The proofs of found judgment in the writings of Tacitus are extremely numerous. From the choice of his subjects, he appears to have been perfectly acquainted with the nature and the extent of his own powers. Though he was considerably advanced in life before he began to write history, yet the closeness of his application enabled him to unfold that wisdom which his experience had furnished. In spite of an ardent love of fame, he avoided the rock upon which most authors, split, and wisely forbore to solicit the attention of the public, till he could for certain command its respect.

The Binder is defired to observe that the Vol. confifts of Three Sets of Pages, to be arranged in the following order, immediately after the Table of Contents, viz. Part I. containing The History of the Society : Part II.containing, I Papers of the Physical Class; II. Papers of the Literary Class : And to place the two Plates, entitled Theory of the Earth, to front page 304. of Papers of the Phyfical Clafs, and the other Plates (which fold out) according to the references marked upon them.