r* * tw?4ffy ' £ Of the ■fivrasm iuj.-W3 LIST OF BOOKS RECOMMENDED AND REFERRED TO IV THE ilcrttur? on ittotrrw |i>iGton> BY PROFESSOR SMYTH, M. A. St. PETER’S COLLEGE. Camfcritrgr: Printed by J. Hodson, Trinity Street: FOR J. DEIGHTON AND SONS. 1823 . ? 0 ? SwH LIST OF BOOKS, S)-c. The shortest Course of Historical Reading*, that can be proposed, seems to be the following : (1.) Three first chapters of Gibbon; and the 9th for the Romans and Barbarians, &c. ; the chapters about Mahomet and his followers. Butler on the German Constitution, the subjects there mentioned to be followed up in Gibbon. (2.) Henault’s, or Millot’s Abridgment of the History of France; or, the History of France, lately published by D’Anquetil, (not the Universal History,) in 14 small 8vo. volumes; with the Observations sur l’Histoire de France, by the Abbe de Mably, a book quite invaluable. Voltaire’s Louis XIV. &c. &c. and Charles XII. with the Memoirs of Duclos. (1.) To these may be added, (to make a Second Course;) Koch on the Middle Ages ; an excellent book : and Butler's Horae Juridicae, for different codes of law, &c. (2.) To these may be added ; Wraxall’s Memoirs of the House of Valois, and Wraxall’s History of Fi ance. 4 (3.) Robertson’s Historical Works,, with most of Coxe’s House of Austria, and Watson’s Philip II. (4.) Hume and Millar — Parts of Burke’s European Settlements — Belsham and Adol- phus (neither without the other) — Historical parts of Annual Register. (5.) Russel’s Modern Europe may supply the rest ; and the volumes of the Modern Universal History may be (3.) To these may be added ; Harte’s Gustavus Adolphus — parts of Roscoe’s Lorenzo de Medici, and more particularly, parts of his Leo X. ; with Planta’s Helvetic Confederacy. (4.) To these may be added; Much of Rapin, particularly from the death of Richard III. >arts of ^ Clarendon, and ( Burnet’s History of His own Times — Cobbelt’s Parliamentary History, to be read in a general manner with Hume. Macpherson’s and Dalrymple’s Original Papers, with Fox’s History of James II. and the Appendix. (5.) To these may be added ; La Cretelle’s Histoire de France pendant Ie XVIII. Siecle, afterwards his Precis Historique de la Revolution Fran§aise. To all these may again be added, (to make a Third Course ;) Parts of Pfelfel, a book of great authority — and of And also of Harris’s Lives of the Stuarts, &e. &c. will be found full of infor- mation, and Somerville’s History of William and Aune should be read, with Coxe’s Sir R. Walpole. i Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates https://archive.org/details/listofbooksrecomOOsmyt ‘ ' ' . referred to, for accounts of every state and kingdom ; the best authors are mentioned in their margins. Priestley's Lectures should be looked at for the Nature of Historical Authorities, &c. &c. For Chronology there is a great French work, L'Art de verifier les Dates. Dufresnoy may be met with easily. This appears to be the shortest course of Historical Reading that can be proposed. But Adam Smith should also be studied, and the work of Mr. Malthus, with the best works in morals and metaphysics. Of Statesmen and Legislators, History and Poli- tical Economy are the professional studies, and are never to cease. The Books referred to in the Lectures, down to the end of the American war, were the following : Caesar — Tacitus (de Mor. Ger.), for Romans and Barbarians ; with the three first chapters of Gibbon, and the 9th. — Lindenbrogius, for Barbarian Codes; Salique Code to be read. — Baluze, for Capitularies — Butler on the German Constitution — Do. Horae Juri- dicae — Rankin's History of France, to be looked at — Gregory of Tours in Duchesne — Henault's Abridg- ment of the History of France Millot's Do. D'Anquetil's History of France — Abbe de Mably's Observations, &c. — Pfeffel, for German History — Stuart’s View of Society — Koch on the Middle Ages, of which the last edition in 1807 is the best. 6 In the Middle Ages the leading points are: 1st. Clovis, (see Gibbon.) 2d. Pepin, (see Mon- tesquieu.) 3d. Charlemagne (Latin Life of, by Eginhart — short.) 4th. Elective nature of the crown in Germany, and hereditary in France. (PfefFel and Mably.) 5th. Temporal Power of the Popes. (Butler — Koch — Gibbon, 49th chap.) 6th. Feudal System. Montesquieu, (but more particularly Mably, Robertson, Millar, and Stuart’s View of Society.) 7th. Chivalry. St. Palaye ; (his work to be found in the 20 vol of Memoires de l’Academie.) 8th. Popes and Emperors. (Gibbon, Koch, Giannone, 5th chap. 19th book.) 9th. Hanseatic League, &c. (PfefFel.) And, 10th. the Crusades. (Gibbon.) M A H O M E T. Sale’s Koran — Preface of, and Preliminary Disser- tation, with a few chapters of the Koran itself. Prideaux’s Life of Mahomet is not long, but seems not very good. The Modern Universal History may be looked at — 50th chap. &c. of Gibbon — White’s Bampton Lectures — Ockley’s History of the Saracens, to be looked at. FRENCH HISTORY. Henault and Millot, and D’Anquetil's History to be read, and important subjects to be further » ■ considered in the great historians Velly Pere Daniel — but Velly recommended, a work of great detail and value, continued by Villaret, and after- wards by Gamier, but not yet half finished. Robertson’s Charles V., Introduction of — Smith’s Wealth of Nations ; the chapters in the 3d book, on progress of Towns, &c. will give the Student an idea of the progress of society in the middle ages. ENGLISH HISTORY. Tacitus Agricola — Suetonius — Wilkins on Saxon Laws — Hume’s Appendix — Millar on the English Constitution Nicholson’s Historical Library Priestley’s Lectures on History — Delolme and Black- stone — Blackstone on the Charters to be read — Sul- livan’s Law Lectures, close of, for his Observations on Magna Charta — Monkish Historians by Twysden, Camden — Gale, &c. — Lingard. SPANISH HISTORY. For the Moors &c. in Spain, see Gibbon, chap- ters in 5th vol. 4to. 51. 52. and a late Work by Murphy — Mariana, the great historian, of whom there is a character in Gibbon, and a translation by Stevens; but the 16th and 17th vols. of the Modern History may be looked at, along with Mr. Gibbon’s Outlines in the second volume of his Memoirs Robertson’s Introduction to Charles V. — then his Charles V, and Watson’s Philip II. — 8 Pfeffel from Rhodolph to Charles V. may be looked at, and Coxe's House of Austria, with Planta's His- tory, for the rise of the House of Austria, the Swiss Cantons and Helvetic Confederacy, and for Italy and the Popes, 69th and 70th chapters of Gibbon will be sufficient. FRENCH HISTORY TO LOUIS XII. Abbe de Mably Robertson's Introduction to Charles V. and three Notes, 38, 39, 40 — Parts of Philip de Commines, for Burgundy and Life of Louis XI. — Notices taken by Hume of the French History. ENGLISH HISTORY TO HENRY VIII. \ * Hume's Reign of Edward III. pages 490 and 491, 8vo. edit, compared with Cotton's Abridgment of the Records Cobbett's Parliamentary History Henry's History may be looked at, when Cotton, Brady, Tyrrell, Carte, cannot be consulted — Bacon's Life of Henry VII. Monkish Historians Sir J. Hayward — Lingard. REVIVAL OF LEARNING &c.— REFORMATION. Introduction to the Literary History of the 14th and 15th Centuries, (Cadell, 1798,) worth looking . ' . - . . 9 at, and not long — Mosheim’s State of Learning in the J 3th and 1 4th Centuries Gibbon, chapters 5 3 and 66 — Lorenzo de Medici, parts of — and more particularly of Leo X. by Roscoe — Read the ac- counts of the Reformation, 1st. in Robertson's Charles V. 2d. History of Charles V. in Coxe's House of Austria. 3d. In the two chapters of Roscoe’s Leo X. 4th. In the 54th chapter of Gib- bon. Read the Introduction and first four chapters of Moshiem, in vol. 4. of our English edition. Second part of Moshiem's History of Lutheran and Reformed Churches, and lastly, the first part of Mosheim — more particularly the close of it, for the History of the Romish Church. Villers's Prize Essay on the Reformation, more particularly on the Influence of the Reformation, and the Appendix on the political situation of the states of Europe. Council of Trent (Father Paul) 2d Book, and latter part of the 8th. FOR REFORMATION IN ENGLAND. Henry's History of England — Neale's History of the Puritans — Fox's Martyrs — 3d vol. Moshiem — and Milner's Church History. Hume’s Account of our Reformation should be read — and the same subject in Robertson’s History of Scotland, and first Appendix in Macleane’s edition ickliffe j For Wickliffe see j ]() of Mosheim — Burnet's history of the Reformation should be read — Fox’s Book of Martyrs — 1 should be con- Neal’s History of the Puritans — j suited. In Fox, the account given of Lambert, Cranmer, and Anne Askew, may be sufficient. M'Cries’ History of the Reformation in Scotland should be referred to, and there is a very good account of Luther in Milner’s Church History. Lingard’s History. CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS WARS IN FRANCE. Introduction to Thuanus or De Thou. Then, the civil and ecclesiastical parts of the work that belong to the History of France. The military part may be slightly read. The French translation is recommended. Brantome, parts of — Memoirs of Sully, parts of — Wraxall’s Memoirs of the House of Valois, and his History of France — Abbe de Mably. Edict of Nantz,") For first Introduction and Persecu- lst chap, of J tion of Calvinism in France. Maimbourgh’s History of the League mentioned : but see Wraxall for the League. Esprit de la Ligue, by D’Anquetil, (scarce book,) partly incorporated into his present 8vo. History of 14 vols. There is a new work by La Cretelle, in two volumes, Histoire de France pendant les guerres de Religion. . 11 HENRY IV. OF FRANCE. Perefixe’s Life De Thou — Sully’s Memoirs — Mably and Wraxall recommended — Voltaire’s Hen- riade — Fifth Book of Edict of Nantz, and the Edict, with the secret articles, to be read. RELIGIOUS WARS IN THE LOW COUNTRIES. Grotius — o-l in — ^ 0 r r original Bentivoglio — > S ° L authors. a century after. Brandt’s His- r torv of the Strada — S au 101 S ’ Reformation.^ Watson’s Philip II. (all of it to be read, with the four first books, and other parts of Bentivoglio) — Bentivoglio, Strada — and Grotius to be read for the important period that preceded the coming* of the Duke of Alva. For the Arminian Controversy, 18th and 19th book of Brandt’s History of the Reformation ; for the Synod of Dort — 33d Book. — See also other parts of chaps. 41, 42, 43, and placard in 50th book — Brandt’s work can only be consulted. THIRTY YEARS’ WAR. Harte’s Gustavus Adolphus — Coxe’s House of Austria. — The leading points in this subject seem to be — c 1. Contest between Catholics and Reformers to the peace of Passau. 2. Provisions of that peace. 3. Conduct of the Protestant princes. 4. Do. House of Austria. 5. Elector Palatine. (>. Gustavns Adolphus, &c. 7. Campaigns of Tilly, &c. 8. Continuance of the contest after Gustavus’s death. 9. Peace of Westphalia. Schiller’s Thirty Years’ War may be looked at, but Coxe seems the best author to be read, in every respect. ENGLISH HISTORY. — HENRY VIII. ELIZABETH, JAMES I. CHARLES I. Herbert’s Life of Henry VIII. worth looking’ over — Hurd’s Dialogue (on times of Queen Elizabeth) — Miss Aikin’s Memoirs of Elizabeth and James — -Hume — Millar — Clarendon — Whitelock — Ludlow — Life of Col. Hutchinson — Parliamentary Debates in Cobbett — History of Long Parliament by May — Rushworth’s Collections — Nalson’s Ditto — Harris’s Lives of James I. and Charles I. Cromwell, and Charles II. Burnet and Laing’s History of Scotland — Memoirs of Holies — of Sir P. Warwick and Sir J Berkeley — Rapin always a substitute in the absence of all others. - . . . ■ . . 13 First Interval Second Ditto From Accession of Charles, to the dissolution of his third parlia- ment in 1629. From 1629 to 1640. Third Ditto Fourth Ditto { From 1640 to the King’s Journey l to Scotland in 1641. CFrom that Journey to the Civil ( War. Pry line’s Speech in Cobbett — Walker’s History of Independents to be looked at, and the King’s Letters in Roiston’s edition of his works — Mrs. M'Cauley’s History, very laborious; unfavourable to Charles. C R O M W E L L. Conference at the end of Thurlowe’s State Papers, a book which cannot be read, but may easily be consulted from a very good Index at the end — Lud- low, from the Battle of Naseby, and pages 79, 105., and 135, of 4to. edition, for Cromwell, and ditto Hutchinson, 287, 309, 340; and Whitelocke, 516 and 548 — Sir E. Walker’s Historical Discourses — most of it in Hume — Noble’s Memoirs of the Crom- wells may be looked at — Sir J. Sinclair’s History of the Revenue for Account of the expences of the Long Parliament — Gamble’s Life of Monk — Trial of the Regicides, short, and by all means to be read. 14 CHARLES II. Harris’s Lives (all these lives by Harris, full of information and historical research) — Neale’s His- tory of the Puritans — 4, 5, 6, 7 chapters of the second part, 2d vol. — Walker’s Sufferings of the Clergy — part of Clarendon’s Life — Burnet’s History of his Own Times — Macpherson’s Original Papers, and Dairy m pie's Memoirs, vol. 2. CHARLES II. AND THE EXCLUSIONISTS. Andrew Marvel’s Account of Bribery, &c. given in Cobbett — Ralph’s History (most minutq and com- plete) always to be consulted for Charles 11. and James — Kennett’s Ditto, (mentioned as containing the King’s Declaration or Appeal to the People) — Sir W. Jones’s Reply given in Cobbett. CHARLES II. Memoirs of C. de Grammont — Dryden’s Political Poems — Absalom and Achitophel, &c. — Hud i bras — Grey’s Notes — Sermons and public Papers of the Presbyterians — Laing’s History of Scotland. ( ' , 15 REVOLUTION. Fox’s History Macpherson and Dairy mple James’s attack on the Consti- tution and liberties of the country. 2d Part — Resistance made to him at home. 3d Part. — Ditto from abroad — 8th chap, of Somer- ville’s History. — For William’s enterprize — Burnet’s Memoirs. 2d. Earl of Clarendon’s Diary, from p. 41. Sir J. Reresby’s Memoirs — Conference be- tween the Houses, given in Cobbett — Somerville’s History of William, &c. — Ralph. — D’Oyly’s Life of Sancroft. REIGN OF WILLIAM. Somerville — Bclsham — Tindal — Ralph — Burnet — Cobbett, 5th vol. Macpherson and Dalrymple — 331 p. vol. 9. Statutes, 8vo. edit, for triennial bill — Blackstone, chap. 2, vol. 4. for the liberty of the press — and 8 vol. of Statutes — 13 and 14 Charles 11. chap. 33 — Memoirs of the Duke de St. Simon, and 7th and 8th of Bolin gbroke’s Letters on History, for William’s foreign politics. 16 AMERICA. — EAST & WEST INDIES. \ Robertson — Preface, with 5, 6, ? chapters of the 1st vol. of Clavigero, and much of vol. 2, for Mexico — 2d vol. Churchill’s Voyages, for Life of Columbus, by his son — Italian Collection of Ramusio, for ori- ginal documents respecting America, &c. — Second Letter of Cortez should be read — there is a Latin translation of 2d and 3d letter, very scarce — Bernal Diaz del Castillo should be read ; it is translated by Keating — Robertson’s India — For Portuguese Settle- ment, &c. in E. Indies, see 57th chap, of Russel, and first three sections of 8th vol. Modern Universal History — For Brazils, Harris’s Voyages, last edit, in 1740, is always quoted, differing from first editions entirely For Dutch &c. S3 chap. Modern Uni- versal History, and 1 1th chap. Russel — For English &c. Robertson’s Posthumous Works, and first half of 1st vol. of Marshall’s Life of Washington Raynall — Historical part of — Burke’s European Set- tlements to be read — Hakluyt and Purchas for first attempts of navigation, &c. very curious and in structive. The latter volumes of Purchas contain original documents of the first conquerors, most of Las Casas’ book, Mexican paintings, &c. * , - ■ . ' ■ . ' FRENCH HISTORY FROM HENRY IV. TO END OF LOUIS NIV. Lives of Richelieu and Mazarin, by Aubrey — Do. of Richelieu, by Le Clerc ; but no good biogra- phical account of those ministers — Many Memoirs, with and without names. Amongst the best are those of Madame de Motteville — Montpensier — Cardinal de Retz — De Joly, son secretaire — De la Rochefoucault — De la Fare — De Gourville — De la Fayette : out of these have been formed other works, not long, and always read — Esprit de la Ligue — L’Intrigue du Cabinet — Louis XIV. sa Cour and le Regent, by D’Anquetil, and L’Esprit du Fronde, an established work, not by D’Anquetil, as had been supposed. But for the times of Richelieu and Mazarin see the chapters that relate to them in Russel, with those in the Modern Universal History, which will be suffi- cient, when added to those in Voltaire, 175, 176, of his Esprit des Mceurs, &c. with the Abbe de Mably, but L’Intrigue du Cabinet also may be added — for Louis XIV. the great work is Memoires de Due de St. Simon, published complete since the Revolution. — Louis XIV. sa Cour, and le Regent, should be read, and the Memoires de Duclos, with Voltaire’s Louis XIV. Le Vassor is a work read and quoted in England, and may be consulted where the Hugonots are concerned. — Edict of Nantz — part of 22d and 18 23