Cpiap. XVIII.] Blographij. So^i 



appearance of this large collection of biography 

 several works, of a similar kind, have been laid 

 before the British public. The last publication 

 of this class, and in some respects tiie best, is 

 that by Drs. Enfield and Aikin, undertaken a 

 short time before the close of the century, and 

 yet unfinished. 



Beside these general biographical works, there 

 were others, intended to exlilblt the lives of j)aiti- 

 cular classes of eminent persons, of which a num- 

 ber of high character were compiled and circulat- 

 ed during the last age. T\\t Lives oj iJie British 

 Admirals, by Dr. Campbell, form an important 

 and interesting collection of this kind. The Amc- 

 rican Biography, by Dr. Belknap * ; and several 

 other similar works, are also entitled to respectful 

 notice in enumerating this class of modern wiit- 

 ings. 



The biographical collections made on the conti- 

 nent of Europe, during the last age, were nume- 

 rous and extensive, especially in the French and 

 German languages. Among these the Eloges of 

 Fontenelle, and of d'Alembert, hold a distinguish- 

 ed place. The Histoire Lititraire, of ^1. Senncbier, 

 has also attracted much attention, and received 

 much praise. Beside these, the Biographical Die- 

 tionar}) of learned Sxvedes, by Gezelius ; the Lives of 

 the Great Men of Germanij, by Klein ; and the 

 large biographical works, by Schranck, Schiller, 



* The American Biograp/nj, by the late reverend Dr. Bcli.nap, 

 of Boston, in two vols, 8vo, is a work honourable to the compiler, 

 9nd highly useful to the student of American history. 



