to promote your happiness, you will be apt to forget the mercies which "he bestows, to think your employment below your merit, to nourish pride, and to be dissatisfied with your condition. Instead of obeying your master with cheerfulness, you will be tempted to judge unfavourably of your superiors, to fancy them unjust, and governed only by selfish motives; you will detract from their good qualities, serve them unwil lingly, and, perhaps, by seeing every thing with an evil and discontented eye, you may become disrespectful and disobedient. Whenever you feel such thoughts arise in your mind, suppose yourself to be in the situation of your master or mistress, and let your conscience dictate the manner in which you would use the same authority, were you the superior instead of the dependent. When you consider the low station in which the Son of God appeared on earth, and the menial offices that he willingly performed, you will never allow yourself to think any condition too humble which is appointed for you by your Heavenly Father, nor any employment too mean by which you can please Himand be useful to your fellow-creatures.

"Every species of ill temper is as displeasing to God as it is hurtful to man; therefore, if you are passionate, overbearing, peevish, or unkind to your fellow-servants, although you give the greater part of your wages 'to feed the poor,' you

have not charity,' and your alms and good deeds will profit you nothing.' Let the humility and the moderation, the gentleness and kindness, the compassion and the long suffering, of the meek and lowly Jesus, be your daily study, the example for your imitation, and the constant subject of your prayer."

The Authoress opens sources of contentment and cheerfulness to the servants in the fulfilment of their duties, and particularly in shewing their diligence and fidelity.

"You are fed and lodged at your master's expence; and, if you have no vanity nor other evil passions to gratify, and are satisfied to remain in one family, your wages are generally sufficient not only to supply you with comfortable clothing, but to allow you to have something for sickness or old age. You have it in your power, by diligence and fidelity in your master's business, to be very useful to him, and to gain the esteem and respect of his whole family. The good will of your fellow-servants will be the reward of your kindness towards them; and you may enjoy peace

of mind as long as you discharge your humble duties to the best of your power. If you work ever so hard during the day, a quiet conscience will render your sleep sweet and refreshing; and the Sabbath, at least, will afford some relaxation to your labour, and the comfort of religious instruction. These are the common blessings which virtuous conduct will seldom fail to ensure you; and are not these the natural sources of contentment and cheerfulness? When you consider your situation in a religious point of view, the motives for contentment in

crease.

Nothing is more sublime than the manner of administering comfort to such servants as might be unkindly treated by their masters:

"Whenever you feel disheartened with the uncomfortableness of your condition, when you are unkindly treated, or bowed down with sickness, sorrow, or uneasiness, of any kind, have recourse to your Bible; and if it be your earnest wish to please God, and to obey his holy will, you will learn to bear your affliction with patience, and depend upon him only for support and consolation.'

On the danger of deceit, the lesson given by the Authoress is equally admirable, and conducive to the advantage of both servants and masters; but one of the most important lessons given in the whole book is that in which they are taught how they should bear reproof; and we could wish that the lesson here inculcated should be written in letters of gold, in every part of every house, in order to prevent the scenes that follow the reproofs which masters give to servants, and which generally end in their mutual separation:

"There are few servants who are not, occasionally, found fault with; therefore they should be early accustomed to bear reproof with respect and attention, whether they deserve it or not. Many persons are naturally hasty in their tempers, others are liable to caprice and illhumour, either from want of having been taught to govern their passions, or from not considering it as a Christian duty, to suppress every word which will needlessly give pain to their dependents. Besides, masters and mistresses are often involved in difficulties, which harass the mind and affect the temper. These and many other reasons may be assigned for the causes of apparent unkindness to servants, where no ill-will is intended. The Christian servant should be ready to make allowances for hastiness of temper, or a harsh expression in a master,

and

and to consider it a natural infirmity; more especially when that master is, upon the whole, just and generous. It is always in the power of servants to improve by every trial of this kind, either by correcting the faults with which they are reproached, or by exercising their patience, and bearing with meekness undeserved correction. But if, notwithstanding all their endeavours to please, they cannot always succeed, let them reflect that it is still in their power, by persevering in well doing, to please their Heavenly Master, who has appointed to every person those trials which are best suited to promote his future happiness. They may, in the most painful service, compare their petty troubles with the dreadful sufferings endured by their Redeemer for their sakes, and endeavour to follow his example; and finally, they may be comforted by the assurance, that God is no respecter of persons;' 'that he will render to every man according to his works; that to them who by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honour, and immortality,' he has promised eternal life.

The same advice is continued:

"Whatever provocation you receive, never allow yourself to think evil of your master or mistress; to speak disrespectfully of them, much less to injure, waste, or pilfer any part of their property; not merely for the sake of your character or worldly interest, but from a higher motive, that you may obey Him, who bath commanded you to deny yourself, by refraining from every thing that can in any respect lessen the comfort and happiness of your neighbour."

A most interesting remark in which the Authoress indulges herself, shews that she has paid great attention to her subject; and that in analysing the causes in appearance the most trifling, she has found their effect the most lamentable and irretrievable.

"The cook who feeds her own family from her master's kitchen, the waitingwoman who wears her mistress's linen, the butler who regales his friends from his master's cellar, or the coachman who sells for his own advantage the corn and hay entrusted to his care, are perhaps little aware that these seemingly petty thefts are the beginning of those enormities which crowd our prisons with criminals." We now close our extracts by recommending to our Readers an attentive perusal of the "Particular Directions to Servants who have the care of Children," p. 145; also the article" On the Dress of Servants,"

p. 154, and the Novel of Mary Wilson, which terminates this interesting little volume. The parts to which we have objected would make another very useful book, under the title of" Short Homilies for Sundays.",

4. The King; or, Faint Sketches for a true Portrait of the venerable Sovereign of the British Empire. A Lecture, on the Anniversary of his Majesty's Coronation. By the Rev. C. E. De Coetlogon, A. M. Rector of Godstone, Surrey. 8vo. pp. 114. Seeley.

THE Lecture of this pious Divine will be read with pleasure by every real Friend to our glorious Constitution in Church and State, who will heartily accord in the sentiments expressed in the following extract from Mr. De Coetlogon's manly Address to the Prince Regent:

"Amidst all the variety of political opinions, and that collision of parties, which, in a Nation whose prominent feature, and almost exclusive privilege, is the enjoyment of Civil Liberty, are perhaps unavoidable; there is one sentiment which pervades our Empire, nor meets with any opposition,-a sentiment too, from which the highest satisfaction must be supposed to result, to the illustrious Object I address, a sentiment of unanimous and unlimited fealty to your royal Sire.

"If ever the sublime enthusiasm of Allegiance was displayed in this Country-from the period of the Norman Conquest to this pacific crisis it has been in the present reign. Notwithstanding the intervention of many Historic occurrences, too painful to recite, and too well calculated to damp and extinguish the generous flame, it has glowed with increasing ardour.

"You, Sir, I may be confident, will never forget the universality of that JuBILEE, which celebrated the fiftieth an

niversary of his Majesty's accession to the throne of these Kingdoms. In which, not only the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, and Commonalty, vied with each other in expressions of fervid, if not unexampled, Loyalty; but, when the poorest peasant exhausted his scanty store by illuminating his lowly Cot, to testify his affectionate homage to his endeared Sovereign. Nor, while Memory lasts, will your manly sensibilities suffer you to dismiss from it the gratifying, though melancholy, recollection of those tears, which a whole Nation shed-as in a more recent instance-over that deepest of all afflictions, with which a mysterious Providence has so long visited him. A mourn

A mournful delicacy would not have allowed me to notice this sad event, were it not to shew how sincerely his Subjects have sympathized with the sorrows, as well as exulted in the joys, of their amiable and revered Monarch."

In the Lecture itself the Character of a good and exemplary King is well pourtrayed; and, after observing in the words of an admired Writer, that "the hand of Mercy may have shut him up from the sight of evils, that would have grieved his eyes and wrung his heart, had Reason been preserved to bim to the end of his lengthened days;" the Lecturer adds,

"Under this impression, it behoves us to be humbly resigned to that wise and Sovereign will, which nothing can controul, and which cannot but do right: but, who can forbear saying, Oh! that, instead of being secluded in sad retirement from contemplating the recent occurrences of our history, he had been permitted the high gratification of seeing to what an elevation of moral grandeur this people is now apparently rising!"

5. Practical Hints on Decorative Printing. By William Savage. 4to. pp. 51; and numerous Illustrations. Savage. THIS ingenious and scientific Writer, anxious to fulfil his engagements to his Subscribers, has delivered to them the First Part of his very acceptable “Hints," and promises the Conclusion "in a few weeks."

Of the Part now before us, it may truly be said, and it will be allowed, we doubt not, by Practical Men, and also by Artists, that he bas imitated drawings so closely, by the common process of letter-press printing, as to make it difficult to determine, in many instances, whether the Illustrations of his Book are drawings or not. The present Part contains-an Historical Sketch of the Progress of the Art; Practical Directions for making fine Press-work, with observations on Printing Ink; Specimens of Eighteen different coloured Inks; and some remarks on the greater antiquity of the Art of Printing in Europe than is generally allowed. It also contains a number of Illustrations printed in Colours, to imitate drawings. We understand a very few copies remain uusubscribed for, and those few are advanced in price, in consequence of the great additional

pense Mr. Savage has incurred in

his endeavours to make his Work more worthy the patronage of the Public.

The Work is with much propriety inscribed to the modern Mecenas, George-John Earl Spencer, whose emblazoned Arms form one of the beautiful Illustrations.

6. The Club. In a Dialogue between a Father and Son. By James Puckle. 8vo. pp. 95.

THIS is a beautiful and highly ornamented Reprint of a Publica tion, which more than a century since was highly popular. But the Editor shall himself introduce it:

"Excellent as are the morals and general tendency of the following pages, no apology seems necessary for offering them to the Publick in their present embellished form. The Works of PUCKLE are few in number, but they have all been originally published with the desire of being useful; and it has been judged by those who have perused his Club' with attention, that its revival at the present moment would be received with general approbation; and as its own merits are sufficient to plead in its behalf, little Editorial aid has been supplied to secure its circulation. The style, manner, and orthography, with a few unimportant exceptions, have been studiously preserved in this Edition; which is now offered to the Publick with the same motive as that which dictated the original.

"It first appeared in 1711, and the Author seems to have sent it into the World without any other ambition, than the hope of benefiting those for whose use it was designed.

"The present Edition is indebted to the able pencil of Mr. THURSTON for the Designs with which it is illustrated; and it is presumed that the man of taste, as well as the artist, will admit that each tells the story of its peculiar subject with appropriate expression. And were it necessary to dwell on the merits of the Author, it would of itself be no mean praise, that in the hands of a masterly Designer it should have become the ve

hicle of so fine a series of humorous and

characteristic prints."

After some appropriate acknow ledgments to the Printer, Mr. John Johnson, and to the various Engravers in Wood, who have done ample justice to the designs of Mr. Thurston, the Editor proceeds;

"It was intended to attach to this Edition a Sketch of the Author's Life,

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upright ministers, popular character being of trifling worth, and favour removing fear.

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We are not very fond of Secret Memoirs. They mostly resemble the cruel reports of discarded servants, the fabrications of malice and contracted ideas, instead of that developement of the secret springs of political action which illustrates history. We do not see any sound reason for exposing Kings and Princes in an indelicate state of nudity, no more than their subjects, when no possible good (but probably much evil) can ensue to the publick from so doing: e. g. for instance, what is called the small talk of the great has been basely ridiculed, as denoting imbecility. We have been in the dinner society of Commanders in Chief, and have heard nothing pass their lips but light general conversation. The fact is, persons high in office are not to utter crude opinions, or say things, which, as coming from them would be quoted, and get into the Newspapers. "Dulce est desipere in loco," and that Louis is in England, the dining and drawing-rooms. We know the old jest, "Pitt, do you talk as much nonsense as ever ?" "I don't know. I do not hear so much." Talking lightly is only the result of vivacity. We must, however, commend Mr. Brown for producing a valuable and interesting book, without this base and vulgar illiberality. He speaks of vice as it deserves, but of failings only as they are causes of unhappy results, not from malignity, or mean hostility to greatness: but the peculiar felicity of his book is, that it is most minute in the details of those events, which from their magnitude and interest, we are naturally desirous to know in the fullest possible extent. The most able part of the Work is the History of Gustavus the Third: but to the Philosopher, who likes to see human nature in all its forms, the interesting narrative of Matilda, Queen of Denmark, the unfortunate sister of our venerable Sovereign, is a fine picture indeed of frailty, absolutely provoked by miserable situation, but mixed with English generosity and English spirit, highly characteristic of her Country. Mr. Brown, speaking of the arrest of Matilda, says,

"The Queen, like the Cherokee chief, though overpowered, was not subdued.

The King had kept them dallying so long, that Rantzau was afraid day-light would appear before he should be able Matilda to get the Queen removed. heard him say to Eichstedt, We must turning suddenly upon him, in a firm make haste it will soon be day;' and emphatic manner, she said, 'Miserable man, well may you dread the light. The deed of this night will for ever blacken your fame. Your fall will quickly follow mine. My errors will be obliterated by my sufferings: the fair and the brave, the mild and the virtuous, will shed a tear over my sad destiny; whilst thou shalt perish unpitied, and be followed to thy tomb with execration. March, detested, hoary-headed traitor! lead me to my dungeon, lead me any where, so that mine eyes are spared thy hated pre

sence.

P. 142.

The Officer thus addressed was Count Rantzau, an old voluptuous nobleman, who was merely a tool in the affair; obliged to fly his country soon after, and in a few months killed in a duel at Avignon, by an English officer, who was determined to avenge the treatment of Matilda, which was coarse and violent. The Court was composed of voluptuaries. "It is consistent," says Mr. Brown, "with the decided character of Matilda to imagine, when she found her blood tainted with a loathsome disease by an imbecile and depraved husband, that every vestige of respect vanished," (p. 91.) and that the artful encouragement of this angry sentiment by the disloyal and treacherous Struenzce should occasion her fall, and his own just punishment.

In this Work there is also a most interesting Episode. Count Rantzau when 60 years old, had a mistress only 20, taken from the opera. The ability, the heroism, the integrity, and the naiveté of this wonderful girl is a singular curiosity. Rantzau, in a fit of despair, had seized his pistols, which a faithful valet had unloaded, and had also communicated his apprehensions to Miss Livernet:

"She went with a palpitating bosom to the Count; and suddenly assuming a gaiety that was a stranger to her heart, ran smiling into his room. She found him with a pistol in his hand, that he appeared to be loading. His his glaring eye-balls towards the door, looks were wild and haggard. Turning he asked her sternly how she dare approach unbidden, and without notice? Instead of reply, she rushed to his bo

som,