and expence are bestowed upon it. Thus had long been considered national there. | naticism, and of the misery which it will init happens that some of our finest airs are Among other valuable sentences, Riz-duce human nature to endure, was given adapted to words which have scarcely a pre-zio, if we may believe our notes, utters last July and August, by a Bania in Gujerat, tence to common sense-frequently, indeed, the following--he is speaking of Italy-"Oh! of the Vohra caste. At their annual fast of they have none: the music, however, carries for a muse of fire to burst her chain, and Pujoosun, this inan expressed his determinadown the nonsense from year to year; fo- kindle ancient fame, and rouse to glory."tion to abstain from food till he died. He reign nations become acquainted with it; and This seems naturally the precursor of some-had previously fasted from the 26th July to our claims to distinction as musicians are thing extraordinary; and, accordingly, we the 25th August, from which date he took a seldom granted, but at the expense of our then hear a bravura adapted to the follow-small quantity of food during four days, and literary taste. We do not mean this in par- ing song. then commenced his total abstinence. In ticular reference to the present opera, for the this resolution he persevered till the 3d of modern airs are not altogether calculated to October, when he died; having thus fasted waft Colonel Hamiltou's poetry, (we must 66 days, deducting the four in August. A be civil) down the " tide of time." small portion of hot water daily, was the only thing that passed his lips. At the end. he was, as may be imagined, extremely emaciated, but his senses remained perfect to the last moment of his existence. He consequently became a Saint among the Jainas.

The following is a brief account of the plot of the opera.

Rouse ancient spirit of the land,
Whose eagle built on freedom's tree;
Where conquering Cæsar bore command,
And Cato died for liberty.

Rouse, Italians, rouse! redeem the story
Of ancient worth, of laurell'd glory.
Rouse from thy dream to virtue's fires,
From Syren song, whom graces crown;
Strike bolder chords than love requires,
Deep diapasons of renown.

Now this is really, we must say it, very,
very bad; and unluckily there are others
quite as indifferent, for we have not selected
this invidiously. We went, in truth, with a
predisposition to be pleased, and were ex-
ceedingly disappointed.

VARIETIES.

Earl Ruthven is enamoured of Lady Mary Livingston, principal Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen, but fails in his attempt to gain her hand, she being strongly attached to Rizzio, and upon the point of marriage with him. The disappointed Ruthven then encourages an assassin to murder Rizzio; but not succeeding in this attempt, he persuades Darnley that the Queen is secretly attached to the Italian musician. An endeavour to dispatch the supposed favourite in a hunting party failing, Ruthven and other courtiers attack him at a banquet given by his Longevity. The Italian Journals men. Royal Mistress, in celebration of his marri- tion the following instance of longevity. A age with Lady Mary, and, hurrying him in- soldier named John Chiossich, a native of to an adjoining chamber, destroy him with Vienna, died on the 21st of May, in the Intheir swords. While this act is perpetrating, valid Barracks at the Island of Murano, near Darnley learns, too late, that Rizzio has Venice, at the age of 118. For the space of just been united to the Queen's chief attend- 41 years he served as a private, in the armies ant; and at once discovers that his Sovereign of several of the European powers, in Hu – and wife is wholly innocent of the malignant gary, the Crimea, Italy, and also in Bohecharge insinuated against her by Ruthven. mia during the seven years' war. He then Braham performed Rizzio, in his usual entered the army of the Venetian republic, style. Mr. Hamblin was Darnley, and Mr. in the service of which he continued 29 years. Rae Earl Ruthven; Mrs. West Queen Mary, He was remarkable for sobriety and tempeand Miss Carew the Lady of the Bedcham-rance; and was scarcely ever known to sutter ber. We rather like the Lady of the Bed- from illness. His father also attained a very chamber, but not immoderately; and we advanced age, and his uncle lived to be a are quite indifferent to the other three. Mr. hundred years old. Braham, indeed, does not affect the actor, but contents himself with the full exercise of his astonishing vocal powers: Mr. Rae mouths and half eats his words; Mr. Hamblin is quite calm and exemplary in a passion; while Mrs. West is too inuch given to tear it to tatters. We are sorry for this, because we once had hopes of her; we have now none; she, we confess, is too common place and didactic for us. There are also a few Highlanders in the piece, against whose Scotch we must protest. Some of the music is old Scotch music, and good: the rest of it is modern, and is as free from spirit and originality as could be wished. Many airs, however, which are reported Scotch, and which have now become thoroughly naturalized, are, it is supposed, of Italian origin. Rizzio was an accomplished musi- It is stated by a foreign writer, that the cian from Tuscany, and his music being ad- Monks of Mont St. Bernard seldom attain mired in Scotland, it is not unlikely that the the age of 35 years: the cold and damp genatives of the north retained whatever he in-nerally destroy them between the ages of 20 troduced amongst them. Independant of and 30. A subscription has been set on foot this, the national instrument, (we are on on the continent, to erect a building for tender ground) is not adapted to many of the these humane beings, less injurious to health most beautiful airs; and, indeed, Urbani, than that which they now inhabit. when he was in Scotland, detected several very old Italian airs amongst those which

On the 11th of May, Mad. Catalani arrived at Riga, and was then shortly expected at St. Petersburgh,

METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL.
JUNE, 1820.
Thursday, 15-Thermometer from 44 to 57.
Barometer from 30, 01 to 30, 13.
Wind N. W. and N. b. E. 1. - Generally

cloudy till the evening, when it became clear.

Rain fallen,375 of an inch.

Friday, 16-Thermometer from 39 to 58.
Barometer, from 30, 13 to 30, 11.
Wind N. W. 1. and S. W. 4.-Clouds generally
overspread, with sunshine at times.
Saturday, 17-Thermometer from 47 to 67.

Barometer from 30, 12 to 30, 16. Wind W. and N. W. .-Clouds generally passing; sunshine at times.

Rain fallen,0125 of an inch.

Sunday, 18-Thermometer from 46 to 67.

Barometer from 30, 23 to 30, 10. clouds generally passing the rest of the day. Wind N. W. 4. and S. W. 1.- Morning clear, The greater part of a very fine halo was formed about 6 o'clock in the evening. Monday, 19- Thermometer from 48 to 64.

Barometer from 29, 90 to 29, 94. Wind N. W. and W. 2.- Clouds passing till the evening, when it became clear.

Raia fallen,05 of an inch.

Canova was at Venice on the 8th ultimo,
on his way to Possagno, his native place,
to expedite the buikling of the Temple which
is to perpetuate the glory of this little village
of Treviso, in having given birth to so dis- Tuesday, 20-Thermometer from 46 to 60.
inguished an Artist.
Barometer from 29, 82 to 29, 93. .
Silver mine in North America.-The dis- Wind W. 2. and S. W. 2.-Raining all the
covery of a rich vein of silver ore, near Zanes-morning, and generally cloudy the rest of the
ville, by workmen who were digging to find day: a little sunshine in the afternoon.
Rain fallen,075 of an inch.

a salt spring, proves to have been the inge-Wednesday, 21-Thermometer from 49 to 66.
nious contrivance of a party of swindlers,
Barometer from 30, 06 to 30, 12.
who melted a small quantity of dollars, and Wind N. W. and W. .- Morning clear;
buried them in this place, with the hope of light clouds overspread the rest of the day.
inducing credulous persons to purchase
shares in their new discovered silver-mine.
They had so far succeeded, it seems, that
the shares had risen from 10 dollars to 100
before the cheat was detected!

-
"

Voluntary death by Fasting. A remarkable proof of the extravagancy of fa

The

Rain fallen,175 of an inch, Edmonton, Middlesex. JOHN ADAMS.

This Number of the Literary Gazette terminates the first half year's publication for 1820. The two Quarterly Parts may, consequently, be had next week, at our office, or at any Bookseller's in Town or Country. An index of the contents continuation of the interesting subject “ Insanwill immediately be published. ity," comprising matter prefatory to Esquirol's ERRATUM, p. 388, col. 2.-The last ten words in Memorial, in our next Number. this col. belonging to the text, are accidentally put after the note †, instead of concluding the paragraph ending with "Nothing to God."

Miscellaneous Advertisements,
· (Connected with Literature and the Arts)

British Gallery, Pall Mall.
This GALLERY, with an Exhibition of

PORTRAITS of distinguished Persons in the History and Literature of the United Kingdom, is open daily, from 10 in the Morning until 6 in the Evening.

(By order) JOHN YOUNG, Keeper. Admission 1s.---Catalogue ls.---Descriptive ditto 28.

THE Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of the So.
ciety of Painters in Oil and Water Colors, at the
Great Rooms, Spring Gardens, will close on Saturday,
July the 8th. Admittance 1s.--Catalogues 6d.

COPLEY FIELDING, Secretary,

Encyclopædia Edinensis.—Part Fifth of Volume
Third, of

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA EDINENSIS : or,

Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous
Literature. By JAMES MILLAR, M. D. price 89.
Printed for Peter Hill and Co. Edinburgh; G. and W.
B. Whittaker, and George Cowie and Co. London; Reid
and Henderson, Glasgow; John Cumming, and Richard
Milliken, Dublin; and sold by all booksellers.

attention of the Public to the completion of one

In 2 vols 4to. price 51. 5s. with a portrait of Mr. Tooke

LUCIAN of SAMOSATA, from the Greek

With the Comments and Illustrations of WIELAND and others. By WILLIAM TOOKE, F. K. S. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London.

tit For my own part, says the pious and learned Dr. Mayne, I know not to whose writings we owe more our Christianity, where the true God has succeeded a multitude of false, whether to the grave confutations of Clemens Alexandrinus, Arnobius, Justin Martyr, St. Augustine, Lactantius, &c. or the facetious wit of Lu

PETER HILL and Co. beg leave to call the
half, or three volumes of the Encyclopædia Edinensis, cian: which sentiment is quoted and approved by

In 2 Vols. 12mo. price 12s. boards,

THE BOTANIST's COMPANION; or, an

which on no consideration will exceed the limits, origi- Dryden. nally declared, of six volumes. The completion of one half of this work will enable the Public to form a proper estimate of its merits, and the Proprietors earnestly soThe Society of Painters, &c. beg to inform the Public, licit a comparison to be made of the quantity of matter that they have engaged the Great Room at the Egyptian contained in the three volumes now published with that Hall, Piccadilly, and will there open the 17th Annual of six volumes of any contemporary work of the same Exhibition, in April, 1821, in the name of the Society of kind; for, in the selection and condensation of what is Painters in Water Colors, as it is their intention to aduseful and valuable, the Editor and his Associates, in mit Paintings in Water Colors only into their future Exhibitions, on the principle of those preceding the yearing together kindred subjects under one head, by which pursuing the arrangement originally adopted, of bring.

1913.

MR

R. HAYDON'S PICTURE of "Christ's Entry into Jerusalem," is now open for Exhibition, at Bullock's Great Room, upstairs to the right, from ten till six.---Admission Is. Catalogue 6d. "Fear not Daughter of Zion; behold thy King cometh,

repetition is altogetheravoided, have succeeded far beyond
their most sanguine expectation. To be had in Parts,
88. each, or half voluines, 208, each.

Introduction to the Knowledge of Practical Botany, and the Uses of Plants, either growing wild in Great Britain, or cultivated for the purposes of Agriculture, Medicine, Rural Economy, or the Arts, on a new Plan. Printed for Longman, By WILLIAM SALISBURY. Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row; and the Author, Botanic Garden, Sloane Street, Of whom may be had, by the same Author,

HINTS to PROPRIETORS of ORCHARDS, and to Growers of Fruit in general, comprising Observations on the present State of the Apple Trees, in the Cider Countries. Also the Natural History of the Aphis Lanata or American Blight, and other Insects destructive to Fruit Trees, 68. bds.

In 4to. 31. 3s., 8vo. 21. 2s., and fc. 8vo. 11. 10.

In the press, and in a few days will be published,

Coxe's Marlborough, Octavo.

TWENTY-ONE PLATES to illustrate LORD JULIA ALPINULA, the CAPTIVE of STAM-In 6 Vols. 8vo. with a 4to. Atlas of Plates, Price 51, 5r.

BYRON'S WORKS. Engraved by Charles Heath, from Drawings by R. Westall, R. A. With a Portrait, engraved by Armstrong, from the original Picture, by T. Phillips, R.A. Printed for John Murray, Albemarle Street. In a few days, ARRATIVE of EVENTS ILLUSTRATING

BOL, and other Poems. By J. H. WIFFEN, Au

thor of "Aonian Hours." Printed for John Warren,

19, Old Bond Street.

In two handsome volumes, octavo, with a volume of
Plates in quarto, price 31. 3. in boards,

NA
the Vicissitudes and the Cession of Parga. Sup A DESCRIPTION of the WESTERN IS-

The WORKS of MR. CRABBE, printed uniformly In 7 vols. small 8vo. 45s.

A new edition in small 8vo. 7s.

LANDS of SCOTLAND, including the ISLE of
MAN; comprising an account of their Geological struc
Pure, with remarks on their Agriculture, Scenery, and
Antiquities. By JOHN M'CULLOCH, M. D. &c. &c.

Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh;
and Hurst, Robinson, and Co. 90, Cheapside, London.

"We have had frequent occasion to speak of Dr.
M'Culloch in terms of high commendation, in our Re-
views of the Transactions of the Geological Society. It
is very seldom that we find a person with such high

boards.

MEMOIRS of JOHN DUKE of MARL

BOROUGH; with his Original Correspondence, collected from the Family Records at Blenheim, and other authentic Sources. By WILLIAM COXE, M, A. F. R. S. F. S. A. Archdeacon of Wilts, and Rector of Bemerton. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. Of whom may be had, by the same Author,

A HISTORY of the HOUSE of AUSTRIA, from 1218 to 1792, 5 vols. 8vo. 31. 13s. 6d. boards.

MEMOIRS of the KINGS of SPAIN of the HOUSE
of BOURBON, 5 vols. 8vo. 31. boards.
MEMOIRS of SIR R. WALPOLE, 4 vols. 21. 8s.
Drake's Winter Nights.

In 2 vols. Post 8vo. 18s, boards,

DON JUAN CANTOS 1. and II. Printed for qualifications for a scientific traveller; for, besides a WINTER NIGHTS. By NATHAN DRAKE,

Thomas Davison, and sold by all Booksellers.

On Tuesday will be published, in 3 vols. 8vo. with Fiftyfour coloured Plates, Maps, and Wood Engravings,

M. D. Author of Literary Hours, Shakespeare strong natural understanding, he possesses a variety of and his Times, &c. &c. London; Printed for Longman, accomplishments that is very rarely found combined in In the course of this the same individual. He is one of the few men of pow-Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. month will be published, a new cdition, in 3 vols. Post erful mind and high cultivation who have hitherto di8vo. of LITERARY HOURS. By the same Author.

JOURNAL of a TOUR in the LEVANT. By rected their attention to Geology. The author has not

WILLIAM TURNER, Esq. Foreign Office. Print- been unamindful of the various subjects of general intered for John Murray, Albemarle Street. est which present themselves to an intelligent traveller,

8vo. lbs. Second Edition of

in the very remarkable countries which he describes. THE DIARY of an INVALID, being the There are dispersed throughout both volumes much vaJournal of a Tour in pursuit of HEALTH, Inluable information, and many very interesting remarks Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and France, in the Years upon the habits and - condition of the people of the is1817, 1818, 1819. By HENRY MATTHEWS, Esq. land, the state of population, the agriculture and fisheA. M. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Printed ries, the antiquities, superstitions, and peculiar customs."---Edinburgh Review, No. 66, May, 1820. for John Murray, Albemarle Street.

On Saturday next will be published, small 8vo.

ADVICE to JULIA. A Letter in Rhyme.

J'ai vu les mœurs de mon tems, et j'ai publié cette lettre. Rousseau,

Printed for John Murray, Albemarle Street. Dodsley's Annual Register, 1819-Price 16s. bds. THE ANNUAL REGISTER; or, a View of

the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1919. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; J. Otride; J. Cuthell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; E. Jeffery and Son; Lackington and Co.; J. Bell; J. Asperne; and Sherwood, Neely, and Jones.

+++ Several of the early Volumes of this Work having been reprinted, a few complete Sets, from the com mencement in 1758, may be procured of the publishers. Or it may be taken from the commencement of the New Series in 1791.

Spain.

NO. XVI. of the JOURNAL of NEW VOY.

AGES and TRAVELS, published this day, contains Travels through Portugal and Spain during the Peninsular War. By WILLIAM GRAHAM, Esq. with many Engravings, price 3s. 6d. followed by a View of

the present State of Literature, Religion, and Opinions

Price 8s. embellished with an Ancient Druid,

THE WELCH NON-CONFORMIST MEMO

RAIL, or Cambro-British Biography, containing Sketches of the Founders of the Protestant Dissenting Interest in Wales: with an Essay on Druidism. Also an Appendix, including the author's last Review of the Christian Religion. By the late Rev. WILLIAM RICHARDS, LL. D. Edited with Notes and Illustrations, by JOHN EVANS, LL. D. Sold by Sherwood and Co. Paternoster Row; T. Wiche, No. 9, Chiswell Street; and D. Eaton, High Holborn.

In 8vo. price 14s,

SPENCE'S ANECDOTES. With an Appen-
dix of Original Letters by Pope, Hume, Horace
Walpole, &c. now first printed from the Original Papers,
with Notes, and a Life of the Author. By SAMUEL
WELLER SINGER. Printed for W. H. Carpenter,
Lower Brook Street; and A. Constable and Co. Edin-
burgh.
A few Copies are remaining of the large paper,
beautifully printed in imperial 4to. for the purpose of il-
lustration, price 57. 58.

Third Edition. 5 vols. 8vo, boards, price 31.

THE ROYAL MILITARY CALENDAR; or

Part 1. to be continued Quarterly, price 68. ANNALS of ORIENTAL LITERATURE. Contents.-1. Analytical Comparison of the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and Teutonic Languages, shewing. the original identity of their Grammatical Structure; by F. Bopp. 2. Translation of the Commencement of the Mahá Bhárata, from the original Sanskrit. 3. An Essay on the Life and Genius of Firdausi, the great Epic Poet of the Persians, with a verbal Translation of his Episode of Sohrab. 4. Translation of the Sherif Mo

hammed Al Idrisi's Geography of Africa. 5. Cursory Observations on a Translation of the Sherif Ibrahim's Account of Mungo Park's death, by Abraham Salamé. 6. Brief Enumeration of the Banners of the Chinese Tartarian Army, by W. Huttmann.---Reviews and Extracts. The Kamus, or Ocean; an Arabic Dictionary, &c.; by Shaik Ahmed, &c. &c. The Plan is to publish an octavo volume, of nearly 200 pages, Quarterly. Each Part is to be divided into Three Sections---the First devoted to Original Essays, Translations, &c.---the Second to Reviews of Oriental Works.---the Third, to short Notices of Books, and Miscellaneous Intelligence,

Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row; and Ogle, Duncan and Co, High Holborn, London.

Horsley's Biblical Criticism.

In 4 Vols. 8vo. price 21. 2s. boards,

BIBLICAL CRITICISMS on the BOOKS of

the OLD TESTAMENT, and TRANSLATIONS of SACRED SONGS, with NOTES Critical and Explanatory. By SAMUEL HORSLEY, LL. D. F. R. S. F.A. S. late Bishop of St. Asaph. These 'Volumes, with the Translation of the Psalms, of which a second edition has already appeared in two volumes, complete the pubArmy Service and Commission Book: containing, lication of Bishop Horsley's Biblical Works, and include two Disquisitions and a Translation of Hosea, before pubaccording to seniority, the Services and progress of Promotion of the Generals, Lieut.-Gens, M.-Gens. Cols. L.-lished, revised and corrected by their Author. London: Cols, and Majors of the Army; with details of the prin- Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; and F. C. and J. Rivington. Of whom may be had, by And, in an early Number will be introduced, Cail- cipal military events of the last Century. Sold by Mr. the same Author,

in Spain.

The next Number, to be published July 15th, will

contain Pertugier's Travels round Constantinople, illustrated with superb engravings.

land's recent Travels in Egypt, with many plates.
**The last Number contained the first part of Prince
Maximilian's Travels in Brazil, with many Plates.

Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. Bride Court, Bridge Street and sold by all booksellers. Of whom may be had, Vol. 1 and 2, half-bound, at 20s, each.

Summer Excursions,

Price 15s. bound, an improved Edition, corrected to the
present Time, with an entire new Series of Engravings
by Greig, mostly from original Drawings,
THE GUIDE to all the WATERING and

SEA-BATHING PLACES for 1820; containing full and accurate Descriptions of each Place and of the Curiosities and striking Objects in the Environs, and forming an agreeable and useful Companion during a Residence at any of the Places, or during a Summer Tour in quest of Health or Pleasure. By the EDITOR of the PICTURE of LONDON. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and to be had of the Librarians and Booksellers at the places described.

N ESSAY on the EVILS of POPULAR IG-
NORANCE. By JOHN FOSTER, author of,
"Essays on
a Man's Writing Memoirs of Himself."
Printed for B. J. Holdsworth, 18, (south side), St.

&c.

SERMONS, 3 vols. 8vo. price 11. 71, boards.
NINE SERMONS, on the Evidence of our Lord's
In 8vo. price 10s. 6d. boards.
Resurrection.

A TRANSLATION of the PSALMS of DAVID, with
Notes, in 2 vols. 8vo. price 18s. boards.

In the Press, and speedily will be published,

Paul's Church Yard. Of whom may be had, lately pub-RHYMES on the ROAD: by a Travelling
lished, by the same author,
A MISSIONARY DISCOURSE, 8vo. 3s. 6d. Also,
2d Edition, of

A MOTHER'S JOURNAL, with Preface. By JANE
TAYLOR.

LA

Lacon.-Price 7s. second Edition.
ACON; or, Many Things in Few Words.
By the Rev. C. C. COLTON, A. M. late Fellow
of King's College, Cambridge; and Author of the Remarks
Messrs.
on Don Juan, Hypocrisy, Moscow, &c. &c.
Longman and Co. Paternoster Row; Warren, Bond
Street; and Hatchard, Piccadilly.

Member of the Poco-Curante Society: extracted from his Journal. By THOMAS BROWN, the Younger, Author of the " Fudge Family," "Twopenny Post Bag," &c. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row.

London: Printed for the Proprietors, by W. POPLE, 67, Chancery Lane: Published every Saturday, by W. A. SCRIPPS, at the Literary Gazette Office, 362, (Exeter Change) Strand, where Communications, (post paid) are requested to be addressed to the Editor.

AND

Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, etc.

This Journal is supplied Weekly, or Monthly, by the principal Booksellers and Newsmen throughout the Kingdom: but to those who may desire
its immediate transmission, by post, we beg to recommend the LITERARY GAZETTE, printed on stamped paper, price One Shilling.

No. 180.

REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1820.

PRICE 8d.

weakness of human nature. On such a height as that to which he had risen, it was no wonder his head became dizzy, and his brain turned. His arrogance, it may readily be conceive, is on a par with his impiety.

He declares

A System of Education for the Infant
King of Rome, and other French Princes
of the Blood, drawn up by the Imperial
Council of State, with the approbation
and under the personal superintendance
of the Emperor Napoleon. London,
1820. 8vo. pp. 161.
This book will be published on Mon-
day. It is a curious, very curious
production, and to our mind furnishes a
more accurate (reflected) picture of Buo-
naparte than half the essays that have
heen written upon his character. In
1812, at the height of his prosperity,
looking on the past only to inflame his
soul with the conviction that he could
"If tuition be but an intelligent and gra-
for the future controul fate itself, sur-
dual cultivation of the faculties of the mind,
rounded by the basest sycophancy,
a kind of intellectual aliment, that unfolds
while it adorns it; observe, that of three fa-
and drunk with power, this little trea-
"But when every day of a prince's edu-culties, which constitute the mind, the me-
tise devised for the education of his son, cation is spent between a double line of inen mory is the first that acts; the imagination
opens to the observant and philosophi- of honour and feeling; every one of whom, follows; and then reason, weak indeed when
cal eye the inmost movings of inordin-in his different capacity, inspires him with the heart glows with animation, and desti-
ate vanity, great talent, miserable em- prudence or courage, dignity or gracefulness, tute of any real strength but when the heart
piricism, uncommon sagacity, strange and all of them with energy and goodness: is silent.""
folly, sound speculation, and blasphe-the statue of the Emperor, he gives vent to
when, kneeling daily before God, and before
mous pride. We think it will be de- his gratitude, respect, and love"
cided, that the charlatan is far more
prominent than the sage; but upon the
whole, the views are inconsistent with
neither virtue nor justice. Whoever
wrote the preface is even less profound
than he who inspired the text: but a
few extracts will best exhibit both. The
prefacer says that by Napoleon-

friend, shows that the writer is not in the
habit of weighing his words as he ought to
do. We pass on however to the master-
spirit; for, however impiously adulatory the
language of the essay is, it is impossible to
mistake the Emperor, in the matter.
The opening affords a fair specimen of the
"Under the influence of great concep-
blasphemous pride of Buonaparte- tions every thing becomes great. Thou
kings the principles ought to be found, losopher to Fate: Take it.Thou desirest
"In the empire exercised by God over desirest to inake use of my arin ?' said a phri-
which shall regulate the education of the my son? there he is.-The philosopher
princes of the blood of Napoleon, formed at knew, that Fate would either leal or compel
once to obey and to command. It is neces-him; and is it not equally manifest, that Na-
sary they should yield obedience to him as poleon compels whatever opposes him, and
leads whatever submits to his will?"
to God, since it is God who conducts him."

This coupling himself with the Almighty, The last period is characteristic of the man,
was no uncommon practice of the Corsican. the first an instance of that frippery philoso-
We remember his fierce answer to the Rus-phy of which his career furnished so many
sian officer who observed, on his threats to displays, both by himself and his partizans.
destroy the country in his invasion, Man We annex another.
proposes, but God disposes." I tell thee-
that it is I who propose, and I who dispose:"
and the two following quotations are in the
same style :-

first acting quality of the mind. According What a conjuror, to make memory the

to this classification, we must remember be"From sixteen to eighteen every thing fore we perceive. begins to unfold itself; every thing ferments Again Man presses on man, kings upon in the young, pupil, the mind, the heart, kings. Every one oppresses or is oppressand the senses; whence arises a sort of indo-ed; and such is the force of oppression in cile inebriation, that renders him hard this world, that he, who is reduced to deto be taught. But God and the Emperor fend himself against it, is reduced to the conwill calm this stormy period, if he have been dition of a prey, whose lot it is to be detaught from infancy to bow at their names.

voured."

"Yes, power alone can create power: the mind of Napoleon alone is capable of reproducing itself in his descendants. Who would dare to attempt a work so sacred and lofty, were he not sustained by his hand?"

What a resource in the education of our We believe that this proposition is as false "A code of laws was drawn up with con- princes we have in two, altars, and two ma- as the consequence drawn from it is unintelsummate ability; a national education intro-jesties, that form the soul of it! a divine ligible. Of the flattery of rulers we have duced; and every thing, civil, military, and majesty, and a human majesty, invisible and often heard'; but never met with more serreligious, was made to centre in himself. visible at the same time, rewarding and pun-vile adulation than these passages.He saw the kings of Europe invoking his ishing in time and in eternity. To what a protection, and meanly cringing at his feet. pitch will you raise nature, what will you He became intoxicated with success, and, not obtain from it, when you have such ceasing to feel like other men, thought his lofty means? dynasty established beyond the reach of fortune. He forgot, that opinion was power, and became impatient of control, till, by substituting his own caprice in place of the public will, he was left without a friend in the hour of danger, and his fall was as rapid as his rise."

"But Napoleon is the Jupiter, who equally disposes of a blade of grass, and the most solemn award of justice, each in its due time.

We shall long have but one book, the Commentaries of Napoleon; not such, as if he would deign to write them himself, but such as fame has presented them to the admiration of mankind: and we shall learn it by heart, never to quit it. "It is the mind of the pupil there"God and the Emperor will be the inex-fore, to which he will henceforward attend, Now really, to speak of a consummate haustible subject of our compositions: "it is with that instinctive love of youth, and for the code of laws under a despot, who forced all from these sources we shall derive the talent blood of Napoleon, that cannot be feigned, the objects of legislation, civil, military, and of writing things worthy of being read, till that cannot be imitated, and the absence of religious, to centre in himself, is to use awe acquire the power of doing things wor- which nothing can supply. direct contradiction in terms; and the loose thy of being written." mode of talking of the Kings of Europe, and of the fallen Emperor being left without a VOL. IV.

"But here how much reason have we to The miserable inflation of this poor crea-be satisfied! Men are of different races, and ture of dust, is, after all, but a proof of the the eagle does not generate the dove: It is

to the blood of heroes our cares are devoted: | may be recalled when necessary. But would
born in the lap of glory, they have all its yon have the impression last through life,
charm, and will have all its lustre."
call in the object itself to your assistance:
One would suppose from these, that Buo-give lessons on the sphere on some lofty sta-
naparte was atavis edite regibus, rather than tion, lessons on the art of gunnery in a park
that, at least as far as descent was concerned, of artillery, lessons on tactics in a camp;
the simile of a great eastern preceptor might time may weaken, but will never efface
be applied to him. "Were you, (says them."
this more ancient instructor) to set the egg.
of a raven, whose nature it is to be gloomy
as chaos, under the peahen of the Garden of
Eden; and, during the period of her sitting
upon that egg, were you to feed her with
the pulp of the fig of paradise, and give her
drink from the fountain of that blissful re-
gion: nay, were the angel Gabriel to
inspire her with the spirit of life, still that
egg of a raven could produce but a raven,
and that labour of the peahen would come
to a fruitless conclusion.”

We must, however, do the author the justice to cite some of his better parts, which, as well as his worser parts, serve to depict the extraordinary man in his real colours. This is his opinion of foreign languages (but we would not have our readers, except they are breeding up their children for kings, which we hope, for the sake of parents and offspring, they are not,) assent to the imperial reasoning

The teacher presumes that all nature will help him in his task, and in his supposititious cases, (when the pupil is between sixteen and eighteen years of age) has the following entertaining lessons.

are bestowed on him in the newspapers, yet with a circumspection that enhances their value. He tastes in silence the delight of being beloved and esteemed by the public; and, when this shower of praises and blessings is a little moderated, I come in my turn to talk with him.

"Ravished myself with his conduct, and the success of my cares, I accost him with an air of tenderness. "Well, Prince! what says your heart?""Ah, Sir, what delight! It is pleasure of all kinds at once. How much am I indebted to you, for making me acquainted with them! How happy am I, that it will some day be in my power-Ah ! if ever" He turns his face aside, to conceal his emotion. I clasp him in my arms, and press him to my bosom-" Ab, Prince ! I am the first of those you would make

"Sometimes I lose him in the woods;
and he spends the night in darkness, choking
with thirst, and fainished with hunger. An-
other time it is in the subterranean caverns
under the Observatory, that I lead him
astray, and carry his terrors so far, that his
hair stands erect on his head. It is to be re-happy."
membered, however, that chance, which
seems to have produced the whole, acts en-
tirely under my direction.

"Pretending to be tired of the uniformity
of our way of life, I propose to him one day,
by way of varying it, to give ourselves up for
some time to Providence: crossing the fields
on foot without provision; avoiding bridges
and seeking fords, or swiming across the ri-
vers. He consents, and we set out.

"The languages! exclaim the many: but "The first day we find no place to lodge, who has more ineptitude in business than consequently no bed. The next, we are the polyglot, whose instinct is chained down without bread. The day after, we are insultto words? The facility of acquiring lan-ed; and it is with difficulty we repel the atguages, which so many fools admire, is attack, and obtain justice. The day following bottom nothing more, than a brevet of ignorance and incapacity."

Of political maxims the following deserve

remark.

"Man, a creature with a thousand weaknesses, is never more strong than when he entreats and implores. His strength lies in his goodness, his sympathy. This it is that cements the social union, that invents, improves, and adorns it. Bad men unite only for purposes of injury and destruction. The noise they make deceives as to their number, and renders their tumult and vehemence effective but the continued progress of the social principle shows, how much it is the guide and master of us all.

a child is drowning, and we have to save
him; and presently some danger is to be
braved. On the fifth day we arrive weary and
fatigued; not without having given proofs
of courage, acquired some valuable know-
ledge, and conferred some benefits. Our la-
bour therefore has not been in vain.

"But nothing in this world is without alloy. Too much incense intoxicates his brain. 1 perceive the germes of self-sufficiency budding: I find him among his companions priding himself on the success of his excursion; and complain of it to him, as alarmed at it. He defends himself: I do not press him much on the subject, but, by way of reply, I give him an account of the voyage of Christopher Columbus to discover the new world to read. He devours it, and returns it to me, ashamed of his own vanity." He afterwards takes him to Brest. "On our arrival, and scarcely having had time to rest ourselves, I take him by night on board a vessel dressed out with flags. She stands out to sea, till nothing but the sky and the ocean can be seen: but the sight is deferred till he awakes, till the rising of the sun.

"We have agreed during our voyage, to say little, and hear much; to listen in silence to all, that a world so new can say to us. Every thing, in fact, has a tongue, for him who can understand it: it is to listen, therefore (if I may be allowed the expression), that we are prepared. In reality, how different are the impressions made by a grove, animated with the song of birds, from those made by a sea agitated by the waves, and

"The justice of peace, who from the first
had examined us strictly, but civilly; and
to whom, at our departure, I disclosed who
we were, unknown to the prince; turns out
to be a distinguished man of letters. He had
formed his opinion of us in the contest:
and, being a man averse to hidden treasures,
thinks proper to consign to the newspapers a
spirited and amusing account of our adven-ploughed by the lightning!

"He who is supreme is sufficiently bene-tures. ficent, sufficiently good, when he is just. Goodness tends to relax every thing; and clemency itself is too often injustice. Justice includes every thing."

And in education we highly cominend the following.

:

|

"The prince awakes long before day. "The newspaper arrives. I give it to the From the deck he admires the vault of Heaprince to read by way of exercise. On a ven, spangled with stars. He finds himself sudden he stops, blushes, and puts the pa- in a land with which he is familiar, and feels per into my hands. I read it to myself, and, the joy of one, who meets with countrymen after having read it to myfelf, say to him of his own on a foreign shore. I lead him Prince, this is the first blast of the trumpet to the binnacle, where he sees the compass; of Fame. It is yours; attend to it. Keep though I defer making any reflections upon the paper, we will talk of it some other this subject, that I may not waste his powers 1 time." by entering into any detail, but leave them "A week passes away without my speak-in all their ardour to the contemplation of the rising sun. I assist his youth by a slight repast; and in an animated discourse, confined however to generals, on the industry of man, who by the help of the stars and winds has formed a junction between different climates and different hemispheres, we spend our time, awaiting the break of day.

"I am aware of all the delicacy requisite in such a course of instruction at so tender an age, and all the skill it demands: but the streamlet, that forms the source of a river, needs only a bend in the ground, to deter-ing of it to him; but not without his reading mine its inelination and course. Form the over again in secret the article in which he bent, persevere like time, and you will ex-is so honourably mentioned. cavate the channel, which is here nothing Every one about him however serves more than habit. him with more eagerness, and with increased respect. Every one's countenance sparkles with joy, charmed as they are with his courage and humanity. Persons come from Paris and from the villages to see him: children kiss their hands to him for having saved the life of a child: the most delicate praises

Give a body to your lessons, that they may present an image to the mind. The reasoning vanishes, the image remains, and

Firdausi, the Persian poet, quoted in the Annals of Oriental Literature, Part I.

"It appears, and we take our station on the poop.

"The vessel sails before the wind, with a breeze that displays all its flags and stream