V. S S.H. 1827. LECTURES ON HISTORY, AND GENERAL POLICY; TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN ESSAY ON A COURSE OF LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR CIVIL AND ACTIVE LIFE. BY JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, LL.D. F.R.S. AC. IMP. PETROP. R. PARIS, HOLM. TAURIN. AURAL. MED. PARIS. HARLEM. CANTAB. Juvat exhaustos iterare labores, Et sulcata meis percurrere litora remis.. BUCHANANI FRANCISCANUS. A NEW EDITION, WITH NUMEROUS ENLARGEMENTS: COMPRISING A LECTURE ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE By J. T. RUTT. LONDON: HILLO PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG, No. 73, CHEAPSIDE; R. MILLIKEN, DUBLIN; AND R. GRIFFIN AND CO., GLASGOW. 667 EDITOR'S PREFACE. THESE Lectures, originally delivered by the author in his capacity of academical tutor, first appeared from the press in 1788, in one volume 4to. In 1793, there was a second edition, in two volumes 8vo, which has been long out of print. The work having been frequently sought after, it was thought desirable to republish that edition in one volume, with such corrections and improvements by the author as might be supplied from his American edition, scarcely known in this country, but with which a friend obligingly furnished me. The further improvements contemplated, were additional notes of reference, and such occasional illustrations of a subject from other writers, as the assigned limits would allow, and which might serve to promote the author's truly honourable purpose of forming" the minds of youth to virtue," by assisting the progress of liberal education. My attachment to the memory of Dr. Priestley, and, I trust, a desire to contribute all in my power to the advancement of those laudable designs |