MUS:[156] the former of whom is better known from his _Annalium
Typographicorum Maittaire Supplementum_; and the latter very generally
respected abroad, although our acquaintance with him in this country
is exceedingly slight. If I mistake not, I observe the mild and modest
countenance of my old acquaintance, HERBERT, in this bibliographical
group of heads? Do not despise his toil[157] because it is not
sprinkled with gay conceits, or learned digressions: he wrote to be
useful, not to be entertaining; and so far as he went, his work was
such an improvement upon his predecessor's plan as to place it quite
at the head of NATIONAL TYPOGRAPHY. See yonder the sensible
countenance of HARWOOD![158] the first writer in this country who
taught us to consider the respective merits and demerits of the
various editions of Greek and Latin authors.

[Footnote 156: MICHAEL DENIS, the translator of Ossian, and
a bibliographer of justly established eminence, was
principal librarian of the Imperial library at Vienna, and
died in the year 1800, at the age of 71. His _Supplement to
Maittaire's Typographical Annals_, in two parts or volumes,
1789, 4to., is a work of solid merit, and indispensable to
the possessor of its precursor. The bibliographical
references are very few; but the descriptions of the volumes
are minutely accurate. The indexes also are excellent. In
the year 1793, Denis published the first volume (in three
thick parts in folio) of his _Codices Manuscripti Theologici
Bibl. Palat. Vindob._; a production which the reader will
find somewhat fully described in the ensuing pages. The
second volume appeared after his death in 1801. In 1795-6,
came forth his second edition of an _Introduction to the
Knowledge of Books_, in two quarto volumes; unfortunately
written in the German language--but mentioned with
approbation in the first volume of the _Mem. de l'Inst._, p.
648. Consult also Peignot's _Dict. de Bibliologie_, vol. i.,
p. 122; ii., 232.----ARMAND GASTON CAMUS is a bibliographer
of very first rate reputation. The reader has only to peruse
the following titles of some of his works, and he will
certainly bewail his ill fortune if they are not to be found
in his library. 1. _Observations sur la distribution et le
classement des livres d'une Bibliotheque_: 2. _Additions aux
memes_; 3. _Memoire sur u