rected, 8vo. Lond. 1748, 2 vols. Reprinted ibid. 1757, 1770, 1777, 1786, 1796.

A Translation, supposed to equal the original both in beauty and force.

Mr. Melmoth is allowed to be one of the most elegant writers in the British nation.

The Account which Pliny sent to Tacitus of his Uncle's Death, which was occasioned by an Eruption of Vesuvius. (Lib. vi. Ep. 16 and 20.) In the Gentleman's Magazine for September, 1747.

The Letters of Pliny the younger, with Observations on each Letter, by John Earl of Orrery, 4to. Lond. 1751, 2 vols. Reprinted the same Year at Dublin, 2 vols. 8vo. And 8vo. Lond. 1751, 1752..

Eighty-seven Pages, called, A Dissertation on the Life of Pliny, are prefixed to this work, which as a translation, is far outdone by the work of Mr. Melmoth.

PLOTINUS, A. C. 260.

Concerning the Beautiful: or a paraphrased Translation from the Greek of Plotinus, Ennead, i. Book vi. by Thos. Taylor, 8vo. Lond. 1787. In general, a faithful and not inelegant translation.

PLUTARCH, died A. C. 120.

The gouvernaunce of good helthe, by the moste excellent phylosopher Plutarche, the

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moste eloquent Erasmus beynge interpretoure ; Lond. printed by Rob. Wyer, 12mo. No date. The same work, Lond. 1513.

The Preceptes of the excellent Clerke and grave Philosopher Plutarche, for the preservation of good healthe, 16mo. Lond. Grafton, 1543. 8vo. 1573.

: How one may take profite of his ennemies; translated out of Plutarche. Printed with "The Table of Cebes," 16mo. Lond. in the house late Thos. Berthelettes. No date.

Another Edition, 8vo. Lond. by Thos. Berthelett. No date.

The Education, or bringing up of Children, translated out of Plutarche, by Syr Thomas Eliot, Esquier, 4to. Lond. in the house of Thos. Berthelett. No date.

Another edition, which differs only in the orthography, and the word Knight instead of Esquier, 4to. No date.

A right noble and pleasant history of the Successors of Alexander, surnamed the Great; and some of their Lives, written by the wise Plutarch: translated out of french into englysh, by Thos, Stocker, 4to. Lond. No date.

Plutarch's LIVES from the French of Amyott, by Sir Thomas North, fol. Lond. 1579.

The Lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes compared together-translated ont of Greek into french, by James Amiot, and done into

english by Thos. North, fol. Lond. 1595, 1602, 1603.

Ditto, with the Lives of Hannibal and Scipio Africanus, translated out of Latin in French, by Chas. D'Escluse, and out of French into English, by Sir Thomas North. Hereunto are added, the Lives of Epaminondas, Philipp of Macedon, Dionysius the Elder, Augustus Cæsar, Plutarch, and Seneca: with the lives of nine other eminent chieftains of warre, collected out of Emilius Probus, by S. G. S. and englished by the aforesaid translator, fol. 1681. Ibid. 1657, 1676.

The edition of 1657, was printed under the direction of Mr. Selden, who added the year of the world and the year of our Lord; with many chronological notes, &c.

Plutarch's MORALS, translated into English, by Philemon Holland, fol. Lond. 1603. Reprinted fol. Lond. 1657.

Of the Benefit we may get by our Enemiesand of the Diseases of the Mind and BodyTranslated from the Greek into Latin, by Dr. Rainolds, of C. C. College: and translated from the Latin into English, by Henry Vaughan, in his Olor Iscanus, a Collection of Poems, Svo. Lond. 1650, 1651.

Plutarch's Lives, translated from the Greek, by several Hands. To which is prefixed, the Life of Plutarch, by Mr. J. Dryden, 8vo. 5 vols. Lond. 1682, 1688, 1693, 1700, 1703, 1710, 1714, 1716.-8vo. Lond. 8 vols. 1727.-18mo

9 vols. with Heads, 1749.-with Notes explanatory and critical from Dacier and others, 8vo. 6 vols. Lond. 1758. Reprinted at Edinburgh, 12mo. 1758, 1763, 1774, and 12mo. Lond. 1770.

This translation to which Dryden appears only to have lent his name, is full of errors and inconsistencies. The edition of 1758, being revised by a gentleman of erudition and capacity, is more decent and respectable than any of the preceding.

Plutarch's MORALS, translated from the Greek, by several Hands, Svo. Lond. 1684, 1691, 1694, 5 vols. Corrected and amended, 8vo. Lond. 1704, 5 vols. Revised and corrected from the many errors of the former editions, 8vo. Lond. 1718, 5 vols. ibid. 12mo. 1730.

Among the translators were, Mathew Morgan, Thes. Creech, Wm. Baxter, Geo. Tully, Edward Hinton, Thos. Hoy, Simon Ford, Maurice Wheeler, and John Hartcliffe.

Plutarch's Morals, by way of Abstract, done from the Greek, 8vo. Lond. 1707.

Plutarch's Lives, abridged by W. Geldon, Syo. Lond. 1710, 1713, 1718.

Sir John Cheke's Latin Translation of Plutarch De Superstitione, translated into English, by Wm. Elstob. Printed at the End of Strype's Life of Cheke.

Plutarch's Treatise of Isis and Osiris, trans

lated by Sam. Squire, M. A. Greek and English, 8vo. Cambridge, 1744.

Plutarch's Lives, abridged from the original Greek, with Notes, Reflections, and Copperplates, 18mo. Lond. 1762, 7 vols.

Lives, with Notes critical and historical, by J. Langhorne, D. D. and Wm. Langhorne, M. A. 8vo. Lond. 1770, 1774, 1778, 6 vols. Of this edition there are some copies on large paper. Often reprinted in 8vo. and 12mo. The translation is both accurate and elegant, and deserves no mean share of the critic's praise, and the attention of the public.

A consolatory Epistle from Plutarch to his Wife, on the Death of their Daughter. Translated by E. Goodwin, in the Gentleman's Magazine for June, 1784.

Treatise on the Distinction between a Friend and a Flatterer. With Remarks, by Thos. Northmore, Esq. M. A. F. S. A. 8vo. Lond. 1793. In the main a correct Translation, accompanied with judicious notes.

Plutarch's Lives abridged, in which the historical Parts are carefully preserved, and the Comparisons of the respective Lives accurately delineated; by Elizabeth Helme, 8vo. Lond. 1794.

Far inferior in every respect to the elegant translation of the Langhornes, mentioned above.

- abridged, by Dr. Mavor, 12mo. Lond. 1805.

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