Vol. 1 includes "A summary view of the Inferno of Dante. From Warton's History of English poetry. Vol III. Sect. 33.", "Historical essay of the state of affairs in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries: with respect to the history of Florence; with a view of their influence on the succeeding ages", "The life of Dante from Leonardo Bruni". Vol. 2 includes "Summary view of the Platonic doctrine, with respect to a future state. [From] Scott's Christian life, part 1, chap. III, page 18-74. fol. edit.", "Specimen of a new translation of the Orlando furioso of Ariosto."