3!^i History. [Chap. XVII. 



of its style, is yet entitled to credit as a faithful 

 compilatiori of facts, especially as it presents a 

 concise view of the society o^ Friends, and a very 

 satisfactory account of the settlement and progress 

 of that denomination of Christians in Pennsylvania. 

 The last important work of this kind given to the 

 American public is a Continuation of the History 

 of Massachusetts, by George R. IVIinot, esquire, of 

 that State, a work of considerable merit, and 

 which it is hoped the ingenious author will be in- 

 duced soon to complete *. 



^A new plan of history was introduced, a few 

 years ago, b}^ the reverend Dr. Henry of Edin- 

 burgh, in his Histoynj of Great Britain f, in which 

 the civil, military, naval, commercial, constitu- 

 tional, and scientific departments of his work are 

 severally placed in distinct chapters, and while 

 their mutual influence is stated, may each be read 

 separate from the rest, through the whole period 

 embraced by the historian. In this plan he was 

 followed, with some impi'ovements, by Mr. James 

 V. Andrews, whose premature death the literary 



* Since the above was v/iitten, this gentleman, to the regret of 

 all who knew him, has been removed by death. His learning 

 end talents, combined with a degree of modesty, ui-banity, and 

 dignity of character truly rare, endeared him to a large and re- 

 spectable circle of friends, and rendered him one of the orna- 

 ments of his native State. Seldom has the memory of any man 

 been more highly respected, or more fondly cherished by his ac- 

 quaintance, than that of George Richards Minot. 

 . t Some years before the appearance of Dr. Henry's work. Dr. 

 Mosheiuihad adopted a plan somewhat similar in his Ecclesiastical 

 llisturij. Dr. Henry is entitled to the honour of having intro- 

 duced Uiis plan into cixil history, and of having conferred upon it 

 several important impro\ements. 



