Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-25


of the GLIB after that great event-of
the primitive po,tdiluvian nations which
were formed in Asia, the. cradle Of the
world. Their yariou, ramiicstioEs, re-
yalutions, and Uf the general course Of
Empire.
AFRICA.
The African part, contains a coarise
history of Eyypt. Carthage; Nu.nidia,
Mauritania, Abyssinia, of the Pira.icai
States, and the Hn'tentots, with group.
, ed view of its uncivilized settlements.
EUROPE.
The European pat, contains the hiss
tory OF Greece and Rnme, from their
origin to their dlssOlution-of the various
nati,ns which were conquered br them--
and Of the nations by which the Romans
themselves acre. fna!l. conquered, and
Of the nations which were formed from
the fragments OF the Roman Empire. and
the var.0ss- revolutions OF the latter, to.
gether with view OF the nations which
never were subjected % the Romans.
AMERICA. ~
The American part. contains general
history of the Western Continent, under
the heads of Free, European, anil Abo-
riginal or unco, quered America. Inc
fT.t contains history Of the United
States. lrom their Est settlement as
English Colonies, I'LL t'r~ present time
The >scund, of all psGts dependant on
Europe And the third, Of all that are
still owned by the Ahorigines. ~
1t is expected that the. whole will be
comprised in 10 U' 10 octave ,oumesS
of between four aud five hundred pages
each-to be printed IN philadelphia,
on good paper and iai' types, for IS
is per volume. in sheep binding. or
"a is Calf Gilt, to be paid Tor Oh deli.
very.
AUTHORITIES.
This work has been il contemplation
upwards of 40 wears The project Of
it was conceived in 1856, on reaG,ug the
Universal History, ,hen recently edited
in 60 volumes. by society Of genticmen
IN England. The original idea d ex-
tracing the quintesxence Of mat vo-
luminous &ork, which contained the
maSt complete system OF history the
world had then seen, has ever since
been ehIarging and improving BY an
| attentive perusal # the histories writ
ten by Robertson, Hume, Gibban, and o.
Their modern au5h0rs-Of the AsIatic re-
| searches-of the works of Sir William.
Jones, and other learned Orientans's--
the publications Of intelligent travellers,
Who, in the course Of the last hall cen,
fury have explored almost every regiup
| Of the Globe These collectiyel, have
thrown blaze of light on countries COM
fasatiyely unknown, and on portions,
both of ancient ard modern history which
were confused and obscure at the period
when the writer's Of the Univei sal disto-
ry 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 released from sea
Of business and sent as prisoner of war
to the British Garrison then in ~. Az
gustine, and there confined for eleven
months, without any peculiar employ
meut. Steady progress ha; been made
tor the last ten years in correcting and
trsnsc ibing TIE work for Publication.
UNITED STATES.
The History OF the United States is
given at fu!l leugth-tha, II 70, eign cGun-
trie. is more or less expended or. con-
tracted in proportion to the Intrinsic i'm,
portance of each-.irs tendencl to illus
TIA c portions OF Holy Writ--thr Greek
and Latin ElIsslcs-snd aisu in proror-
ton to its connexion with the L Staies,
or as furnishing useful practical lnlor-
nation to its citizens, o. as the Paternai
soil Of their ance.tors.
The above sketch of the nature and
objects of his immense work, which has ?
orcupied me attention OF the hrthOr for
upwards Of ~ years, was found among
his papers. and IS now given to the pub
lie in his own VIC, de. Since that perGd,
a few chapter, have beeH aided BY the
Reverend SAMUEL STANHoPE SMITHS, /.
which brings it down to the clo.e Of the
last war.
The publication commences With
third impression of the History Of the u
States, inthree volumes, which is all that
has ever appeared. The whole will not
be delivered under Is or 90 months. Ii
is proper to state, that the gentiemen
who have the direction OF it an neither
booksellers nor printers, and reoei,ero
pecuniary consideration for then tiuable
but are wilE:g TO make the necessary
advances to carry it into execution povi-