The Classical Journal: Volume 6, September–December 1812: (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics)

A precursor of modern academic journals, this quarterly periodical, published between 1810 and 1829 and now reissued in forty volumes, was founded and edited by Abraham John Valpy (1787–1854). Educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, Valpy established himself in London as an editor and publisher, primarily of classical texts. Edmund Henry Barker (1788–1839), who had studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, became a contributor and then co-editor of this journal, which fuelled a scholarly feud with the editors of the Museum criticum (1813–26), a rival periodical (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Although its coverage overlapped with that of its competitor, the Classical Journal also included general literary and antiquarian articles as well as Oxford and Cambridge prize poems and examination papers. It remains a valuable resource, illuminating the development of nineteenth-century classical scholarship and academic journals. Volume 6 contains the September and December issues for 1812.

Table of Contents:
Part XI. Biblical Criticism; Sequel to Sir W. Drummond's essay on the inscriptions found at ancient Saguntum; Concerning the shield of Achilles; Latin poem; Remarks on the existence of Troy; Biblical criticism; Specimens of Persian poetry; Classical criticism; Critical notice of Professor Monk's Hippolytus; Inquiry into the causes of the diversity of human character; The scholiast on Hephaestion, and an ode of Anacreon; Notice of Q. Horatii Flacci opera; List of Romaic authors; Classical criticism; Observations on a passage in Juvenal; Loci quidam Luciani emendati atque explanati; On the date of the Clouds of Aristophanes; Bencii praefatio; Prize poem; Preface to the editio princeps of Aristophanes; Adnotationes in quaedam Horatii loca; Classical criticism; Notes on part of the poem of Festus Avienus; Inscriptions found at ancient Saguntum; Supplementary notes to Mr Barker's edition of Cicero's two tracts; Mr Bellamy's defence of his biblical criticisms; Oxford prize poem; On the Hebrew numerals and the different modes of notation; Hesychius vindicated; On the Tyrian inscription; Classical criticism; Critical and explanatory notes on the Prometheus desmotes of Aeschylus; History of translations; Latin inscriptions; Appendix to Mr Patrick's essay; Observations on Mr Patrick's 'chart of numerals'; Necrology; Classical criticism; Professor Porson, E. H. Barker, and Sidneyensis; Literary intelligence; Notes to correspondents; Prospectuses of works; Part XII. Oxford Prize Essay; On classical education; Inquiry into the causes of the diversity of human character; Critical review of Illustrations of Homer; Supplementary notes to Mr Barker's edition of Cicero's two tracts; Notice of Q. Horatii Flacci opera; Specimens of Persian poetry; Illustration of a passage in the New Testament; Notes on part of the poem of Festus Avienus; Course of studies pursued at Oxford; Some account of the researches of German literati; Seria biblica; Biblical criticism; Lamberti Bos regulae praecipuae accentuum; Conjecturae criticae in auctores Graecos; Biblical criticism; Critical and explanatory remarks on the Hippoluytus Stephanephorus; Poema numismate annuo dignatum, et in curia Cantabrigiensi recitatum (Ode gr.); Poema numismate annuo dignatum, et in curia Cantabrigiensi recitatum (Ode lat.); Oratio de publicis Atheniensium moribus; Latin poem; Classical criticism; On the creation; Bibliography; Inscriptions on the Greek theatre at Syracuse; Classical criticism; Note on Sallust; Latin poem; Classical criticism; Biblical and classical criticism; Hermogenis Progymnasmata; Notice of Musae Edineses; Mathematicians and medallists at Cambridge; List of books sold at extraordinary prices at the Roxburghe sale; Index to vols. 5 and 6; Prospectuses of works; Literary intelligence; Notes to correspondents.