Mathematical notebook, and commonplace book, circa 1689-1769

Manuscript notebook, possibly kept by Harvard students, containing 17th century English transcriptions of arithmetic and geometry texts, one of which is dated 1689-1690; 18th century transcriptions from John Ward’s “The Young Mathematician’s Guide”; and notes on physics lectures delivered by John Winthrop, the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard from 1738 to 1779. The notebook also contains 18th century reading notes on Henry VIII, Tudor succession, and English history from Daniel Neal’s “The History of the Puritans” and David Hume’s “History of England,” and notes on Ancient history, taken mainly from Charles Rollin’s “The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians.” Additionally included are an excerpt from Plutarch’s “Lives” and transcriptions of three articles from “The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle,” published in 1769: “A Critique on the Works of Ovid”; a book review of “A New Voyage to the West-Indies”; and “Genuine Anecdotes of Celebrated Writers, &.” The flyleaf contains the inscription “Semper boni aliquid operis facito ut diabolus te semper inveniat occupatum,” a variation on a quote of Saint Jerome that translates approximately as “Always good to do some work so that the devil may always find you occupied.” In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Harvard College undergraduates often copied academic texts and lecture notes into personal notebooks in place of printed textbooks. Winthrop used Ward’s textbook in his class, while the books of Hume, Neal, and Rollin were used in history courses taught at Harvard in the 18th century.

Children's books in England & America in the seventeenth century : a history and checklist, together with The young Christian's library, the first printed catalogue of books for children.

The young Christian's library is a facsimile reproduction of the Bodleian Library copy of the original ed. published in 1710.

Troy and Paeonia, with glimpses of ancient Balkan history and religion,

Mode of access: Internet.

A handbook of Greek constitutional history,

"Select bibliographies": p. [xv]-xvii.

Essays in biography and criticism.

Volumes paged separately.

The Gael = An gaeḋal : a monthly bi-lingual magazine devoted to the promotion of the literature, history, language, art, music, industries, etc. of Ireland ...

Editors: -Oct. 1901, Geraldine M. Haverty.- S.J. Richardson.

Eight American authors, a review of research and criticism,

Mode of access: Internet.

The world's history and its makers /

Mode of access: Internet.

Studies on the life history and biology of Perillus bioculatus Fabricius, including observations on the nature of the color pattern,

"Published ... as paper No. 393 of the Journal Series of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station."

The struggle of'72 : The issues and candidates of the present political campaign: containing biographical sketches of all the candidates for president and vice-president; history and platforms of the great political parties; facts about public men and measures; review of Grant's administration; the queer record of Horace Greeley /

Microform.

From Homer to Theocritus : a manual of Greek literature /

Bibliographical appendix: p. 457-464.

The Virginia magazine of history and biography.

Reference sources

Bibliotheca symbolica ecclesiœ universalis : The creeds of Christendom, with a history and critical notes /

Vols. 1 & 3: 4th ed., rev. and enl., n.d. (pref. dated 1884); v.2, 1890.

Physiographic history and the soils, entrenched stream systems, and gullies, Harrison County, Iowa /

Literature cited: p. 82-87.

Bibliotheca symbolica ecclesiae universalis. The creeds of Christendom, with a history and critical notes /

v. 1. The history of creeds.--v. 2. The Greek and Latin creeds, with translations.--v. 3. The evangelical Protestant creeds with translations.