Chap. XIII.] Classic Literature, 2:)7 



Sallust, by llavcrcamp, by don (iabru'l* ol' Spain, 

 and by Homer; Qin/iti/ia/t, by iiiinnaini, CJcsncr, 

 and Homer; Lucretius, by Ilavereamj) ami Wake- 

 field ; Ovul, by Burnianii ; Luciui, by BurnKiun, 

 Bentley, and Cumberland; Persius, by Homer; 

 Terence, by Bentley, Mrs. Grierson, AWsteibovius, 

 and Zennius; jKst'm^ by Gronovius; dcmrs Com- 

 mentaries, by Clarke; Plutdrus and Petronius 

 Arbiter, by Burmann ; Pl'imi the elder, by Brotier 

 and liardouin ; PUny the younger, by Longaliiis, 

 (lesner, and Lallemand ; Hhullus, Catullus, and 

 P/'opertius, by Vulpius ; Suetonius, by Pitiscu.^, 

 Burmann, Ernestns, and Oudenorp ; F/utrnpiu.i, 

 by Havercamp ; C/('//^<r/.Y/7?, by Gesner ; Florus, by 

 Duker and Fischer ; Quint us Curtius, by Snaken- 

 burg ; Aulas Gellius, by Gronovius ; and Silius 

 Italicus, by Drakenborrh. 



From the above very imperfect list it appears 

 that classic literature has been cultivated, during 

 the last century, witli most zeal and success in 

 Germany and Holland; (Jreat Ihitain is, perhaps, 

 entitled to the next place t ; and afterwards, in 



* This is one of the most splendid editions tlut was ever given 

 of an ancient classic. It was printed in folio, at Madrid, in i;-i. 

 enriched with curious notes, and adorned with elegant engravings. 

 The editor, don Gabriel, a son of the king of S])ain, was one of 

 the most learned men of Europe in his day. He was burn in 

 175.'}, and died of tlie small-pox in 1/88. 



f Within the last hfteen or twenty years of tlie eighteenth cen- 

 tury, classic literature, and especially the study of liie Greek lan- 

 guage, has, in some degree, revived in Great Britain. From tiie 

 time in which Barnes, Btutley, and Chrke, flourished, lill the 

 period abovementionetl, tiieir ciAintry could bor'^t of fev.- aai'ii- 

 sitions in this department ot iiierature. But towards die cIo:,e of 

 ihe centurv the labours of ihiinry, Wakefu-ld, Parr, and Porson, 



