ADAM STANISLAUS, an eminent Polish historian and poet, was born in Lithuania in 1733. He entered the society of the Jesuits at the age of fifteen; and his talents soon raised him to distinction among his order. After travelling through Germany, France, and Italy, he became a professor in the college of the nobles at Warsaw. His order was suppressed by an edict of the Pope in 1773. But the king Stanislaus Augustus, taking notice of him, presented him to the bishopric of Smolensk, and encouraged him in his literary pursuits. In 1772, Naruszewicz had exhibited an aptitude for historical writing by a happy translation of Tacitus. He was now employed by his royal patron to produce a history of Poland. This production was published in 6 vols. 1780-86, and speedily took its place among standard historical works. An introductory volume on the early and obscure periods of the country's annals was also projected; and materials to the amount of 360 folio volumes were collected. But the historian never began it. The close of Naruszewicz's life was saddened by the disasters of his country. He was promoted to the bishopric of Lukow in 1790. But he was past enjoying the dignity, and died in 1796. Among his other works are a collection of poems, consisting of odes, satires, epistles, and translations from Horace and Aeneas, a description of Taurida, and a Life of the Lithuanian general Chodkiewicz. The works of Naruszewicz form part of the collection of select Polish authors, published by Motowski in 26 vols. 8vo. Warsaw, 1803-5.