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M. R.-Micrologia. Characters | or Essayes: of Persones, Trades, and Places, offered to the City and Country. By R. M. Lond. 1629, 8vo.

Pp. 56, not numbered. Nassau, pt. i. 2248, russia, 17. 11s. Heber, pt. vi. 10s. 6d. Bliss, 19s.

M. R.-Voyage to Buenos
Ayres, 1716.
See BUENOS AYRES,
p. 306.

M. R. See MANERICK, Ra.;
MANLEY, Roger; MOSSOM, R.
D.D.; MURRAY, Sir R.

M. T.-The Ant and the Nightingale, or Father Hubbard's [i. e. Oliver Hubbard] Tales. Lond. 1604, 8vo.

A satirical work, a mixture of prose and rhyme, some of which, says Mr. Todd, is extremely beautiful. A copy is in the Duke of Sutherland's collection, another

was sold among the Bridgewater duplicates for 5l. Included by Mr. Dyce in his edition of Middleton (vol. v.) See HUBBARD, Oliver, p. 1132.

M. T.-The Blacke Lond. 1604, 4to.

Booke.

Black letter. Pp. 44. Steevens, 770,

M. S.-See MARMION, Shaker-11. 8s. Roxburghe, 6671, 37. 13s. 6d. Reed,

ley.

M. T.-Micro-cynicon : Sixe snarling Satyres. Insatiat. Prodigall. Insolent. Cheating. Iug`ling. Wise. Lond. by Thomas

Creede, 1599, 18mo.

Bindley, pt. ii. 1800, 247. resold Perry, pt. ii. 695, 197. Again, Heber, pt. iv. 72. 2s. 6d. No other known.

Formerly attributed to Marston (see Bibliotheca Heberiana), but now inserted in the Works (vol. v.) of Thomas Middleton by Mr. Dyce.

M. T.-The Silkwormes and their Flies lively described in Verse, by T. M. a Countrie Farmer, and an Apprentice in Physicke, for the great Benefit and Enriching of England. Lond. by V (alentine) S(imms) for Nicholas Ling, 1599, 4to. woodcut on Title.

Pp. 75. A didactic Poem, addressed to 'Marie, Countesse of Pembroke,' followed

1779, 47. 14s. 6d.

Bindley, pt. i. 897, 61. 8s. 6d. resold Bright, 61. 2s. 6d. Bibl. Anglo-Poet. 35, 251. Saunders' in 1818, 7. 17s. 6d. Inserted by Mr. Dyce as a

Work of Thomas Middleton's in Vol. V.

of his edition.

M. T.-A Discourse of Trade Lond. 1621, 4to. 4s. from England to the East Indies. (? by Tho. Mun.)

M. T.-A Cloud of Witnesses or the Sufferers Mirror, made up of the Swan-like Songs and other choice passages of several Martyrs and Confessors. posed, with Appendix, 1665, 12mo. Alphabetically dis4 vols. in 3.

Bliss, 6s. Constable, 155, 17. 2s.

M. T.-See MANLEY, Thomas. MAY, Thomas. MERITON, Thomas. MIDDLETON, Thomas.

by a table of contents. In some cata-Sir
logues the author is stated to be Thomas
Mouffat. Inglis, 1390, 27. 3s. Nassau, pt.
i. 2575, 21. 14s. Boswell, 2591, 47. 78. Perry,
pt. ii. 1177, 4l. 14s. 6d. Bibl. Anglo-Poet.
667, 151. 15s. resold, Saunders in 1818, 31.
10s. Skegg, 17s. Heber, pt. iv. 1399, 27. 2s.
Gardner in 1854, mor. 21.5s. See MUFFET,

Thomas.

M. Sir T. See MAINWARING,
Thomas.

M. W.-A Remembrance of the Worthie Show and Shooting by the Duke of Shoreditch and his associates, the worshipful citizens of London, upon Tuesday, 17 Sep. 1583. Lond. 1583.

Reprinted in Roberts' English Bowman. Lond. 1801, 8vo

M. T.-The Copie of a Letter written from Master T. M. neere Salisbury, to Master H. A. at M. W.-The Huntingdon DiLondon, concerning the Proceed-vertisement, an Enterlude, for an ing at Winchester. Lond. 1603. entertainment at Merchant Taylors' 4to. Hall, June 20, 1678. Lond. 1678,

Reprinted in the first number of Mor- 4to. gan's Phoenix Britannicus.

Roxburghe, 4176, 19s.

M. W.-The Man in the Moone, telling strange Fortunes, or the English Fortune-Teller. Lond. 1609, 4to.

Twenty-seven leaves. In this trifle, the dedication of which is subscribed W.

M., three orators and thirteen characters are introduced. Bright, last leaf inlaid, 27. 2s. Inserted in Mr. Halliwell's privately printed volume 'Old Books of Characters,' 4to. 1857; and reprinted for the Percy Society. See No. 84, list in Appendix.

See DRAYTON, M. MOONE.

M. W.-The Female Wits; or, the Triumvirate of Poets at Rehearsal; a Comedy. Lond. 1697, 4to.

Roxburghe, 5353, date 1704, 48. MABLY, Gab. Bonnot, Abbé de. Observations on the Romans. Lond. 1751, 8vo. 3s.-Lond. 1776, 12mo. A fit companion to Montesquieu's trea

ginal Papers touching that formid able Design. Lond. 1767, 4to. 2 vols.

This work contains some curious particulars relative to the young Pretender, and the banishment of the Jesuits from

the French dominions. Bindley, pt. iii. 300, 5s.

MACARIA.-A Description of the famous Kingdom of Macaria. Lond. 1641, 4to.

Pp. 15. This little treatise, composed in the form of a novel, was designed to the properest means to reconcile the breach intimate a new model of government as which was then beginning between King Charles and his Parliament. It is re

printed in the first volume of the Harleian Miscellany.

MACARIUS, St. Institutes of Christian Perfection, translated by Granville Penn. Lond. 1816, 12mo.

tise on the Grandeur and Declension of 5s. the Romans.

Observations on the History of Greece; or, the Causes of the Prosperity and Misfortunes of the Greeks. Geneva, 1766, 12mo.

Observations on the Manners, Government, and Policy of the Greeks; translated, with notes and illustrations, by Mr. Chamberlaud. Oxf. 1784, 8vo.

The Principles of Negociation; or, an Introduction to the Public Law of Europe founded on Treaties, &c. Lond. 1757,8vo. Observations on the Government and Laws of the United States of America;

translated from the French, with a preface by the Translator. Lond. 1784, 8vo.Dublin, 1785, 8vo.

A good translation.

Primitive Morality; or, the_spiritual Homilies of St. Macarius the Egyptian, done out of Greek into English, with several considerable Emendations and some Enlargements from a Bodleian MS. never before printed. Lond. 1721, 8vo. 6s.Bristol, 1749, in vol. i. of Mr. Wesley's Christian Library.

The Travels of Macarius, Patriarch of Antioch; written by his attendant Archdeacon, Paul of Aleppo, in Arabic. Translated by F. C. Belfour. See Oriental Translation Fund Publications, in Ap

Phocion's Conversations; or, the Relation between Morality and Politics, ori-pendix. ginally translated by Abbé Mably, from a Greek manuscript of Nicocles. With Notes by William Macbean, A.M. Lond. 1768, 1770, Svo. 5s.

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MACARONIC Poetry. Specimens of (edited by W. Sandys). Lond. Beckley, 1831, post 8vo. 6s.

Epistola Macaronica ad Fratrem. A Macaronic Epistle, &c. with an English

version for the use of Country Gentlemen.

Lond. Johnson, 1790, 4to.

Carminum Rariorum Macaronicorum delectus, in usum ludorum Apollinarium. Edinb. 1801, 8vo.

1813, 8vo. James Boswell, 493, 17.

Editio altera, emendata et aucta. Edinb.

MACARONEANA, ou Melanges de Littera

ture Macaronique des differents peuples de l'Europe, par M. Octave Delepierre. Brighton, 1852, 8vo.

Contains a valuable Bibliography of the subject.

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An esteemed work. The first edition appeared in 1792, 8vo. 1 vol. See OSSIAN. MACARTNEY, George, Earl of. Embassy to China. See ANDERSON, Eneas. BARROW, John. HOLMES, Samuel. IRELAND, in 1778, p. 1167. STAUNTON, Sir G. L. Bart. MACASSAR.

other curious and interesting Particulars. Lond. 1764, 8vo.

Of this work Dr. Johnson observed, that foppery about liberty and slavery. Reed, 'it was very well written, except some 5039, 7s. 6d. Drury, 2511, 7s. 6d. Sir P. Thompson, 467, 9s. 6d. Dent, pt. i. 1367, 13s. Willett, 1561, 14s. Fonthill, 2576, 19s. Heath, 4731, 17. 4s.

man's Companion; or, the true Art M'BANE, Donald. Expert Swordof Self-defence, with an Account of the Author's Life, and his Transactions during the Wars in France: to which is added, the Art of Gunnery. Glasgow, 1728, 12mo. 10s. 6d.

A curious treatise, with cuts. Dictionary of the Bible, historical MACBEAN, Alexander, M.A. A and geographical; theological, moral, and ritual; philosophical and scription of the Kingdom of Macas-philological. Lond. 1779, 8vo. 9s. sar, in the East Indies. Lond. 1701, 8vo.

An historical De

Fonthill, 2912, 5s.

MACAULAY, Catherine. The History of England from James I. to the Revolution. Lond. 1763-83. 8 vols. History of England, from the Revolution to the present time, in a Series of Letters. Bath, 1778, vol. i. (all printed). Together, 9 vols. 4to.

Willett, 1474, 57. 18s. Hibbert, 5151, russia, 47. 16s. The other writings of Mrs. Catherine Macaulay are now in little estimation. A list of them will be found in Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica.

Rev. Aulay, M.A., F.R.S. The History and Antiquities of Claybrook, in the County of Leicester: including the Hamlets of Bittesby, Ullesthorpe, Wibtoft, and Little Wigston. Lond. 1791, 8vo.

Pp. viii. and 136, with additions and list of books, 4 pages, and a view of Claybrook church as a tailpiece to p. 136.

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The History of St. Kilda; containing a Description of this remarkable Island; the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; the religious and pagan Antiquities found there; with many

A useful book, but now somewhat superseded by the work of the Rev. Dr. John Robinson.

A Dictionary of ancient Geography. Lond. 1773, 8vo. 4s. The preface to this work was written by Dr. Sam. Johnson. Roxburghe, 7107, 8s. 6d,

The Secret History of Mack-beth MACBETH, King of Scotland. King of Scotland, taken from a very ancient manuscript. Lond. 1708, 8vo.

A romance translated from the French. MACCABEES.-The Third Book of the Maccabees. Lond. by John Tysdale, 1563, 16mo.

A copy is in the Bodleian. A brief and compendiouse Table, in a Waye to the principall Histories of the Maner of a Concordaunce, opening the whole Bible, &c. (to which is added) The Third Boke of Machabees, a Booke of the |Bible also prynted unto this Boke which was never before translated or prynted in any Englyshe Bible. Lond. for Gwalter Lynne, dwellynge on Somers Keye, by Byllinges Gate, 1550, 16mo. FIRST EDITION of the third Book of Maccabees. A copy is in the British Museum, where also is a copy of an edition printed separately by J. Daye in 12mo. dated 1550, which impression was passing through the press about the same period as Lynne's edition. It was again printed by Daye in Beckes' edition of the Bible, 1551, folio, (see pp. 179, 180).. It is to be

found in Whiston's Authentic Records of the Old and New Testament, 8vo. 1727, and in the edition of the Bible published by Bishop Wilson at Bath, 1785.

The five Books of Maccabees in English, with Notes and Illustrations. By the Rev. H. Cotton. Oxford, 1832, 8vo.

MACCARTHY, (Captain). Recollections of the Storming of Badajoz and the Battle of Corunna. Lond. n. d. 8vo.

M'CLELAND, T. Reports of Cases in Exchequer, at Law and in Equity, from Hilary to Michaelmas Term, 1824. Lond. 1825, royal 8vo. published at 17. 12s.

Reports of Cases in Exchequer in Hilary, Easter, and "Trinity Terms, 1825. By T. M'Cleland aud E. Younge. Lond. 1827, royal 8vo. pub. 17. 98. 6d.

M'CORMICK, Charles, LL.B. Memoirs of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke. Lond. 1797, 4to. portrait.

Pp. 383, with an advertisement. A disgraceful piece of party virulence. Bindley, pt. iii. 318, 5s. 6d. Fonthill, 1875, 1l. 5s. M'CREERY, John, Printer. The Press; a Poem, in two parts. Part i. Liverpool, 1803. Part ii. Lond. 1827, royal 4to.

An elegant volume, with wood engravings, published as a specimen of Typography. Second edition, both parts. Lond. 1829, crown 8vo. without cuts, 78.

M'CRÍE, Thomas, D.D. Works. Edited by his son. Edinb. 1855-7,

4 vols. small 8vo. 17. 4s.

The historical works of this divine are much valued.

The Life of John Knox, containing Illustrations of the History of the Reformation in Scotland, with biographical Notices of the principal Reformers, and Sketches of the Progress of Literature in Scotland during the 16th Century. To which is subjoined, an Appendix, consisting of Letters and other Papers, never before published. Edinb. 1812, 8vo. 2 vols. An important addition to the Ecclesiastical History of Scotland. LARGE paper. Heber, pt. v. 17. 1s.-1814, 8vo. 2 vols.-1818, 8vo. 2 vols.-Edinb. 1831, 8vo. 2 vols, Edinb. 1840, 8vo. in 1 vol.-New edition, with notes and a Memoir by Andrew Crichton. Lond, Bohn, 1854, fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

The Life of Andrew Melville, containing Illustrations of the ecclesiastical and literary History of Scotland, during the

latter part of the 16th and beginning of the 17th Centuries. Edinb. 1819, 8vo. 2 vols.-Second edition, Edinb. 1847, 8vo. 2

vols. in 1.

Memoirs of Mr. William Veitch and George Brysson, written by themselves, with other Narratives illustrative of the History of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution. Edinb. 1825, 8vo. 12s.

History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy, in the sixteenth Century; including a Sketch of the History of the Reformation in the Grisons. Edinb. 1827, 8vo.

6d. A learned and able work.

Second edition, enlarged, 1833, 8vo. 10s.

History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Spain in the 16th Century. Edinb. 1829, 8vo. Pp. viii and 424, 12s.

son.

Miscellaneous Writings, edited by his Edinb. 1841, 8vo. 10s. 6d. Sermons. Edinb. 1836, 8vo. Life. By his son. Edinb. 1840, 8vo. 9s. MACCULLOCH, John, M. D. A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, including the Isle of Man. Lond. 1819, 8vo. 2 vols. with plates chiefly geological in 4to. 31. 3s.

A Mineralogical and Geological work of great merit, valuable and instructive also in the subjects of the agriculture, scenery, antiquities, and economy of these islands.

The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland, containing Descriptions of the Scenery and Antiquities, &c. &c. &c. Lond. 1824, 8vo. 4 vols. 27. 12s. 6d.

A Geological classification of Rocks, with descriptive Synopses of the Species

and Varieties, comprising the Elements

of practical Geology. Lond. 1821, 8vo.

System of Geology and Theory of the Earth. Edinb. 1831, 8vo. 2 vols. 10s. 6d.

Remarks on the Art of making Wine; with Suggestions for the Application of its Principles to the Improvement of domestic Wines. Lond. 1817, 12mo. 5s. The best treatise on the subject.

Proofs and illustrations of the Attributes of God from the Facts and Laws of the Physical Universe. Lond. 1837, 8vo. 3 vols. 21. 2s.

A Critical Examination of Dr. Macculloch's Work on the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland, (by James Brown, LL.D, Author of the Highlands, &c. Glasg. 1837). Edinb. 1825, 8vo. A violent attack.

M'CULLOCH, J. R. A Discourse on the Rise and Progress and peculiar Objects of Political Economy;

containing an Outline of a Course of Lectures on that Science. Edinb, 1824. 8vo. Second edition, 1825.

58.

An esteemed work.

Treatise on the Principles, Practice, and History of Commerce. Lond. (Library of Useful Knowledge), 1831, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Dictionary of Commerce and Commercial Navigation. Lond. 1832, thick 8vo.Second edition, 1844.-Third edition, with

Supplement. Lond. 1844, 27. 10s.-New editions, with Supplements, 1854, 1856, 1859, 21. 10s.

Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of the World. Lond. 1842, 2 vols. 8vo. 41.-Second edition, Lond. 1846, 31. 3s. 1849-50, 31. 3s. Supplement to the same, 1850, 2s. 6d-Third edition, with Supplement. Lond. 1854, 37. 3s.

Principles of Political Economy, with some enquiries respecting their application, and a sketch of the rise and progress of the science. Edinb. 1825.-Third edition, enlarged, Lond. 1843.-Fourth edition, Lond. 1849, 15s.

Literature of Political Economy, a Classified Catalogue of Books on the science. Lond. 1845, 8vo. 14s.

A Treatise on the Succession to Property vacant by death; including inquiries into the influence of primogeniture, entails, &c., over the public interest. Lond. 1848, 8vo. 6s. 6d.

A Statistical Account of the British Empire, exhibiting its extent, physical capacities, population, industry, and civil and religious institutions. Lond. 1837, 8vo. 2 vols.-Second edition, Lond. 1839, 8vo. 2 vols.-Third edition, stereotyped, Lond. 1846, 8vo. 2 vols.-Fourth edition, with Appendix. Lond. 1854, 8vo. 2 vols. 21. 2s. Reduced, 17. 18.

Treatises and Essays on Subjects connected with Political Policy, with Biographical Notices of Quesnay, A. Smith, and Ricardo. Edinb. 1853, 8vo.

On the Rate of Wages, second edition, 1854, 8vo.

Considerations on Partnerships with Limited Liability. Lond. 1856, 8vo.

On Metallic and Paper Currency. Edinb. 1858, 4to. (from the Ency. Brit.) Treatises on Economical Policy. Edinb. 1853, 8vo, 14s.

Treatise on the principles aud practical influence of Taxation and the Funding System. Lond. 1845, 16s.-Second edition, Lond. 1852, 8vo. 10s.

Some Illustrations of Mr. M'Culloch's Principles of Political Economy. By Mordecai Mullion, private Secretary to Christopher North. Edinb. 1826, 8vo. 2s.

See RICARDO, David, SMITH, Adam.

MACCULLOCH, Robert, D.D. Lectures on the Prophecies of Isaiah. Lond. 1791-1805, 8vo. 4 vols.

In the composition of these lectures the author, who was a minister of the church of Scotland, has made great use of Vitringa's elaborate commentary on Isaiah.

Sermons on Interesting Subjects, 1803, 12mo. 2 vols.

M'CUIRTIN, H. English-Irish Dictionary, with an Irish Grammar. Paris, 1732, 4to. 27. 12s. 6d.

Dent, with O'Brien's Irish-English, 2 vols. pt. ii. 707, 47. 16s.

For the Irish-English Dictionary which forms the usual companion to the above, see O'BRIEN.

A brief Discourse in Vindication of the Antiquity of Ireland: collected out of many authentick Irish Histories and Chronicles, and out of Foreign learned Authors. In two Parts. I. Containing a brief Account of the Travels and Adventures of the Gadelians from Feniusafarsa's Time to the Coming of the Milesians into Ireland, and continued to the Year of Salvation 431. II. Some memorable Actions and Accidents to the Year 1171. Dublin, 1717, 4to. 12s. Pp. 314, besides title, dedication to the Right Hon. William O'Brien, Earl of Inchiquin, preface and catalogue of subscribers, 9 leaves.

The Elements of the Irish Language grammatically explained in English in four Chapters. Lovain, 1728, 8vo. Dent, pt. i. 1368, russia, 17. 5s.

M'DERMOT, (M). An Impartial History of Ireland, from the earliest accounts to the present time. Lond. n. d. (circa 1810) 8vo. 4 vols. with portraits.

Lives of Lond. 1807,

MACDIARMID, John.
British Statesmen.
4to. portraits.

An extremely valuable work, comprehending the lives of Sir Thomas More, Cecil, Burleigh, Strafford, and Clarendon, four portraits. Hibbert, 5156, 17. 9s.1820, 8vo. 2 vols. with four portraits. Duke of York, 3230, 18s.-Lond, 1838, 8vo. portrait, in one vol. 7s. 6d.

An Enquiry into the System of National Defence in Great Britain. Lond. 1805, 8vo. 2 vols. 7s.

An Enquiry into the Principles of civil and military Subordination. Lond. 1806, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Scrap Book. Lond. 1823-4, post 8vo. 2 vols. 13s.

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