuel, surgeon of the Discovery. . Robinson, . Quarto. 6 LETTERS written in London by an American spy, from the year 1764 to the year 1785. . Crowder, . 12mo. These letters are said to be the correspondence of a Quaker with his friends in Philadelphia ; and, while they display the honest hluntness of a sect, are animated by a warm philanthropy, true religion, and sound sense. Critical Review, vol. 62. 7 A TREATY of amity and of commerce between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of Prussia. London. Svo. This treaty is a phenomenon in the history of nations, a treaty replete with benevolence. " Military powers uniting to alleviate the miseries of war, to lessen the horrors of bloodshed, and relieve the distresses of their enemies, is the best lesson of humanity which a philosophical king (Frederick II.), acting in concert with a philosophical patriot (Franklin), could possibly give to the princes and statesmen of the earth." M.R. 8 LAWS of the legislature of New York in force against the Loyal ists, and affecting the trade of Great Britain and British merchants, and others having property in that state. Svo. Debrett, . 9 AN APOLOGY for negro slavery ; or the West India planters vin dicated from the charge of inhumanity. By the author of Letters to a young Planter. . Strachan, . Svo. By Gordon Turnbull, v. M. R., 76, p. 78. 336 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1786. 10 A LETTER from Captain J. S. Smith to the Rev. Mr. Hill, on ^^ the state of the negro slaves. To which are added, an in troduction and remarks on free negroes, &c. by the Editor. 8vo. Phillips, . Edited by the Rev. Mr. Ramsay. 1 1 OBSERVATIONS sur la Virginie. Par M. J * * *. Traduites de 1 Anglois. . . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 390, map. A translation of Mr. Jefferson s Notes on Virginia, by M. Morellet. 12 TRAIT d amitie et de commerce entre sa Majeste le Roi de Prusse et les Etats-Unis de I Amerique. (.4 la Haye ?) Svo. See No. 7 of this year. 13 VOYAGES de M. le Marquis de Chastellux dans I Amerique Septentrionale dans les annees 1780, 1781, et 1782. Paris. Svo. 2 vols. 5 maps and plates, Published in English in the following year. " These travels will excite in different minds various and opposite sentiments. By the Englishman they will be read with indignation and disgust, as they contain numerous misrepresentations of the conduct of his countrymen, with encomiums equally exaggerated on their foes ; by the natural historian, with a cool contempt of the academician s remarks ; by the politician with eager ex pectation ; and by the more indifferent enquirer, with pleasure and interest. The work gives a lively picture of a state of society with which we have hitherto been little acquainted : it paints the appearances of nature in her savage wildness, and delineates the struggles of art in rendering the country habitable, with its gradual success in the contest. The Marquis travels through America as a friend and an ally: he sees a great and rising kingdom in every step ; simplicity and innocence dance before him with playful gambols ; and, captivated with the unrefined manners to which he is everywhere a witness, he does not perceive that, w r ith the luxuries of Europe, the Americans have everywhere imported its vices." Critical Review. 14 EXAMEN CRITIQUE des voyages dans 1 Amerique Septentrionale de Chastellux. Par Brissot de VVarville. Londres. Svo. pp. 143. " A spirited writer here attacks the Marquis for having, in the publication of his travels, exposed to ridicule, and grossly misrepresented the prin ciples and manners of the Quakers; he also endeavours to shew that the Marquis s reflections on the slavery of the negroes, and his thoughts on the conditions of mankind, with respect to the ranks in society, are often 3 Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. 337 unjust. M. de Warville s language is forcible, his arguments are strik- 1786. ing, if not always conclusive, and his work is replete with liberal senti- v*vw ments on religious and political subjects." Monthly Review. 15 RECHERCHES sur la constitution des naturels de Saint Domingue, sur leurs arts, leur Industrie, et leurs moyens de subsistance. Par M. Arthaud. . Cap Francois. Quarto. 16 ESSAI SUR LES ETATS UNIS ; par M. Demeunier, secretaire ordinaire de Monsieur, Frere du Roi, et censeur-royal. Quarto. Paris. This work forms also an article in the Encyclopedic Methodique, vol, 2 of Economie Politique. 17 DICCIONARIO GEOGRAFICO historico de las Indias Occidentales 6 America; es a saber: de los Reynos del Peru, Nueva Espana, Tierra Firme, Chile, y Nuevo Reyno de Granada. Con la descripcion de sus provincias, naciones, ciudades, villas, pueblos, rios, montes, costas, puertos, islas, arzo- bispados, obispados, audiencias, vireynatos, gobiernos cor- regimientos y fortalezas, frutos y producciones : con expre- sion de sus descubridores, conquistadores y fundadores : conventos y religiones : ereccion de sus catedrales y obis- pos que ha habido en ellas : y noticia de los sucesos mas nota bles de varies lugares ; incendios, terremotos, sitios e inva- siones que han experimentado : y hombres ilustres que han producido. Escrito por el Coronel D. Antonio de Alcedo, Capitan de Reales Guardias Espanolas. . Madrid. Small 4to. 5 vols. An English translation, by Thompson, was published in 1812. 18 HISTORIA DE LA coNQUisTA DE MEXICO, poblacion y progresos de la America Septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espana. Segunda parte. Escribiale Don Ignacio de Salazar y Olarte. Segunda edicion. . Madrid. Folio. The first edition was printed in 1743. 338 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. MDCCLXXXVII. 1 A HISTORY of the campaign of 1780 and 1781 in the southern provinces of North America. By Lieut. Col. Tarleton, com mandant of the late British legion. Cadell, . Quarto, pp. 518, map and four plans. " Colonel Tarleton s history commences with D Estaing s fruitless attack on Savannah, in the autumn of 1779, and then proceeds to give a minute detail of all the military operations in both the Carolinas and part of Virginia, until the surrender of Yorktown and Gloucester, Oct. 19, 1781, when Lord Cornvvallis, with his whole army, fell into the hands of the Americans : that memorable event which crowned the military toils of the American Fabius with final success, and gave INDEPENDENCE to America ! The volume is handsomely printed, and enriched with some explanatory maps and plans, especially those relating- to the battles of Camden and Guildford, and the sieges of Charlestown and Yorktown, besides a large general map of the country." M.R. General Sir Banastre Tarleton (the author of this work,) died, Jan. 23, 1833, in his 79th year, without issue. He was colonel of the 8th Dra goons, and governor of Berwick. He sat in Parliament several years. 2 A HISTORY of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the southern provinces of North America, by Lieut. Col. Tarleton, com mandant of the late British legion. . Dublin. 8vo. pp. 534. 3 STRICTURES on Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton s History of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the southern provinces of North America. Wherein military characters and corps are vindicated from injurious aspersions, and several important transactions are placed in their proper point of view. By Roderick Mackenzie, late lieutenant in the 71st regiment. 8vo. Faultier, . Mr. Mackenzie defends Lord Cornwallis, gives his own account of the battle of the Cowpens, and a curious journal of the siege of fort Ninety-six. lie is very severe on Lieut. Col. Tarleton s work, "in which," he says, " some facts have been withheld, and some mutilated, while others are raised to a pitch of importance, to which, if historical justice had been the author s object, they are by no means entitled. Prejudice and party spirit are also some of its most important features." 4 TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA in the years 1730, 1781, and 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux, one of the forty Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 339 members of the French academy, and major-general in the 1787. French army, serving under the Count de Rochambeau. ^^ Translated from the French by an English gentleman who resided in America at that period. With notes by the trans lator. . . . Robinson, . 8vo. 2 vols. "This performance of the Marquis de Chastellux is a heterogeneous and multifarious account of every thing that caught the lively traveller s eager eye and minute attention ; and, as nothing escaped his active inves tigation, his work abounds not only with observations which are of im portance, but with details of even the most trifling incidents that bad roads, inconvenient inns, and distracted times usually afford. The translator is, in political principles, a violent American, and, as such, he gives to the national reputation of poor old England many a stab, and to that of her troops no quarter." M.R. 5 REMARKS on the travels of the Marquis of Chastellux in North America. . . . Wilkie, . 8vo. This writer accuses the Marquis of misrepresentations and exaggerations, and calls his translator an " incendiary, a lurking spy, and an avowed rebel to his country," 6 OBSERVATIONS on some parts of Natural History, to which is prefixed, an account of several remarkable vestiges of an ancient date, which have been discovered in different parts of North America. Part I. By Benj. Smith Barton, Member of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh. 8vo. Dilly. . " A prefixed advertisement to this work informs us that it is the production of a very young man, written chiefly as a recreation from the laborious studies of medicine. It is, however, a curious tract ; we have here only the first part ; the other three, which will complete the work, are to be published in a few months." Monthly Review. This part, the only one ever published, relates entirely to antiquities, giving an account of the Indian ruins in the Mushingum, and remarks on the first peopling of America, &c. 7 POLITICAL SKETCHES, inscribed to H. E. John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to the court of Great Britain. . . . Dilly, . 8vo. " These sketches are written with much spirit, and that zeal for America and its cause, which has animated her numerous authors and defenders." Critical Review. -7 9 340 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1787. 8 A DEFENCE of the constitution of government of the United ^^ States of America. By John Adams, LL.D., and Member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Boston. 8vo. 3 vols. Dilly, . The third volume was published in 1788. The Monthly Reviewer sajs that this work " is not, as its title states, a defence of the American con stitution, but a warm defence of the constitution of Great Britain. It is the best anti-democratic treatise that we have seen ; for Dr. Adams appears to dread that that is the extreme to which his countrymen will naturally lean, and he has exerted his best endeavour to obviate that evil." 9 THE VISION OF COLUMBUS; a poem, in nine books. By Joel Barlow, Esq. . . Hartford, Con. 8vo. pp. 258. First edition of the ColumUad, (see 1807.) The list of subscribers at the end contains the King of France, 25 copies ; Gen. Washington, 20 copies j Gen. La Fayette, 10 copies, &c. 10 NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. Written by Thomas Jefferson. Illustrated with a map, including the states of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. 8vo. pp. 382. Stockdale, . See No. 1 of 1782. This is, apparently, a reprint from an American edi tion, printed in the same year, to which was prefixed the following ADVERTISEMENT : " The following Notes were written in Virginia, in the year 1781, and somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, in answer to Queries proposed to the author, by a foreigner of distinction, then resident among us. The subjects are all treated imperfectly; some scarcely touched on. To apologize for this by developing the circumstance of the time and place of their composition, would be to open wounds which have already bled enough. To these circumstances some of their imperfections may with truth be ascribed ; the great mass to the want of information and want of talents in the writer. He had a few copies printed, which he gave among his friends ; and a translation of them has lately appeared in France (No. 11, 1786), but with such altera tions as the laws of the press in that country rendered necessary. They are now offered to the public in their original form and language. Feb. 27, 1787." 1 1 THE PRESENT STATE of Nova Scotia ; with a brief account of Canada, and the British islands on the coast of North America. The second edition, corrected and enlarged, and illustrated with a map. . . Edinburgh. 8vo. By Mr. S. Hollingsworth. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 341 " The account here given of the rapid growth of the infant settlement of 1787. Nova Scotia, especially since the termination of the war with our late vww colonists, is really astonishing, and leaves us no room to doubt the very great advantages which will, in all human probability, accrue to the mother country from the welfare and prosperity of this her youngest child." M. R. 12 THE PRESENT STATE of Maryland. By the Delegates of the people. . . . Stockdale, . 8vo. pp. 28. First printed in Baltimore. 13 THE HISTORY OF MEXICO. Collected from Spanish and Mexican historians, from manuscripts and ancient paintings of the Indians. Illustrated by charts and other copper-plates. To which are added, critical dissertations on the land, the animals, and inhabitants of Mexico. By Abbe D. Francesco Clavigero. Translated from the original Italian, by Charles Cullen, Esq. . . Robinsons, . Quarto, 2 vols. 26 plates and map. First printed in Italian in 1780. The translator, who was a son of the celebrated Dr. Cullen, appears to have executed his task faithfully. It was reprinted in Philadelphia in the year 18 , in 8vo. 14 A COMPARATIVE VIEW of the Russian discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke ; and a sketch of what remains to be ascertained by future navigators. By William Coxe, A.M., F.R.S. . . Cadell, . Quarto. 15 HYDRAULIC AND NAUTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the currents in the Atlantic Ocean, forming an hypothetical theorem for investigation : addressed to navigators. By Governor Pownall, F.R.S.,[&c. To which are added, some notes by Dr. Franklin. . . . Sayer, . Quarto. 16 PLAN of the new constitution for the United States of America, agreed upon in a Convention of the States. 8vo. Debrett, . " As the sudden rise of a new empire in the world, constituted on principles of government essentially different from the old, cannot fail to draw the notice of European politicians, every circumstance relating thereto must necessarily become interesting and important." Preface. 342 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1787. 17 THE ADVENTURES of Jonathan Corncob, Loyal American ^^ Refugee. Written by himself. Robinsons, . 12mo. The prototype of the Halls and the Trollopes, who, as the Monthly Reviewer says, " thought that his ridicule of the Jonathans would render his work the more acceptable in England." 18 THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE, or Monthly Miscellany ; con taining a view of the history, literature, manners and characters of the year 1787. " Emollit mores." Philadelphia. 8vo. The publication of this monthly periodical commenced in September, 1786, and was continued to the year 1792, forming altogether twelve volumes. It is ornamented with numerous portraits and other engravings, princi pally by Trencliard, who was one of the proprietors of the work. The others were, T. Seddon, Charles Cist, C. Talbot, W. Spotswood, and Mathew Carey. The latter, however, from " the discomfort arising from the discordant views of the different partners, the utter improbability of such a work producing any profit worth the attention of five persons, and other considerations," was induced to withdraw from the concern, and in January, 1787, commenced on his own account the following work : 19 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, or repository of ancient and modern fugitive pieces, &c. prose and poetical. Philadelphia. 8vo. This work was printed and edited by Mathew Carey. It was continued to the year 1792, the collection forming twelve volumes. " I was much attached to this work, and had great reluctance to abandon it, unproductive and vexatious as was the management of it; but at length I sang its requiem, at the close of the year 1792. That it had considerable merit is universally acknowledged ; and there is no vanity in the declaration, as the work did not contain a single essay of my own. The whole of my labour consisted in the selection of its contents from newspapers, and the addition occasionally of a few notes, of little importance." M. Carey s Autobiog raphiifin New E/ig. Mag. Washington said that a more usffdl literary plan had never been undertaken in America, or one more deserving of public encouragement. 20 HISTOIRE des troubles de 1 Amerique Ang-laise, ecrite sur les memoires les plus authentiques ; dediee a sa Majeste tres Chretienne ; par Francois Soules. Avec des cartes. Paris. 8vo. 4 vols. See No. 15, 178,5. 21 HISTOIRE de la Revolution d Amerique, par rapport a la Caroline Meridionale. Par M. David Ramsay ; Membre du Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 343 Congres Americain ; traduit de 1 Anglois; ornees de cartes et 1787. de plans. . . . Londres (Paris.) ^^ 8vo. 2 vols. See No. 3, 1785. 22 HISTOIRE DE LA DERNIERE GUERRE cntre la Grande-Bretagne et les Etats-Unis de I Amerique, la France, 1 Espagne et la Hollande, depuis son commencement en 1775, jusqu a sa fin en 1783, Ornee de cartes geographiques et marines. Quarto pp. 357. six maps. A Paris. By M. Boucher. Reprinted the following year, in two volumes, 8vo. 23 ETATS-UNIS de 1 Amerique Septentrionale compares avec les Ligues Acheenne, Suisse et Hollandoise. Par M. de Mayer. Tome second. . . . Geneve (Paris.) 12mo. The title of the first volume is, Les Ligues Achcenne, Suisse ct Hollandoise ; et Revolution des Elats Unis de I Amerique, compartes ensemble, c. 24 DE LA FRANCE et des Etats-Unis, on de 1 importance de la revolution de 1 Amerique, pour le bonheur de la France, des rapports de ce royaume et des Etats-Unis, des avantages reciproques qu ils peuvent retirer de leurs liaisons de com merce, et enfin de la situation actuelle des Etats-Unis. Par Brissot de Warville et Etienne Claviere. Londres et Paris. 8vo. Published in English in 1788. 25 LETTRES d un cultivateur Americain, adressees a Wm. S on, Esq., depuis 1 annee 1770 jusqu en 1786. Par M. St. John de Crevecosur. Traduites de 1 Anglois. " Keen feelings inspire resistless thoughts." . . Paris. 8vo. 3 vols. 8 maps and plates. This edition contains nearly double the matter of the first, printed in 1784. The whole of the third volume is now published for the first time. 26 REFLEXIONS sur le commerce, la navigation, et les colonies. 4to. pp. 64. Paris ? Privately printed, being without place or printer s name ; with the date at the end. 27 DETAIL SUR LA NAVIGATION aux cotes de Saint-Domingue et dans ses debouquemens. . . A Paris. 4to. pp. 81. By M. de Cbastenet-Puysegur. 344 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1787. 28 DISCOURS sur les avantages ou les desavantages qui resultent pour 1 Europe de la decouverte de 1 Amerique. Par M. P * * * Vice Consul a E * * *. Londres (Paris.) 8vo. pp. 68. This discourse is attributed to the Marquis de Chastellux, and is, according to Laharpe, the best of his works ; well conceived, tolerably well written, full of luminous conclusions and of useful truths. He decides the question in favour of the "advantages." Biog. Univ. 29 L INFLUENCE de la decouverte de 1 Amerique sur le bonheur du genre-humain. Par M. 1 Abbe Genty, Censeur-royal, Correspondent de 1 Academie Royale des Sciences de Paris, &c. . . . . Orleans. 8vo. " That the discovery in question was neither advantageous to America nor to Europe, is a proposition that many believe ; and this author illus trates it, and renders it striking ; but that it might have been, and may even yet be made useful to both, is equally credible. The principal object of this judicious writer is to point out the manner of diminishing the evils occasioned by the discovery of the New World, and of multiply ing the advantages that may result from it. The work breathes a liberal spirit, and is worthy of attention." M. R. Some copies of this work have a title-page with the year 1788 upon it, and Paris instead of Orleans. 30 MEMOIRES PIIILOSOPIIIQUES, historiques, physiques, concer- nant la decouverte de 1 Amerique, ses anciens habitans, leurs moeurs, leurs usages, leur connexion avec les nouveaux habi tans, leur religion ancienne et moderne, les produits des trois regnes de la nature, et en particulier les mines, leur exploi- ration, leur immense produit ignore jusque ici; par Don Ulloa, lieut.-gen. des armees navales de 1 Espagne, commandant au Perou, &c. Avec des observations et additions sur toutes les matieres dont il est parle dans loiivrage. Traduite par M. **. . . . Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. A translation of Ulloa s Noticias Americanas (1772), with considerable additions by the translator, M. Lefebure de Villebrune, taken principally from a German translation by professor Diefc, with notes by M. Schneider. M. Lefebure asserts that the work of De Pauw (No. 22, 1768,) is a tissue of errors and falsehoods. 31 TRAITE DE LA CULTURE DU NQPAL et de 1 education de la Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 345 cochenille dans les colonies Francaises de 1 Amerique ; 1787. precede d un voyage a Guaxaca, par M. Thiery de Menon- < "^- / ville, auquel ou ajoute une preface, des notes et des observa tions relatives a la culture de la cochenille, avec des figures coloriees. Le tout recueille et public par le cercle des Philadelphes, etabli au Cap-Francais, isle et cote de St. Domingue. . Au Cap. Francais (Paris.} 8vo. 2 vols. 32 RELACION HISTORICA de la vida y apostolicas tareas del venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra, y de las Misiones que fundo en la California Septentrional y nuevos establecimentos de Monterey. Escrita por el R. P. L. Fr. Francisco Palou, guardian actual del Colegio Apostolico de S. Fernando de Mexico y discipulo del venerable fundador, &c. Mexico. Quarto. A very curious work, containing much information respecting California, with a map of the country described. 33 LA PERLA DE LA AMERICA, provincia de Santa Marta, recon- ocida observada y expuesta en discursos historicos por el Sacerdote Don Antonio Julian, a mayor bien de la Catolica Monarquia, fomento del Comercio de Espana y de todo el Nuevo Reyno de Granada, e increment de la Christiana religion entre las naciones barbaras, que subsisten todavia rebeldes en la provincia. . . Madrid. 4to. pp. 280. 34 DESCRIPCIOX de diferentes piezas de historia natural, las mas del ramo maritime, representadas en 75 laminas. Por Don Antonio Parra. . . . Havana. Small 4to. 75 plates. The plates were etched by the author, and some copies were coloured by him, but they are very rare. 35 LA AMERICA LLORANDO por la temprana muerte de su amado, su padre, su bien y sus delicias el E. S. D. Bernardo de Galvez, Conde de Galvez, &c. Capitan Genl. de la Luisiana y dos Floridas, &c. Humilde rasgo del Lie . D. Agustin Pomposo Fernandez de San Salvador, Abogado, &c. Small 4to. pp. 25 and 6. Mexico. 36 ANTIGUEDAD DE LAS BUBAS. Extracto de un discurso del 346 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1787. R. P. M. F. Martin Sarmiento, Benedictine de Madrid. ^^ 8vo. pp. 32. Madrid. The author maintains that the lues venerea was known in Europe before the discovery of America. 37 MEMORIAS de la Colonia Francesa de Santo Domingo, con algunas reflexiones relativas a la Isla de Cuba, por un viagero Espaiiol. Publicalas Don Ignacio Gala. Madrid. 8vo. 38 SAGGIO sulla storia civile del Chili del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. . . . Bologna. 8vo. Translated into English in 1809. 39 ELOGIO di Amerigo Vespucci del P. M. Lastri. Firenze. Quarto. Only 100 copies of this work were printed. 40 BEYTRAG zur teutschen holtzgetchten Forstwissenschaft, die anpflanzung Nordamericanischer holzarten, mit anwen- dung auf teutsche Forste, betreflfend von Friederich Adam Julius von Wangenheim. Mit original Zeichnungen. Folio, pp. 45, 124. pi. 31. Gottingen. 41 BEYTRAGE zur mineralogischen kenntniss des ostlicben Theils von Nordamerika und seiner Geburge von D. Johann David Schoepf. . . . Erlangen. 8vo. pp. 194. 42 MATERIA MEDICA AMERICANA potissimum regni vegetabilis, D. Jo. Davidis Schoepf. . . Erlangce. 8vo. pp. 170. MDCCLXXXVIII. 1 THE HISTORY of the rise, progress and establishment of the independence of the United States of America : including an account of the late war, and of the thirteen colonies, from their origin to that period. By William Gordon, D.D. In four volumes. .... London. 8vo. 4 vols. Dr. Gordon went to America in 1770, and remained there until 1786 : and wrote a considerable part of his work on the spot. " The language of Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 347 this work deserves little encomium, but the merit of fidelity is the first 1788. qualification in a historian, and to that claim we believe the present s^^/ dispassionate writer is fully entitled." M. R. The Critical Rivic jo says that f< there arises some suspicion that Dr. Gordon actually wrote under the influence of American prejudice." 2 A HISTORY of the insurrection in Massachusetts in 1786 : by George Richards Minot. . . Worcester, Mass. 8vo. This insurrection is more generally known as Shays s Rebellion, from the name of the person who took the lead in it, and relating to whom there is a ballad extant in Massachusetts, commencing My name is Shays, in former days In Pelham I did dwell, sirs, &c. 3 THE FEDERALIST. A collection of essays on the American constitution. By Hamilton, Jay, and Madison. New York. 12mo, 2 vols. These essays have been frequently reprinted. They first appeared in the public papers, under the signature of Publius, in the interval between the publication and the adoption of the constitution of the United States, and were designed to elucidate and support its principles. Numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 61, were written by Mr. Jay ; numbers 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 37 to 58, 62 and 63, by Mr. Madison ; and the rest by Gen. Hamilton. 4 REMARKS on the proposed plan of a federal government, addressed to the citizens of the United States, and particularly to the people of Maryland. By Aristides. Annapolis, Md. 8vo. pp. 48. " The author of the present pamphlet is a warm and intelligent supporter of the plan of government lately digested by the convention of delegates, and now under the consideration of the several states, of which he might say, with the poet, It has no faults, or I no faults can spy, Is it all beauty, or all blindness I V M. Rev. 5 A SUMMARY REVIEW of the laws of the United States of North America, the British provinces, and the West Indies. With observations, precedents, &c. By a Barrister of the state of Virginia. . . Robinson, . 8vo. " The bulk of this work is taken up with defining the nature of the jurisdic tion of the courst of Westminster Hall over the British provinces, and other similar matters, that now have no respect to the independent American states ; but may be useful to those who have connexions with the West Indies and other British independencies." M.R. 348 Biblwtheca Americana Nova. 1788. 6 THE PERPETUAL LAWS of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, v - s * w from the establishment of its constitution to the first session of the general court, A.D. 1788. Compiled, arranged, and printed, to the wishes of many respectable law characters, and the approbation of the honourable judges of the supreme ju dicial court. Carefully compared with the original acts. 8vo. pp. 389. Worcester, Mass. Isaiah Thomas was both editor and printer of this work. 7 DEBATES, resolutions, and other proceedings of the Convention of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, convened at Boston on the 9th of Jan. 1788, and continued until the 7th of Fe bruary following, for the purpose of assenting to and ratifying the constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Conven tion. Together with the yeas and nays on the decision of the grand question. To which the federal constitution is prefixed. ... . Boston. 8vo. pp. 219. 8 DEBATES AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS of the Convention of Vir ginia, convened at Richmond, on Monday, the 2d day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the constitu tion recommended by the grand Federal Convention. To which is prefixed, the federal constitution. 8vo. pp. 194. Petersburg, Va. 9 THE CLAIM of the American loyalists, reviewed and maintained upon incontrovertible principles of law and justice. Svo. Wilkie, . 1 A REVIEW of the government and grievances of the province of Quebec, since the conquest of it by the British arms. To which is added, an appendix, containing extracts from au thentic papers. Stockdale, . 8vo. 11 OBSERVATIONS on the language of the Muhhekaneew Indians, by Jonathan Edwards. . New Haven, Con. Svo. Reprinted in 1789, in Philadelphia and in London. Repuhlished in the collections of the Mass. Hist. Society, with notes, by John Pickering. 12 REMARKS upon the situation of negroes in Jamaica, impartially made, from a local experience of nearly thirteen years in that Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 349 island. By W. Beckford, jun. formerly of Somerly, in 1788. Suffolk, and late of Hertford, in Jamaica. Egerton, . *~ 8vo. A number of pamphlets for and against the slave trade were published in this year. The present, by Mr. Beckford, author of the History of Jamaica, (1790,) and cousin to the celebrated Fonthill Beckford, is the only one which appears to be worth recording. When Mr. B. wrote this tract, it appears that he was confined in the Fleet prison for debt ! 13 OF THE PATAGONIANS. Formed from the relation of Father Falkener, a Jesuit, who had resided among them thirty-eight years; and from the different voyagers who had met with this tall race. . . . Darlington. Quarto. Printed at the private press of George Allan, Esq. for his friend Thomas Pennant. 14 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS to the former editions of Dr. Robertson s History of America. . Cadell, . 8vo. Printed in consequence of the reflections of Clavigero, in his History of Mexico, on the work of Dr. Robertson. 15 CONSIDERATIONS on the relative situations of France and the United States of America; shewing the importance of the American Revolution to the welfare of France ; giving also an account of their productions, and the reciprocal advantages which may be drawn from the commercial connexions ; and, finally, pointing out the actual situation of the United States. Translated from the French of Etienne Claviere and J. P. Brissot de Warville. Robson and Co. . 8vo. pp. 326. This translation is faithfully executed, apparently by the authors them selves, or under their immediate inspection ; and some explanatory notes are added. The work abounds with political and commercial knowledge, particularly with respect to the interests of France. See No. 24 of 17 87. 16 A COLLECTION of voyages to the Southern hemisphere. Vol. I. contains Sir Richard Hawkins s to Magellanica, &c. London. 8vo. 2 vols. This work is merely the second and third volumes of Terra Australis Cog- nita, (No. 5, 1766,) with new titles, and the last leaf of both volumes reprinted. 2 350 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1788. 17 A COLLECTION OF MEMORIALS concerning divers deceased ""^ ministers, and others of the people called Quakers, in Penn sylvania, New Jersey, and parts adjacent, from nearly the first settlement thereof to the year 1787. . London. 8vo. 18 A COLLECTION of scarce and interesting tracts, written by per sons of eminence, on the most important political and com mercial subjects, during the years 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768^ 1769, and 1770. . Debrett, . 8vo. 4 vols. Many of these tracts relate to the American war of independence, and are enumerated, under the years in which they were printed, in this work. 19 ESSAI HISTORIQUE sur la colonie de Surinam, etc. avec 1 his- toire de la nation juive Portugaise et Allemande y etablie, etc. le tout redige sur des pieces authentiques y jointes et mis en ordre par les Regens et Representans de la dite nation. . . Paramaribo (Amsterdam ?) 8vo. 20 ESSAI SUR L ADMINISTRATION des colonies Francoises et parti- culierement d une partie de celles de Saint Domingue. Avec deux cartes et deux tableaux geographiques et politiques. 8vo. Paris. 21 RECHERCHES historiques et politiques sur les Etats-Unis de PAmerique Septentrionale ; oil Ton traite des etablissemens des treize colonies, de leurs rapports et de leurs dissentions avec la Grande-Bretagne, de leurs gouvernemens avant et apres la revolution, &c. Par un citoyen de Virginie. Avec quatre lettres d un Bourgeois de New Heaven sur 1 amite de la legislation. . . Colle (Paris.) 8vo. 4 vols. The author was M. Mazzei ; who was assisted in the work by the cele brated Condorcet. The second and third volumes are occupied by criti cisms on the works of Mably and Raynal. Mazzei was an Italian by birth, who migrated to America before the revolution, and established himself in Virginia, near Monticello, where he planted a vineyard. He was intimate with Mr. Jefferson, through whose influence he was sent on a mission to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. 22 TRAITE SUR LES TERRES NOYEES de la Guiane, appellees com- munement Terres Basses, sur leur dessechement, leur defri- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 351 chement, leur culture et 1 exploitation de leurs productions; 1788. avec des reflexions sur la regie des esclaves et autres objets. S-N ** / Par M. Guisan, capitaine d infanterie, etc. A Cayenne. Quarto, pp. 346. 23 CATALOGUE ALPHABETIQUE des arbres et arbrisseaux qui croissent naturellement dans les Etats Unis de 1 Amerique Septentrionale, etc. Traduit de 1 Anglois de M. Humphry Marshall, avec des notes et observations sur la culture ; par M. Lezermes, adjoint a la direction des Pepinieres du Roi. 8vo. pp. 278. Paris. A translation of No. 4 of 1785 : with additional notes and remarks. 24 LETTRES AMERICAINES, dans laquelles on examine I origine, 1 etat civil, politique, militaire et religieux, les arts, I indus- trie, les sciences, les mreurs, les usages des anciens habitans de 1 Amerique ; les grands epoques de la nature, 1 ancienne communication des deux hemispheres, et la derniere revolu tion qui a fait disparaitre 1 Atlantide : pour servir de suite aux Memoires de D. Ulloa. Par M. le Comte J. R. Carli, conseiller prive d etat de S. M. Imperiale et Royale. 8vo. 2 vols. Boston (Paris.) Reprinted in 1792. Translated from the Italian, with notes, by M. Lefebure de Villebrune. Count Carli states that his object is to confute the assertions of IM. de Pauw, in his Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americains, and to shew that the Americans were descended from the ancient Atlantides. He ascribes to the Mexicans and Peruvians the greatest perfection in the arts and sciences, as well as in their political in stitutions. The Count also believes that traces of the religious rites and customs of the church of Rome were found among them, and that they practised ceremonies which, in their form and design, resembled baptism, and the communion of bread and wine. 25 VOYAGES INTERESSANS dans differentes colonies Franchises, Espagnoles, Anglaises, &c. ; contenant des observations im- portantes relatives a ces contrees ; et un memoire sur les maladies les plus communes a Saint Domingue, leurs remedes et le moyen de s en preserver moralement et phisiquement. Avec des anecdotes singulieres, qui n avaient jamais ete pub- liees. Le tout redige et mis au jour, d apres un grand nombre de manuscrits, par M. N. . A Londres (Paris.) 8vo. This work is taken from the papers of M. B * * * (Bourgeois), "secretary 352 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1788, of the chamber of Agriculture of the Cape," by his nephew M. N. (Nou- garet.) Richardiere says that "the most interesting part of the work is that which relates to the islands of Portorico, Curassoa, Grenada, and the Bermudas, and to New Mexico : about which places it would be difficult to find such interesting and satisfactory details in any other work." It bears sufficient evidence, in its typographical execution, of having been printed in France. The Monthly Review, vol. 80, 1789, says " the work is ill written. We should suspect Monsr. N. not to be a native of France. His remarkable anecdotes are neither amusing nor instructive. Compared with the pompous title, this work is one illustration, among many, of the partu rient mantes." 26 COLLECTION de tous les voyages faits autour du monde par les differentes nations de 1 Europe. Redigee par M. Berenger, avec figures. . A Lausanne. 8vo. 9 vols. The Voyages Interessans (No. 22) sometimes form a 10th volume of this collection, 27 HISTOIRE DES DECOUVERTES et des voyages faits dans le Nord. Par M. J. R. Forster. Mise en Francois par M. Broussonet. Avec trois cartes geographiques. . Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. 28 RELACION PEL ULTIMO VIAGE al estrecho de Magallanes de la Fragata, Santa Maria de la Cabeza en los Anos de 1785 y 1786. Extracto de todos los anteriores desde su descubri- miento impresos y MSS. Y noticia de los habitantes, suelo, clima y producciones del estrecho. " Magallanes, senor, fue el primer horobre Que abriendo este camino le diu nombre." Er cilia Araucana, cant. 1, oct. 8. Quarto, portrait of Magallanes and maps, Madrid. An appendix to this interesting voyage was printed in 1793. 29 COMPENDIO delahistoria geografica, natural y civil del Reyno de Chile, escrito en Italiano por el Abate Don Juan Ignacio Molina. Primera parte, que abraza la historia geografica y natural, traducida en Espagnol por Don Domingo Joseph de Arquellada Mendoza, &c. . . Madrid. Small 4to. pp. 418, map. See No. 45, 1782. The second part of this Spanish translation of Molina was printed in 1795. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 353 30 ESTADO GENERAL de las Misiones que tiene & su cargo la reli- 1788. gion serafica en las dos Americas e islas Filipinas segun v * v%/ consta de los documentos mas modernos y seguros que se han remitido a este oficio de la comisaria general de Indias. Folio, pp. 28. Madrid. 31 MEMORIAL AJUSTADO en el pleyto que se sigue por Don Mariano Colon de Larreategui, &c. con Don Jacobo Stuard Colon de Portugal, Duque de Veragua, &c. Sobre la pro- piedad del Mayorazgo que fundo D. Cristoral Colon, fyc. Folio. (Madrid.} This volume of near 800 pages contains many interesting 1 documents relating to Colon (Columbus), and a genealogical table of his descendants. The date at the end is 1788. 32 NOTICIA DE LOS CAUDALES, frutos y efectos que han entrado en Espaiia de la America en el feliz reynado de Carlos III. Por D. Manuel Deo gracias Nifo. . Madrid. Small 8vo. This little volume contains an account of the importations monthly from America, from 1759 to 1788. By the resumen at the end, it appears that the amount of money alone, during that period, exclusive of merchandize, precious stones, &c. was 447,571,737 dollars, or about one hundred million sterling. 33 HISTORIA GEOGRAFICA, civil y politica de la isla de S. Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico. Da la a luz Don Antonio Valla- dares de Sotomayor. . . Madrid. Small 4to. This work was edited by Valladares, from the papers of Don Inigo Abbad . 34 ELOGIO D AMERIGO VESPUCCI che ha riportato il premio dalla nobile Accademia Etrusca di Cortona nel di 15 d Ottobre dell anno 1788. Con una dissertazione giustificativa di questo celebre navigatore del P. Stanislav Canovai delle sucole pie. Small 4to. pp. 80. Firenze. A revised edition of this work, with considerable additions, was printed in 1817. 35 FLORA CAROLINIANA, secundum systema vegetabilium peril- lustris Linnsei digesta ; characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens ; cum emendationibus numerosis : descriptionum antea evulgatarum : adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens : necnon, generibus novis non paucis, A a 354 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1788. speciebus plurimis novisq : ornata. Auctore Thomas Walther ^^ Agricola. . . . Londini. 8vo. pp. 263, plate. 36 NOVA GENERA et species plantarum seu prodromus descriptio- num vegetabilium maximam partem incogmtorum quse sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783, 1787 digessit Olof Swartz M. D., etc. . . Holmice. 8vo. 37 REISE durch einige der mittlern und siidlichen vereinigten nordameri-kanischen Staaten nach Ost Florida und den Bahama-Inseln, unternammen in den jabren 1783 und 1784, von Johann David Schoepf, &c. . Erlangen. 8vo. 2 vols. 38 NIC. JOSEPIII JACQUIN selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia in qua ad Linnaenum systema determinates descrip- tseque sistuntur plantce illee quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, Domingo, aliisque, et in vicina continentis parte observavit rariores. Cum approbatione auctoris ad exemplar majoris operis Vindobonse edita, recusum. Manhemii. 8vo. pp. 363. MDCCLXXXIX. 1 BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA, or a chronological catalogue of the most curious and interesting books, &c. upon the subject of North and South America, from the earliest period to the present, in print and manuscript ; for which research has been made in the British Museum, and the most celebrated public and private libraries, reviews, catalogues, &c. With an introductory discourse on the present state of literature in those countries. . . Debrett, . Quarto, pp. 271. " This elaborate composition, we are informed, was undertaken in London, preparatory to a new history of America, by a gentleman resident on that continent. As a catalogue, no more can be said than that it is a curiosity, and required much patient labour to form it." M.R. Part of this work is an abridgment of White Kennett s Bib. Am. (1713): the remainder is principally taken from the Monthly Review. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 355 Every author of a special bibliography must necessarily be much indebted 1789. to all those who have gone over the same ground before him, and his ^^ qualifications must be poor indeed if he does not improve upon the work of his predecessor. 2 THE HISTORY of the American revolution. By David Ramsay, M.D. of South Carolina. . Philadelphia. 8vo. 2 vols. Reprinted in London in 1791. See under 1816. History of the United States. This work was translated into Dutch in 1792, into German in 1791. 3 TRAVELS through the interior parts of America. In a series of letters. By an Officer. . Lane, . 8vo. 2 vols. map and 7 plates. Mr. Thomas Anburey, the author of these travels, was an officer under General Burgoyne, and whose conduct, in his unfortunate campaign, one object of this publication appears to have been to vindicate. The Monthly Reviewer says, " He sometimes diverts us with anecdotes concerning the speeches or customs or manners of the people, as he passed among them, which, though droll, or even ridiculous enough, are of that kind to which something similar may be met with in all countries, as may be easily imagined by those who have travelled in England." How different from the great reviewers of 1832 ! The Critical Reviewer pronounces " this work, in its most essential parts, to be an ill-digested plagiarism from Gen. Burgoyne s Narrative, and from the account of the prosecution of Colonel Henley." An edition in French was printed at Paris in the following year. 4 THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY; or a view of the present situation of the United States of America. Containing the discovery and general description of America; summary account of the settlements of North America ; general view of the United States; their boundaries, lakes, bays, rivers, mountains, pro ductions, population, government, agriculture, commerce, &c. Concise account of the war, and of the important events which have succeeded ; biographical sketches of several illus trious heroes ; particular descriptions of the thirteen United States, and of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont. Of their extent, civil divisions, chief towns, constitutions, courts of justice, colleges, academies and schools, religion, islands, Indians, literary and humane societies, &c. Illus trated with two sheet maps of the Southern and of the Northern States, more correct than any that have hitherto Aa 2 356 Billiotheca Americana Nova. 1789. been published. To which is added, a concise abridgment ^^ of the geography of^the British, Spanish, French, and Dutch dominions in America and the West Indies, of Europe, Asia, and Africa. By Jedediah Morse. . Elizabeth-town. 8vo. pp. 534. The above is an abridgment of the long title to the first edition of Dr. Morse s celebrated geography. 5 THE CIVIL AND NATURAL HISTORY OF JAMAICA. Containing, i. An accurate description of that island, its situation and soil ; with a brief account of its former and present state, government, revenues, produce and trade, n. An history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils, perfect and imperfect vegetables, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects, with their properties and uses in mechanics, diet, and physic. By Dr. Patrick Browne, M.D. Illustrated with 49 copper-plates, in which the most curious productions are represented of their natural sizes, and deline ated immediately from the objects, by George Dionysius Ehret. There are now added, complete Linnoean Indexes, and a large and accurate map of the island. London. Folio. Originally published in 1756. The present is merely a reprint of the title- page, and new indexes added. 6 A SHORT ACCOUNT of the Bahama Islands, their climate, pro ductions, &c. To which are added, some strictures upon their relative and political situation, the defects of their pre sent government, &c. By a Barrister at Law, late H. M. s solicitor-general of those islands, and king s counsel for the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Quarto, pp. 44. No printer, . The author of this pamphlet (John Graves, Esq.) has prefixed to it the following advertisement. " This is no Catchpenny pamphlet, for not a copy of it ever has been, nor (we trust) ever will be sold. It was written some weeks ago, for the information of the ministry, and was therefore sent, in manuscript, to the confidential servants of the crown principally entrusted with the direction of colonial affairs. But as the grievances of which it treats still remain unredressed and unnoticed, a few copies are now printed, in order to be submitted to the consideration of those to whom the people of an oppressed colony may with confidence look up for protection and relief. * Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 357 ? A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD ; but more particularly to the 1789. North-West coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, v -^- / 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks. By Captain George Dixon. . Goulding, . 4to. pp. 32, 360, 48. 22 plates. Translated into French by M. Lebas, and published at Paris in this year, in 2 vols. 8vo. 8 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD ; but more particularly to the North-West coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Embellished with twenty copper-plates; and dedicated by permission, to H. M., by Captain Nathaniel Portlock. . Stockdale, . Quarto, pp. 450. 9 AN ABRIDGMENT of Portlock and Dixon s voyage round the world, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. 8vo. pp. 272, map and plate. Stockdale, . 10 A GENERAL COLLECTION OF VOYAGES: undertaken either for discovery, conquest, settlement, or the opening of trade, from the commencement of the Portuguese discoveries to the pre sent time. Vol. I. . . . London. Quarto, pp. 518, 9 maps and plates. This volume, the only one published, contains the early voyages of the Spaniards and Portuguese, for the discovery of the East and West Indies. 11 SELECTIONS from Les Recherches philosophiques sur les Americains of M. Pauw. By Mr. W * * *. " Non ea nostra voco." .... Bath. Small 8vo. pp. 211. Fifty copies only were printed : but it was reprinted and published in 1795. At the beginning of the book is the following note. #3= Care will be taken, it is hoped, that this copy may not fall into the hands of a publisher; as but few have been printed for the author s friends. The author (Daniel Webb, Esq.) was a great admirer of M. Pauw. A " sequel to the selections from Pauw, in notes," (pp. 58,) was afterwards printed, but never pub- -^ lished. 12 EXTRA OFFICIAL STATE PAPERS, addressed to Lord Rawdon, and the other members of the two houses of Parliament, associated for the preservation of the constitution, and pro- 358 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1789. moting the prosperity of the British empire. By the late Under Secretary of State. . Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 174. Mr. Knox, the author of this publication, was deputy Secretary of State for the American department, from the time of the institution of the office to that of its abolition. He gives in this work some anecdotes relative to the late American war, and to the great revolution which it produced ; a scheme for establishing episcopacy in Nova Scotia; and various plans relative to matters of public concern." M.R. 13 STATE of the present form of government of the province of Quebec. With a large appendix, containing extracts from the minutes of an investigation into the past administration of justice in that province, instituted by order of Lord Dor chester, in 1787, and from other original papers. 8vo. pp. 176. Debrett, . 14 A BRIEF ACCOUNT of Antigua, together with the customs and manners of its inhabitants, as well white as black. In letters to a friend, written in the years 1786-1788 ; by John Luffman. 12mo. map. London. J5 LETTERS from Sir George Brydges, now Lord Rodney, to H. M. s ministers, &c. relative to the capture of St. Eustatius, and its dependencies, and shewing the state of the war in the West Indies at that period. Together with a continuation of his Lordship s correspondence with the governors and admirals in the West Indies and America, during the year 1781, and until the time of his leaving the command, and sailing for England. . . Debrett, -. 4to. pp. 180. In one of his letters Lord Rodney states that if it had not been for the English merchants settled in St. Eustatius, " who supplied the American rebels with every necessary and implements of war, the rebellion must have been long since at an end. 16 A SHORT ACCOUNT of the spread of the Gospel among the Indians ; with observations on the Muhhekaneew language. 8vo. London. According to Lowndes, this work was printed at Newhaven, in the pre ceding year. Is this work the same as No. 11 of that year? 17 A SHORT HISTORY of the Agrostis Cornucopia , or the new American grass ; and a new botanical description of the plant. To which are added, experiments to point out the proper mode Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 359 of cultivating this plant; and also some account of a journey 1789. to the Cherokee nation, in search of new plants. By John ^^ Fraser. . . . Wenman, . Folio, pp. 8. and plate. 18 DESCRIPTION du Sol, des productions de cette portion des Etats-Unis, situee entre la Pennsylvanie, les rivieres de 1 Ohio et du Scioto, et le lac Erie, traduite d une brochure imprimee a Salem, en Amerique, en 1787. . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 30. Warden s Bib. Am. p. 48. 19 MEMOIRS sur le commerce de la France et de ses colonies. Quarto pp. 122. Paris. " Par De Tolosan, intendant du commerce." Earlier. 20 ETAT DES FINANCES de St. Domingue, contenant le resume des recettes et depenses de toutes les caisses publiques depuis le Janvier 1788 jusqu au 31 Decembre de la meme annee ; par M. Barbe de Marbois, intendant des Isles Francoises sous le vent. Port au Prince. Quarto. 21 EXAMEN du gouvernmentd Angleterre compare aux constitutions des Etats-Unis, ou Ton repete quelques assertions contenues dans 1 ouvrage de M. Adams, par un cultivateur cle New- Jersey; ouvrage traduit de 1 Anglois avec des notes, etc. 8vo. pp. 291. Londres (Paris.) The author of this work was M. Livingston, governor of New Jersey ; the translator, M. Fabre ; and the notes were written by Dupont de Nemours, Condorcet, and Gallois. The original work has escaped my researches, nor does it appear to have been known to the author of the Life of Go vernor Livingston (1833.) 22 ESSAI SUR L HISTOIRE NATURELLE DU CHILI, par M. 1 Abbe Molina traduit de 1 Italien et enrichie de notes par M. Gruvel, D. M. . . . Paris. 8vo. See No. 45, 1782. 23 NUEVO SISTEMA DE GoBiERNO economico para la America : con los males y danos que le causa el que hoy tiene, de los que participa copiosamente Espana ; y remedies imiversales para que la primera tenga considerables ventajas y la segunda 360 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1789. mayores intereses : por el Seiior D. Joseph del Campillo y ^ ^ Cosio. .... Madrid. 8vo. This book was written in 1748, but never before printed ; probably on ac count of the unpleasant truths it contains relating to the treatment of the unfortunate Indians ; although many of the measures proposed for the better government of the Indies were put in practice many years before the work was published. The estimation the work was held in may be judged by the great number of MS. copies to be found in Spain. 24 DESCUBRIMIENTO DE LA AGUJA NAUTICA, dela situation de la America del arte de navegar y de un nuevo metodo para el adelantamiento en las artes y ciencias : disertacion en que se manifiesta que el primer autor de todo lo expuesto es el Beato Raymundo Lulio, Martir y Doctor illuminado : con un apen- dice de la ensenanza publica, de los progresos de la litera- tura, y otros puntos historicos pertenecientes a Mallorca. Su autor el R. P. Mro. Don Antonio Raymundo Pasqual, Cis- terciense, &c. .... Madrid. Quarto. This work contains some curious notices respecting the early Majorcan cosmographers, and others relating to the celebrated Benedictine Fr. Bernardo Boil, who, with twelve companions, was sent with Colon, in his second voyage, to convert the Indians. 25 STORIA BELLA CALIFORNIA, opera postuma del Nob. Sig. Abate D. Francesco Saverio Clavigero. . Venezia. 8vo. 2 vols. This work appears to be very little known, not being mentioned in any bio graphy of Clavigero, nor in any bibliographical work which I have seen. The only copy I ever saw or heard of, I found at Madrid, in 1827. 26 SAGGIO SULLA STORIA NATURALS della provincia del Gran Chaco e sulle pratiche, e su costumi dei Popoli che 1 abitano insieme con tre giornali di altrettanti viaggi, fatte alle interne contrade di que Barbari composto dal Signor Abate D. Giuseppe Jolis. Tomo I. . . Faenza. 8vo. pp. 601. map. This work was to have consisted of four volumes, but it does not appear that any more was ever published. The second volume was to contain an account of the manners and customs of the native inhabitants of the Great Chaco, and the third and fourth the author s three journeys among the different tribes that inhabit that little known country. The author was apparently one of the Spanish Jesuits who were expelled from South Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 361 America, and retired to Italy. From having resided twelve years in the 1789. country he describes, his work could not fail to he interesting. ^ <<w 27 RICERCHE ISTORICO-CRITICHE circa alle scoperte d Amerigo Vespucci con 1 aggiunta di una relazione del medesimo fin ora inedita. Compilate da Francesco Bartolozzi. Firenze. 8vo. pp. 183. MDCCXC. 1 THE PRESENT STATE OF HUDSON S BAY. Containing a full description of that settlement, and the adjacent country ; and likewise of the fur trade, with hints for its improvement, &c. To which are added, Remarks and observations made in the inland parts, during a residence of near four years ; and a specimen of five Indian languages ; and a journal of a journey from Montreal to New York. By Edward Umfreville, eleven years in the service of the Hudson s Bay Company, and four years in the Canada fur trade. Stalker, . 8vo. pp. 230. 2 STATE OF THE PRESENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT of the province of Quebec. With a large Appendix, containing extracts from the minutes of an investigation into the past administra tion of justice in that province, instituted by order of Lord Dorchester, in 1787, and from other original papers. 8vo. pp. 176. London. Printed only for private distribution. 3 ANSWER TO AN INTRODUCTION to the observations made by the judges of the court of Common Pleas for the district of Quebec, upon the oral and written testimony adduced upon the investigation into the past administration of justice, ordered in consequence of an address of the Legislative Council. With remarks on the laws and government of the province of Quebec. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 107. This tract, like the foregoing, was privately printed, both being without printer or publisher s name. 4 A JOURNAL of the transactions and occurrences in the settle ment of Massachusetts and the other New England colonies, 362 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1790. from the year 1630 to 1644. By John Winthrop, Esq. first ^^ Governor of Massachusetts. . . Hartford, Con. 8vo. pp. 364. See 1825. 5 A REVIEW of the laws of the United States of North America, the British provinces, and West India islands ; with select precedents and observations upon divers acts of Parliament and acts of Assembly, and a comparison of the courts of law and practice there with that of Westminster Hall. London. 8vo. pp. 260. 6 MEMOIRS of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin ; with a review of his pamphlet intitled Information to those who would ivish to remove to America. . . Clarke, . 8vo. pp. 94. This anonymous writer endeavours to depreciate the character of Dr. Franklin in these memoirs, which are loose, general, and of course de ficient. He flatly contradicts the representations used by the Doctor to encourage emigration to America. 7 REPORT of the Secretary of State on the subject of establishing a uniformity in the weights, measures, and coins of the United States. Published by order of the House of Representatives. Small Svo. pp. 49. New York. 8 AN ACCOUNT of the surveys of Florida, &c. With directions for sailing from Jamaica or the West Indies by the west end of Cuba, and through the Gulph of Florida. To accompany Mr. Gauld s charts. . . . London. 4to. pp. 27, map. 9 THE CASE OF RICHARD DOWNING JENNINGS, an English subject, who resided at Saint Eustatius as a merchant when that island was captured by Lord Rodney and General Vaughan, in the year 1781. . . Galabin, . 8vo. pp. 62. 10 A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT of the island of Jamaica; with remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane throughout the different seasons of the year, and chiefly considered in a picturesque point of view : also, observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves. By Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 363 William Beckford, Esq. author of Remarks on the situation 1790. of Negroes in Jamaica. . . Egerton, . *w Svo. 2 vols. Mr. Beckford resided for several years in Jamaica, and was largely con cerned in its plantations and traffic ; bis work, in consequence, contains much valuable information, although not a perfect production. The author says that his motive for writing this work arose from " the desire of employing some Lours, which otherwise would have been consumed in sorrow and despondency, in a manner pleasing to himself, and inoffensive to society." 1 1 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS of the West India Islands. Containing various particulars respecting the soil, cultivation, produce, trade, officers, inhabitants, &c. With the method of esta blishing and conducting a sugar plantation ; in which the ill practices of superintendants are pointed out. Also the treat ment of slaves and the slave-trade. By J. B. Moreton. Svo. pp. 192. Richardson, . The author, it appears, was a negro driver. He has given a strange jumble of good advice, gross descriptions, licentious remarks, and bad poetry, mixed occasionally with texts of scripture. 12 A SHORT JOURNEY in the West Indies, in which are inter spersed curious anecdotes and characters. Murray, . Small Svo. 2 vols. A light composition, containing some very amusing sketches of West Indian manners, together with slight accounts of West Indian productions for the table. But the chief object of the work is to exaggerate the hardships of negro slavery. 13 THE SPANISH PRETENSIONS fairly discussed, by A. Dalrymple. Svo. pp. 19. Elmsly, - . A discussion of the claims of Spain to the whole of the Magellanic regions, and to the whole of the N. W. coast of America. 14 THE SPANISH MEMORIAL of the 4th of June considered, by A. Dalrymple. . . . Debrett, . Svo. pp. 21. Mr. D. charges the court of Spain with ambiguity or duplicity in its conduct with regard to the seizure of British ships at Nootka Sound. 15 OFFICIAL PAPERS relative to the dispute between the courts of Great Britain and Spain, on the subject of the ships captured at Nootka Sound, &c. . . Debrett, . Svo. pp. 100. " These official papers will always remain acceptable and useful to future statesmen, politicians, and historians." M. R. 364 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1790. 16 LETTERS lately published in the Diary, on the subject of the *"* * present disputes with Spain, under the signature of Verus. 8vo. pp. 101. Kearsley, . 17 AUTHENTIC COPY of the memorial of Lieut. John Mears, of the Royal Navy, dated April 30, 1790, and presented to the House of Commons, May 13th; containing every particular respecting the capture of the vessels in Nootka Sound. 8vo. pp. 65. Debrett, . 18 AN AUTHENTIC STATEMENT of all the facts relative to Nootka Sound ; its discovery, history, settlement, trade, and the probable advantages to be derived from it. In an address to the King. By Argonaut. . Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 26. " In this tract the high claims of the Spaniards to a monopoly of almost half the globe of the earth, are exposed with great spirit, and treated with the utmost contempt." M.R. 19 A CONTINUATION of An Authentic Statement, &c. With ob servations on a libel which has been traced to a foreign ambassador. In a second letter, by Argonaut. 8vo. pp. 34. Fores, . The libel referred to was an article in the newspapers, supposed to be written by the Spanish minister, containing reflections on one of the pro prietors of the Nootka Sound commerce. 20 AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL of the expeditions by sea and land, to the north of California ; in 1768, 1769 and 1770; when Spanish establishments were first made at San Diego and Monte Rey. From a Spanish MS. translated by William Revely, Esq. Published by A. Dalrymple. 4to. pp. 76, and two maps. Elmlsey, . " This was a Spanish MS. presented to the ingenious and indefatigable Mr. Dalrymple by Dr. Robertson. Mr. D. had it translated by Mr. Revely, and enriched it with other corresponding materials, and two maps of this hitherto imperfectly known coast. The account is very curious and in teresting. M.R. See Diario Histocico, 1770. 21 VOYAGES made in the years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North-west coast of America. To which are prefixed, an in troductory narrative of a voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka ; observations on the probable ex istence of ^ North-west passage ; and some account of the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 365 trade between the North-west coast and China, and the 1790. latter country and Great Britain. By John Meares, esq. Large 4to. plates 1 16s. Logographic Press. This work was reprinted in octavo in the following year, but a number of plates are omitted in that edition. A French translation by Billecocq was published at Paris, in 1795. 22 REMARKS on the voyages of John Meares, Esq. in a letter to that gentleman, by George Dixon, late commander of the Queen Charlotte, in a voyage round the world. Quarto, pp. 37. Stockdale, . See 1791. 23 CURIOUS AND ENTERTAINING VOYAGES undertaken either for discovery, conquest, or the benefit of trade; commencing with the earliest discoveries promoted by Prince Henry of Portugal, and 58 different Portuguese and Spanish voyages, exhibiting various scenes of cruelties, hardships, misfortunes and discoveries, particularly on Collumbus s conquest of Mexico, &c. with Magellan s voyage round the world. Quarto. Stalker, . A new title to No. 9, 1789. 24 L AMERIQUE INDEPENDANTE, ou les differentes constitutions des treize provinces qui se sont erigees en republiques, sous le nom d Etats Unis de I Amerique. Avec un precis de This- toire de chaque province, etdes remarques sur les constitutions, la population, les finances et 1 etat dans lequel les provinces se trouvent actuellement. Par M. Demeunier, avocat et censeur-royal, auteur de la partie economic politique de 1 En- cyclopedie Methodique. . . . Gand. 8vo. 4 vols in 2. 25 APERC.U HAZARDE sur 1 exportation dans les colonies. Dedie a feu M. Franklin. . . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 64. 26 LE NOUVEAU MISSISSIPI, ou les dangers d habiter les bords du Scioto, par un Patriote voyageur. . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 44. The dedication is signed Fr. Jacquemart. The object of this pamphlet was to prevent people purchasing land of the Scioto company, established in Paris. 27 CAUSES qui se sont opposees aux progres du commerce, entre 366 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1790. la France, etles Etats-Unis de TAmerique. Avecles moyens de 1 accelerer et la comparaison de la dette nationale de 1 An- gleterre, de la France, et des Etats-Unis ; en six lettres adressees a M. le Marquis de la Fayette. Traduit sur le manuscrit Anglais du Colonel Swan, ancien membre de la le gislation de la republique de Massachusett. Paris. 8vo. pp. 318. 28 DECOUVERTES des Francois en 1768 et 1769, dans le Sud-est de la Nouvelle Guinee. . . . Paris. 4to. pp. 309. 13 charts. By Count Claret de Fleurieu. Translated into English in 1791. 29 HISTOIRE DES NAUFRAGES, ou recueil des relations les plus interessantes des naufrages, hivernemens, delaissemens, incendies, famines, et autres evenemens funestes sur mer, qui ont ete publiees depuis le quinzieme siecle jusqu a present. Par M. D .... Avocat. . . Paris. 8vo. 3vols. 6 plates. By M. de Perthes, Barb. This work was translated into English, and published in 1812, without any acknowledgment of the source from whence it was derived. 30 COUP D CEIL sur les quatre concours qui ont en lieu a 1 Aca- demie de Lyon pour le prix offert par M. 1 Abbe Raynal sur la decouverte de I Amerique. . . Paris. 8vo. Meusel x. 332. 31 RELACION SUMARIA de los progresos de los Misioneros Fran- ciscos observantes del colegio de Propaganda fide de Santa Rosa de Ocopa, en el valle de Xauxa en los anos de de 787, 88, y 89, en las montanas de Caxamarquilla Huanuco, Tarma, Xauxa, Guanta, y Archipielago de Chiloe. Siendo Guardian el R. P. P. A. Fr. Man 1 . Sobreviela. . (Lima.) Folio, pp. 16. Dated in Lima, Feb. 12, 1790. 32 VlAGGIO NEGLI STATI UsiTI DELL AMERICA SfiTTENTRIONALE fatto negli anni 1785, 1786, e 1787, da Luigi Castiglioni, &c. Con alcune Osservazioni su i vegetabili piu utili di quel paese. 8vo. 2 vols. plates. . . . Milano. 33 FRANCISCI HERNANDI Medici atque Historici Philippi II. Hisp. et Indiar. Regis, et totius Novi Orbis Archiatri, Opera, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 367 cum edita turn inedita, ad autograph! fidem et integritatem 1790. expressa impensa et jussu Regio. v -^ 4to. 3 vols. Matriti. Published under the direction of Ortega. There are copies on large paper. MDCCXCI. 1 TRAVELS through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee country, the extensive territories of the Muscogulges or Creek confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws ; containing an account of the soil and natural productions of those regions ; together with observations on the manners of the Indians. Embellished with copper-plates. By William Bartram. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. map and 16 plates. William Bartram died in July, 1823, at the age of 85? These travels were undertaken by the desire, and probably at the expense of Dr. Fothergill, of London, and were performed between the years 1773 and 1778. Only eight of the sixteen plates, principally of plants, are given in the English edition, printed in 1792, and again in 1794. It was translated into French by P. V. Benoist, in 1799. 2 VOYAGES AND TRAVELS of an Indian interpreter and trader; describing the manners and customs of the North American Indians ; with an account of the ports situated on the river St. Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. To which is added, a vo cabulary of the Chippeway language. Names of furs and skins in the Chippeway language. A list of words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimaux tongues, and a table, shewing the analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway languages. By /. Long. . London. 4to. pp. 295. 3 MEMOIRS of the life of Charles Lee, esq. lieut.-col. of the 44th regiment, colonel in the Portuguese service, &c. and second in command in the service of the United States of America during the Revolution; to which are added, his political and military essays; also, letters to and from many distinguished characters, both in Europe and America. . Jordan, -. 8vo. pp. 439. 368 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1791. This volume contains many curious particulars relating to the war between v^vw Great Britain and her colonies. 4 AUTHENTIC MEMOIRS of William Augustus Bowles, esq. ambas sador from the united nations of Creeks and Cherokees, to the court of London. . . Faulder, . 12mo. pp. 80. Mr. Bowles was a native of Maryland ; and, being of an unsettled, roving and enterprising disposition, attached himself to one of the Indian nations, became enamoured of a savage life, and married a savage girl; then settled among her friends, and became by adoption an Indian warrior. What his errand and that of his companions was in England, the pamphlet does not state. 5 THOUGHTS on the Canada bill, now depending in Parliament. 8vo. pp. 50. Debrett, . 6 OBSERVATIONS upon the government of the United States of America. By James Sullivan, esq. attorney-general to the commonwealth of Massachusetts. . Boston. 8vo. 7 AN ENQUIRY into the truth of the tradition concerning the dis covery of America by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the year 1170. By John Williams, LL.D. White, -. 8vo. pp. 85. "Dr. Williams maintains that there are sufficient memorials of the emigra tion of prince Madog to warrant the conclusion that the Spaniards were not the first discoverers of America. His chief authorities are certain registers kept in the abbeys of Conway and Strat Flur, copied by Guttun Owen, a bard, about 1480, and published in Caradoc s History of Wales, in 1584, which speaks of Madog s sailing from Wales, leaving Ireland to the north, and visiting an unknown country to the West, to which he afterwards conducted a colony. He also lays much stress on a letter from Morgan Jones, written in 1660, and inserted in the Gentleman s Magazine, 1740, which asserts, that he met with a tribe of Indians in America, who understood the Welsh language." M.R. 8 RETURN of the number of persons within the several districts of the United States, according to " an act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States," passed March the first, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. 8vo. pp. 56. Philadelphia. With an autograph signature of Thomas Jefferson, at that time Secretary of State. 9 THE HISTORY of the island of Dominica. Containing a de- Bibliothcca Americana Nova. 369 scription of its situation, extent, climate, mountains, rivers, 1791. natural productions, &c. Together with an account of the ^^ civil government, trade, laws, customs and manners of the different inhabitants of that island ; its conquest by the French, and restoration to the British dominions. By Thomas Atwood. . . . Johnson, . 8vo. pp. 285. Mr. Atwood passed several years in Dominica, and has drawn up a plain and succinct account of the island. 10 A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT of the commencement and progress of the insurrection of the Negroes in St. Domingo, which began in August last. Being a translation of the speech made to the National Assembly, the 3d Nov. 1791, by the Deputies from the General Assembly of the French part of St. Domingo. 8vo. pp. 36. Printed by order of the National Assembly. 11 REPRESENTATION by the creditors of the island of Tobago to the United Committees of Colonies and Commerce, appointed by the National Assembly of France, to consider the memorial presented to them by the said creditors, praying a repeal of the arret of 29th July, 1786, &c. With the opinions of the Attorney and Solicitor General of England, &c. . . No place. 8vo. pp. 47. 12 VOYAGES made in the years 1788 and 1789 from China to the N. W. coast of America, &c. By John Meares, esq. 8vo. 2 vols. Logographic press, . The second edition of Meares s voyage. See No. 21,1790. Several of tho plates of the quarto are omitted in this edition. 13 AN ANSWER to Mr. George Dixon, late commander of the Queen Charlotte, in the service of Messrs. Etches and Com pany. By John Meares, esq. In which the remarks of Mr. Dixon on the Voyages to the N. W. Coast of America, &c. lately published, are fully considered and refuted. Quarto, pp. 32. Walter, - 14 FURTHER, REMARKS on the voyages of John Meares, esq.; in which several important facts, misrepresented in the said voyages, relative to geography and commerce, are fully substantiated. To which is added, a Letter from Captain Duncan, containing a decisive refutation of several unfounded E b 370 Bibliolheca Americana Nova. 1791. assertions of Mr. Meares; and a final reply to his answer. -*"* By George Dixon, late commander of the Queen Charlotte, in a voyage round the world . Stockdale, Quarto, pp. 80. 15 AN ABRIDGEMENT of Portlock s and Dixon s voyage round the world, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. 8vo. pp. 272. Stockdale, . 16 TRAVELS round the world, in the years 1767, 1768,1769,1770, 1771. By M. de Pages, captain in the French Navy, cheva lier of the royal and military order of St. Louis, and corre sponding member of the Academy of Sciences at Paris. Translated from the French . . Murray, . 8vo. 3 vols. M. de Pages traversed the North American continent, from New Orleans, by Mexico, to Aeapulco, in a journey of 800 leagues, chiefly by land. From Acapulco he took his passage in the annual ship to Manilla, wintered in Samar, one of the Marianne islands, whence he proceeded to Manilla, and from thence, by Surat, Bassora, the deserts of Arabia and Damascus, returned to Marseilles. M. de Pages relations were first printed at Paris, in 1782. Besides the sanction of the Academy of Sciences at Paris, the book is written in a style persuasive of its veracity. The third volume was printed in 1792, and contains a voyage towards the South Pole, in 1773 and 1774, and another towards the North Pole, in 1776. 17 DISCOVERIES of the French in 1768 and 1769, to the south east of New Guinea. To which is prefixed, an historical abridgement of the voyages and discoveries of the Spaniards in the same seas. By M. * * *, formerly a captain in the French navy. Translated from the French. Quarto. Stockdale, . By Count Claret de Fleurieu. See No. 27 of 1 TOO. 18 POLITICAL ESSAYS on the nature and operation of money, public finances, and other subjects. Published during the American war, and continued up to the present year, 1791. By Pelatiah Webster, A.M. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. " These essays discover a vigorous and active mind in political speculations ; and the author has contributed many judicious and useful remarks, for the benefit of his country, in the prosecution of independence." Crit. Rev. vol. v. 1792. 19 OBSERVATIONS and remarks made during a voyage to the islands of Teneriffe, Amsterdam, Maria s Islands, near Van Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 371 Diemen s Land, Otaheite, Sandwich Islands, Owhyhee, the 1791. Fox Islands, on the N. W. coast of America, Tinian, and ^* from thence to Canton, in the brig Mercury, commanded by John Henry Cox, Esq. Illustrated with plans, &c. by Lieut. George Mortimer. . . . London. Quarto, pp. 72. 20 THE AMERICAN ORACLE, comprehending an account of recent discoveries in the arts and sciences, with a variety of religious, political, physical, and philosophical subjects, necessary to be known in all families, for the promotion of their present feli city and future happiness. By the Hon. Samuel Stearns, LL.D. . . . Lackington, 8vo. This work is quite a pocket encyclopaedia, written in a style of great naivete. The author, among other things, forms a theory of the Aurora Borealis, from observing the sparks on " streaking of the back of an old black cut." The author styles himself Astronomer to the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick ; also to the commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New York. A writer in the Columbian Magazine, Feb. 1792, says " that it appears to be a piece of transatlantic manufacture, vamped up for the American market, with a New York title-page and introduction," and treats the work with great contempt. The Critical Review is more indulgent, and says that " Our author is, at times, whimsical and fanciful J a fe\v errors have occasionally crept in ; but, in general, his morality is unexceptionable, and his philosophy, when he does not attempt to explore untrodden tracts, correct and judicious. 21 NOUVEAU VOYAGE dans les Etats Unis de PAmerique Septen- trionale, fait en 1788 par J. P. Brissot, (Warville,) citoyen Francois. .... Paris. 8vo. 3 vols. The author went to the United States just before the French revolution, for the purpose of selecting a suitable place for establishing a colony of respectable persons, who had determined to abandon the then despotic government of France, and seek an asylum under the mild and equal go vernment of the United States. M. Brissot was commissioned to collect every necessary information, prior to the execution of so important a plan. These volumes contain the result of his assiduous labours, and minute enquiries, and sufficiently manifest that he was qualified to accomplish such an arduous undertaking. An English translation was published the following year (No. 13). The 3d volume is anew edition of Brissot and Clavieres " Dela France, et des Etats Unis," &c. printed at Paris, in 1787, ,and in English in 1788. fib 2 3/2 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 1791. 22 LA VIE DE GUILLAUME PENN, fondateur de la Pensylvariie, premier legislateur connu des Etats Unis do I Amerique, Ouvrage contenant 1 histoire des premier fondemens de Phila- delphie, des lois et de la constitution des Etats Unis de I Amerique, des principes et actions de la Societe des Amis, &c. Par J. Marsillac, docteur en medecine, &c. Paris, 8vo. 2 vols. 23 DISSERTATION sur les fruits de la decouverte de 1 Amerique, qui a obtenu en 1785 une mention honorable de 1 academie de Lyon ; revue et corrigee pour le concours en 1787; par un Citoyen, ancien Syndic de la Chambre de Commerce de Lyon. .... Paris. 8vo. 24 CONSTITUTIONS des principaux Etats de 1 Europe et des Etats Unis de 1 Amerique, par M. de la Croix, professeur de droit public au Lycee. . . Paris. 8vo. 3 vols. Translated into English in 1702. 25 MEMOIRE sur un nouveau passage de la Mer du Nord a la Mer du Sud. Par M. Martin de la Bastide. Paris. 8vo. pp. 70, map. Relates to the formation of a canal or passage across the Isthmus of Darien. 26 HISTOIRE ABREGEE de la Mer du Sud, ornee de plusieurs cartes. Dediee au Roi et composee pour 1 education de M. le Dauphin. Par M. de la Borde, ancien premier valet-de- chambre du Hoi, &c. . . . Paris, 8vo. 3 vols. 20 plates and maps. Eleven charts are clone up separately, and seldom found with the work. 27 RECUEIL DE VUES des lieux principaux de la colonie Franchise de Saint Domingue, gravees par les soins de M. Ponce, &c. accompagnees de cartes et plans de la meme colonie graves par les soins de M. Phelipeau, Ingenieur Geographe ; le tout principalement destine a 1 ouvrage intitule Loix et constitu tions des colonies Francoises de 1 Amerique sous le vent, avcc leur description, leur histoire, &c. Par M .Moreau de Saint- Mery, &c. . . . Paris. Large folio, 20 plates ; some with two or more subjects. Plates 16 and 17, which were to he given gratis at the end of the year, are wanting-. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 28 HISTOIUA NATURAL, civil y geographica de las naciones situ- 1791. adas en las riberas del Rio Orinoco. Su autor el padre ^^ Joseph Gumilla, &c. Nueva impression : mucho mas correcta que las anteriores, y adornada con ocho laminas firms, que manifiestan las costumbres y ritos de aquellos Americanos. Corregido por el P. Ignacio Obrcyon, &c. Barcelona. 4to. 2 vols. See No. 20, 1741. 29 CALENDARIO MANUAL y guia de forasteros de Mexico para el uiio de 1791. Por Don Felipe de Zufiiga y Ontiveros. Con privilegio en su oficina. . . Mexico. 12mo. with a map and plan of Mexico. !*0 MERCUKIO PERUANO de historia, literatura, y noticias publicas, que da a luz la Sociedad Academica de Amantes de Lima, y en su nombre D. Jacinto Calero y Moreira. Lima. Quarto. The Mercurio Peruano (Peruvian Mercury) was commenced in 1791, and continued until the end of 1704, when it stopped, inconsequence of some of the members of the society by which it was published having returned to Europe. The whole collection forms twelve volumes in small quarto i but it is rare indeed that all the volumes are found together. The chief object of the work was to illustrate the topography and local history of Peru, and to give an account of the arts, agriculture, mines, commerce, and navigation of that kingdom ; but it also admitted pieces of poetry and criticism ; observations on the character, manners, education and public amusements of the people of Lima ; and dissertations on natural history, mineralogy, chemistry, and medicine. The Present State of Peru is taken from this work, but the compiler was so little acquainted with the Spanish language, that the most egregious mistakes were committed in the trans lation. See Ed. Rev. ix. p. 433. ;U COLECCION de los mercurios referentes a las Misiones de Caxa- marquilla: peregrinacion de los padres Sobreviela y Girbal para restaurar las de Manoa : la historia de los trages, super- sticiones, y exercicios de sus moradores : escritos por el Dr. D. Jose Hipolito Unanue, &c. . . Lima. Quarto, pp. 100, and map. From the foregoing work. IV2 PA PEL pEiiiODico de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota, capital del Nuevo Reyno de Granada : obra niiscelanea instructiva, establecida por el superior gobierno para utilidud publica. Coleccion Integra de todos ios mnntrrosi dedicada a la Ex, 374 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1791. Sa. Vireyna Da. Manuela de Cardenas; For su autor D. Manuel del Socorro Rodriguez ; bibliotecario por S. M. de la misma Ciudad. . . . Santa Fe. Quarto. 7 vols. The foregoing is the MS. title to this collection, of a Journal published weekly at Santa F6, comprising the whole series which was published. 33 DESCRIPCION HISTORIAL de la provincia y Arcbipielago de Chiloe, en el Reyno de Chile, y obispado de la Concepcion. Por el P. Fr. Pedro Gonzalez de Agueros. Madrid. Quarto pp. 318, map and plate. 34 CARTA PASTORAL que el Ilust - S 01>1 D. Fray Josepb Antonio de San Alberto, arzobispo de la Plata, dirige a todos los que en el pasado concurso ban sido nombrados y elegidos para curas. . . . Buenos Ayres. Quarto. 35 RECOPILACION DE LEYES de los Reynos de las Indias, man- dadas imprimir y publicar por la Magestad Catolica del Rey Don Carlos [I. N. S. Va dividida en tres tomos, con el Indice general, y al principio de cada tomo el Indice especial de los titulos que contiene. Quarta impresion. Hecha de orden del Real y Supremo Consejo de las Indias. Madrid. Folio, 3 vols. The first edition was printed in 1681, the second in , and the third in 1774. 36 OBSERVATIONS BOTANIC^ quibus plantse Indiee occidentalis aliseque systematis vegetabilium ed xivo illustrantur earumque cbaracteres passim emendantur, cum tabulis seneis, Auctore Olavo Swartz, M.D. &c. . . Erlangce. 8vo. pp. 424, 11 plates. 37 JOANNIS ALOYSII MANEIRI veracrucensis, de viris aliquot Mexicanorum aliorumque qui sive virtute, sive litteris, Mexici imprimis floruerunt. . . Bononice. 8vo. 3 vols. 38 GESCHIEDENIS der kolonie van Suriname. Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 360. A history of the colony of Surinam, compiled by a society of Portuguese Jews resident there. Perhaps a translation of No, 19, 1788. Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 375 MDCCXCII. 1 HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS ; consisting of state papers, and other authentic documents, intended as materials for a History of the United States of America. By Ebenezer Hazard, A.M., &c. . . Philadelphia. 4to. 2 vols. The second volume was printed in 1794. This is a valuable collection of documents relating to American history, part of which hud already ap peared in different works, but several are printed for the first time ; par ticularly the records of the United Colonies of New England, from 1013 to J078, which occupy nearly the whole of the second volume. 2 COLLECTIONS of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston. 8vo. Vol. 1. This valuable collection of reprints of scarce tracts and important documents relatingto the history of America consists of series of ten volumes, of which two series have been completed, and the third volume of the third series was printed in 1833. 3 A REVIEW of the constitutions of the principal states of Europe, and of the United States of America. Given originally as lectures, by M. de la Croix, professor of law at the Lyceum, and author of Le Repertoire de Jurisprudence, &c. Now first translated from the French, with notes, by the translator of the Abbe Raynal s letter to the National Assembly, &c. 8vo. 2 vols. Robinsons, . The original work was published at Paris in 1791. (No. 23.) 4 COMMENTARIES on the constitution of the United States of America, with that constitution prefixed, in which are un folded the principles of free government, and the superior advantages of republicanism demonstrated. By James Wilson, LL.D., professor of laws in the University of Pennsylvania, &c. &c. &c., and by Thomas M Kean, LL.D., chief justice of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The whole extracted from debates published in Philadelphia by T.Lloyd. . . Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 147. " The contents of this pamphlet are fully expressed in the title ; but the publication must be perused throughout, in order to form an idea of the good sense and manly eloquence of the speeches here made public." JVI.R. This appears <o be the original edition, printed in Philadelphia, of the 376 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1792. Debates of the Pennsylvania Convention on the Constitution) with the title s*vw and pages 20 to 23 reprinted in London. 5 AN ENQUIRY into the constitutional authority of the Supreme Federal Court over the several States, in their political capacity. Being an answer to Observations upon the govern ment of the United States of America, by James Sullivan, Esq. Attorney -general of the State of Massachusetts. By a Citizen of South Carolina. . . Charleston, S. C. 8vo. 6 A BRIEF EXAMINATION of Lord Sheffield s Observations on the commerce of the United States. In seven numbers. With two supplemental notes on American manufactures. 8vo. pp. 135. Phillips, - Written by Tench Coxe. First printed at Philadelphia, in the American Museum. The English edition was edited by Capel Loff t, Esq. 7 AN ACCOUNT of the sugar maple tree of the United States, and of the methods of obtaining sugar from it ; together with observations upon the advantages, both public and private, of this sugar. In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secretary of State, &c. Read in the American Philosophical Society, on the 19th of August, 1791, and extracted from the 3d Vol. of their Transactions, now in the press. By Benjamin Rush, M.D., &c. . Phillips, . 8vo. pp. 24. 8 SOME TRANSACTIONS between the Indians and Friends in Pennsylvania, in 1791 and 1792. Phillips, . 8vo. A chief of the Seneca Indians resorted to Philadelphia, to desire that some children of their tribe might receive the benefits of civilized education among the Quakers, which furnished matter for this pamphlet. 9 LETTERS FROM AMERICA, historical and descriptive ; comprising occurrences from 1769 to 1777 inclusive. By William Eddis, late surveyor of the customs, &c. at Annapolis, in Maryland. 8vo. pp. 455. Dilly, - . " These letters include an interesting period, and relate to events, which however painful in their detail, and dishonourable to the British name, have, in their consequences, been not altogether unpropitious to Great Britain ; and are deemed, by some prophetic minds, to contain, in their womb, the germs of universal freedom. The bloody contest with the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 377 Americans, though it increased our public debt and diminished the volume \ 792. of the empire, has not destroyed our resources, nor injured our com- >^.-w merce ; and it is contemplated by the world as a proof of our energy, strength, and riches. Yet the object was unjust and impolitic, and our recollection looks back, with extreme concern, on the scenes of carnage and horror which it exhibited. Mr. Eddis s letters are forty in number; the first of them contains an account of the country, the government, trade, manners and customs of the inhabitants, followed by others, giving an account of the progress of the war, till his departure from New York. The concluding letters narrate the difficulties and dangers which the author experienced, in consequence of his refusing to take the oath ten dered him by the Americans." M. R. 10 A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of the western territory of North America ; containing a succinct account of the climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs; with an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is partitioned, and an accurate statement of the various tribes of Indians that inhabit the frontier country. To which is annexed, a delineation of the laws and govern ment of the state of Kentucky, tending to shew the probable rise and grandeur of the American empire. In a series of letters to a friend in England. By G. Imlay, captain in the American army, and a commissioner for laying out land in the back settlements. . . Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 247. Reprinted in 1796 and 1797. 11 A DESCRIPTION OF KENTUCKY, in North America; to which are prefixed, miscellaneous observations respecting the United States. . No place. 8vo. pp. 124, map. The title says, " printed in November, 1792 ; but there is a letter at the end, from Mr. Imlay, dated Feb. 2, 1793. Said to be written by Mr. Toulmin. 12 A JOURNAL of transactions and events, during a residence of nearly sixteen years on the coast of Labrador ; containing many interesting particulars, both of the country and its inhabitants, riot hitherto known. Illustrated with proper charts. By George Cartwright, Esq. Newark (Eng.} Quarto, 3 vols. This journal is written with care and fidelity the style of the author is plain and manly ; he delivers his sentiments with freedom, and with Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 792. confidence asserts only those circumstances which, from his own observa tion, he knew to be facts. The author commenced his voyage from England in 1770. He was brother of the celebrated Major Cartwright. 13 NEW TRAVELS in the United States of America. Performed in 1788, by J. P. Brissot de Warville. Translated from the French. . . . Jordan, . 8vo. pp. 483. This translation comprises the two first volumes of No. 21 of 1791. To complete the work, the (Considerations on therelative situation of France and the United States, printed in 1778, should be added to it. 14 A DISCOURSE, intended to commemorate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. To which are added, Four Dissertations: 1. On the circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients. 2. An examination of the pretensions of Martin Behaim, &c. 3. On the question whether the honey bee is a native of America. 4. On the colour of the native Americans, and the recent population of this continent. By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. Belknap and Hall, Boston. 8vo. pp. 132. 15 AN ORATION on the discovery of America. Delivered in London, October the 12th, 1792, being three hundred years from the day on which Columbus landed in the New World : with an appendix, containing a description of the city of Washington, in the district of Columbia ; illustrated with an engraving-. By Elhanan Winchester. Parsons, . Svo. pp. 77. This author was an itinerant preacher of the doctrine of Restoration, from America. He died at Hartford, Con. in 1797. 16 FARTHER OBSERVATIONS on the discovery of America, by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the year 1170. Containing the account given by General Bowles, the Creek Indian, lately in London, and by several others, of a Welsh tribe of Indians, now living in the western parts of North America. By John Williams, LL.D. White, . Svo. pp. 51. Dr. Williams, in this second part of his Enquiry, (see No. 7, 1791,) brings forward additional evidence of the existence of a tribe of Indians in the western part of North America, who speak Welsh. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 379 17 AN ACCOUNT of the ten tribes of Israel being in America; 1792. originally published by Manasseh Ben Israel. With some v ^~ observations thereon, and extracts from sacred and prophane, ancient and modern history, confirming the same ; and their return from thence about the time of the return of the Jews. By Robert Ingram, A.M., Vicar of Wormingford and Boxted, Essex. . . . Robinsons, . 8vo. pp. 56. Mr. Ingram believes that great numbers of the Israelites, after their disper sion, retired into a remote and uninhabited country, which he supposes to have been to the south of Hudson s Bay, and near California, between 53 and 60 N. lat. where their descendants, a numerous and distinct race, remain to this day, unconnected with the rest of mankind. All the difficulties in this long journey by sea and land are removed by the aid of miracles, of which the rev. author is not sparing. He has however used great diligence in examining and applying the Jewish prophecies, and other authorities, in support of his opinion, and of the evidence of Rabbi Manasseh. M. R. 18 A COMPLETE TREATISE on the mineral waters of Virginia; containing a description of their situation, their natural his tory, their analysis, contents, and their use in medicine. By John Rouelle, M.D. . Philadelphia. 8vo. 19 AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the climates and diseases of the United States of America, and of the remedies and methods of treatment which have been found most useful and effica cious, particularly in those diseases which depend upon cli mate and situation. Collected principally from personal observation, and the communications of physicians of talent and experience, residing in the several states. By William Currie, fellow of the college of physicians of Philadelphia. 8vo. Philadelphia. 20 EULOGIUM on Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. &c. Delivered March 1 , 1 791 , before the American Philosophical Society, and agreeably to their appointment. By William Smith, D.D. &c. 8vo. Philadelphia. Reprinted in London, and stated in the title as having been " delivered before both houses of Congress." 21 COLONY COMMERCE ; or reflections on the commercial system, as it respects the W^est India islands, our continental colonies, 380 Bibliothcca Americana Nova. 1792. and the United States of America. With some remarks on ^-^ the present high price of sugar, and the means of reducing it. By A. C. Brown. . . Faulder, 8vo. 22 VOYAGES to the Madeira and Leeward Caribbee Islands ; and sketches of the natural history of those islands. By Maria R ******. . . Edinburgh. 12mo. pp. 105. 23 A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, undertaken by command of H. M. for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in H. M s. ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieut. Wm. Bligh. Including an account of the mutiny on board said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship s boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, in the East Indies. With charts, &c. Quarto. Nicol, . 24 A LETTER from Percival Stockdale to Granville Sharpe, Esq. Suggested to the author by the present insurrection of the negroes in the island of St. Domingo. Clarke, . 8vo. pp. 28. In defence of the negroes. 25 A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT of the commencement and progress of the insurrection of the negroes in St. Domingo, which began in August 1791 : being a translation of the speech made to the National Assembly the 3d of November, 1791, by the deputies from the General Assembly of the French part of St. Domingo. . . Sewell, . 8vo. pp. 47. 26 IDEES SOMMAIRES sur la Restauracion cle Saint-Domingue, presentees a la nation, au roi ; ct a la colonie. . Paris. 8vo. pp. 88. Bv M. Louis Marthe de Gouv- 27 LE FEDEUALISTE, ou collection de quelques cents en faveur de la constitution proposee aux Etats Unis de PAmerique, par la convention convoquee en 1787; publies dans les Etats Unis de 1 Amerique par MM. Hamilton, Madisson, ct Jay, citoyens de 1 Etat de New York, Paris, 8vo. 2 vols. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. Translated by Trudaine do la Sabliere. In 1795 this work was issued as a 1792, second edition, with twenty pages of the introduction cancelled. The ^^/ original essays, which first appeared in the newspapers, were first pub lished in a collected form in 1788. 28 DESCRIPCION IIISTORICA Y CRONOLOGICA de las dos Piedras, que con ocasion del nuevo empedrado que se esta formando en la plaza principal de Mexico, sc hallaron en ella el ano dc 1790. Explicase el sistema de los calendarios de los Indios, el mctodo que tenian de dividir el tiempo y coreccion que hacian de el para igualar el ano civil, de que usaban con el ano solar tropico. Noticia muy necesaria para la perfccta intcligencia de la segunda piedra : a que se aiiaden otras curiosas e instructivas sobre la Mitologta de los Mexicanos, sobre su astronomia, y sobre los ritos y ceremonias que acostumbraban en tiempo de su gentilidad. For Don Antonio de Leon y Gama. . . Mexico. Quarto. Don Jose Antonio Alzate y Ramirez, in the " Gazcta de Literature*" of Mexico, of the lath and 31st July, 1792, criticises this work rather se^e-ely, denying the conclusions drawn by Sr. Gama from the appear ance of these curious Mexican antiquities. A new edition was printed in 1832, with the second part, never before published. 29 THATADO DEL REAL DERECiio de las Meclias-anatas secularcs y del servicio de Lanzas a que estan obligados los titulos de Castilla. Origen historico de este Juzgado en el Reyno del Peru, &c. For Don Joseph de Rezabal y Ugarte. Oidor decano de la Nueva Real Audiencia del Cuzco, &c. Madrid. Folio pp. 252. An appendix contains an account of the titles conferred on persons in Peru. 30 QUINOLOGIA 6 tratado del arbol de la Quina 6 Cascarilla, con su descripcion y la de otras espocics de Quinos nuevamente descubiertas en el Peru. For Don Hipolito Ruiz, Primer Botanico de la expedicion del Peru. . Madrid. Quarto, pp. 103. A supplement to this treatise was printed in 1801. 31 DELLA SCOPEKTA DELL AMERICA del J. Rin. Conte Carli in resposta alia lettera di M. Otto iritorno a tale argumento, Stampata ncl Vol. n. di Transazioni di Societa di Filadelfia. $ v <>- Milano, Meusel x. 9.. p. 33(5. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. MDCCXCIII. 1 THE DISCOVERY, settlement, and present state of Kentucky, and an introduction to the topography and natural history of that rich and important country ; also Col. Daniel Boon s narra tive of the wars of Kentucky ; with an account of the Indian nations within the limits of the United States, &c. By John Filson. Illustrated with a large whole sheet map of Kentucky, from actual survey. . . Stockdale, . 8vo. pp. 67. This account of Kentucky, which was first published in 1784, at Wilmington, bears every mark of authenticity. It was drawn up from personal notice, or immediate information, and is attested by the signatures of three re- ipectable inhabitants of the country. The author is a believer in the set tlement of a Welsh colony in this country by Madoc, in 1170. 2 HISTORY of the government of the island of Newfoundland. With an appendix, containing the acts of parliament made respecting the trade and fishery. By John Reeves, esq. chief justice of the island. . Sewell, . 8vo. pp. 283. 3 REPORT of the secretary of the treasury of the United States, on the subject of manufactures. Presented to the House of Representatives, Dec. 5, 1791. . Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 129. By Alexander Hamilton, esq. "The proper measures for fostering manu factures and trade are considered in this report with much knowledge, policy, and accurate discernment." M.R. 4 A CASE decided in the supreme court of the United States, in February, 1793. In which is discussed the question, " Whether a state be liable to be sued by a private citizen of another state." . Dobson, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 120. 5 RETURN of the whole number of persons within the several dis tricts of the United States, according to an act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, passed March 1, 1791. . Phillips, . 8vo. pp. 56. Reprinted from the Philadelphia edition. 6 THE EMIGRANTS, or the history of an expatriated family, being- Bib Hot he ca Americana Nora. 383 a delineation of English manners, drawn from real characters. 1793. Written in America, by G. Iinlay, Esq. author of the Topogra- ^"^ phical Description of the Western territory. 12mo. 3 vols. Hamilton, . Tiiis appears to be a philosophical novel, founded, the author says, princi pally on facts. It is well spoken of in the Monthly Review. 7 THE HISTORY of the American Revolution. By David Ramsay, M.D. of South Carolina. A new edition. Stockdale, . 8vo. 2 vols. First printed at Philadelphia, in 17 S9. 8 A SHORT ACCOUNT of the malignant fever lately prevalent in Philadelphia ; with a statement of the proceedings that took place on the subject in different parts of the United States. By Matthew Carey. Third edition, improved. Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 133. This pamphlet is rather a historical account of the circumstances attending the visitation of the yellow fever, which proved so fatal in Philadelphia, in the year 1793, and in which "Mr. Carey has presented his fellow citizens with a collection of facts and observations well calculated for the satisfaction of their anxious curiosity. The friends of mankind every where will be gratified by it. M.R. 9 AN HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION into the first appearance of the venereal disease in Europe ; with remarks on its particular nature. To which are added, observations on the non-ne cessity of quarantines being observed against the plague, &c. By M. Sanchez, doctor of the faculty of medicine at Paris. Translated from the French, by Joseph Skinner, surgeon. 8vo. pp. 84. The author of this tract is of opinion that the venereal disease was carried to the New World by the Spaniards. The evidence that it was known in Europe before the discovery of America appears to be quite conclusive. 10 THE HISTORY, civil and commercial, of the Biitish colonies in the West Indies ; in two volumes. By Bryan Edwards, Esq. of the Island of Jamaica. . Stockdale, . 4to. 2 vols. First edition of this valuable work, frequently reprinted. A third volume was published in ISO! . The most complete edition appears to be that of 1819, in 5 volumes 8vo. 11 OBSERVATIONS on the passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in two memoirs, on the straits of Anian, and the dis- 384 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 793. coveries of De Fonte. Elucidated by a new and original map. *~~~ To which is prefixed au historical abridgment of discoveries in the north of America. By William Goldson. Portsmouth. Quarto pp. 158. 12 A VOYAGE round the world, in H. M s frigate Pandora. Per formed under the direction of Capt. Edwards, in the years 1790, 1791, and 1792. By Mr. George Hamilton, late surgeon of the Pandora. . . Law, . 8vo. pp. 164. The Pandora was sent out to discover and bring to England for trial, Christian, and the other mutineers of the Bounty. 13 VOYAGES en Guinee et dans les lies Cara ibes en Amerique, par Paul Erdman Isert, ci-devant medecin inspecteur de S. M. Danoise, &c. traduits de 1 Allcmand. Avcc figures. 8vo. pp. 342. Paris. 14 HISTORIA DEL NuEvo MUNDO, cscribiala D. Juan Bautista Munoz. Tomo Primero. . . Madrid. Quarto, portrait and map. The death of the author prevented the continuation of this important work. He was many years employed in examining the archives of Spain and Portugal, and in procuring copies of all the documents to be found re lating to the early history of the New World. These copies are now in the library of the Academy of History at Madrid. I possess a copy of all that was written of the second volume. 15 GUIA POLITICA ECCLESIASTICA Y MiLiTAii del Virreynato del Peru para el ano de 1793. Compuesta de orden del Superior Gobierno por el Dr. D. Joseph Hipolito Unanue. Publicada por la Sociedad Academica de A mantes del Pai s de Lima. Small 8vo. Lima. 16 ArENDiCE A LA RELACION del viage al Magallanes de la fragata de Guerra Santa Maria de la Cabeza, que contiene el de los paqucbotes Santa Casilda y Santa Eulalia para com- pletar el reconcimiento del Estrecho en los anos de 1788 y 1789. Madrid. Quarto, pp. 128, map. The Relation was published in 1788. 17 PIRATAS DE LA AMERICA y luz a la defcnsa de las costas de Indias occidentales ; en que se tratan las cosas notables de los viages, descripcion de las islas Kspaiiola, Tortuga, Jamayca, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 385 de sus frutos y producciones, politicade sus habitantes, guerras 1793. y encuentros entre Espanoles y Franceses, origen de los ^*~ Piratas, y su modo de vivir, la toma y incendio de la ciudad de Panama, invasion de varias plazas de la America por los robadores franceses, Lolonois y Morgan. Traducida del flamenco en Espanol por el Doctor Buena Maison. Dala a luz esta tercera edicion D.M.G.R. . Madrid. Quarto. First printed in 1682. 18 CHRISTOPH DANIEL EBELINGS, Erdbeschreibung und Ges- chichte von Amerika. Die vereinten staaten von Nordamerika, 8vo. 7 vols. Hamburg. This work forms a continuation to Busching s Geography. The volumes were published at considerable intervals, the last in 1817. 19 DE OUDE en Nieuwe constitute, &c. Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 260. This view of the old and new constitution of the United States of America, by Gerhard Dumbar, LL.D., and member of the Philosophical Societv at Utrecht, contains an impartial examination of what the author calls the old constitution, by which he means the thirteen articles of confedera tion, settled in Congress on the 17th of November, 1777. This survey is introduced by a concise account of the rise of the war, and of the events preceding the formation of the Union. In a second volume, the author proposes to offer some remarks on the new constitution of 1787. MDCCXCIV. 1 THE HISTORY of the origin, progress, and termination of the American War. By C. Stedman, who served under Sir W. Howe, Sir H. Clinton, and the Marquis Cornwallis. In two volumes. . . Debrett, &c. . Quarto, 2 vols. 15 maps and plans. The situation of Mr. Stedman, as an officer of the British army in America, enabled him to collect the materials which he has here methodized and communicated to the world. In the accomplishment of this work, Mr. Stedman has entitled himself to considerable praise ; his language is cor rect and animated; and he has exemplified much diligence in collecting, and much judgment in arranging, the materials which compose this inter esting portion of history. It has evidently been his intention to be can did and impartial; and, on the whole, much credit is due to him on this head, considering his situation and sentiments. 3VI. R. C C 386 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1794. 2 OBSERVATIONS on Mr. Stedman s History of the American war. *~~ By Lieut. -General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. Quarto, pp. 34. Debrett, . 3 HISTORY of the principal Republics of the World : a defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of Ame rica against the attack of M. Turgot, in his letter to Dr. Price, dated the 22d day of March, 1778. By John Adams, LL.D. &c. A new edition. . Stockdale, . Svo. 3 vols. See No. 8 of 1787. 4 THE NATURAL AND CIVIL history of Vermont. By Samuel Williams, LL.D., &c. Published according to act of Con gress. . . . Walpole, N. H. Svo. pp. 416, map. A second edition of this valuable work was printed in 1809. 5 NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. By Thomas Jefferson. Second American edition. . Philadelphia Svo pp. 336, map. See No. 10 of 1787. 6 A MESSAGE of the President of the United States to Congress, relative to France and Great Britain, delivered December 5, 1793. With the papers therein referred to. To which are added, the French originals. Published by order of the House of Representatives. . . Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 103. "This collection of state papers reflects very great honor on the ministers of the United States of North America. Placed by the war in a situation the most embarrassing, pressed on different sides by memorials and remon strances, from the agents of Great Britain and France, they appear to have conducted themselves with consummate prudence, and the most scrupulous impartiality. Notwithstanding the provoking menaces of Genet, the minister from the French republic, which would have war ranted measures of resentment, they persevered in a line of conduct marked with the most dignified moderation, and, at the same time, with a firm and unshaken adherence to what they conceived to be their duty. M. R. 7 AMERICAN BUDGET, 1794. The income and expenditure of the United States of America, as presented to the House of Representatives, in sundry estimates and statements relative to appropriations for the service of the year 1794, by Alex- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 387 ander Hamilton, Esq. Secretary to the Treasury of the United 1794. States of America. To which is added, the Report of the ^^^ Congress, on the nature and extent of the privileges and restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the United States with foreign nations, &c. By Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secre tary of State. . . Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 42. 8 SPEECHES of Mr. Smith, of South Carolina, delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, in January, 1794, on the subject of certain commercial regulations, &c. 8vo. Stockdale, . 9 AN ADDRESS from William Smith, of South Carolina, to his con stituents. . . Debrett, . 8vo. Mr. Smith was a strenuous advocate, in his speeches, for a good understand ing with England; and in his address defends himself from some animad versions they had drawn upon him. 10 AUTHENTIC COPIES of the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secretary of State to the United States of America, and George Hammond, Esq. Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain, on the non-execution of existing treaties, the deliver ing the frontier posts, and on the propriety of a commercial intercourse between Great Britain and the United States. In two parts. . . Debrett, . 8vo. These papers comprehend everything necessary to afford complete infor mation with respect to the grounds of the disputes which have arisen between Great Britain and America. 11 THE AMERICAN CALENDAR, or United States register, for the year 1794. To be continued annually. Debrett, . 12mo. pp. 287. Published originally in Philadelphia. It is highly commended in the Monthly Review. 12 HISTORY OF THE MISSION of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America. In three parts. By George Henry Loskiel. Translated from the German by Christian Ignatius La Trobe. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 639. c c 2 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 13 LETTERS on the crimes of George III., addressed to Citizen Denis; by an American officer in the service of France. 8vo. Part I., pp. 80. Part II., pp. 135. Paris. The author s name was J. S. Eustace. 14 A TREATISE on the Fevers of Jamaica, with some observations on the intermitting fever of America ; and an appendix, con taining some hints on the means of preserving the health of soldiers in hot climates. By Robert Jackson, M.D. 8vo. pp. 440. Murray, . 15 AN ESSAY on the Rhus toxicodendron, pubescent poison oak or sumach; with cases, shewing its efficacy in the cure of paralysis, and other diseases of extreme debility. By John Alderson, M.D. . . Johnson,- . 8vo. pp. 34. 16 AN ABRIDGEMENT of Mr. Edwards s civil and commercial history of the British West Indies. . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. In an advertisement, prefixed to this work, it is stated that it was published in consequence of the avarice of the bookseller placing the original work in the reach only of the opulent. Avarice also, most probably, produced this abridgment. 17 HORTUS AMERICANUS : containing an account of the trees, shrubs, and other vegetable productions of South America and the West India islands, particularly of the island of Jamaica. By Dr. Henry Barham. Kingston (Jam.} 8vo. pp. 212. 18 THE CASE of the agent to the settlers on the coast of Yucatan, and the late settlers on the Mosquito Shore, stating the whole of his conduct in soliciting compensation for the losses sustained by each of those classes of H. M. s injured and dis tressed subjects, 18th November, 1793. Cadell, . Quarto, pp. 320. The agent s name was White. 19 A VIEW of the relative Situation of Great Britain and the United States of America. By a Merchant. 8vo. Debrett, . 20 SOME INFORMATION respecting America, collected by Thomas Cooper, late of Manchester. . Johnson, 8vo. pp. 240. By the (now) venerable President of the College of South Carolina, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 389 21 LETTERS on Emigration. By a gentleman lately returned 1794. from America. . . Kearsley, . ~^ 8vo. pp. 76. This gentleman is no friend to emigration. He states that, in migrating to America, the artizan may want for employment, and the husbandman may pay too dear for his land ; the gentleman cannot live in the cities, on account of the expense, nor in the back settlements, for want of society j and that there is great hazard and expense in crossing the ocean to get there. 22 RESULT OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS made in the inte rior parts of North America. Arrowsmith, . Quarto, pp. 16. 23 MEMOIRES IIISTORIQUES, et pieces authentiques, sur M. de la Fayette, pour servir a 1 histoire des revolutions. Paris. 8vo. pp. 303. A collection of papers and extracts relating to La Fayette. "24 NOTICIAS de la provincia de Californias, en tres cartas de un sacerdote religioso hijo del real convento de predicadores de Valencia un amigo suyo. (For F. L. S.) Valencia. Small Svo. These letters were written a few years before the date of the work ; the author corrects many errors into which Venegas has fallen, and gives an interesting account of the state of California, both natural and political, at the period in which he was engaged as a missionary. 2-5 NOTICIA INDIVIDUAL de las poblaciones nuevamente fundadas en la provincia de Cartagena, la mas principal del nuevo reyno de Granada, de las montanas que se descubrieron, caminos que se ban abierto, de los canales, cienagas y rios que se han hecho navegables, con expresion de las ventajas . que han resultado a la propagacion del Evangelio al Comercio y al Estado. Por el Teniente Coronel de Infanteria agregado al estado mayor del Puerto de Santa Maria, Don Antonio de la Torre Miranda. Puerto de Santa Maria. Small 4to. pp. 88. 26 INVESTIGACIONES HISTORICAS sobre los principales descubri- mientos de los Espanoles en el mar oceano, en el siglo XV y principles del XVI. En respuesta a la memoria do M. Otto sobre el verdadero descubridor de America. Por D. Christobal Bibliotheca Americana Nova. Cladera dignidad de Tesorero de la Santa Iglesia de Mallorca. Small 4to. Portraits. Madrid. 27 DISERTACION sobre el aspecto, cultivo, comercio y virtudes de la famosa planta del Peru nombrada Coca, &c. Por el Dr. D. Joseph Hipolito Unanue. . Lima. Small 4to. pp. 45, and plate. The coca is a species of Erythroxylon, highly esteemed by the Peruvians, and used by them in the manner the betel is used in the East. Before the conquest by the Spaniards the trees were looked upon as something- holy, the leaves being collected with religious ceremonies : these leaves were also used as a substitute for money. 28 CALENDARIO MANUAL y guia de forasteros de la isla de Cuba. Para el ano de 1794. . . Havana. Small 12mo. With a map of the island. 29 FLORAE PERUVIANS ET CHILENSIS prodromus, sive novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum et Chilensium descriptiones et icones. Descripciones y Lammas de los nuevos generos de plantas de la flora del Peru y Chile por Don Hipolito Ruiz y Don Joseph Pavon, botanicos de la expedicion del Peru, &c. . . . Madrid. Folio, pp. 154, plates 37. This work was reprinted at Rome in 1797, with remarks, by Caspar Xuarez. The first volume of the Flora Peruviana, &c. of the same authors was published in 1798; the second in 1799; the third in 1802. These three volumes contain 325 plates. The plates for the fourth volume (No. 326 to 425) were engraved, but the text has not been printed. If the work were completed, it would form eight or ten volumes in folio. MDCCXCV. A JOURNEY from Prince of Wales s Fort, in Hudson s Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson s Bay Company, for the discovery of copper-mines, a North- West Passage, &c. in the year 1769-1772. By Samuel Hearne. . . . Cadell, -. Quarto, pp. 458, plates. Mr. Hearne s interesting journey was performed, after repeated trials, in the course of four years, and extended to the Copper-mine River. This river empties itself bevond the Arctic Circle into an extensive bay, which the author considers as an inland sea, about lat. 72 N. 120 W. long. 5 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 391 This publication has not entirely the merit of originality, several extracts ] 795. from the papers transmitted by him to his employers having been already ^^, printed ; but it contains, in a plain unadorned style, such a striking pic ture of the miseries of savage life, accompanied with so many minute in cidents, copied faithfully from nature, that it is impossible to read it with out feeling a deep interest, and without reflecting on, and cherishing the inestimable blessings of civilized society. M. R. 2 AN HISTORICAL, geographical, commercial, and philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European settlements in America and the West Indies. By \V. Winterbotham. . . Ridgway, . 8vo. 4 vols. Written while the author was a prisoner in Newgate. Meusel calls it a very impudent compilation of extracts, made without any judgment, from various authors. } A VIEW of the United States of America, in a series of papers, written at various times between the years 1787 and 1794. By Tench Coxe, of Philadelphia, Commissioner of the Reve nue. Interspersed with authentic documents. The whole tending to exhibit the progress and present state of civil and religious liberty, population, agriculture, exports, imports, fisheries, navigation, ship-building, manufactures, and general improvement. . . Johnson, . 8vo. pp. 512. First printed in Philadelphia, in 1794. 4 THE POLITICAL REGISTER; or proceedings in the session of Congress, commencing November 3, 1794, and ending March 3, 1795. With an appendix, containing a selection of papers laid before Congress during that period. By James Thomson Callender. Vol. I. In two parts. Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 548. 5 THE AMERICAN REMEMBRANCER; or an impartial collection of essays, resolves, speeches, &c. relative to, or having affinity to the treaty with Great Britain. Philadelphia. 8vo. 3 vols. 6 REPORTS of Alexander Hamilton, Esq. Secretary of the Treasury ; read in the House of Representatives of the United States, Jan. 19, 1795; containing, 1. A plan for the further support of public credit. 2. For the improvement and better manage ment of the revenues of the United States. To which is an- Bibtiotheca Americana Nova. nexed, an act for making provisions for the support of public credit, and the redemption of the debt. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. . Debrett, . Quarto. (( These authentic state papers of a rising Western empire will, we suppose, be considered by political readers as documents of no inconsiderable value; and an attentive perusal of them may possibly furnish useful hints of sound policy and national economy, to which European governments may attend with advantage. M. R. 7 OFFICIAL LETTERS to the Honourable American Congress, writ ten during the war between the United Colonies and Great Britain; by H. E. George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Forces, now President of the United States. 8vo. 2 vols. Cadell, &c. . " Great men are commonly distinguished by a peculiar simplicity of style, and this is eminently the character of these letters of Washington, which afford an excellent specimen of the proper style for letters or papers on public transactions. They are chiefly valuable on account of the impor tance of the affairs on which they were written, and for the abundance of information which they afford respecting their progress and termination ; and in this view their value is inestimable. They cast light on the his tory of the American war, which could not be derived from any other source ; they exhibit a most interesting and wonderful example of the firm intrepidity with which a great and honest mind, engaged in a noble cause, can struggle with difficulties, and at last overcome them; and at the same time they furnish an instructive lesson to the world, on the follv of attempting to crush the rising spirit of freedom. * M. R. The New York edition, from which this appears to have been taken, has the date of 1796. The London edition has an additional title-page, as follows : " AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, being a collection of original and authentic docu ments relative to the war between the United States and Great Britain. Published by special permission. 8 TREATY of amity, commerce and navigation, between H.B.M. and the United States of America ; by their President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, November 19, 1794. 8vo. Debrett, . Mr. Jay s celebrated treaty. 9 A LETTER from Pennsylvania to a friend in England : contain ing valuable information with respect to America. By L. J. Jardine, M.D. . . Dilly, . 8vo, pp. 31. This pamphlet consists of comparative views of the several plans which Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 393 offer themselves to a new settler in America for the choice of a situation, 1795. and an account of the expenses of living in some parts of Pennsylvania} ^**> which state Dr. Jardine recommends above all the others, and Northum berland county as the most preferable county in Pennsylvania. 10 A LETTER descriptive of the different Settlements in the province of Upper Canada. 12mo. Egerton, . This pamphlet gives a very advantageous account of the country of Upper Canada, and of the settlers there, subjects to the British government; it also contains some particulars relative to the American native Indians. 11 AN ACCOUNT of the Black Charaibs, in the island of St. Vincent s; with the Charaib treaty of 1773, and other original documents. Compiled from the papers of the late Sir William Young;, Bart. . . . Sewell, . 8vo. This pamphlet is valuable for its almost official authenticity, and curious on account of the people to whom it relates. 12 A NARRATIVE of the Revolt and Insurrection of the French inhabitants in the island of Grenada. By an eye-witness. 8vo. pp. 166. Edinburgh. 13 AN ESSAY on the malignant pestilential Fever introduced into the West India islands from Boullam, on the coast of Guinea, as it appeared in 1793 and 1794. By C. Chisholm, M.D. surgeon to H. M s. Ordnance in Grenada. 8vo. pp. 279. Dilly, . The introduction contains a description of Grenada, with meteorological, mineralogical, and botanical observatious. Dr. Chisholm found large doses of calomel a specific in the pestilential fever here described. His practice was to give ten grains every three hours, until the salivary glands became affected. 14 A LETTER to Bryan Edwards, Esq. ; containing observations on some passages of his history of the West Indies. Quarto. Johnson, . The author of this letter, William Preston, Esq. of Dublin, attacks Mr. Edwards for being an apologist for slavery. 15 A CONCISE AND IMPARTIAL HISTORY of the American revo lution; by John Lendrum. . Boston (Mass.} 12mo. 2 vols. 16 THE HISTORY of the district of Maine ; by James Sullivan. Hvo. Boston (Mass.) 394 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1795. 17 AN ENQUIRY how far the punishment of Death is necessary in ** Pennsylvania, &c. By William Bradford, Esq. Attorney- general of the United States. Johnson, . 8vo. pp. 114. This work appears to have been printed in Philadelphia in 1793. " It de serves to be remarked, though it be a praise of a very inferior nature compared with the other merits of this tract, that it is written with a purity and elegance in English style, not very often observed in Ameri can productions ; we find in it scarcely any of those licentious innovati ons, and unidiomatical combinations of words, by which the Anglo-Ame rican style has of late been too often disfigured ; and which threaten, if they be not checked, to convert the English which is written and spo ken on the different sides of the Atlantic into two different languages." M.R. 18 PLAN OF ASSOCIATION of the North American Land Company, established February 1795. . Philadelphia. 8vo, pp. 25. 19 REPONSE aux principales questions qui peuvent etre faites sur les Etats-Unis de PAmerique, par un habitant de la Penn- sylvanie. . . . Lausanne. 8vo. 2 vols. An answer to the leading questions which apply to the United States of America ; by an adopted citizen of Pennsylvania. " These two volumes undertake to answer 137 questions, for the information of those who think of migrating to North America." M. R. The author was the Abbe" J. E. Bonnet, author of Etats Vnis d Amtrique a la Jin du Xt^HI" siecle, 1802- 20 RENSEIGNEMENS sur I Amerique. Rassembles par Thomas Cooper, ci-devant de Manchester. Traduits de 1 Anglois ; avec une carte. Paris. 8vo. A translation of No. 20 of 1794. 21 DESCRIPCION DE PLANTAS. 1 Discurso que en la abertura del estudio de botanica de 1 de Junio de 95, pronuncio en el Real Jardin de Mexico el Dr. D. Joseph Dionysio Larreategui. 4to. pp. 48. (Mexico.) With a description and coloured plate of the Chiranthodendron. 22 MEMORIA en que setrata del insecto Grana 6 Cochinilla, de su naturaleza y serie de su vida, escrita en Mexico en 1777, por D. Josef Antonio de Alzate. . Madrid. 8vo. pp. 226. 3 plates. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 395 23 FRANKREICH und die Freystaaten von Nordamerika ; verg- 1795. lichen in hinsicht ihrer lander, ihrer natur-produkte, ihrer bewhoner und der bildung ihrer Staaten. Von E. A. W. Zimmermann, &c. . Berlin. Svo. Vol. I. A French translation of this volume, which appears to be the only one pub lished, was printed in 1797. 24 AMERIKANISCHES MAGAZIN, oder authentische beytrage zur erdbeschreibung, staatskunde und geschichte von Amerika, besonders aber der vereinten staaten; herausgegeben von Professor Hegewisch in Kiel und Professor Ebeling in Ham burg. .... Hamburg. Svo. 25 UEBER J. RIBERO S alteste Weltcharte von M. C. Sprengel. Svo. pp. 77, map. Weimar. A copy of Diego Ribeiro s map of America, made in 1529, with remarks by Sprengel. MDCCXCVI. 1 HISTOTIY OF THE INSURRECTION in the four Western counties of Pennsylvania, in the year M.DCC. xciv. ; with a recital of the circumstances specially connected therewith ; and an his torical review of the previous situation of the country. By William Findley, Member of the House of Representatives of the United States. Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 328. 2 JOURNAL of an excursion to the United States of North America in the summer of 1794. Embellished with a profile of General Washington, and a view of the State House at Philadelphia. By Henry Wansey, F.A.S., a Wiltshire clothier. Svo. pp. 290. Wilkie, -. 3 A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of the Western territory of North America, &c. By George Imlay. The second edition, with considerable additions. Debrett, . Svo. pp. 433, and maps. See 1792 and 1797. 4 LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP ; or, a few hints to such artizans, me chanics, labourers, farmers, and husbandmen, as are desirous of emigrating to America, being a genuine collection of letters 396 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1796. from persons who have emigrated; containing remarks, notes, S * L/W and anecdotes, political, philosophical, and literary, of the present state, situation, population, prospects, and advantages of America ; together with the reception, success, mode of life, opinions, and situation of many characters who have emi grated, &c. . Walker, . 8vo. pp. 143. These letters appear to have been forgeries, made up to cure what was called the American or emigration mania. They are represented to be from a carpenter, a stonemason, aplaisterer, and a painter and glazier; but they have too much literary style and arrangement, to proceed from com mon mechanics. 5 OBSERVATIONS on the North American Land Company lately instituted in Philadelphia; containing an illustration of the object of the Company s plan, the articles of association, with a succinct account of the States wherein the lands lie ; to which are added, remarks on the American lands in general, more particularly the pine-lands of the Southern and Western States; in two letters from Robert G. Harper, Esq. Member of Congress for South Carolina, to a gentleman in Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 149. Debrett, . Mr. Harper s letters are sensibly written, and his remarks on the pine-barrens are very satisfactory, and prove that these lands, when brought into cul tivation, will be very valuable. 6 A MEMOIR concerning the fascinating faculty which has been ascribed to the Rattlesnake, and other American serpents. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. Professor of Natural History and Botany in the University of Pennsylvania, &c. 8vo. pp. 70. . . . Philadelphia. Printed only for private distribution. 7 A DESCRIPTION of the river Susquehanna ; with observations on its trade, &c. . Philadelphia. 8vo. Harvard Coll. Cat. 8 A SKETCH of the soil, climate, &c. of South Carolina. By David Ramsay. . . Charleston, S.C. 8vo. Harvard College Cat. 9 INTERESTING STATE PAPERS, from President Washington, M. Fauchet, and M. Adet, the late and present ambassadors from Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 397 the French Convention to the United States of America. 1796. Likewise conferences with George Hammond, Esq. Minister s- ^ w Plenipotentiary from H. B. M., as laid by the President before the Legislature of the United States, in their present session ; quoted by Edmund Randolph, late Secretary of State, and included in a defence of his resignation of that office. 8vo. pp. 136. Owen, &c. . First published in Philadelphia. 10 EPISTLES, domestic, confidential, and official, from General Washington, written about the commencement of the American contest, when he entered on the command of the army of the United States ; with an interesting series of his letters, parti cularly to the British admirals Arbuthnot and Digby, to generals Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Sir Guy Carleton, Marquis de la Fayette, &c. ; to Benjamin Harrison, Esq. Speaker of the House of Delegates in Virginia; to admiral the Count de Grasse ; General Sullivan, respecting an attack on New York ; including many applications and addresses pre sented to him, with his answers, orders, and instructions on important occasions to his aides-de-camp, &c. ; none of which have been printed in the two volumes published a few months ago. . . Rivingtons, . 8vo. pp. 303. Some of these letters were first printed about the year 1777, and the fol lowing were declared by Washington to be forgeries : Letters to Lund Washington, June 12, July 8, 15, 16, and 22d ; to John Parke Custis, June 18, 1776 ; and to Mrs. Washington, June 24, 1776. They were forged, according to the Monthly Review, by a Mr. V , at the time a young episcopal clergyman, who came from New York, in order to make his fortune in England, in the character of a loyalist. They were re printed in New York and Philadelphia. 1 1 OFFICIAL LETTERS to the Honourable American Congress, written during the war between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by his Excellency George Washington, Commander-in- chief of the Continental Forces, now President of the United States. Copied, by special permission, from the original papers preserved in the office of the Secretary of State, Phi ladelphia. .... New York. 8vo. 2 vols. The same as No. 7 of 1795. 398 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 796, 12 COMPILATIONS of the laws of the state of Pennsylvania relative ~~ to the poor, from the year 1700 to 1795 inclusive. Pub lished for the guardians of the poor. Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 112. 13 THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. Books IX and X. Containing the history of Virginia to the year 1688, and the history of New England to the year 1652. By William Robertson, D.D. &c. Quarto and 8vo. Strahan, . Published by his son. 14 A TOPOGRAPHICAL and political description of the Spanish part of Saint-Domingo ; containing general observations on the climate, population, and productions; on the character and manners of the inhabitants ; with an account of the several branches of the governmeut : to which is prefixed, a new, correct, and elegant map of the whole island. By M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Mery. Translated from the French by William Cobbett. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. 2 vols. 15 NARRATIVE of a five years Expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surrinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772 to 1777 ; elucidating the his tory of that country, and describing its productions, viz. quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, and roots ; with an account of the Indians of Guiana and Negroes of Guinea. By Captain J. G. Stedman, illustrated with 80 elegant engravings, from drawings made by the author. Quarto, 2 vols. Johnson, . Capt. Stedman died at Tiverton, in Devonshire, in March 1796, just about the time that his book was published. 16 AN ACCOUNT of the campaign in the West Indies, in 1794, under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B., commanders- in-chief in the West Indies ; with the reduction of the islands of Martinique, St. Lucia, Guadaloupe, Marigalante, Desiada, &c., and the events that followed those unparalleled successes, and caused the loss of Guadaloupe. By the Rev. Cooper Willyams, A.M., late chaplain of H. M. s ship Boyne. Large folio, pp. 220. plates. Nicol, . Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 399 17 THE PROCEEDINGS of the Governor and Assembly of Jamaica 1796. in regard to the Maroon negroes ; published by order of the ***** Assembly. To which is prefixed, an introductory account, containing observations on the disposition, character, manners, and habits of life of the Maroons, and a detail of the origin, progress, and termination of the late war between those people and the white inhabitants. Stockdale, . 8vo. pp. 200. By Bryan Edwards. 18 A BRIEF ENQUIRY into the causes of, and conduct pursued by the colonial government, for quelling the Insurrection in Grenada, from its commencement, on the night of the 2d of March, to the arrival of General Nichols, on the 14th of April, 1795. In a letter from a Grenada planter to a mer chant in London. . . Faulder, . 8vo. pp. 204. map. 19 REFLEXIONS SUR LA COLONIE DE SAINT-DOMINGUE, ou examen approfondi des causes de sa mine, et des mesures adoptes pour la retablir ; terminees par Texpose rapide d un plan d organisation propre a lui rendre son ancienne splendeur ; adressees au commerce et aux amis de la prosperite nationale. 8vo. 2 vols. Paris. By M. Barbe-Marbois. On the fly leaf of this work is found the following notice of a book, which is not mentioned in any list of the author s works. " On trouve chez le meme libraire, 1 ouvrage suivant du meme auteur, HISTOIRE DES DESASTRES de Saint Domingue, precedee d un tableau du regime et des progresde cette, colonie depuis sa fondationjusqu a Pepoque de la revolution Franaise. 1 vol. 8vo. avec carte." 20 MEMOIRE ANALYTIQUE : ou Ton deduit par une grande reunion de faits les principes a Taide desquels ou pourra faire pros- perer de Nouvelles Colonies, plus rapidement que n ont ete elevees les etablissemens aujourd hui anciens, et dans lesquels le temps seul pouvoit fixer les methodes. Suivi de 1 examen de questions relatives aux effets que les progres de la popula tion et des cultures du Nouveau Monde produiront sur 1 Europe, avec un tableau de la population, etdes produits de 1 Archipel de I Amerique. Par M. de la Rocque, ci-devant valet-de- 400 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1796> chambre de la Reine, &c. . . Londres. 8vo. * 4 * Ces memoires ont ete imprimes au nombre seulement de 200 exemplaires, parceque, les ayant dedies au Roi d Espagne, 1 auteur n a pas du en permettre la publicite, avant 1 agrement de S. M. 21 NORDAMERIKANISCHER STAATS kalciidar, oder statisches, hand und addressbuch der vereinigten staaten von Nord- Amerika; von J. C. Timseus. Hamburgh. 8vo. This work appears to be a translation of No. 11 of 1794, with large additions from contemporary works on America. 22 ECLOGUE AMERICANA seu descriptiones plantarum prsesertim Americee Meridionalis nondura cognitarum. Auctore Martino Vahl. . . . Hannia. Folio. Three fasciculi of this work were published, each containing ten plates. MDCCXCVII. 1 THE HISTORY of the New World, by Don Juan Baptista Munoz. Translated from the Spanish, with notes, by the translator, an engraved portrait of Columbus, and a map of Espanola. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. />52. Robinson, . See No. 14 of 1793. 2 THE HISTORY or PENNSYLVANIA, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first governor and proprietor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742. With an introduction respecting the life of William Penn prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added, a brief description of the said province ; and of the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770; with an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. 2 vols. A valuable collection of materials for & future history of Pennsylvania. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 401 3 A DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH of the present state of Vermont, one of 1797. the United States of America. By J. A. Graham, LL.D. late ^^ Lieutenant-colonel in the service of the above state. 8vo. pp. 186. Fry, - . This work is beautifully printed, and embellished with a fine portrait of the author, who, at the time it was published, was in England, as agent from the episcopal church of Vermont, to the Society for propagating the gospel in foreign parts. 4 OBSERVATIONS on certain documents contained in Nos. V. and VI. of The History of the United States for the year 1796 ; in which the charge of speculation against Alexander Hamilton, late Secretary of the Treasury, is fully refuted. Written by Himself. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 37 and Iviii. In this pamphlet General Hamilton defends himself from a charge made against him of improper pecuniary speculations, at the expense of his private character. It contains an account of his < amorous connection" with a Mrs. Reynolds. The History of the United States, referred to, was published in numbers by J. T. Callender. 5 A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of the western territory of North America; containing a succinct account of its soil, climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs. With an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is portioned. To which are added, &c. By Gilbert Imlay, a captain in the American army during the war, and commissioner for laying out lands in the back set tlements, &c. Third edition. . Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 598, and index. 4 maps. The first edition was printed in 1792, and the second in 1793: the author is there called George Imlay. Besides the work of Filson (No. 9 of 1T84) this volume comprises those of Hutchins, (No. 12 of 1778, and 8 of 1781,) and other tracts, relating principally to the Western territory. 6 TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA. By M. Crespel. With a nar rative of his shipwreck and extraordinary hardships and suf ferings, on the Island of Anticosti, &c. Law, . 12mo. This relation was first published at Frankfort on the Main in 1742, in French. 7 NEW VIEWS of the origin of the tribes and nations of America. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D.,&c. Philadelphia, 8vo. pp. cix. and 83. Dd 402 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1797. 8 THE WELCH INDIANS, or a collection of papers, respecting a people whose ancestors emigrated from Wales to America in the year 1170, with Prince Madoc, (three hundred years be fore the first voyage of Columbus,) and who are said now to inhabit a beautiful country on the west side of the Mississippi. Dedicated to the Missionary Society by George Burder. 8vo. pp. 35. Chapman, . No date on the title, but the dedication is dated March 10, 1797. 9 A DEFENCE of the Constitution and Government of the United States of America against the attack of M. Turgot, in his Letter to Dr. Price, dated the22d day of March, 1778. By John Adams LL. D., President of the United States. The third edition. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. 3 vols. Portrait. Printed for William Cobbett. The first edition was published in 1787. 10 OBSERVATIONS on the debates of the American Congress on the addresses to General Washington, on his resignation, &c. By Peter Porcupine, Author of the Bone to gnaw for Demo crats, &c. . . . Ogilvy, . 8vo. pp. 38. 11 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES of Peter Porcupine, with a full and fair account of his Authoring transactions, &c. By Peter Porcupine himself. . . Wright, -. 12mo. "This writer here informs the public that his real name is William Cobbett ; that he is the son of poor but honest parents ; and that he was bred to the plough ; (which it is a pity he ever forsook, as it seems he was an excellent hand ;) but, being of a roving disposition, he became a soldier in a marching regiment, in which he behaved so well that he rose to the rank of sergeant-major. After five years service he obtained his dis charge, with the most reputable certificates. By this time our " adven turer" had much improved and informed his mind, by reading such books as he could procure ; so that, having settled in America, he set up in the trade, occupation and calling of an author. He possesses good natural parts; and, had he not aspired to the character of a wit, a satirist, and a politician, he probably would not have had so much reason to complain of enemies, evil-minded people, who have vilified his reputation, and represented him as no better than a fugitive felon. " M. R. 12 TWENTY THOUSAND MUSKETS!!! Particulars of the capture of the ship Olive Branch, in November, 1796, laden with cannon, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 403 muskets, &c. by H. M. s ship Audacious, in which the des- 1797. tination of the said ship, and the use of the said arms, &c. are v "^"" discovered. . London. 8vo. pp. 106. This pamphlet was written by Gen. Ira Allen. It relates to the capture of the ship Olive Branch (laden by him in France with arms for the use of the Vermont militia,) by a British ship of war, on suspicion of being des tined for Ireland. 13 THE AMERICAN GAZETTEER, exhibiting in alphabetical order a much more full and accurate account than has been given of the states, provinces, counties, cities, &c. on the American continent; also of the West India Islands, and other islands appendant to the continent, and those newly discovered in the Pacific Ocean, &c. Collected and compiled from the best authorities and arranged with great care, by and under the direction of Jedediah Morse, D.D., &c. Boston (Mass.) 8vo. The above is an abridgment of the copious title to this work, which was reprinted in London, in 1798. A new and enlarged edition was published in 1810, with a second volume, comprising the Eastern continent, or Old World. Mr. John Lendrum had a considerable share in the compilation of this work. 14 A LETTER to the People of the United States of America, from General Washington, on his resignation of the office of Pre sident of the United States. . Debrett, . 8vo. "The worshippers of virtue will look back with triumph on the conduct of the disinterested statesman of America, "the God of this new world," who here accompanies with benevolent counsel his farewell benediction to the people of an empire which he has created and illustrated." M. R. 15 LETTER from Thomas Paine to George Washington, President of the United States of America. Symonds, . 8vo. Mr. Paine complains of Washington for not having interfered for his libe ration, when a prisoner in France, in the time of Robespierre ; accuses him of wanting gratitude arid humanity, and attacks his military skill, which he pronounces inferior to that of Generals Gates and Green. 16 ANECDOTES of the late Charles Lee, Esq. second in command in the service of the United States of America during the Revolution. To which are added, his political and military Dd2 404 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1797. essays; also letters to and from many distinguished charac- ^^ ters in Europe and America. The second edition ; with an appendix of additional papers and letters. Jordan, . 8vo. 1 7 A VIEW of the causes and consequences of the American Revo lution: in thirteen discourses, preached in North America, be tween the years 1763 and 1775: with an historical preface. By Jonathan Boucher, A.M. and F.A.S. Vicar of Epsom, in the county of Surrey. . Robinsons, 8vo. pp. 700. Dedicated to Washington. The author was a refugee, who returned to England, on account of his political principles, in 1775, and died there, in 1804. In a preface of near a hundred pages, he passes in review the different histories of the American revolution, all of which are censured as partial and defective, not even excepting the account in the Annual Register, said to be written by Burke. 18 THE CASE of the manufacturers of soap and candles, in the city of New York, stated and examined. To which are pre fixed, the laws of the state of New York, concerning infecti ous diseases. With an addition, in form of an appendix, con taining several documents and papers relative to these sub jects. Published by the Association of Tallowchandlers and Soapmakers. . . New York. 8vo. pp. 61. 19 THE PRESENT STATE of medical learning in the city of New York. . . . New York. 8vo. pp. 16. 20 A VISIT to the Philadelphia Prison; being an accurate and par ticular account of the wise and humane administration adop ted in every part of that building ; containing also an account of the gradual reformation and present improved state of the penal laws of Pennsylvania : with observations on the impo licy and injustice of capital punishments. In a letter to a friend. By Robert J. Turnbull, of South Carolina. 8vo. Phillips, . 21 A VOYAGE TO ST. DOMINGO, in the years 1788, 1789, and 1790. By Francis Alexander Stanislaus, Baron de Wimpffen. Translated from the original manuscript, which has never been Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 405 published. By J. Wright. . Cadell, . 1797. Svo. pp. 400. ~~ Printed at Paris in the same year in French, and in German at Erfurt, in the following year. Some copies, apparently by an error of the press, have the date of 1817. 22 AN ENQUIRY into the nature and causes of the great mortality among the troops at St. Domingo : with practical remarks on the fever of that Island ; and directions for the conduct of Europeans, on their first arrival in warm climates. By Hector M Lean, M.D., Assistant Inspector of hospitals for St. Domingo. . . Cadell, . Svo. pp. 358. 23 AN HISTORICAL SURVEY of the French colony in the island of St. Domingo ; comprehending a short account of its an cient government, political state, population, productions and exports; a narrative of the calamities which have desolated the country ever since the year 1789, with some reflections on their causes and probable consequences ; and a detail of the military transactions of the British army in that island to the end of 1794. By Bryan Edwards, Esq. M.P. F.R.S., &c. Quarto, pp. 247. Stockdale, . This work is commended by the Monthly Reviewer "for the highly impor tant facts and observations which it contains, for the ability displayed in their arrangement, and for the strongly expressive, correct, and often beau tiful language, in which they are conveyed to the reader s understanding. 24 ESSAI de comparaison entre la France et les Etats-Unis de 1 Amerique Septentrionale, par rapport a leur sol, a leur cli- mat, a leurs productions, a leurs habitans, a leur constitution, et a leur formation progressive. Par E. A. W. de Zimmer- mann. Traduit de I Allemand et enrichi de developpemens et de notes par Tauteur meme. Leipsig. Svo. Vol. I. pp. 494. A comparative essay on France and the United States of North America, with regard to their soil, climate, productions, inhabitants, constitution, and progressive formation. By E. A. W. Zimmermann. See No. 23 of 1795. Translated from the German, under the eye, and with the careful revision of the author, who has added many valuable explanations not in the original. " M. Zimmermann has shewn industry in collecting mate rials, and fidelity in exhibiting all the sources of his information. His enquiries and deductions are honourable to the powers of his mind; and 5 406 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1797. * lis St 7 le is generally perspicuous, but often animated, and in a few in- ^^^ stances too nearly approaching to the poetical." M.R. 25 COUP D OZIL sur 1 etat actuel de nos rapports politiques avec les Etats-Unis de 1 Amerique Septentrionale ; par Joseph Fauchet, Ex-ministre de la Republique a Philadelphie. 8vo. pp. 42. Paris. An answer to this pamphlet, by an American merchant, was published in 1798. (No. 19.) 26 LETTRE du Secretaire d Etat des Etats-Unis de 1 Amerique au General Charles C. Pinckney, MinistrePlenipotentiare des dits Etats-Unis pres la Republique Fran9aise; en reponse aux differentes plaintes faites centre le gouvernement des Etats- Unis, par le Ministre Francois, dans ses notes ofricielles de 27 Octobre et 15 Novembre 1796, adressees au Secretaire d Etat. .... Paris. 8vo. pp. 62. Citizen Fauchet, in the preceding pamphlet, refers to this letter, which he says was translated and circulated with profusion by the agents of Mr. Pickering, in Paris. 27 VOYAGE dans 1 interieur des Etats-Unis, a Bath, Winchester, dans la Vallee de Shenandoha, etc. etc. etc. Pendant 1 ete de 1791. Par Ferdinand M. Bayard. . Paris. 8vo. pp. 336. Reprinted the following year. 28 VOYAGE a Saint Domingue, pendant les annees 1788, 1789 et 1790 ; par le Baron de Wimpffen. . Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. 29 DESCRIPTION TOPOGRAPHIQUE, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie Franchise de 1 Isle Saint Domingue, &c. Par M. L. E. Moreau de Saint Mery. Philadelphie. Quarto, 2 vols. pp. 788 and 756. 30 EXAMEN de cette question : Quel sera pour les colonies de rAmerique, le resultat de la revolution Franchise, de la guerre qui en est la suite, et de la paix qui doit la terminer? Par M. Pierre-Victor Malouet. . DebofFe, . 8vo. 31 LETTRE & un Membre du Parlement sur 1 interet de 1 Europe au salut des colonies de rAmerique. Par M. Pierre- Victor Malouet. 8vo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. *" 32 VOYAGE DE LA PEROUSE autour clu monde, public confer- 1797 mement au decret du 22 Avril 1791, et redige par M. L. A. Milet-Mureau, General de Brigade dans le corps du Genie, Directeur des Fortifications, Ex-Constituent, Membre de plu- sieurs societes litteraires de Paris. . Paris. Quarto, 4 vols. and atlas. Two or three English translations of this voyage were published, the best of which is in two volumes quarto, and an atlas, published in 1799. 33 CARTA BE UN HAVANERO a D.P.E P. autor 6 sea Recopi- lador de la obra el Viagero Universal, sobre la Carta 156 puesta en el Quaderno 34 con que principia el tomo 12. Por D.B.P.F. . . . Madrid. 8vo. pp. 16. 34 MEMORIAS HISTORICAS sobre la legislacion y gobierno del comercio de los Espanoles con sus colonias en las Indias Occi- dentales. Recopiladas por el S r D. Rafael Antunez y Ace- vedo, Ministro Togado del supremo consejo de Indias. Small 4to. pp. 450. Madrid. 35 MEMORIA para a historia da Capitania de S. Vicente hoje chamado de S. Paulo do Estado de Brasil. Por Fr. Gaspar da Madre de Deos. . . . Lisboa Small 4to. 36 DER FREYSTAAT von Nordamerika in seinem neuesten Zustande; von D. von Billow. . . . Berlin. 8vo. 2 vols. The free states of North America, described by Von Bulow, who attacks "with a sort of ecclesiastical hatred the praisers of America, treating them as men systematically perverse and deceitful, of misanthropic hearts or insane minds, and as a designing sect of deluders, rather than as dupes." He visited America twice between the years 1791 and 1790, and gives, on the whole, the most unfavourable account that had hitherto been pub lished by any European traveller. 37 FLORAE PERUVIANS ET CIIILENSIS PRODROMUS sive novorutn generum plantarum Peruvianarum et Chilensium, descriptiones et icones A. A. Hyppolyto Ruiz et Josepho Pavon. Editio secunda auctior et emendatior. . Romce. Large 4to. Published by Don Gaspar Xuarez. 408 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. MDCCXCVIII. J THE NATURAL HISTORY of the rarer Lepidopterous insects of Georgia. Including their systematic characters, the particu lars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which tliey feed. Collected from the observations of Mr. John Abbot, many years resident in that country. By James Edward Smith, M.D., F.R.S., P.L.S. White, . Folio, 2 vols. 104 coloured plates. Mr. Abbot, after having studied the metamorphoses of English insects, pro ceeded to America, where he pursued his enquiries among those of Georgia, and the neighbouring parts. The plates of these beautiful volumes are executed with admirable skill and elegance ; on each is repre sented the caterpillar, chrysalis, and perfect insect, and the plant on which it feeds ; so that it is a valuable acquisition to the botanist as well as the entomologist. The publication price was twenty guineas. 2 CONTINUATION of the history of the province of Massachusetts Bay, from the year!748 ; with an introductory sketch of events from its original settlement. By George Richards Minot, F. A. A., &c. Vol. I. Boston (Mass.) 8vo. The second volume was published in 1803, after the death of the author. It brings the history down to the year 1765, and was apparently intended as a continuation to Hutchinson s. 3 THE NATURAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY of the State of Ver mont, one of the United States of America. To which is added, an appendix, containing answers to sundry queries, addressed to the author. By Ira Allen, Esq. Major-gen, of the militia in the state of Vermont. West, . 8vo. pp. 300. 4 ACCOUNT OF THE CONEWAGO CANAL, on the river Susquehanna; to which is prefixed, the act for incorporating the company. Svo. pp. 18. Philadelphia. 5 TRAVELS through the middle settlements in North America, in the years 1759 and 1760: with observations upon the state of the colonies. By the Rev. Andrew Burnaby, D.D., Arch deacon of Leicester, and Vicar of Greenwich, Edition the Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 409 third, revised, corrected, and greatly enlarged, by the author. 1798. Quarto. Payne, . ~-" fc/ First printed in 1775. This edition is very much enlarged, and has a map, and two aquatiuta views of the Passaic Falls. EMIGRATION to America candidly considered, in a series of letters from a gentleman resident there, to his friend in Eng land. . . . Rickman, . 8vo. pp. 62. This pamphlet was published for the purpose of discouraging emigration. The " gentleman resident there" not liking the country, the climate, nor the manners and morals of its inhabitants, apparently emigrated back again. THE WHOLE OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE between the Envoys of the American States and Mons. Talleyrand, on the subject of the disputes between the two countries ; and also the pur port of some private conversations between the American commissioners and an unaccredited agent of the French government, who was employed to make such propositions, all tending to plunder the United States, as even M. Talley rand did not dare to avow in the first instance. 12mo. pp. 57. Stockdale, . A SHORT ACCOUNT of the principal proceedings of Congress in the late session, and a sketch of the state of affairs between the United States and France, in July 1798. In a letter from Robert Goodloe Harper, Esq. of South Carolina, to one of his constituents. . . Philadelphia, 8vo. These proceedings relate to the affairs with France, involved in the W X Y X question. OBSERVATIONS on the dispute between the United States and France, addressed by Robert Goodloe Harper, Esq. one of the representatives in Congress for the state of South Carolina, to his constituents, in May 1797. Fourth edition. London. 8vo. Apparently the same as the foregoing. This edition is stated on the title to be had of all the London booksellers except John Stockdale. A VIEW OF THE CONDUCT OF THE EXECUTIVE in the Foreign affairs of the United States, as connected with the mission to the French Republic, during the years 1794, .5 and 6. By 410 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1798. James Munroe, late Minister Plenipotentiary to the said re public. Illustrated by the instructions and correspondence, and other documents. . Ridgway, . 8vo. pp. 117. Reprinted, with some omissions, from the Philadelphia edition, probably of the preceding year, and stated in the preface to be republished for the purpose of counteracting the pernicious representations of Mr. Harper, in the preceding article. 1 1 STRICTURES on the American State Papers delivered by the President of the United States to Congress on April 5, 1798; including the official correspondence with the American En voys at Paris, relative to some charges against the French ministry, &c. By M. Talleyrand, Minister of Foreign Affairs in France. . . Jordan, . 8vo. 12 AN EXPLANATION of the conduct of the French Government in their late negociations with the American commissioners. 8vo. Ridgway, . These pamphlets relate to an affair which made great noise in its time, and in which the letters W X Y Z played a very conspicuous part. The last was written by M. Hauteval, who was represented b) the letter Z, according to his own acknowledgment ; and a Mr. Bellamy, of Hamburgh, claims all the merit belonging to Y. The Monthly Reviewer suvs that the American envoys conducted themselves very incautiously and awk wardly in the negociation, but that the shuffling of M. Talleyrand, and the contradictory stories of his agents, make it highly probable that there was foul play at the bottom. 13 THE REPUBLICAN JUDGE; or the American liberty of the press, as exhibited, explained, and exposed, in the base and partial prosecution of William Cobbett for a pretended libel against the King of Spain and his Ambassador, before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ; with an address to the people of Eng land. By Peter Porcupine. . Wright, . 8vo. pp. 96. The republican Judge was Gov. M Kean, the Spanish ambassador the Marquis of Casa Irujo, who married Gov. M Kean s daughter. 14 A VOYAGE to the South Atlantic, and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of extending the sperma ceti whale fisheries, and other objects of commerce, by as certaining the ports, bays, harbours, and anchoring berths, in Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 411 certain islands and coasts in those seas, at which the ships of 1798. the British merchants might be refitted. Undertaken and w *"~ performed by Captain James Colnett, of the Royal Navy, in the ship Rattler. . . Egerton. Quarto, pp. 200, 9 charts, &c. This voyage was made in the years 1793 and 1794, and extended northward as far as the coast of California. 15 A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world ; in which the coast of North-west America has been carefully examined, and accurately surveyed. Un dertaken by H. M. s command, principally with a view to as certain the existence of any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans ; and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery sloop of war, and armed tender Chatham, under the command of Captain George Vancouver. Quarto, 3 vols. 18 plates, and atlas of 16 charts. Robinson, . Captain Vancouver died while this work was preparing for the press ; it was finished under the editorship of his brother, Mr. John Vancouver. The object of the voyage was to survey the N. W. coast of America, from lat. 30 N. to 60 N., and to ascertain the probability of a Northern passage into the Atlantic, together with the additional purpose of execu ting the articles of the Convention between England and Spain, respect ing Nootka Sound. 16 THE COFFEE PLANTER of St. Domingo; with an appendix, containing a view of the constitution, government, laws, and state of the colony, previous to the year 1789. To which are added, some hints on the present state of the island, under the British government. By P. J. Laborie, LL.D., planter in the north of St. Domingo, and member of the Superior Council. . Cadell, . 8vo. A curious, and in some respects a valuable performance. The author s knowledge of the French colonial system, under the ancient government, is accurate and profound. In no other book is so clear, exact, and per fect an account of the laws and constitution of St. Domingo, before the revolution, to be found." M.R. 17 VOYAGE a la Guyane et a Cayenne, fait en 1789 et dans les annees suivantes, par L. M. B. Armateur ; avec des cartes Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1798. et des figures. .... Paris. 8vo. pp. 400. Instead of being an account of an actual voyage, this work is merely a su perficial and inaccurate compilation from other writers. According to Barbier, the author was M. Louis Prudhomme. 18 VOYAGE dans I interieur des Etats-Unis, a Bath, Winchester, dans la Vallee de Shenandoah, &c. pendant Fete de 1791. Seconde edition, augmentee de descriptions et d anecdotes sur la vie militaire et politique de George Washington. Par Ferdinand M. Bayard. . . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 349. See No. 27 of 1797. 19 L lNDEPENDANCE ABSOLVE DES AftlERICAINS des EtatS-UniS, prouvee par 1 etat actuel de leur commerce avec les nations Europeennes. . . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 149. Written by an American merchant, in consequence of the assertion of Fauchet, in a pamphlet entitled Coup-d oeil sur Vetat actuel dc nos rapports politiques avec les Etats-Unis, (No. 25 of 1797,) that, "judging- by the actual state of the commerce between the United States and Great Britain, one would think that the former were still a colony of the latter, or fear that they might again become so." 20 MEMOIRES DE PAUL JONES, oft il expose ses principaux services, et rappelle ce qui lui est arrive de plus remarquable pendant le cours de la revolution Americaine, particulierement en Europe, ecrits par lui-meme en Anglais, et traduits sous ses yeux par le citoyen Andre. . . Paris. 21 EXPOSE des moyens de mettre en valeur et d administrer la Guiane, orne d une carte, par Daniel Lescallier, ancien or- donnateur de cette colonie, et de la Guiane, Hollandaise. Nouvelle edition. . . . Paris, 8vo. pp. 237. The first edition was printed in 1791. 22 NOTIONS sur la culture des Terres-basses dans la Guiane, et sur la cessation de Fesclavage dans ces contrees. Par le citoyen Lescallier. . Paris. 8vo. pp. 106. Bibliotheca Americana Nora. 413 23 LIMA FOR DENTRO Y FUERA. For Simon Ayanque. 1798- 12 mo. Madrid. ~^ A description of Lima in verse. 24 CARTA CRITICA sobre la historia de America del Seiior D. Juan Bautista Muiioz, escrita deRoma por D. Francisco Ituri. Small 8vo. Madrid. 25 HISTORIA DE LA CONQUISTA DE MEXICO, poblacion y pro- gresos de la America Septentrional conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espana. Escribiala Don Antonio de Solis, &c. Madrid. IGmo. 5 vols. A very neat and correct edition of this work, so highly esteemed by the Spaniards. 26 UTJLIDADES de que todos los Indies y Ladinos se vistan y cal- cen a la Espaiiola y medios de conseguirlo sin violencia coaccion ni mandate. Su autor Fray Matias de Cordova, &c. 4to. pp. 22. Nueva Guatemala. 27 DISERTACIONES sobre la navigacion a las Indias Orientales por el Norte de la Europa. Escritas, la primera, por M. Bauche, de la Academia de Ciencias de Paris ; y la segunda, por el Capitan de Fragata, de la Real Armada, D. Ciriacode Zevallos. . . . Isla de Leon (Cadiz.) Small folio, pp. xxii. and 41. These dissertations relate to the practicability of a North West passage to the East Indies, and not to a passage by the north of Europe, as the title would lead one to believe. The dissertation of M. Bauche relates prin cipally to the supposed discoveries of Ferrer Maldonado. 28 SYSTEMA VEGETABILIUM Florae Peruvianse et Chilensis, cha- racteres prodromi genericos differentials durationem, loca natalia, tempus florendi, nomina vernacula, vires et usus non- nullis illustrationibus interspersis complectens. Auctoribus Hippolyto Ruiz et Josepho Pavon. Tomus primus. 8vo. Madrid. This volume contains the new genera of the prodromus, and the species contained in the first volume of the Flora Peruvianse, which comprises the four first classes of the Linnasan system. The work was not con tinued. 29 ICONES ILLUSTRATION i plantarum Americanarum in eclogis descriptarum inservientes. Edidit Martinus Vahl. Hannice. Folio. Three decades were published, containing each ten plates. See No. 22, 1796. 414 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1798. 30 TAGEBUCH EINER REISE DURCH PERU, vom Buenos- Ayres an dem grossen Plataflusse, liber Potosi nach Lima, der haupt- stadt des Kb nigreichs Peru, vom Ko niglich Spanischen Hiittendirektor Anton Zacharias Helms. . Dresden. 8vo. pp. 300. Translated into English in 1806. 31 DISPUTATIO HISTORICO-GEOGRAPHICA, in qua quseritur ; utrum veteres American! noverint, nee ne ? Auctore Joanne Gottlobio Fritsch. 8vo. In Kajser s Bucher Lexicon the date is 1796 ; and the title Demonstrate instead of Disputatio. MDCCXCIX. 1 A SHORT Topographical description of H. M. s Province of Upper Canada, in North America. To which is annexed, a Provincial Gazetteer. . . Faden, . 8vo. pp. 166. 2 DESCRIPTION of the Settlement of the Genesee country, in the State of New York. In a series of letters from a gentleman to his friend. . . . New York 8vo. pp. 63. 3 A TOUR through Upper and Lower Canada. By a Citizen of the United States. Containing a view of the present state of religion, learning, commerce, agriculture, colonization, customs and manners, among the English, French, and Indian settlements. Litchfield, N.A. 12mo. pp. 120. 4 TRAVELS through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Isaac Weld, junior. Illustrated and em bellished with sixteen plates. Stockdale, . Quarto, pp. 464. Reprinted in 1800. In French, 8vo. 3. vols. Paris. 1800. 5 TRAVELS through the United States of North America, the coun- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 415 try of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1799. 1796, and 1797; with an authentic account of Lower Canada. By the Duke de la Rochefoucault Liancourt. Quarto, 2 vcls. Phillips, . The translator (H. Neuraan, esq.) appears to have executed his task faith fully, and to be well acquainted with the country described. His notes frequently increase the information, and sometimes correct the errors of the original. A copy of this work which formerly belonged to the late Robert Barclay, has the following note, apparently in his own hand writing: " These travels are to be read throughout under the general belief of their being composed to please the French nation, with a view to the author s return from exile. Many of his statements, &c. are much questioned ; and, above all, that degree of attachment he represents to exist among the Americans to France." 6 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, performed in the years 1785-1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe, under the command of J. F. G. de la Perouse : published by order of the Na tional Assembly, under the superintendence of L. A. Milet- Mureau, Brigadier-general in the Corps of Engineers, &c. Translated from the French. Robinson, . Quarto, 2 vols. and folio atlas. 7 A MISSIONARY VOYAGE to the Southern Pacific Ocean, per formed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, com manded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and missionaries, and illustrated with maps, charts, and views, drawn by Mr. William Wilson, and en graved by the most eminent artists. With a preliminary dis course on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands, and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite. By a committee ap pointed for the purpose by the directors of the Missionary Society. Published for the benefit of the Society. Quarto. Chapman, . 8 A VISIBLE DISPLAY of Divine Providence; or, the Journal of a captured Missionary, designated to the Southern Pacific Ocean, in the second voyage of the Duff, Capt. Thomas Robson, captured by Le Grand Bonaparte off Cape Frio ; in cluding every remarkable occurrence which took place on board the Duff, the Grand Bonaparte, &c. in the province of 416 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1799. Paraguay, Spanish South America, and Portugal, on the ^^ return home, in 1798 and 1799. By William Gregory, one of the missionaries, &c. . Symonds, -. 8vo. Published in numbers. 9 NARRATIVE of the deportation to Cayenne of Barthelemy, Pichegru, Willot, Marbois, La Rue, Ramel, &c. in conse quence of the revolution of the 18th Fructidor, (September 4, 1797,) containing a variety of important facts relative to the revolution, and to the voyage, residence, and escape of Barthelemy, Pichegru, &c. From the French of General Ramel, formerly commandant of the Legislative Guard. 8vo. Wright, . 10 PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the diseases of the army in Jamaica, as they occurred between the years 1792 and 1797 ; on the situation, climate, and diseases of that island; and on the most probable means of lessening mortality among the troops, and among Europeans in tropical climates. By William Lempriere, Apothecary to H. M/s forces. 8vo. 2 vols. Longman, . 1 1 OBSERVATIONS upon the origin of the malignant, bilious or yellow fever, in Philadelphia, and upon the means of pre venting it ; addressed to the citizens of Philadelphia. By Benjamin Rush. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. 12 FRAGMENTS of the Natural History of Pennsylvania. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. &c. Part first. Folio, pp. 30. Philadelphia. 13 FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS relative to the nature and origin of the pestilential fever which prevailed in the city of Philadel phia in 1793, 1797, and 1798. By the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Phillips, - . 8vo. First printed in Philadelphia. 14 A FEW FACTS and observations on the yellow fever of the West Indies, by which is shewn, that there have existed two species of fever in the West India Islands for several years past, in- Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 4J7 discriminately called yellow fever, but which have proceeded 1799. from very different causes ; with the success attending the ^^ method of cure. By James Anderson, late surgeon of the 60th regiment of foot. . . Robinsons,- . 8vo. 15 RELATION DE LA DEPORTATION a Cayenne des Citoyens Bar- thelemy, Pichegru, Willot, La Rue, &c. A la suite de la journee du 18 Fructidor 5me Annee. Contenant plusieurs faits importans relatifs a cette journee, et au voyage, sejour, et evasion de quelques-uns des deportes. Par le General Ramel, ci-devant commandant de la garde du corps legisla- tifs, et 1 un des deportes. . Hambourgh (London). Svo. pp. 271. 16 VOYAGE dans les Etats-Unis d Amerique, fait eri 1795, 1796, et 1797. Par La Rochefoucauld- Liancourt. Paris. Svo. 8 vols. See No. 5 of this year. I , RELATION DU VOYAGE a la recherche de la Perouse, fait par ordre de 1 Assemblee Constituante, pendant les arinees 1791 a, 1794, par le Cit. Labillardiere, correspondant de la ci-devant Academic des Sciences de Paris, Membre de la Societe d Histoire Naturelle, et 1 un des naturalistes de 1 expedition. Quarto, 2 vols. and atlas. Paris. Svo. 2 vols. and atlas. 18 VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, pendant les annees 1790, 91, et 92, par L. Marchand, precede d une introduction historkiue, auquel on a joint des recherches sur les terres australes de Drake, et un exarnen critique du voyage de Roggeween, par C. L. Claret Fleurieu. . . . Paris. Quarto, 4 vols. Charts. Imprimerie de la. Republique. 19 DISCURSO sobre los meclios de cormaturaiizar y propagar en Espafia los cedros de la Havana y otros arboles asi de cou- struccion corno de Maderas curiosas v frntales. Por Don Antonio Parra. Madrid. 4 to. pp. W. 418 Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. MDCCC. 1 THE HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA, and its United States. In cluding also a distinct history of each individual state ; its manners, customs, trade, commerce, religion, and govern ment; manufactures and agriculture, climate, soil, and pro duce ; with new tables of the whole of their imports and exports, revenue, debt, expenditure, currency of coins, &c. To which is annexed, an account of new discoveries. By Edward Oliphant, Esq. Edinburgh. 8vo. pp. 408. Compiled principally from Morse, without any acknowledgment. 2 THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, from its discovery by Columbus, to the conclusion of the late war, &c. By William Russell, Esq. Quarto, 2 vols. 51 plates. London. This is the same book as No. 1 of 1778, merely with new titles, and the date altered. 3 AN APPENDIX to the Notes on Virginia, relative to the murder of Logan s family. By Thomas Jefferson. Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 52. In this pamphlet Mr. Jefferson states (as was suggested under 1782) that his Notes, &c. were originally printed at Paris in 1784; and that they were written in 1781 and 1782, in answer to certain queries proposed to him by M. de Marbois. 4 THE TRUE HISTORY of the Conquest of Mexico, by Captain Bernal Diaz del Castillo, one of the conquerors. Written in the year 1568. Translated from the original Spanish, by Maurice Keatinge, Esq. London, Quarto, pp. 514, and plate. The original of this work was first printed in 163^. This translation was reprinted in two volumes octavo, at Salem, in 1803. 5 NARRATIVE of the singular adventures and captivity of Mr. Thomas Barry among the Monsipi Indians, in the unexplored regions of North America, during the years 1797, 1798, and 1799; including the manners, customs, &c. of that tribe; also a particular account of his escape, accompanied by an Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 419 American female; the extraordinary hardships they encoun- 1800. tered, and their safe arrival in London. Written by himself. ^^ 12mo. Neil", - -. Probably a fictitious narrative. 6 A FAITHFUL NARRATIVE of the surprizing work of God, in the conversion of many hundred souls in Northampton, and in the neighbouring towns and villages of New Hampshire, in New England. In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Colman, of Boston. Written by the Rev. Mr. Edwards, minister of Northampton, on Nov. 6, 1737, and published, with a large preface, by Dr. Watts and Dr. Guyse. . Button, . 8vo. 7 AN HISTORICAL and practical essay on the culture and commerce of Tobacco. By William Tatham. 8vo. pp. 330. Vernor and Hood, . An instructive publication, in which are detailed the particulars of the his tory of tobacco, its cultivation, and the several laws by which its commerce has been regulated. The author offers the fruits of observation and experience; and, in addition to his own remarks, made during a long re sidence in the interior parts of America, he subjoins a variety of extracts from public documents existing on both sides the Atlantic. 8 COMMUNICATIONS concerning the agriculture and commerce of the United States of America ; being an auxiliary to a report made by William Strickland, Esq. of York, to the Board of Agriculture, on the queries wherewith he was charged on his tour to that continent. By William Tatham. 8vo. pp. 153. Ridgway, . 9 THE LIFE of George Washington, late President and Commander- in-chief of the armies of the United States of America; with biographical anecdotes of the most eminent men who effected the American revolution. By John Corry. Kearsly, . 8vo. 1 THE WILL of General George Washington ; to which is annexed, a schedule of his property directed to be sold ; also the Oration delivered by Major-general Lee, at the request of Congress, at a funeral solemnity, in Philadelphia, in honour of the memory of General Washington. . New York. Svo. pp. 42. E e2 420 Bibliot/Leca Americana Nova. 1800. " J" this last will and testament of the great and good Washington, ever^ ^v*/ line discovers the heart which conceived it, and the hand which drew it up. It is, on every account, a curiosity worthy of preservation." 11 LETTERS from H. E. George Washington, President of the United States of America, to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. M.P., on agricultural, and other interesting topics. Engraved from the original letters, so as to be an exact fac-simile of the handwriting of that celebrated character. Nicol, . Quarto. 12 PROCEEDINGS of the town of Charlestown, in the common wealth of Massachusetts, in respectful testimony of the dis tinguished talents and pre-eminent virtues of the late George Washington. . . Stockdale, -. 8vo. pp. 82.; Contains Dr. Morse s funeral sermon on Washington, and a biographical sketch of the life of this great and good man. 13 A FNERAL ORATION, delivered in the brick Presbyterian church, in the city of New York, on the 22d of February, 1800, being the day recommended by Congress to the citizens of the United States publicly to testify their grief for the death of General Washington : by appointment of a number of the clergy of New York, and published at their request. By John M. Mason, A.M., &c. . New York. 8vo. pp. 23. 14 A FUNERAL EULOGY, occasioned by the death of General Washington, delivered February 22, 1800, before the New York State Society of the Cincinnati. By William Linn, D.D., &c. . . New York. 8vo. pp. 44. 15 WASHINGTON S MONUMENTS of patriotism, being a collection of the most interesting documents, connected with the mili tary command, and civil administration of the American Hero and Patriot. To which is annexed, an Eulogium on the cha racter of General Washington, by Major William Jackson. 8vo. pp. 338 and 44. Philadelphia. 16 SELECTIONS from the correspondence of General Washington and James Anderson, LL. D., F.R.S., &c. In which the Bibliotheta Americana Nora. 421 causes of the present scarcity are fully investigated. 1800. 8vo. pp. 88. Contains only one letter from Washington. 17 SERMON on the Death of General Washington, delivered Fe bruary 22, 1800, in the church of Williamsburgh. By James Madison, D.D. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in Virginia, and President of William and Mary College. Se cond edition, corrected. . New York. 8vo. Reprinted in London by Hatchard. Contains an important biographical note, relative to the birth, education, and life of Washington. 18 THE AMERICAN RUSH-LIGHT; by the help of which way ward and disaffected Britons may see a complete specimen of the baseness, dishonesty, ingratitude, and perfidy of repub licans, and of the profligacy, injustice, and tyranny of repub lican governments. By Peter Porcupine. . London. 8vo. pp. 192. Peter had burnt his fingers by writing against Dr. Rush, (who recovered five thousand dollars damages in an action against him for slander,) and in revenge set up his Rush-light at New York. 19 AN EXCURSION into Bethlehem and Nazareth, in Pennsylvania, in the year 1799, with a succinct history of the society of united brethren, commonly called Moravians ; by J. C. Ogden, &c. . . . Philadelphia. 12mo. pp. 167. 20 NARRATIVE of the deportation to Cayenne, and shipwreck on the coast of Scotland, of J. J. Job Aime ; written by himself. With observations on the present state of that colony, and of the negroes ; and an account of the situation of the deported persons at the time of his escape. Wright, . 8vo. pp. 282. 21 DEPORTATION et naufrage de J. J. Ayme, ex-legislateur, suivi du tableau de vie et de mort des deportes, a son deport de la Guyane; avec quelques observations sur cette colonie et sur les negres. . . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 270. 22 ELOGE DE WASHINGTON par J. F. Dubroca. . Paris. 12 mo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1800. 23 RELATION d un voyage a la Mer du Sud en 1771 et 1772, com- ~^ mence par le Capitaine Marion, extrait de celui du Capitaine Surville, dans les memes parages en 1769 et 1770, augmente des deux voyages d Alvarez de Mendana et de Fernand de Quiros, par Alexis Rochon. . . Paris. 8vo. Plates. First printed in 1783. 24 VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTE a 1 Ocean Pacifique du Nord et au- tour du Monde ; dans lequel la cote Nord-ouest de 1 Amerique a ete soigneusement reconnue et exactement relevee : ordon- nee par le roi d Angleterre, principalement dans la vue de constater s il existe, a travers le continent de I Amerique, un passage pour les vaisseaux, de 1 Ocean Pacifique du Nord a 1 Ocean Atlantique Septentrional; et execute en 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795. Par le Capitaine George Van couver. Traduit de 1 Anglois. Ouvrage enrichi de figures, avec un grand atlas. . . Paris. Quarto, 3 vols. and atlas. The Spanish government took a large number of copies of this work, the greater part of which are still on hand, in the warehouses of the royal printing-office. 25 LE NOUVEAU MONDE, ou Christophe Colomb. Poeme par le Citoyen Le Suire. Nouvelle edition, entierement refondue et corrigee. . . . Paris. Svo. 2 vols. 26 UN MOT SUR LES COLONIES FRANCHISES, et particulierement sur Saint Domingue, par le Citoyen Deaubonneau. Paris. Svo. pp. 44. 27 APPERC_U DES CRIMES commis par les Anglo-Americains envers les Fran^ais. Par Jacques Mignard, du departement de 1 Yonne. . . Paris. Svo. pp. 52. A most violent diatribe against the Americans, called by Mr. Jacques Mignard " peuple de Barrington, (fameux voleur Anglois.^)" England is called a nation composed of pirates and brigands, and is condemned to live upon potatoes; the Americans upon Indian corn; whilst the luxuries of the world are to be for the exclusive use of France, 28 DES PRISONS de Philadelphie, par un Europeen. 12mo. Pans. The following is another edition of the same work. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 423 29 DES PRISONS de Philadelphie, par Larochefoucault Liancourt. 1800. 8vo. Paris. ^^ " L auteur s est peint dans cet ouvrage, dont toutes les pages respirent Pamour de 1 humanite" ; son style simple et noble a de 1 harmonie et de la precision." Journal General. 30 VISITE A LA PRISON de Philadelphie, ou enonce exact de la sage administration, qui a en lieu dans les divers departemens de cette maison, par R. J. Turnbull; traduit de 1 Anglois par Petit-Radel . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 42. 31 PllIMO VIAGGIO INTORNO AL GLOBO TERRACQUEO, OSSia rag- guaglio della navigazione alle Indie Orientali, per la via d oc- cidente fatta sulla squadra del capit. Maggalianes negli anni 1519-22, dell Cav- Ant. Pigafetta. . Milano- Quarto. This account of Pigafetti s voyage with Magallanes is here first published from a MS. in the Ambrosinian Library at Milan, by Dr. Charles Amoretti. The old editions are made up of imperfect extracts from the work. (Biuaet.) Published in French in 1801. 421 NOTE. The following are the principal Authorities which have bee/i followed for those Books which I have not been able to examine myself; to most of which an ASTERISK is prefixed. Meusel. Bibliotheca Historica, torn, in and x. M.R. Monthly Review. C.R. Critical Review. N.A.R. North x Vmericaii Review. Gent. Mag. Gentleman s Magazine. Warden s Bibliotheca Americo-septentrionalis, 8vo. Paris, 1820. Warden s Bibliotheca Americana, 8vo. Paris, 1831. Col. Aspinwall s Catalogue of Books relating to America. Bibliotheca Americana Primordia, 4to. 1713. Bibliotheca Americana, 4to. 1789. .Jfo Harvard College Catalogue, 8vo. 3 vois. 1830. " r Where a LINE occurs after the Publisher s name, it is la be understood that thr, Book was vrmted in LONDON. V I N 1 S . 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