The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-03 00:00:00

BIOGRAPHY AND ANECDOTE.

THE following Interesting and Valuable BOOKS
of BIOG RA P H Y'and AN E CDOTE have been re-
cently pablished by RI CHARD PHILLIPS, Bridge street,
London, and they may be had of all Booksellers in boards, or
in Various bindings :
1. The LIFE of GENERAL WASHINGTON, Com-.
mander in Chief of .the American Forces during the War
which established the Independence of -his Country, and
First President of. the United States ; compiled under the
inspedion of Ids Nephew, the lion. Bushrod Washinston,
frnin Original Papers bequeathed to hilh by his decease,: Re-
lative. By loins Marshall, Clue( raistice of the United
States, Zee'. Set.. Th which is prefixed, an Intrndudion,
containing a Compendious View of the Colonies planted by
the Englith on the Continent of North America. Vols. I.
11. ILI. and IV. • N. B. The Vth Volume is daily expected,
and will complete the Work. Elegantly printed in 4to. price
tl its. 6d. each, inboards. .•s.
a. Another Edition printed in demo svo. 'price-ros. 6d.
each Volume in 'ooards.
3. FEMALE BIOGRAPHY : or, Memoirs of remark-
able and Illustrious WOlnell of all Ages and Countries. irh.
partially and faithfully compiled from the most authentic
sources, and' arranged alphabetically In 6 handsome vols.
12d10. price 11. t ts. &I. in boards.
4. The and Age of GEOFFREY CHAUC Eft, in-
cluding Views of the State of Society, and the Arts, from
the dawn of Literature in 'Modern Europe to the end of the
fourteenth-century. By Wm. Godwin. In 2 elegant vols.
4to. 31. 1.35. 6d. in boards.
S. A Second Edition of the same Work, in 4 vols. Svo.
al. 165. in boards.
6. A Biographical, Historical,, and Chronological -DIC-
TIONARY ; being a faithful account of the Lives, Actions,
and Charaders, of the most eminent Persons of all Ares and
Countries ; containing two thousand Articles 'More than are
to be found in any other Biovaphical Didionaty. By ohn
Watkins, LL.D. A new and greatly enlarzed Edition, in
which are annexed the authorities of each Article, price•iss.
in boards.

'. MEMOIRS of a TRAVELLER, written by Him- I
self (the Rev. L. Dutens), now in retirement, containing
Historical, •Political, and Literary Anecdotes of many of
the principal Personage's of the present Age, 5 vols. price
11. ss. •
8. The .LI F E of GEN ERNI. fE ZI ET EN, Colonel of
the Royal Prussian Regiment of Hussar Life-Guards. By
Madame Dc Blumenthal, 2 vors. Bvo. price i4s. in boards.
9 MEMOI-RS of the .late Mrs. ROISINSON, written
by Herself. To which are subjoined several of her original
Poems. A new Edition, ,in 2 elegant vols. foolscap Bvo.
price half-a guinea in boards.
to. MEMOIRS of the LIFE of the late LEE LEWES,
the Comedian, written by Himself, and containing Anecdotes
of the English, Scottish *and Irish Stages, during a period of
forty years. P•ublisheti by his Son, (Wm Lee Lewes, Esq.
in 4 vols. small Bvo. price 16s. in boards.
it. MEMOIRS of-the LIF E of the late SAM.'FOOTE.
cominaitly- called the English Aristophanes, with Anecdotes
of lais-Confeirporaries, and a Collection of his Bun Mots,
chiefly original. By William 'Cooke, Esq. in 3 elegant vols.
small Bve. price 15S-. 6d. boards.' •
12. A Biographical Index to the present HOUSE of COM -
MONS, containing correct notices of the Lives, the Family
and Party Connexions, Parliamentary Conduct, • and other
particulars, relative to all the hiembers of the• Commons
,House of Parliament ; intended as a Companion to Debrett's
and KearSley's Peerage. Closely' printed in one large vol.
royal 18rno. with plates, price 95. od. in boards, or tcs.s.' 6d.
bound in red, and lettered.
14 PUBLIC CHARACTERS of 18o5L--6, consisting of
Biographical Memoirs of eminent Living Pedons, faithfully
and impartially compiled from authentic Sources, in one large
vol. Svo. with plates, price half-a-guinea.
15. New Editions of the Seven preceding Volmnes, each
at the same price.
16. WA LPOI.I ANA; consisting' of original' Bon Mots,
• Apophthegms, Observations on Lite and Literature, with
Extracts from unpublished Letters of tho late Horace Wal-
pole, Earl of ,Orford. In two elegant vols. foo).scap Bvo.
price 9s. in boards.
17, ADDI SONI ANA ; a Work relating to the Life,'
Times, and'Contemporaries of Mr. Addison, on the same
Plan as the Walßoliana embellished with Portraits, &c.
and with seven Letters of Mr. Addison never before publish-
ed,, esacly engraved from the originals.' Intwo elegant vols.
' price mss. 6d.- in ,boards.
18. SW I ',TIAN A ; relating to Dean Swift, On the plan
of the two preceding, with Portraits and with Fac Sitnilies
of S witt,lolingbroke,Voltaire,. and others of his Contempo-
raries. In tWo elegant' vols. los. 6d. hoards.
19. 13 ROO KI AN A ; consisting of original Anecdotes,
Papers, and Observations-of Henry Brooke, Esq. Author of
the Fool of Quality,. G ustavus Vasa, &c. &c. compiled by
Chatles Wilson. Two vols. los. 6d. boards.
20. The SP I RIT Of the FR E NCH' ANAS, or Scledions
from the french Anas, interspersed with Biographical
Sketches, and tcr;ning- one of the most interesting and enter-
taining Books in our Language. In three elegant Vets. small
Bvo. N*.ith Portraits, price-15s. boards.
2t. The LETTERS and other Works, of the Right Hon.
Lady MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU, now first pub-.
lished, by permission, fitom
,the-origihal Mann Scripts in the
poSSession of the Most Noble the Marquis of Bute. The sth
Edition, in 5 vols. foolscap Bvo. price 11. ss. in boards.
22. The CORRESPONDENCE between FRANCES, -
Countess of HART FOR D (late Duchess of Somerset), and
HENRIETTA LOUISA, Countess of POMFRET, be-
tween tneyears t 735 and 174. z. A second. Edition, in three
elegant vols. tl. is. ,
23. The LI FE and 'Entire CUR RES PO N D_E NC E of
SAMUEL RIC:I•IARDSON, author of Sir Charles Gran-
dison,C larissa, Paineia, tae.. published by his C.; rand:children.
Time Life-compiled. from 'authentic Documents, by Mrs. Bar-
bauld, IL 6 elegant vols. post Bvo. 21. ss. in boards: • .
24. The LIVE and Authentic PAVE RS of 10 H•N
W ILK ES. Esq. late Member for Middlesex, with original
Anecdotes of. his Times and Colitemporaries•. By, lolot Al-
,mon. In ; vols. • with plates, ml. 15s.
25. The ENCYC LOP& DI A of WIT ; containing up-
wards of Three Thousand of the best Bon. Mots, laughable
Anecdotes, and Pieces of Ceiiui ie Wicand HuMour, existing
in the English language ; being the most complete; pure, and
• elaskical Colledion of the kind ever published. A new Edi.
titan, price 65. boards, or 76.