144 THE UNIVERSAL CHRONOLOGIST, AND Historical Register, FROM THE CREATION TO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1825; COMPRISING THE ELEMENTS OF GENERAL HISTORY, FROM THE FRENCH OF M. ST. MARTIN: WITH AN ELABORATE CONTINUATION, IN WHICH ARE MINUTELY DETAILED THE NUMEROUS AND IMPORTANT FRENCH REVOLUTION. BY HENRY BOYLE. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, LONDON: PUBLISHED BY SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND PIPER, PATERNOSTER-ROW. MDCCCXXVI. 18 PREFACE. THE great utility of Chronological Records has been so universally allowed, that we shall content ourselves by making a few brief comments on the subject, and then proceed to acquaint the reader with the leading features of the present undertaking. Chronology, History, and Geography, should uniformly unite their efforts to guide us through the vast ocean of ages; whensoever it occurs that History records an act, her two sisters should uniformly present themselves to certify its exactitude and confirm its identity. As in the remote and earlier periods of history an incessant recapitulation of dates and names only tends to fatigue the most persevering mind, it has been conceived, that, in order to banish such distaste and ennui, recourse might be had to blending a variety of historical facts; while curiosity being awakened by interesting recitals, the attention might thus become enchained by the combined fascinations of amusement and instruction. Such was the aim of Monsieur Joseph Martin, in his Chronological and Geographical Elements of General History, which forms the basis of the present undertaking. If we proceed to investigate the full extent of the terrestrial globe, in surveying its annals, from the earliest period of creation, History, as it were, armed with the enchanter's wand, animates every thing with which it comes in contact. At the sound of its puissant voice, the streets of Zion no longer send forth lamentations or appear desert; they are crowded by the Faithful, who |