2. The extent to which the subject has been previously either overlooked or thrown in the back-ground.
3. And, finally (though perhaps the plea is scarcely a legitimate one), the degree of attention which has been paid to the particular question by its expositor.
London, July 25th, 1850.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Notice of the chief works either used as authorities, and not particularly quoted, or else illustrative of certain portions of the subject.
Arnold.—History of Rome—Early Italian nations.
Adelung (Vater).—The Mithridates—Generally.
Baer's Beyträge, &c.—For Russian America.