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The public owe the translation of Strass's in- 

 genious Chart of History, which is to be seen 

 in almost every public and private library in the 

 kingdom, to Mr. WILLIAM BELL ; this gentleman 

 is one of our own merchants, and the son of the 

 late Mr. William Bell, an eminent auctioneer in 

 this town, and well known as the originator and 

 promoter of various improvements. Strass's 

 Chart was published by Mr. Bell, in 1810, with 

 an explanatory Tract, under the title of " De- 

 " scripti ve Guide to the Stream of Time, or ge- 

 " neral outline of Universal History, Chronology, 

 " and Biography, at one view ; translated from 

 " the German of Frederick Strass, and continued 

 " down to the present year." This tract is not, 

 however, strictly a translation, being only founded 

 upon a similar tract by Strass, divested of cir- 

 cumstances which could neither have utility nor 

 attraction in this country.* The late Rev. 

 Richard Patrick eulogized this chart, in his 

 " Notice 1 ' respecting it, already mentioned, 

 wherein he describes it as being more useful 

 than Priestley's two Charts of Biography and 

 History. In the year 1810, Mr. Bell published 

 " Die Deutsche Blumenlese ;" being a selection 

 of pieces in prose and verse, from the most 

 approved German authors; intended to serve 

 the advanced scholar as a progressive introduc- 



* Brit. Crit. vol. 39, p. 541. 



