ON THE

STUDY AND USE

OF

Ancient and Modern

HISTORY:

CONTAINING

OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS

ON THE

CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE EVENTS WHICH
HAVE PRODUCED CONSPICUOUS CHANGES IN THE

ASPECT OF THE WORLD,

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London Reviewers.

“MR. BIGLAND displays in this volume a well cultivated and comprehensive mind. His stile is generally correct; his information is extensive; and the many pertinent remarks and inferences with which he has enriched this summary of general history, meet our cordial approbation."

Monthly Review, June, 1804.

"We are well pleased with this publication, which, founded on the authority of the most celebrated historians, exhibits a very useful manual for the younger student. It is written with great