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ceeded Voltaire, and in his Elements of Getieral 

 History, an elegant and popular work, raised a 

 monument to the honour of himself and his coun- 

 tr}^ The ahbe Raynal, in his History of the East 

 and JFest Indies, presented the puljlic with a pro- 

 duction, \rhich, though not generally respected as 

 authentic, drew much of the attention of the lite- 

 rary world *. To these it would he un pardon ahlc 

 not to add the justly celebrated Histojy of the Reign 

 of Queen Elizabeth, by mademoiselle Keralio f, 

 which has been pronounced by good judges to be 

 an impartial and elegant production. Several other 

 respectable historians appeared in France, towards 

 the close of the century, who would deserve to be 

 mentioned in connection with the foregoing names, 

 did our plan admit of entering into further par- 

 ticulars. 



In Germany no historical work deserving of 

 high praise, with respect to arrangement, struc- 

 ture and style, had appeared prior to the middle 

 of the century under consideration. Since that 

 time, tlie successive w^orks of Schmidt, Muller, 

 Habcrlin, Heinrich, Schiller, Wagner, Galletti, 



where he was born in the year 1726. He belon^edi for some time, 

 to the order of Jesuits j was, for several years, professor of Hi- 

 story at Parma; and died in 1785. Beside his FAcmcnfs of Gene- 

 ral History, the best known of his works, he published Elements 

 of the History of France, and Elements of the History of England. 



* The abb^ Raynal's work is said, by Mr. Bryan Edwards, to 

 have no more title to the character of autlientic history than Ro- 

 binson Crusoe. This is, probably, an extravagant mode of express- 

 ing what is no doubt true, that llie nbbe is often chargeable with 

 taking his statements from imagination rather than from authen- 

 tic records. 



f History of the Reign of Elizabeth Queen of England, 4 vpls, 

 «vo, 176-5. 



