twelve sheets," Rapin" in fifty. But neither of these were ever committed to the press, from want probably of sufficient encouragement. In 1722, "Miscellanea Græcorum aliquot Scriptorum Carmina, cum versione Latina & Notis," 4to. In 1724, he compiled, at the request of Dr. John Freind (at whose expence it was printed) an index to the works of Aretæus," to accompany the splendid folio edition of that author in 1723. In 1725 he published an excellent edition of "Anacreon," in 4to, of which no more than 100 copies were printed, and the few errata in each copy corrected by his own hand. A second edition of the like number was printed in 1741, with six copies on fine writing paper. In 1726 he published, "Petri Petiti Medici Parisiensis in tres priores Aretæi Cappadocis Libros Commentarii, nunc primum editi," 4to. This learned Commentary was found among the papers of Grævius.

From 1728 to 1732 he was employed in publishing, "Marmorum Arundellianorum, Seldenianorum, aliorumque Academiæ Oxoniensi donatorum, una cum Commentariis & Indice, editio secunda," folio; to which an " Appendix" was printed in 1733. "Epistola D. Mich. Maittaire ad D. P. Des Maizeaux, in qua Indicis in Annales Typographicos methodus explicatur," &c. is printed in "The Present State of the Republic of Letters," in August 1733, p. 142. The life of Robert Stephens, in Latin, revised and corrected by the author, with a new and complete list of his works, is prefixed to the improved edition of R. Stephens's Thesaurus, 4 vols. in folio, in 1734. In 1736 appeared, "Antiquæ Inscriptiones duæ," folio; being a commentary on two large copper tables discovered near Heraclea, in the bay of Tarentum. In 1738 were printed at the Hague, "Græcæ Linguæ Dialecti in Scholæ Regiæ Westmonasteriensis usum recogniti operâ Mich. Maittaire. Præfationem & Appendicem ex Apollonii Discoli fragmento inedito addidit J. F. Reitzius." Maittaire prefixed a dedication of this volume to the marquis of Granby, and the lords Robert and George Manners, his brothers; and a new preface, dated 3 Cal. Octob. 1737. This was again printed at London in 1742. In 1739, he addressed to the empress of Russia a small Latin poem, under the title of "Carmen Epinicium Augustissima Russorum Imperatrici sacrum." His name not having been printed in the titlepage, it is not so generally known that he was editor of Plutarch's "Apophthegmata," 1741, 4to. The last pub

lication of Mr. Maittaire was a volume of poems in 4to, 1742, under the title of "Senilia, sive Poëtica aliquot in argumentis varii generis tentamina." It may be worth mentioning, that Baxter's dedication to his "Glossarium Antiquitatum Britannicarum," was much altered by Maittaire; who died August 7, 1747, aged seventy-nine. There is a good mezzotinto print of him by Faber, from a painting by B. Dandridge, inscribed, " Michael Maittaire, A. M. Amicorum jussu." His valuable library, which he had been collecting fifty years, was sold by auction, by Messrs. Cock and Langford, at the close of the same year, and the beginning of the following, taking up in all forty-four nights. Mr. Cock, in his prefatory advertisement, tells us, "In exhibiting thus to the public the entire library of Mr. Maittaire, I comply with the will of my deceased friend; and in printing the catalogue from his own copy just as he left it (though, by so doing, it is the more voluminous), I had an opportunity not only of doing the justice I owe to his memory, but also of gratifying the curious *." Maittaire, it may be added, was patronized by the first earl of Oxford, both before and after that gentleman's elevation to the peerage, and continued a favourite with his son the second earl. He was also Latin tutor to Mr. Stanhope, the earl of Chesterfield's favourite son, and was esteemed by so many persons of eminence that we cannot wonder at his portrait being engraven jussu amicorum. He possessed many amiable qualities; in religion was orthodox and zealoust; in temper modest and unas

Mr. Nichols has here taken an op portunity of observing, that "the present mode of compiling catalogues of celebrated libraries for sale, so much more laconic than that which obtained about forty years ago, except when Mr. Samuel Paterson exerts that talent of cataloguing for which he is particu. Jarly distinguished, cannot possibly do equal justice with the ancient mode, either in a literary or pecuniary view." This remark is quoted in the "Critical Review," with an additional observation; "that, as the catalogues of large libraries sold by auction are generally preserved by men of learning, for the sake of ascertaining the dates or titles of books, they might be rendered infinitely more useful, in saving expence, by subjoining an alphabetical index, containing the names of the authors

whose works are promiscuously introduced in the course of the sale. With this improvement, Dr. Mead's Catalogue, which at present is confused and almost useless, would have been as valuable, in proportion to its extent, as the Bibliotheca Menckeniana,'

Bultelliana,' or any other publication of the same kind. The auctioneer would derive sufficient advantage from such catalogues."

+ There is a passage in one of his Letters to Dr. Charlett, dated 1718 (published in "Letters written by Eminent Persons," 1813, in 3 vols. 8vo), which implies that he had been under some restraint, on account of his principles. "The friendly turn," he says, "which you gave to the leisure government has granted me, cannot entirely reconcile me to the hardships the laws

suming; despising the pride of learning, yet fond of friendly intercourse.

With respect to his talents, he may be characterized as a sound scholar, and a careful editor; and, although his genius was confined, and his taste questionable, his labours have been truly useful, and entitle him to the grateful remembrance of the classical student. He has the glory, says Mr. Dibdin, of being the first who established in this country, on a solid basis, the study of bibliography.

MAIUS, or MAY (JOHN HENRY), a Lutheran divine,' was born Feb. 5, 1653, at Pfortzheim, in the marquisate of Baden-Dourlach. He was profoundly skilled in Hebrew literature, and taught the oriental languages in several universities, with great reputation. His last employments of this kind were at Giessen, where he was pastor, and where he died Sept. 3, 1719. He was well acquainted with antiquities, sacred and profane, but his works are less known in other parts of Europe than in Germany. The following are some of them: 1. "Historia animalium Scripturæ sacræ, 8vo. 2. "Vita Johannis Reuchlini," 1687, 8vo. 3. "Examen historia critica Ricardi Simonis," 4to. 4. 66 Synopsis Theologiæ symbolicæ," 4to. 5. "Synopsis Moralis," 4to. 6. "Synopsis Judaica," 4to. 7. " Introductio ad studium Philologicum, criticum, et exegeticum," 4to. 8. "Paraphrasis Epistolæ ad Hebræos," 4to. Theologia Evangelica," 1701, and 1719, 4 parts 4to. 10. "Animadversiones et Supplementa ad Coccei Lexicon Hebræum," 1703, fol. 11. "Economia temporum ve teris et Novi Test. 4to. 12. "Synopsis Theologiæ Christianæ," 4to. 13. "Theologia Lutheri," 4to. 14. “Theologia Prophetica," 4to. 15. "Harmonia Evangelica," 4to." 16. "Historia Reformationis Lutheri," 4to. 17. Dissertationes philologica et exegetica," Francfort, 1711, 2 vols. 4to, &c. He also published a very good edition of the Hebrew Bible, 4to. His son, of the same name, was eminent for his knowledge of Greek and the oriental languages.'

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have put me to. I thank God, I want no courage to go through, but courage does not exclude feeling. One thing I can boast of, that the cruelty never yet soured my looks, nor extorted any low revengeful expressions from my

tongue or pen." To render this intelbgible, the reader must be told that Mr. Maittaire, on the accession of George I. turned non-juror, and was probably included in the disabilities to which that sect was exposed.

1 Nichols's Bowyer.-Dibdin's Classics and Bibliomania.
? Niceron, vol, XXIX.-Dict. Hist.-Saxii Onomast.

MALAGRIDA (GABRIEL), an Italian jesuit, sent by his superiors as a missionary to Portugal, was a man of an ardent zeal, with that facility of elocution which enthusiasm. generally confers. He soon became the fashionable confessor, and people of all ranks put themselves under his direction. He was regarded as a saint, and consulted as an oracle. When the duke d'Aveiro formed his conspiracy against the king of Portugal, he is said by the enemies of the Jesuits to have consulted with three of that order, one of whom was Malagrida. The king, when he thought proper to banish the Jesuits from his kingdom, suffered Malagrida, Alexander, and Mathos, to remain there; and these are the very three who are supposed to have assisted the conspiracy, by telling the conspirators that it was not even a venial sin to kill a monarch who persecuted the saints, i. e. the Jesuits. Malagrida was some time after sent to the inquisition, for teaching heretical doctrines; an accusation which is said to have been not altogether without foundation. He appears, however, to have been an enthusiast of so extravagant a kind, that no singularities in his writings can be thought extraordinary. He conceived himself to possess the power of working miracles; and declared to the inquisitors, that God himself had appointed him his ambassador, apostle, and prophet. This, and many other very wild declarations, would not, perhaps, have occasioned his condemnation, had he not unfortunately pretended to have had the death of the king revealed to him. The marquis of Tancors, general of the province of Estremadura, happening to die, the castle of Lisbon, and all the fortresses of the Tagus, discharged their cannon in honour of him. Malagrida, hearing this unusual sound in the night, concluded that the king was dead, and desired that the inquisitors would grant him an audience. When he came before them, he said, in order to establish the credit of his predictions, that the death of the king had been revealed to him; and that he also had a vision, which informed him what punishment that monarch was to undergo in the other world for having persecuted the Jesuits. This declaration hastened his condemnation. He was burnt alive on Sept. 21, 1761, at the age of 75, not as a conspirator, but as a false prophet. His true character, perhaps, was that of a lunatic. The works in which his heretical extravagancies are to be found, are entitled "Tractatus de vita et imperio Antichristi ;" and (written in the Portuguese

language) "The Life of St. Anne, composed with the assistance of the blessed Virgin Mary and her most holy Son.""

MALAPERT (CHARLES), a poet and mathematician, but less known in the latter character, was born at Mons in Hainault, in 1581, and entered into the order of the Jesuits. He taught philosophy at Pont-a-Mousson, whence he went to Poland, where he was appointed professor of mathematics, and afterwards filled the same office at Doway. His reputation induced Philip IV. to give him an invitation to Madrid, as professor of mathematics in his newly-founded college, which he accepted, but died on his way to Vittoria, Nov. 5, 1630. His Latin poems were printed at Antwerp in 1634, and have been praised for purity of style, and imagery. Of his mathematical works one is entitled "Oratio de Laudibus Mathematicis," in which he treats of the phenomena of the newly-discovered Dutch telescope. The others are, "Institutions of Prac tical Arithmetic;" the "Elements of Geometry;" "A Paraphrase on the Dialectics of Aristotle ;" and "Commentaries on the first six Books of Euclid.""

MALDONAT (JOHN), a very learned Spanish Jesuit, was born at Fuente del Maestro, a small village in the province of Estramadura, in 1534. He studied under Dominicus Asoto, a Dominican, and also under Francis Tolet, a jesuit, who was afterwards a cardinal, and there was no better scholar in the university of Salamanca in his time, than Maldonat. He there taught philosophy, divinity, and the Greek language. He entered into the society of the Jesuits, but did not put on the habit of his order till 1562, when he was at Rome. In 1563, he was sent by his superiors to Paris, to teach philosophy in the college which the Jesuits had just established in that city; where, as the historians of his society tell us, he was so crowded with hearers, that he was frequently obliged to read his lectures in the court or the street, the hall not being sufficient to contain them. He was sent, with nine other Jesuits, to Poictiers, in 1570, where he read lectures in Latin, and preached in French. Afterwards he returned to Paris, where he was not only accused of heresy, but likewise of procuring a fraudulent will from the president de St. André, by which the president was made to leave his

1 Dict. Hist. de L'Avocat.-The Proceedings and Sentence of the Inquisition, &c. against Gabriel Malagrida, 1761, 8ro.-Gent. Mag. for that year. 2 Morer-Dict. Hist.