8 CONTENTS. 



School in the Lyceum— Corresponds with Alexander, who sup- 

 plies Means tor carrying on his Investigations — Alexander finds 

 Fault with him for publishing some of his Works, and after put- 

 ting Callisthenes to Death, exalts his Rival Xenocrates — On the 

 Death of Alexander, he is accused by his Enemies of Impiety, 

 when he escapes to Chalcis, where he dies soon after — His 

 {jersonal Appearance and Character — His Testament — History 

 of his Writings — Great Extent of the Subjects treated of by 

 him — His Notions on elementary Bodies — ^The Material Universe 

 — The Changes to which the Earth has been subjected, and the 

 Eternity of its Existence — Conclusion, Page 38 



SECTION II. 



ACCOUNT OF ARISTOTLE'S HISTORY OF ANiaiALS. 



Aristotle's Ideas respecting the Soul — His Views of Anatomy and 

 Physiology — Introduction to his History of Animals, consisting 

 of Aphorisms or general Principles — His Division of Animals ; 

 their external Parts ; their Arrangement into Families ; their in- 

 ternal Organs; Generation, &c 55 



PLINY THE ELDER. 



ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS. 



Introductory Remarks — Notice respecting Pliny by Suetonius — 

 Account of his Habits, as given by his Nephew, Pliny the Younger 

 — Various Particulars of his Life — His Death occasioned by an 

 Eruption of Vesuvius — Buffon's Opinion of the Writings of Pliny 

 — Judgment of Cuvier on the same Subject — Brief Account of 

 the Historia Naturalis, including Extracts respecting the Wolf, 

 the Lion, and other Animals — Cleopatra's Pearls— History of a 

 Raven — Domestic Fowls — General Remarks, 74 



