Excerpt from The British Critic, Vol. 14: For July, August, September, October, November, and December, 1799 T matters not, fays Seneca, how many books you have, but how good they We are clearly of the fame opinion, and therefore make a re ular {election for our readers from which, if they eleet again, according to their various purpofes, the advice of the old Stole will be fufiiciently obferved in their purchafes their {helves will not be loaded by number, but graced by value 5 and, for the chafms left upon them, it would be better that they lhould be filled for a time by the carpenter, than too preci pitately {upplied by the dealers in paper and ink. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.