Excerpt from The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of Literature and State Papers, Vol. 3
Rapport Historique sur le Progres de l"Historie etde la Litterature Ancienne depuis 1789, et sur leur Etat Actuel. Presete a sa Majeste e"Empereur et Roi en son Conseil d"Etat parla classe d"Historie et de Litterature ancienne de l"Intitut. Imprime par ordre de sa Majeste. A Paris, 1809.
Historical Report upon the Progress of History and Ancient Literature since the year 1789, and upon their actual condition,presented to his Majesty the French Emperor and King in his Council of State, by the Class of History and ancient Literature of the Institute. Printed by order of his Majesty. Paris, 1809.
In the year 1807 the several classes of the French Institute, were ordered by the emperor, to prepare for him, a history of the progress of the branches of knowledge peculiar to each, since the commencement of the French revolution. - This work was accordingly undertaken, and the result of the labours of the learned body submitted to his imperial majesty in 1808, but not given to the world until the ensuing year. - The volume which we announce, contains the report of the third class, and professes to treat much at large, of the advances made, from the epoch just mentioned, in the various departments of literature, to which the attention of the class is exclusively directed. - These are ancient philology; - the oriental languages; - ancient and modern history, - ancient and modern geography, - legislation and speculative philosophy.
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