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The Abbe Gallois was succeeded in the undertaking by Mons. 

 De La Roque, who continued to conduct the work until the 

 year 1683, when he was succeeded by Mons. Cousin, who was 

 editor until the year 1702. After this period the plan of the 

 journal was much improved, and then was published under a 

 new form, making from the first more than 350 volumes. The 

 work was for some time discontinued, and has lately been re- 

 vived at Paris, in quarto. 



The " Republique des Lettres," which commenced in 

 1684, was planned and edited by the celebrated Peter Bayle. 

 It was published monthly at Amsterdam, in small 24mo, under 

 the title of " Nouvelles de la Republique des Lettres," and 

 formed two volumes a year. It was continued until the year 

 1689 to the end of the eleventh volume, when Mr. Bayle, in 

 consequence of illness, gave it up to his friends M. Bernard 

 and M. De la Roque, who continued jointly to superintend the 

 publication until the year 1699- After an interval of nine years 

 the work was resumed by M. Bernard, and continued by him 

 until the year 1710. 



The only attempts that have been made to form a correct 

 list of the British literary journals, that I know of, are by Mr. 

 Dibdin, in his " Bibliomania," page 20 ; and by Mr. John 

 Nichols, in his " Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Cen- 

 tury." In the former of these lists some of the most volumi- 

 nous and important of the early journals are entirely omitted, 

 and in that by Mr. Nichols, which he says he copied from 

 Asperne's account of the late Mr. Griffiths, there are many 

 omissions, and some errors of considerable importance, especi- 

 ally as to the date of the first English work that appeared of 

 the kind now under consideration. Thus, the " Weekly Me- 

 morials, or an account of books lately set forth, with other 

 accounts renting to learning ; by authority," (the first number 

 of which was published on the 19th January, 1688-9.) Mr. 

 Nichols says, is the earliest specimen of an English review, 



