The Origin and Progress of Letters: An Essay in Two Parts : the First Shewing When, and by Whom Letters Were Invented : the Formation of the Alphabets of Various Nations : Their Manner of Writing, on what Materials, and with what Instruments Men Have Written in Different Ages to the Present Time : Wherein is Considered the Great Utility of this Art with Regard to Mankind : the Second Part Consists of a Compendious Account of the Most Celebrated English Penmen, with the Titles and Characters of the Books They Have Published Both from the Rolling and Letter Press : Interspersed with Many Interesting Particulars by Way of Notes Throughout the First Part : and the Second is a New Species of Biography Never Attempted Before in English : the Whole Collected from Undoubted Authorities