superior Spanish fleet, near Cape St. Vincent.

1798 Admiral Nelson defeated the French fleet, near the mouth of the Nile.

1800 Bonaparte attempted to be destroyed by an explosion of combustibles, Dec. 24th.'

1802 Peace proclaimed in London.

1803 Skeleton of a large animal, supposed to be of the mammoth kind, discovered by the fal

ling of Malton clift, near Harwich. One of the teeth, it is said weighed 12lb.

1804 Duke d' Enghien shot at Paris, by the inhumane usurper, Bonaparte, without any just accusation, or being permitted a trial. 1805 The combined fleets of France and Spain, defeated by Lord Nelson, off Trafalgar, and 20 ships of the line taken and destroyed. 1806 Dissolution of the German Empire by Bonaparte. A live Toad, found in a block of stone at Newark, April 15th.

1807 The peace of Tilsit, between Russia, Prussia, and France. John Ramsay, at Collercoats, near Shield, died aged 115. A globe of fire passed over the island of Funen, in Denmark, in open day. A poor woman of Belfast, died, aged 123 years.

1808 Martha Hannah, Cullybacky, Ireland, died aged 126, A cream-coloured partridge,

shot at Rufford, in Lancashire, Feb. 1st. 1809 Peace of Vienna, between Austria and France.

1811 A great comet appeared, and continued above our horizon for many weeks.

can ensue.

Should any one be inclined to put Chronology into verse, I advise them to let the word or words for the date, follow the name, then no ambiguity In the example before you the names are,-Dean Swift, Sir Richard Steel, Dr. Johnson, and Sir Isaac Newton. The words in Italics are the date of the year, in which each of these Gentlemen died.

Let Swift's capsail repose,
For Steel's coopdove is fled;

1745

1729

D. Johnson's cup arose,

1784

While Newton's cap dupe sped.

1727

MEN OF LEARNING AND GENIUS

The dates imply the year of the writer's death; but if that period is not known, the age in which they flourished is denoted by fl.

Bef. Chr.

907 Homer, the first prophane writer, and Greek poet lived. Hesiod, the Greek poet, supposed to have lived near the time of Homer: Ho Hes Gree, tax pea.

885 Lycurgus, the Spartan Law-giver. Spar, rural.

Lycur

600 Sappho, the Greek lyric poetess fl. Sap aim-ing. 558 Solon, Law-giver of Athens. So Law, Ath

willer.

556 Æsop, the Greek fabulist. Æso Greek, allum.

I shall again take my leave of the Pupil, leaving him to associate what he may fancy.

548 Thales, the first Greek astronomer and geographer.

497 Pythagoras, founder of the Pythagorean philosophy in Greece-Rowe.

474 Anacreon, the Greek lyric poet-Fawkes, Addison.

456 Eschylus, the first Greek tragic poet-Potter. 435 Pindar, the Greek lyric poet-West.

413 Herodotus, of Greece, the first writer of

phane history-Littlebury.

pro

407 Aristophanes, the Greek comic poet, fl.White.

Euripides, the Greek tragic poet-Woodhull. 406 Sophocles, ditto-Franklin, Potter.

Confusius, the Chinese philosopher, fl.

400 Socrates, the founder of moral philosophy, in Greece.

391 Thucydides, the Greek historian-Smith, Hobbes.

361 Hypocrates, the Greek physician-Clifton. Democritus, the Greek philosopher.

359 Xenophon, the Greek philosopher and historian-Smith, Spelman, Ashly, Fielding. 348 Plato, the Greek philosopher, and disciple of Socrates-Sydenham.

336 Isocrates, the Greek orator-Dimsdale. 332 Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, and disciple of Plato-Hobbes.

313 Demosthenes, the Athenian orator, poisoned himself Leland, Francis.

288 Theophrastus, the Greek philosopher, and disciple of Aristotle-Budgel.

285 Theocritus, the first Greek pastoral poet, f. -Fawkes.

277 Euclid, of Alexandria, in Egypt, the mathematician, f.-R. Simson.

270 Epicurus, founder of the Epicurean philosophy in Greece-Digby.

264 Xeno, founder of the Stoic philosophy in do. 214 Callimachus, the Greek elegiac poet. 208 Archimedes, the Greek geometrician.

184 Plautus, the Roman comic poet-Thornton. 159 Terence, of Carthage, the Latin comic poet -Colman.

155 Diogenes, of Babylon, the Stoic philosopher. 124 Polybius, of Greece, the Greek and Roman historian Hampton.

54. Lucretius, the Roman poet-Creech.

44 Julius Cæsar, the Roman historian, and commentator, killed-Duncan.

Diodorus Siculus, of Greece, the universal historian, fl.-Booth.

Vitruvius, the Roman architect, fl.

43 Cicero, the Roman orator and philosopher, put to death-Guthrie, Melmoth.

Cornelius Nepos, the Roman biographer, fl.—
Rowe.

34 Sallust, the Roman historian-Gordon, Rowe. 30 Dionysius, of Halicarnassus, the Roman historian-Spelman.

19 Virgil, the Roman epict-Dryden, Pitt, Warton.

11 Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius, Roman poets-Grainger, Dart.

8 Horace, the Roman lyric and satiric poetFrancis.

After Chr.

17 Livy, the Roman historian-Ray.

19 Ovid, the Roman elegiac poet-Garth. 20 Celsus, the Roman philosopher and physician, Al.-Grieve.

25 Strabo, the Greek geographer.

33 Phædrus, the Roman fabulist-Smart.

45 Paterculus, the Roman historian-Newcombe.. 62 Perseus-the Roman satiric poet-Brewster. 64 Quintius Curtius, a Roman, historian of Alexander the Great, fl.-Digby.

Seneca, of Spain, the philosopher and tragic poet, put to death-L'Estrange.

65 Lucan, the Roman epic and tragic poet-Rowe. 79 Pliny the elder, the Roman natural historian -Holland.

93 Josephus, the Jewish historian-Whiston. 94 Epictetus, the Greek Stoic philosopher, fl.Mrs. Carter.

95 Quinctilian, the Roman orator and advocateGuthrie.

96 Statius, the Roman epic poet-Lewis.

Lucius Florus, of Spain, the Roman historian fl.

99 Tacitus, the Roman historian-Gordon. 104 Martial, of Spain, the epigrammatic poet – Hay.

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Valerius Flaccus, the Roman epic poet. 116 Pliny the younger, historical letters-Melmoth, Orrery.

117 Suetonius, the Roman historian-Huges. 119 Plutarch, of Greece, the biographer-Dryden,' Langhorne.

128 Juvenal, the Roman satiric poet-Dryden. 148 Ptolemy, the Egyptian geographer, mathematician, and astronomer, fl.

150 Justin, the Roman historian, fl.-Turnbul. 161 Arrian, the Roman historian and philosopher, fl.-Rooke.

167 Justin, of Samaria, the oldest Christian author after the apostles.