Scotland and Ireland to England-Members of
Parliament, and the manner of passing Bills-Le-
gal improvements of the Eighteenth Century, and
those of a later date-Conclusion-Authorities
VIEW OF THE LEARNING AND LITERATURE,
ARTS AND SCIENCES, Of England.
Learning, &c. in the British, Saxon, and Danish
Periods.
Loss of early illustrations of History-1. British and
Roman Period. Knowledge confined to the Druids
-Their notions of the Universe, Astronomy, Arith-
metic, Geometry, Mechanics, Physic and Surgery-
the Anguinum Ovum or Serpent's Egg-Druidical
Oratory-Use of Greek letters-Education, and its
improvement by the Romans-British Sculpture,
Painting, Poetry and Music-Useful arts known
to the Britons Hunting, Pasturage, Agricul-
ture and Gardening, Architecture-Art of War,
Soldiers, War-chariots, and manner of fighting-
Decline of Arts, &c. on the Romans leaving Bri-
tain-British Letters and Language. 2. Saxon Pe
riods:-Barbarity of the time, and first introduc-
tion of Learning-Bede-Libraries and books-
Decay of letters, and their revival under Ælfred-
Antiquity of Oxford and Cambridge-Saxon Lan-
guage and Writing-Saxon Poetry, Music, Paint-
ing and Sculpture-Architecture-Study of Na-
tural Philosophy-Astronomy-Anglo-Saxon Ca-
lendar-Geography-Arithmetic-Medicine-Art
of Fishing-Agriculture-Tradesmen and Mecha,
nics, Smiths, Workers in Gold and Jewels, Glass.