ADVERTISEMENT. 



No apology can be necessary for laying before 

 the Public a new edition of Dr GOLDSMITH'S 

 History of the Earth and Animated Nature. The 

 simple and enchanting graces of his style, and 

 the rich and copious variety of his ideas on sub- 

 jects of taste and literature, have long ago caused 

 him to be acknowledged as one of the most pleas- 

 ing and instructive writers in our language. But 

 Natural History having been of late much studied 

 and improved, the Editor of the present edition 

 has taken the liberty of supplying some defi- 

 ciencies, and correcting a few mistakes, which na- 

 turally arose from defective information. These 

 additions, however, have been carefully marked, 

 being enclosed within brackets. 



