74 Literary. Journals. [CuAP. XXI, 



by M. Sallo*, in lG6o. The original plan of this 

 work comprehended a vast variety of subjects. 

 " It gave an account of all books which appeared 

 in Europe ; contained eulogies on deceased cele- 

 brated men ; and announced whatever had been 

 invented- that was useful in art, or curious in 

 science. Experiments in physic and chemistry, 

 celestial and meteorological observations, disco- 

 veries in anatomy, the decisions of ecclesiastic^il 

 and secular tribunals, and the censures of the 

 Sorbonne, were all proposed to be noticed." This 

 attempt of Sallo was so well received, that, in the 

 course of a few years, it was imitated in almost all 

 the literary countries of Europe, and his work was 

 translated into various languages. 



In 1671 appeared the Acta Medica Ilafniensia^ 

 published by M. Bartholin. To this work suc- 

 ceeded Mhnoires dcs Arts et des Sciences., esta- 

 blished in France, by M. Dennis, in ,167!^; the 

 Acta Eruditorum of Leipsic, by Merkenius, in 

 1682; the Xouvelies de la Repuhlique des Lcttres, 

 by M. Bayle, in 1684; the Bibliofheque Univer- 

 selle Choisie, Ancitnne et Moderne, by le Clcrc, 

 about the same time; the Histoire des Outrages 

 des Scavans, by M. Basnage, in 1686; the ]\Io- 

 nathlichen Vntcrredungen, of Germany, in 1689; 

 the Boockzal van Europe., by Peter Rabbus, in 

 Holland, in K692 ; an Historical Treatise of the 

 Journals of the Learned, in Latin, by Juncker, the 



* Dennis de Sallo was an ecclesiastical counsellor in the par- 

 liament of Paris. He published his Journal in the nameofthe' 

 .sicnr dc Iledouvillc, his footman ; pei'haps because he entertained 

 but a faint hope of success, or because he thought the scurrility 

 of criticism might be permitted on account of its supposed autho^^. 



