PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



THE 



MODERN PLUTARCH; 



Or, UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY: 



Including authentic Accounts of 



DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC CHARACTERS, 



Of all Nations, living and recently deceased. 



Under the immediate Direction of several eminent 



literary Characters. 

 PLAN OF THE WORK. 



To facilitate an extensive circulation, and to enable the Editors 

 to introduce to public Notice such Characters as, from the Circum- 

 stances of the times may demand prompt Attention, this Work is 

 regularly published in Monthly Numbers, and printed on a new 

 and elegant Type, in small Octavo, on a superfine wove Paper. 



Each Number contains Seventy-two pages of Letter-press, in- 

 cluding correct Portraits of distinguished public Characters, price 

 One Shilling, neatly done up in patent Paper. 



Every six Numbers form a handsome Volume, comprising au- 

 thentic Memoirs of a numerous Collection of Characters of both 

 Sexes, whose abilities and conduct 'had rendered them objects of 

 public Notice. The first and second Volumes are now complete, 

 and may be had in boards, price 6s. 6d. each. 



This Collection will include the Biography of all Nations, and 

 ol eminent Persons of every situation and profession ; such as States- 

 men, Lawyers, Divines, Naval and Military Officers, Authors, Ar- 

 tists, Merchants, Mechanics, &c. 



The first six Numbers (forming the first Volume) contain Biogra- 

 phical Particulars of the following Characters : 



Emperor of Russia 



Duke of Gloucester 



Lord Melville 



Mrs. Opie 



William Godwin 



Andrew Cherry 



Princess Joseph Buonaparte 



Rev. John Evans 



Lord Nelson 



John Bigland 



Abraham Newland 



M. Talleyrand 



VOL. II, 



Lord Erskine 



Collingwood 



Dr. Samuel Parr 



Mr. Cooke 



Duchess of Devonshire 



Dr. Thomson 



Sir Francis Burdett 



Charles James Fox 



Mr. II ay ley 



Lord Gardner 



Mrs. Billington 



Dr. Jenner 



Right Hon. William Pitt 



Robert Bloomfield 



Mr. John Kemble 



Mr. James Heath, Engraver 



Earl Moira 



Lord Hood 



Rev. Rowland Hill 



Mr. Whitbread 



CONTAINS : 



Lord Henry Petty 



Lord Bridport 



Mr. Incledon 



Bishop of London 



Napoleon Buonaparte 



Colonel Thornton 



Dr. Darwin 



Lord Lauderdale 



Mr.Wilkie, the Painter, &c. &. 



