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So home, and to dinner alone with my wife, who, poor wretch! sat undressed all day, till ten at night, altering and lacing of a noble petticoat: while I by her, making the boy read to me the Life of Julius Caesar, and Des Cartes' book of Musick By Rene Des Cartes, Amsterdam, 1617; rendered into English, London, 1653, 4to.
The author of this work resided some time with the Kalmucks, at the command of the Emperor of Russia; and he seems to have employed his time well, in gaining information respecting the past and present state of their country, and their manners, intellectual, moral, and religious state. Antonio de Andrada novo Descubrimento de Grao Catayo ou dos Regnos de Tibet. Lisbon, 1626, 4to.
Mackenzie's Voyage from Montreal, through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans, in the Years 1789 and 1793. 4to.
This work is interesting, not merely from the particular subject which the title indicates, but also on account of the sketch it contains of the conquest of Siberia, and of the Russian commerce with China. Historia Navigationis Mar. Frobisberi, 1577. Nuremburg, 1580. 8vo. Descriptio novi Freti, recens inventi, ab Hen. Hudson. Amsterdam, 1613. 4to.
To the English translation is appended an account by Erkelskrom, which is valuable, as describing the island at the period when it passed from the Dutch to the English. Davy's Account of the Interior of Ceylon. 1821, 4to.
Paris, 1778. 4to. The city of Mexico, as well as California, is here described in an interesting manner. As concerns the latter, this work may be regarded as a standard one. The History of Mexico; to which are added, Dissertations on the Land, Animals, &c. Translated from the Italian of Clavigero, by C. Cullen. 1787. 2 vols. 4to.
Those plays are taken in a great measure from Killegrew's Don Thomaso, or the wanderer. The Dutch Lover, a Comedy, acted at the Duke's theatre, and printed in 4to, 1673. The plot of this play is founded upon a Spanish Comedy entitled, Don Fenise, written by Don Francisco de las Coveras. Abdelazer; or the Moor's Revenge, a Tragedy, acted at the duke's theatre, and printed in 4to. 1671.
This and the following voyage to Africa were first published by Richard Eden in a small collection, which was afterwards reprinted in 4to, by Richard Willes in 1577 . Hakluyt has inserted both these in his Collection, with Eden's preamble as if it were his own; only that he ascribes the account of Africa to the right owner . Hakluyt, II. 464.
It is an extremely learned production, full of Greek and Latin quotations; but, in Bunyan's estimation, it aimed a deadly blow at the foundations of Christianity. To restore man to Adam's innocency, and then to leave him to cope with Satanic subtlety, was to cut off all hopes of salvation. This was answered by a small 4to volume, entitled Dirt Wiped Off.
Marsus was ambassador from the Emperor and King of Spain, Charles V., to the Swiss, and gives a curious picture of their manners at this period. Helvetia Profana et Sacra. 1642. 4to. This work by Scotti, which is written in English, depicts the manners of the Swiss a century after Marsus. Travels through the Rhætian Alps. By Beaumont, 1782, fol.
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