, then, should the modern Ana, be looked upon, by the learned of Are not Xenophon's books of the deeds and sayings of Socrates, as well as the dialogues of Plato, Socratiana? - Has not the most fastidious critic read with enthusiasm, the Orphica, the Phytagora, the AEsopica ? - Why. The Greeks, who were always considered as our masters in every polite art and science -the Greeks, so refined in and celebrated for their literature -far from disdaining, kindly welcomed, and highly esteemed those collections, when made with care, taste, and discernment.
WE need not inform our classical readers, that the books in -ana (a Latin termination adopted in the titles of some works), are collections of the most remarkable sayings or writings of persons of learning and wit nearly similar to what is commonly called table-talk : - but, in order to assign to those literary productions, which are in many respects extremely useful, the degree of merit they deserve, and which has sometimes been refused to them as well as to justify the present undertaking, we will desire our readers to observe, that books under the name of -Ana, which are more numerous in French than in English literature, although, perhaps, new in respect to their form and titles, are nevertheless, as to their matter and composition, of a very old date.
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The Editors have only to add, that the new- and extensive Series of Ana, which they have now in the press, will be also adapted, like the present, to the reccomendation of' juvenile readers, under the title of Beauties and if by this plan they can give the feeblest aid to the inculcation of virtue, of science, and of unsophisticated religion, their object will he attained. The Flowers of Literature consist of selections from all the best writers of 1801-2, and will be continued annually. The Volume just published by the editors of this work, under the title of Flowers of Literature, has no reference whatever to the series of Ana above alluded to, and an edition of which is nearly ready for publication. Great care has also been taken to expunge those passages which were deemed objectionable in the former volume and every attention will in future be paid to obviate a similar complaint. That this was really the case (and that the assertion is not one of those contemptible artifices that are frequently resorted to for the purpose of circulating a publication whose want of merit renders it unworthy of public patronage) may be ascertained by the most superficial comparison of the present volume with any copy of the first edition when it will be perceived, that in the present edition, the pages are considerably larger so that, although the additional notes are very considerable in number, yet the whole is comprised in a volume of rather less size than that of the first edition. Only been published a few weeks when the whole edition was sold. The event, indeed, has fully justified their expectations for the volume had Moore would be found not only one of the most useful, but the cheapest School Book which had been published for a number of years. It was, therefore, resolved to publish the whole of the matter in the small octavo edition, in a much cheaper and more appropriate form, for the USE OF SCHOOLS AND YOUNG PERSONS With this view, the editors thought proper, as the work advanced, to be more copious in their Notes and Illustrations and they flattered themselves that the Beauties of Dr. Moore were calculated for the entertainment of adults, they were still better adapted to the information and improvement of the rising generation : for they may be considered as a combination of instruction and amusement that the philosopher may peruse with gratification, and the superficial reader with delight. On proceeding, however, the Editors were of opinion, that if the Sketches of Dr. IN preparing this publication for the press, it was at first intended principally for the embellishment of the Libraries of Gentlemen, and not only for such as might be in possession of the volumiuous productions of the Author, but for those who might not be inclined to purchase the whole of the Doctor's works.įor this purpose it was printed in two volumes, under the title of MOORIANA.
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