OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, INTRODUCTORY TO USEFUL BOOKS IN THE PRINCIPAL BRANCHES ΟΡ LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. WITH LISTS OF THE MOST APPROVED AUTHORS; INCLUDING THE BEST EDITIONS OF THE CLASSICS. DESIGNED CHIEFLY FOR THE JUNIOR STUDENTS IN THE UNIVERSITIES, AND THE HIGHER CLASSES IN SCHOOLS. BY HENRY KETT, B. D. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. THE EIGHTH EDITION, WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. London: PRINTED FOR MESSRS. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD; By Law and Gilbert, St. John's-Square, Clerkenwell. 1815. TO THE MOST NOBLE WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH, DUKE OF PORTLAND, LORD PRESIDENT OF HIS MAJESTY's COUNCIL, CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD; THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ELDON, LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND, HIGH STEWARD OF THE UNIVERSITY; THE REVEREND MICHAEL MARLOW, D. D. PRESIDENT OF ST. JOHN's COLLEGE, AND VICE-CHANCELLOR; AND TO THE OTHER RIGHT REVEREND AND REVEREND THE HEADS AND GOVERNORS OF COLLEGES AND HALLS IN OXFORD, THE FOLLOWING WORK IS, WITH THEIR PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THEIR OBEDIENT SERVANT, HENRY KETT. MAY 12, 1802. |