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on a variety of obscure analysis of which has seriously attempted. It ceive that the entire cha considerably altered, owi fication of any one of th As a first ste]k in my sought a biographical w able size, that should co of the chief men of ge world is known to hav ultimately selected that Phillips, in -his wellreference, " The Million cause it is compiled wi crimination, and witho regard to the question engaged. It is, moreo ~~ It has been attempt brief, only the ORIGIN founded or originated. general is filled with m with men noted only fo or necessary position i not mean to say that Sir selection is the best tha made, for he was a so writer. It did not, matter whose biograp long as it had been writ mentioned spirit, and termined to abide ste limits, without yieldin tion of supplying obv a way favourable to theory. According to` this I find that 605 notabili the years 1453 and 18 these are no less than" or 1 in 6, according list . onditions, the ver yet been s easy to concter might be g to the modie conditions. vestigation, I rk, of managetaiil 'the lives us whom the produced. I of Sir Thomas own work of of Facts;" beh evident dist the slightest n which I was er, prefaced,d to record, in MINDS, who, Biography in re imitators, or chance of birth, society." I do homas Phillips's could have been ewhat crochety however, much I adopted, so en in the aboveo long as I defastly within its to the temptaous omissions, in any provisional elect biography, ies lived between 3. And among 02 relationships, to the following 159 o ,„ U - t = xoTencc rraaoxa. yl w z - - 1 - 3 J. Adams, Pres. U.S.A.; son Samuel also patriot ; nephew, J. Quineey, president. - - 2 W. Belsham, historian ; brother of T. Belsham, Unitarian minister. - - 3 J.]3ernoni]Ji, father of James and uncle of John, all mathematicians. - 3 Breughel,fatherand two sons, painters. 2 - - 2 Buxtorlf, father and son, Iiebraists. t - 1 2 - 3 aracci, An. and Ag. brothers, Lud cousin, painter. - 1 - 2 - 2 artwright, reformer ; brother, me chanist. ' - 3 3 asini, grandfather, father, and son, all mathematicians. 1 2 - - 2 ooper, Privy Councillor to Cromwell ; grandson, literary. - 2 - 2 De Witt, two brothers, patriots. - 3 3 Elizabeth, queen, daughter of Henry VIII. and granddaughter of Sir T. Bull en. - 2 - 2 Fontana, two brothers, natural phi losophers. - - 2 2 Forster, father and son, naturalists (Cook's voyages), - - 6 ' a Gronovius, sons and grandsons, six in all, learned critics. - - 2 3 Gustavus Adolphus, fatherof Christina and grandson of Gustavus Vasa. . - - 2 2 Herschel, father and son, astronomers. - - 2 - 2 Hunter, two brothers, anatomists. - - 2 Jussieu, uncle and nephew, botanists. - 4 4 Medici, grandfather, father, and son, and Catherine. - 2 2 Orleans, Egalitb, and son Louis Phil lippe. - - 2 - 2 Ostade, two brothers, painters. - 4 - 4 Perrault, four brothers, all writers. - - 2 2 Penn, admiral ; son, Quaker writer. - _ 2 4 Phillibert, Prince of Orange ; cousin William, whose son was Maurice. His grandson was our William III. - - 2 2 Pitt, father and son, statesmen. 2 - - 2 2 Scaliger, classical critic ; son also. - - - 2 2 Sforzas, father and son. - 1 2 - - 2 Shaftesbury, statesman ; grandson, author. - - - 2 Sheridan, father and son. - I - - 2.Stael, Madam, daughter of Necker, financier. - 8 - - 8 Stephens, family of air, critics and editors ' - o Teniers, father and son, painters. - 2 Tytler, historian and poet ; son, Lord Woodhousslee. - 2 Vanderwelde, father and son, painters. - 2 - - Vanderwurf, two brothers, famous for small history. - - 1 2 - 3 Valnoo, two, brothers, and nephew, painters. 0 - - - 2 Walpole, Sir Robert, statesman ; Sir Horace, author. - - - 2 Van Tromp, father and son, admirals. 1 2 - 2 Villiers, statesman ; grandson, the re probate poet. ' 2 Vossius, father, son, and other re latives, all writers. - - 2 - - ' 2 Warton, editor of Pope ; son, poet. 13 432 102 It will be observed that the number is swelled by four large families, such as those of Gronovius and Stephens, of sip