many frange publications-we can refer it to no known clafs of booke and must therefore denominate it, and fuffer it to remain, a non-defcript. It cannot properly be called a treatise of myftical theology; fince, though it abounds with theological terms, and with fomething like theological ideas, and is throughout myfterious, a great part of it belongs, we fuppofe, to phyfics; for it treats of fires, airs, electes, waters, earths, ether, and auroras: yet it is not an inflitute of natural philofophy, for it communicates nothing, as far as we are able to discover, which has the resemblance of information or inftru&ion, concerning any thing in heaven or earth. Art. 59. A Prize Declamation, spoken in Trinity College Chapel, May 28, 1794, on the following Subject: "R. Cromwell, if he had poffeffed his Father's Abilities, might have retained the Protectorate." To which is added a Speech delivered December 18, being the Day of public Commemoration, to prove "That the Reign of Anne has been improperly called the Auguftan Age of English Genius." By C. V. Le Grice. 8vo. pp. 43. 15. Robinsons. 1795 This declamation is a juvenile performance. Affuming very quef tionable, if not falfe grounds, the author lightly fkims over a fubject, thoroughly to inveftigate which would require a profound knowlege of mankind, and very perfevering attention. To treat the queftion properly, it will be neceffary to trace the effects of Richard's real character, from the time at which his father affumed the protectorate; and we fhall then find that Oliver, owing to the defect of energy in the mind of his fon, was obliged to devolve on Lambert and his other officers, in order to retain their allegiance, a large fhare of that authority which otherwife he would have conferred on his fon. Hence their influence was neceffarily increafed, and their expertnefs political manœuvres completed; whereas, had Richard Cromwell been an able fecond to his father, he would have enjoyed the principal office of truft and power; and, obtaining the fame afcen-. dency over the minds of the army, the officers, and the parliament, which his father poffeffed, he would, without the fmallest fhew or idea of oppofition, have peaceably fucceeded the protector: inheriting all his power, without the perfonal odium attached to it, and with all the advantages of fuccefiion by inheritance. To fuppofe, as the author has done, that Richard, at his father's death, had for the first time difplayed the fuperior abilities of Oliver, was fuppofing a miracle, an impoflibility. In the commemoration fpeech, Mr. Le Grice appears to much greater advantage; and we think that he has, in a great measure, proved his point: though at the fame time we must enter our protek against degrading Pope to a level with Akenfide, Gray, Burns, Collins, and the rest of those whom the author has introduced as rivals to that admirable poet. : Art. 60. An accurate Account of Lord Macartney's Embaffy to China; carefully abridged from the original Work with Alterations and Corrections by the Editor, who was alfo an Attendant on the Em REV. DEC. 1795. K k baffy. 12mo. baffy. Embellished with a striking Likeness of the prefent Emperor, &c. 2s. 6d. Boards. Vernor and Hood. Abridged from Mr. Anderfon's book, of which we gave an account in our Review for May laft. This is one of the prettiest catchpenny publications that has lately courted the attention of those who are impatiently expecting more fatisfactory details. Art. 61. A call to Recollection, Refolution, and Exertion, with a View to the present State and effential Interefts of this Country. By one of its faithful Friends. 12mo. 4d. or 3s. 6d. per Dozen. Rivingtons. Recollection and refolution, on important occafions, and wifely regulated, are highly requifite; and it is peculiarly proper to recommend them earnestly at any time when a regard to truth and virtue appear to be on the decline. In refpect to the little pamphlet before us, it is well written, apparently with the best defign, and contains much important advice and admonition,-so far we certainly and heartily with it fuccefs;-if there be alfo in it any party-fpirit, mifreprefentation, or mistaken principle, we wifh that it might be rectified-as the means of rendering the publication more effectually and extensively bene ficial. Art. 62. Sentiments on Eloquence. In a Letter addreffed to IS. This flight effufion, on a trite fubject, (the first and laft attempt of a very young man in the character of an author,') will probably excite no great attention beyond the circle in which it appeared. The performance itself is, indeed, very young; yet, as the writer's judg ment will grow older as his years may increase, we would not with him to refolve that this firft fhall be his last attempt' at authorship. When he has read more, and thought deeper, his obfervations will, in course, be more worthy of the approbation of difcerning readers. -His profeffion, we understand, is a branch of the law. Art. 63. A Voyage to New South Wales, with a Defcription of the Country, and the Manners and Customs of the Natives in the Vicinity of Botany Bay, &c. By George Barrington, now Superintendant of the Convicts at Paramatta. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Symonds. 1795. We confefs that we took up this performance with prejudice and fufpicion, arifing from the name which appears in the title page as being that of the author. Not that we fuppofed the celebrated Mr. George Barrington to be incapable of writing a very readable book: but the well known character and exploits of the man at once brought to cur minds fuch a recollection of paft impofture and depredation on the panic, that it was impoffible for us to read a line of fuch a production without caution and diftruft. Our fufpicions, indeed, were not all placed to the account of the writer. We diftrufted the pretenfions of the oftenfible author, being well aware that there are methods of picking pockets unknown, perhaps, even to Mr. B.-eminent as he has been for fkill in the profeffion. We had doubts whether fome ingenious genious hand had not made free with Mr. B. himself; or, at leaft, with a name of fo much celebrity and promise.-On perusing, however, a few pages of the work, our fufpicions abated; and, before we arrived at its conclufion, not a doubt remained of its authenticity. It certainly carries with it a fufficiency of internal evidence that it is really the performance of that ingenious adventurer; and it appears to contain a faithful and not unentertaining account of the incidents that occur. red in the voyage,-of the laudable means by which he gained the good-will of the commanding officers of the fhip,- of the uncommon regard that was (defervedly, indeed,) paid to him by the Governor, on his arrival at Port Jackfon,-and of his appointment to the confiderable office of fuperintendant of the convicts at Paramatta †, one of the new towns in that fettlement. Befides what relates to the writer's perfonal story, we have here a well-written account [a few pardonable flips of the pen excepted,] of the state of this very fingular colony; with an amusing sketch of the country, its foil, produce, native inhabitants, natural hiftory, &c. Nor are fuch particulars, as travellers ufually note, totally overlooked with regard to the various places at which the fhip touched in the courfe of the paffage from England, viz. Teneriffe, the Cape of Good Hope, &c. at which the author had every opportunity (ufually allowed to paffengers, not convicts,) of landing, and viewing thofe places and countries, &c. Art. 64. The Youth's Mentor, by Precept and Example, in Profe and Verle. 8vo. pp. 81. IS. Parfons. 1795: The prefent work is a new edition of one which was called " Helps for Short Memories." We are very willing to believe that the compiler of thefe maxims intended well; on which account we fhall forbear criticism, leaving our readers to form their own judgment from the following extracts: GOSPEL. The facred writings are ftiled the gospel, because they contain glad tidings of falvation for all men. The gofpel was, doubtlefs, preached over all the world by the Apostles, and their fucceffors, as appears by three hundred and eighteen bishops being at the council of Nice, out of all the chief provinces in the world.' JUSTIFICATION OF MAN. We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our works or defervings. Wherefore, that we are juftified by faith only, is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort; as more largely is expreffed in the homily of justification.' ‹ TRINITY. The doctrine of the Trinity, confirmed by the experience of every real Chriftian. If the love of God the Father, the grace of God the Saviour, and the teftimony of God the Holy He had been, particularly, fo fortunate in affifting to quell a confpiracy of the convicts, that he was confidered, in fome meafure, as the preferver of the fhip. + About 400 convicts were ftationed at Paramatta :-enough to exercise the utmoft vigilance of a fuperintendant! Kk 2 Ghoft * Ghost be in, and experienced by you, it will confirm you in the doctrine of the Trinity, without doubting the truth or cavilling at the incomprehenfible nature of it.' Art. 65. A brief Account of the Moral and Political Acts of the Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqueror to the Revolution in the Year 1688: with Reflections tending to prove the Neceflity of a Reform in Parliament. 8vo. pp. 281. 55. Boards. Symonds. 1795. A faithful delineation of public characters is not to be expected from violent partizans of any clafs. The author of this account, who appears to be a decided enemy to regal government, has sketched portraits of the kings of England, which are evidently intended to leave on the mind of the reader an impreffion unfriendly to monarchs. The pictures are, it is true, in the main, confonant to history: but the painter difcovers a ftrong propenfity to catch only the difpleafing lines of the original; and even thefe he draws with a degree of coarse-. nefs and rudenefs, which, however well fuited to anfwer the purpofes of temporary excitement, is ill adapted to affift the reader in forming a difpaffionate and impartial judgment of men and things. Art. 66. On the Neceffity of adopting fome Measures to reduce the prefent Number of Des; with a fhort Account of Hydrophobia, and the most approved Remedies against it. A Letter to Francis Annefley, Efq. M. P. By the Rev. Edward Barry, M. D. 8vo. 1s. Richardfon. We fee nothing in this fhort performance that can justify us in recommending it to the notice of our readers. Art. 67. A new, correct, and much-improved Hiftory of the Ifle of Wight, from the earliest Times of authentic information, to the prefent Period: comprehending whatever is curious or worthy of Attention in Natural Hiflory, with its Civil, Ecclefiaftical, and Military State in the various Ages, both antient and modern. 8vo. pp. 666. Ss. Boards. Newport, printed for and by J. Albin, and fold by Scatcherd and Whitaker, London. 1795. Confidering that the Isle of Wight was not long ago made the fubject of a refpectable quarto volume by Sir Richard Worley, and nas fince employed the pen of more than one tourist, we should not have imagined that an accurate and copious hiflory of it was still a defideratum. The compiler of the prefent volume, however, impreffed with the importance of the defign, has taken much pains to accumulate every fpecies of information which might gratify the curiofity of his readers. To those who are not peculiarly interested in the ifland, we cannot, indeed, promife much amufement from a perufal of the contents; which will for the most part feem as unimportant in their na. ture, as they are dry from the mode of narration. A very good map is, however, annexed to the volume; which, we are informed, is fold feparately, together with the appendix, indicating the three principal routes taken by thofe who wish to furvey the fingular beauties of the island; and which, indeed, are well worth the attention of the obferving tourist. On the whole, Mr. Albin's hiftorical details form no improper fupplement to the defcriptive accounts of this charming ifland; 1 inland; which wants nothing but turnpike roads to render it, in every refped, delightful to the fummer traveller. Art. 68. An Essay on the Progress of Human Understanding. By J. A. O'Keeffe, M. D. A. M. 8vo. pp. 60. Is. 6d. Griffiths. 1795. A virulent attack on religion and monarchy in general, and on Chriftianity in particular: concluding with A Sketch on the Literature of New Philofophy,' purporting to be an explanation of the outlines of a fyftem of moral philofophy, by Profeffor Kant, which has excited confiderable notice on the Continent. The mutilated ftate in which this new fyftem is here prefented to us precludes any remarks on the fubject: nor would it be worth while, in fuch an abundance of greater faults, to defcend to the more minute tranfgreffions against grammar and idiomatic propriety. SINGLE SERMONS.' Art. 69. The Gospel Miffion, or the Teftimony of the Spirit effential to the Impofition of Hands. Preached before the Bishop of London, and the Candidates for Holy Orders, at the General Ordination at Fulham Palace, June 21, 1795. By John Owen, A. M. 8vo. Is. Cadell jun. and Davies. The object of this fermon is to fet forth the qualifications neceffary in a minister of the gospel, for the proper and confcientious discharge of his duty. A plain man, who had no guide but common fenfe, in difcourfing on this fubject, might have confidered purity of heart, regularity of conduct, a competent fhare of learning, and above all a firm belief in the doctrines of Chriftianity, accompanied with a zeal for their propagation tempered by candour and exalted by univerfal benevolence, as fully fufficient to enable a perfon to fill even that important ftation in life with fatisfaction to himfelf and great advantage to the community: but Mr. Owen feems to pass over qualifications of this fort as mere human attainments, and to confider divine influence as the only effential requifite. That the operation of the Holy Spirit on the preaching of the apoftles, and above all on the miracles which they wrought, was fufficiently manifeft, few Chriftians will deny; and that they communicated their fpiritual gifts to their immediate fucceffors is likewife generally acknowleged. How long thofe miraculous gifts continued has been much difputed by the learned: but, in the prefent age, we fhould conceive that no perfon, without great prefumption, could lay claim to divine illumination. We are therefore much furprised that Mr. Owen should think that it requires, to enforce the doctrines of Christianity with fuccefs, a fpecies of eloquence which fhall pass the limits of rational perfuafion,-combining the influence of God with the energies of man, and fuperadding to the form of found words the demonftration of the spirit and power. It may, however, be granted that this conclufion feems to be a fair refult from his premiles: for he afferts that the truths which Chriftianity reveals are myfteries infcrutable to worldly wifdom; pofitions grounded rather on record than demonftration; in whofe difcuffion the powers of the mind enjoy but a limited privilege, and reafon finds only a fubordinate employ. This paffage is fo loofely worded, that it is capable of two meanings: |