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CONTEMPORARY BIOGRAPHY.

.. This Day wefe published, in Five Volumei..oefavo (three
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One Hundred outline Portraits, or either Valunie sepa-
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PUBLIC CHARACTERS -of the Years
.1798,
1. 1799, ftioo, ifief, and iSoz, consisting of full and au-
thentic Memoirs of upwards of two Hundred Persons how
living, or very recently deceased, who have the most conspi-
cuously distinguithert themselves in the Legislature,, in the
• Naval and l'Ailitary,Service,in the various learned rofes-
sions, iti'Literatuiv, in Science, and in thettseful Arts.
After this Work has been•published with increasing suc-
cess, and with universal approbation during five years, the
Editors think it unnecessary to expatiate on its. Character,
but shall content themselves with introducing the-Opinion*
expressed alit by the :Host respeclable of the periodical C ritics .
`' Tins Wurk proceeds according to its first design, and it
seems to improve as it advances with thne.. The volumes
contain a considerable - number of memoirs of persons, our
contemporaries, who figure in the moral, the political, and
the scientific walks of society. The discussion of living chit- ratters is a difficult and delicate task, but in the exception of
it, the Authors of this Work.have acquitted themselves with
•as much success 45 can reasonably be expeacal.'..—Monthly
. Review..

'4, This work excites much curiosity; because it professeilly
treats of living Characlers, and we infer that its information
is impartial and coned. I t is but justice to °wit that we
have been altogether amused by the publication."—British
Critic.
" A spirit of candour and moderation. evidently pervades
the present publication. Some of the chandlers are drawn
with great discrimination, and display an acuteness of powers,
. and a felicity of expression, not to be found in the fleeting
produaions of the day. in short, the wordyabounds inmoral
:and critical observations that evince correctness of judgment,
and delicacy of taste!'—London Review., . .
"'this Work discovers respectable traits of discrimination,
and has the merit of being uncontaminated by the virulenx
of party spirit."—Critical Review. . . •
The memoirs contained in these Volumes are full and
,accurate in point of infordiation; judicious in their literary
: and critical striattres: and exhibit well driwn and appro.
priate char:ldlers of their respeelive subjects. They are not
written under the uniform iiiduenee of any particular theo-
logical or political bias.".—New Annual.Register.'
' - . VOL. 1., for 1798-r799. .
The Earl of Moira Mr. Dumtas
. Sir lolits Sinclair • Lord Kil warden
Mr. Roscoe Mr. Curran,
• The Earl of Liverpool Lord Moubodde
Mr. Abraham Newland Mr. Daines•Barrington
Mr. Fox Dr. O'Leary.
Mr. Pitt Lord Yelverton . . .
Dr. Darwin Mr. !Slat: Corry •
Lord Hood . ' Mr. John
3 Beresford
Sir G. L. Staunton Mr. John Forster . .
Mr. Thomas Taylor " . Dr. urney
General Melville • Dr. Herschel
The Bishop ofLondon Mr. Justice Grose • -
Dean Tucker ' ' Mr.. Kenible
. Lord Duncan Miss Seward
The Bishop of Rochester .. . The late Lord Chancellor of
• Mr. lustice Buller Ireland
: . Dr. \Volcot Mr. Cumberland
The Abp. of Canterbury Sir Archibald Macdonald
1 Mr. Arthugr Murphy Mrs. Siddons - '
The Earl of Dartmouth The Bishop of Salisbury
The Bishop of Durham •Lord Eldon
Mr. King (the Comedian) The Duke of Norfolk
The Bishop of Winchester Dr. Towers
Mr. Jackson, of Exeter Lord Thurlow .
Lord Nl.dinesbury The Marquis Cornwallis
Dr. Joseph White Dr. Priestley
The Bishop of Worcester Miss More
The Earl of Buchan , Mr. Aldermen Boyden
Mr.. Northcote Mr. George Dyer
The Bishop of Llandaff Mr. D'l snack
Mr. Henry Erskine Mr. David Williams
Lord Charlemont Mr. Gilbert Wakefield
Mr. Grattan ...' Mr. 0 pie
Sir W. Sydney Smith Lord Rokehy
Dr. Thomas Uaweis Lord Nelson
VOL. 11. for '799.1805..
The Earl of St. Vincent Major Cartwright
Mr. Sheridan • The Duke of Leinster
The Rev. Dr. Parr . Mrs. Inchbalii
The Hon. T. Erskine Earl Fitzwilliam
Dr. Charles Sharon - Mr.•W attain Godwin
Lord Hawkesbory- The' Rev. Mr. G leaves
Dean Milner Mr. Shield
The Bishop of Meath . Sir George Yonge
The Rev. William garish Dr. Garnett
Sir Francis Bourgeois . Lord Dillon
The Duke of Richmond . Lord Castlereagh
Mrs. Abington - Dr. Adam Pergusson
Mr. Saudis Mr. William Hayley •
Dr. Samuel Arnold • The Countess of Derby
Lord Bridpnrt Mr. Pratt
The Marquis of Lansdown • Qr. Harrington
Sir John Parnell • .The Dutellessof Gordon
'Mr. Southey Dr. Currie
Dr. Dtiigenan Miss Lin Nood
Mr.. George -Ponsonby Mr. Williatt Cowper
Mr. G ran ville Sharp Lord Kenyon
Mr. Pelham . Mr. Hastings • ,
The Duke of Grafton The Duke of Bedford
Mr. Secretary Cooke
VO 1.. II i. for iloo-ilior.
Mr. Matthew Boultun Dr. Hugh Blair
Profeeior Porson ' MI. Barry
. Mr. • PinkCrten Mr, folio Ireland
Mr. Wilberforce Sir William Beechey .
Mrs. Charlotte Smith The Duke of Portlandi
Sir Ralph Abercromby Sir Joseph Banks
Lord Dorchester ' Sir Peter Parker, •
Earl Stanhope Mr. Edmund Cartwright
Mr. George Colman Lord G tenville •
Dr. lames Gregory Dr. William Hewes •
The Duke of Bridgwater Mr. Edmund Randolph
Dr. Witham Mayor Mr, Paul Sandby
Mr. Robert Ker Porter Mr. John Clerk
Mr. John Thelwall - Mrs.-Robinson
Mr. I ellinson
Mr. Bushrod Washington Mr. Alderman Skinner
Dr. John Dillies Dr James Anderson
Lord Hobart The Prince Dc Bouillon
Mr. Bidlake Tne Duke of Marlborough
Earl of Rosslyn The Lord Justice.Llcrk of
Mr. Dngald Stewart • . Scotland,
. , VOL. I V. for tgol-iflea.
Mr. Addington Rev. T. Maurice
' Sir Richard Hughes . General Strutt
Linn Spencer Mr. Dawson (Sedburgh)
Lord Alvanley Dr. Kennel
Mr. J. H. Took Mr. Caleb Whitefoord
• General Bowles ' . Dr. Mitchell
Marquis Townshend Colonel Tatham
• Governor Franklin • Bishop of Liiseoln
Earl of Fife Mrs. Cawley
Dr. Moore Dr. Beattie
Colonel Despard General iliac-Wilson
, Lord Sheffield ,-, limes Martin, M. P.
Mr. Windham Dr.. Rees
Count Rumford Mr. Arthur Young.
VOL. V. for 11302.4803.
Lord Auckland Rev. Richard rolwhele
Dr. jenner' ' • Mr. I larris, ofeovent-garden
The Goldsinids Mr. Christopher Ainslie
Dr. Vincent Mr. William Gifford
Lord Macartner Professor Carlyle'
Lord Harrington Mr. Henry Mackenzie
A rehdeacofi Paley Dr. Busby . .
Admiral itoddans Mrs. Billie ton
Sir Richard Hill, Bart. ' Mr. Williani Hutton
Rev. Rowland Hill - Dr. William Thomson
Dr. john Law (lip. of Elphin) Sir Williaru Ousely
Dr. George Hill . Sir Francis Burdett
Admiral Sir Roger Curtis: Mr.-lames Watt
Dr. Thornton Mr. John Palmer, late of the
Major General Ira Allen • ' Post.Otlice,
Mr. T. Jones, of Cambridge Lord Minto.
Dr. Trotter • . j ~

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