Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-30

Of the Globe after that great even'-of
the primitive po.tdluvian nations which
were formed in Asia, the c,sdle of the
world. Thei' variou. notifications, re-
volutions, and Of the general course CT
Empire.
AFRICA.
The African part contains concise
history of Egypt Carthage, Npmidia,
Mauritania, Abyssinia, of he Pire'ical
States. and the Hmtentnts, with group.
ed view of its unciviizrd settlements.
EUROPE.
The European part. contains the hiss
tory OF Greece aud Rome, from their
origin to their dissoluti0n-of the various
nations which were conquered BY tn M
and of the nations by which the Romans
themselves we're fndll, conquered, and
of the nations which were formed from
the fragments Of the Roman Empire, and
the various revolutions OF the latter, to-
gether with view Of the nations which
never were subjected to the Romans.
AMERICA.
The American part. contains general
history of the Western continent under
the heads of Free, European, and Abo-
riginal or unconqnered America. The
first contains a history Of The United
States, from their 6rst settlement as
English Colonies, till the presenttime.--
The second, of all parts Dependant on
Europpe.-And the third, of all that are
st;l owned by the Aborigines.
tits expected that the whole will be
comprised in 10 or 10 octave volumes,
of between four and five hundred pages
each-to be printed in Philadelphia,
on good paper and fair types, for IS
1-3 per volume. in sheep biHaing, or
"a is Calf Gilt, to be paid for on deli
very.
AUTHORITIES.
This work has been i'll contemplation
upwards of Al wears The project OF
i was conceived in 1856, OBJ reading the
Universal History, then recently edited
| in 60 volumes. bg a society Of gentlemen
N England The original idea Of ex-
tracing the quintessence If that vo-
luminous work, whirh contained the
,no.t complete system OF history the
ord had then seen, has ever since
been eLIarging and improving by an
attentive perusaI # the histories writ
ten by Robertson, Hume, Gtbb"n, ard o.
,her modern auihors--of rhe A.isiic re-
searches-of the works Of Sir William
Jones. and other learned OrfenfaiIsls--
the publications Of iutelligert travellers,
who, in the course Of the last half cen.
fury have. explored almost every region
of the Globe Thee collectively have
thrown blaze of light on countries com .
paratiyelv unknown, and on portions,
both of ancient and modern history which
were confused aud obscure at the period
when the writer's Of the Universsi Histo-
~ published their work. The arrange
ment of materials collected from these
sources commenced in the year 1880,
when, in consequence Of the surrender
of Charleston to Sir Henry Clinton, the
author was suddenly reeased from u sea
OF business and sent as prisoner Of war
10 the British Garrison then. in st. An
gustine, and there confined for eleven
months, without any peculiar employ
ment. Steady progress ha. been made
tor the last ten years 10 correcting and
transc ibiDg tie work for publication.
UNITED STATES.
The History 1t the United States is
given at full length that VI foreign coun.
tries is more or less expended or con-
tracted in proportion TO tie Intrinsic i'm
portance of each-its ter dcnc' to Illus
tra;e portions of Holy Writ--the Greek
and Latin Classcs-aDd also in PrOPor-
ton to its conhexion with the { Sts,es,
or as furnishing useful practical intoT-
nation to its citizens, or as The patet nal
soil of their ancestors.
The above sketch Of The nature and
objects of this immense work, which has
occupied the attention of the Author Tor
UPWARDS of 40 years, was found among
hi, ospers, and Is now gwen t. the pubs
lie in his own words. Since that period,
few chapter, have been added by the
Reverend SAMUEL SrANHosE SMIThJ
which brings it down to the close of the
last war.
: The publication commences with a
third impression of the History Of the u
States. in three volumes, which Is all that
has ever appeared. The whole will not
be delivered under Is or 90 months. 1t
is proper to state, that the gentlemen
who have the direction oil il are neither
booksellers nor printers. and receive no
pecuniary consideration for their trouble
but are willing to make the necessary
advances to carry il into execution provi-
ded the sale is warranted By public pa