The Editor being now left to his own judgment, has not hesitated a moment to fulfil the wishes of that eminent Scholar, as a memorial of his respect and gratitude for personal favours received from him.

It has been suggested, that the making known the mode of reference to the Books in the Library of the Royal Institution will be useful to Gentlemen possessed of large libraries; this is not by the usual mode of letters of the alphabet over the cases, but by simply numbering the shelves, as 1. 2. 3. 4. &c. which may be carried on to any extent, and save the repetition and confusion of three or four letters; one of which numbers being inserted in pencil against each book in the alphabetical catalogue, is easily erased and replaced by a new number, on a change of arrangement.

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SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CLASS I.

THEOLOGY.

Holy Scriptures.

1. Biblia Polyglotta, 1.

Hebraica et Orientalia, 1.

Græca, 2.

Latina, 2.

Gallica, 2.

in Linguis variis Hodiernis, 3.

Anglo-Saxonica, &c. 4.

English Bibles, and Parts thereof, by various Trans-

lators, 4.

Scripta Apocrypha, 5.

2. Prints, Histories, and Dictionaries of the Bible, 6.

3. Harmonies of the Gospels, and Concordances to the Bible, 6.

4. Introductions to the Study of the Holy Scriptures; State

of the Text; and History of Translations, 7.

5. Commentators and Interpreters of the Holy Scriptures, 8.

6. Manners and Customs of the Jews, &c. 10.

7. Liturgies, Ceremonies, and Government of Churches, 21.

8. Sermons, 23.

9. Defences of Natural and Revealed Religion, 24.

10. Controversial Writers, 25.

11. Miscellaneous Divinity, 27.

12. Ecclesiastici Scriptores Græci, 29.

13. Ecclesiastici Scriptores Latini, 41.

14. Theologia Miscellanea, 43.

15. Eeclesiastical History, 44.

16. Councils, 46.

CLASS II.

JURISPRUDENCE, GOVERNMENT,

AND POLITICS.

1. Canon and Civil Law, 47.

2. Law of Nations, Treaties, &c. 49.

3. Statute and Common Law of England, 52.

4. Government and Politics, 57.

5. Political Economy, Finance, Money, Trade, and Com-

merce, 60.

CLASS III.

SCIENCES AND THE ARTS.

I. Philosophy.

1. General Treatises of Philosophy, 67.

2. Moral Philosophy, 67.

3. Education, Manners, &c. 70.

4. Metaphysics, Life, Death, Soul, and Faculties of Man, 72.

5. Population, 73.

6. Dæmonology, Witchcraft, &c. 74.

II. Physics.

1. Meteorology, 75.

2. Electricity, Magnetism, &c. 77.

III. Natural History.

1. Natural History in General, 78.

2. Geology, Volcanoes, &c. 79.

3. Mineralogy, Mines, and Mining, 82.

4. Mineral Waters, 85.

5. Agriculture, Planting, and Gardening, 85.

6. Botany, 88.

7. Quadrupeds, 92.

8. Ornithology, 92.

9. Ichthyology, Conchology, Reptiles, &c. 93.

10. Entomology, 94.

11. Catalogues of Collections, Museums, &c. 95.

12. Memoirs and Transactions of Philosophical Societies, 95.

IV. Medicine.

1. Anatomy, 99.

2. Surgery, 99.

3. Medicine, 101.

4. Chemistry, 106.

V. Mathematics.

1. Natural and Experimental Philosophy, 113.

2. Arithmetick and Algebra, 119.

3. Geometry, Trigonometry, Conic Sections, &c. 121.

4. Astronomy, 123.

5. Horology, 127.

6. Navigation and Naval Architecture, 127.

7 Optics and Perspective, 128.

8. Statics, Hydrostatics, &c. 130.

9. Mechanics, 130.

VI. Mechanic Arts.

1. Arts and Trades, 133.

2. Dictionaries of Arts and Sciences, 134.

3. Histories of Inventions and Discoveries, 134.

VII. Fine Arts.

1. Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving, 135.

2. Books of Prints, 137.

3. Music, 187.

4. Horsemanship, Hunting, Fishing, Archery, Cookery, &c. 139.

VIII. Architecture.

1. Civil Architecture, 140.

2. Military Architecture, 143.

IX. Military Art.

1. Art of War, 144.

2. Military History, 145.

CLASS IV.

BELLES LETTRES.

I. Language, Writing, Printing, &c.

1. Introduction to the Study of the Belles Lettres, 146.

2. Origin and Progress of Language and Letters, 147.

3. Art of Writing, 148.

4. History and Art of Printing, 150.

II. Bibliography.

1. Treatises on Books and Libraries, 151.

2. Catalogues of Public and Private Libraries, 153.