45. See the 'Acta Sanctorum' of the Bollandists (Mensis
Julii, tom. vi. p. 375-397). This immense calendar of
Saints, in one hundred and twenty-six years (1644-l770), and
in fifty volumes in folio, has advanced no farther than the
7th day of October. The suppression of the Jesuits has most
probably checked an undertaking which, through the medium of
fable and superstition, communicates much historical and
philosophical instruction.