Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-05-21

me general deluge-hf the re-se;tlemens
Of the Globe after that great eveD,-ot
the primitive postdiluvian nations which
were formed in, Asia, the cradle of the
worIa. Their various ramiiications, re-
volutions, and Of the general course of
Empire.
AFRICA.
The African part, contains o concise
history OF Egypt, Carthage, Numidia,
Mauritania, Abys.inia. of The Pirc'ical
States, and the llo.tentots, with group.
ed view of its unciviized settlements.
,.. EUROPE.
The European part, contains the hiss
tory Of Greece and Rome, from their
origin to their dissolution--of the various
nations which were conquered by them
and of the nations by which the Romans
themselves we're finally conquered, and
of the nations which were formed from
the fragments Of the Roman Empire, and
the various revolutions oil the latter, to-
gether with view Of the nations which
never we're subjected to the Romans.
=, AMERICA. ..
The American part, contains a general
history of the Western continent, under
the heads of Free, European, and Abo-
riginal or pnconquered America. The
first contains a history Of The United
States, from their frst settlement as
English Colonies, till the present time
The second, OF all parts dependant Oh
Europe.-Aud the third, Of all that are
still'owned by the Aborigines.
It's expected that the whole will be
comprised in 10 or IL octave volumes,
Of between four and Ave hundred pages
each-to be printed in Philadelphia,
on good paper and fair types, for Ss
is per volume, in sheep binding. or
"a 1-3 Calf Gilt, t. be paid for on deli
very.
Authorities.
This work has been in contemplation
upwards of 40 years. The project Of
it was conceived in 1886, Oh reading the
Universal History, then recently edited
in 60 volumes, by q society Of gentlemen
in England. The original idea Of ex.
tracing the 9uintessence Of that vo-.
luminous work, which contained the
most complete system Of history the.
world had then seen, has ever since
been eLlarsibg aud improving by .aI
| attentive perusal Of the histories writ
ten by Robertson, Hume, GibbOn, and o.
ther modern authors--of the Asiatic re-
| searches-of the works Of Sir William
Jones, and other learned Urientahsts.--
the publications Of intelligent TRAVELLERS,
| who, in the course Of the last half CEN
fury have explored almost every region
Of the Globe, The.e collectively have
thrown blaze Of light on countries con.
parative,y unknown, end on portions,
both of ancient and modern history which
were confused and obscure at the period
when the writer's Of the Universal 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 released from sea
Of business and sent as prisoner Of war
TO the British Garrison then in st. Au-
gustine, and there confined for eleven
months, without any peculiar employ
ment. Steady progress has been made
Tor the last ten years IN CORRECTING anu
TRANSFERRING the work Tor Psolicsuon.
-. >, UNITED STATES.
The History Of the United States is
given at full length-that Of foreign coun-
tries is more or less expended or con-
t5acted in proportion 10 the intrinsic i'm
portance Of each-its tendency to illus.