GIPHANTIA: OR A VIEW of WHAT HAS PASSED, WHAT IS NOW PASSING, And, during the PRESENT Century, WHAT WILL PASS, IN THE WORLD. Translated from the original FRENCH, With explanatory Notes. LONDON. Printed for ROBERT HORSFIELD, in _Ludgate-Street_. 1761. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO THE Hon^{ble} MISS ROSS. MADAM, Upon your hearing the other day Giphantia much praised by some friends, and those no ill judges, you expressed a desire to see it in English, as you had not, you said, French enough to read the original. I immediately resolved to gratify your desire, and that very day sat about the translation. It is now finished: and, as my hand is not very legible, I take the liberty to address it to you in print with this Epistle Dedicatory; which, as neither you, nor the Author, want any encomiums, nor the Translator any excuses, I shall cut short, and beg leave to subscribe myself with great respect and sincerity, Madam, Your most obedient and most humble servant, Feb. 5, 1761. The Translator. TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS. PART I. Page INTRODUCTION 1 CHAP. I. THE HURRICANE 4 CHAP. II. THE FINE PROSPECT 9 CHAP. III. THE VOICE 13 CHAP. IV. THE REVERSE 16 CHAP. V. THE APPARITIONS 24 CHAP. VI. THE SURFACES 27 CHAP. VII. THE GLOBE 34 CHAP. VIII. THE DISCOURSES 38 CHAP. IX. HAPPINESS 46 CHAP. X. THE HODGE-PODGE 51 CHAP. XI. THE MIRROUR 56 CHAP. XII. THE TRIAL 63 CHAP. XIII. THE TALENTS 73 CHAP. XIV. THE TASTE OF THE AGE 79 CHAP. XV. THE FEMALE REASONER 82 CHAP. XVI. THE CROCODILES 85 CHAP. XVII. THE STORM 93 CHAP. XVIII. THE GALLERY 99