posed. But whatever has been confirmed by the concurrent testimony of enlightened writers, has been faithfully digested from their works. Whether on the subjects in which nature, in the different departments of her empire, and in the bestowal of her sublime gifts and attributes, displays herself in her most magnificent attire; or on those in which art has overstepped the ordinary bounds assigned to the faculties of man; the best authorities have been throughout consulted. The editor, therefore, flatters himself that, in compiling and assembling so many objects of wonder and delight, he has conferred a real benefit on the rising generation, and that his labours will not be disdained by those even, whose researches into THE SUB