to introduce to the notice of the public, compositions thus circumstanced? The poem on Friendship, as here preserved, contains very beautiful passages. How just is the following reflection! A fretful temper will divide The closest knot that may be tied, By careless sharp corrosion; The author's pleasantry and humour are shewn in this couplet: The man that hails you, Tom or Jack, Is such a friend, that one had need To pardon or to bear it.' We have heard from very good authority that a corrected and improved copy of these verses is in existence: which, we trust, will find a place in Mr. Hayley's promised Life of this fascinating poet. The lines addressed to a Protestant Lady in France are extremely pleasing, and calculated to awaken serious and important reflections. Some mortuary verses written for the town of Northampton, from the year 1787 to 1793, complete the contents of this little volume. Art. 35. A Poetical Tribute to the Memory of William Cowper, Esq. 15. Mr. Chater has here fully demonstrated his high and ardent regard for the memory of the excellent person who is the subject of his panegyric: but truth obliges us to add (and we are truly sorry for it,) that, by the very inadequate manner in which he has manifested that. regard, he betrays his own total incapacity for the due execution of the task which, in an unfortunate hour, he undertook. It is on such mortifying occasions as the present, that we are sometimes almost tempted, (for the honour of literature,) to wish for a Licencer of the press-merely, however, to prevent those who cannot write, from printing and publishing their works. Art. 36. Matilda, or the Welch Cottage. A Poetic Tale. By the Author of Theodore, or the Gamester's Progress; &c. 8vo. 28. White, &c. 1801. We generally treat young sinners with all the lenity which we can muster: but the author of this little tale has had both time and experience sufficient to mature his faculties, and to emit a few more sparks of genius than we have found in his present production. The compli cated story is but aukwardly told; since the characters, and their several histories, are too numerous to be impressed on the memory by so short a developement; and though the principles are good, the reflections are chiefly wise and well-known saws,-truisms indisputable. So much for originality:-but the paucity of genius, and the want of dexterity in guiding his Pegasus, are not all the points on which we have to speak. Verbal criticism demands our notice. The terms unminished and unbitter'd have not yet been licenced: nor have the words increase, or prefaced, been thus accented by any good writer of our acquaintance. We must also object to the long parentheses, one of nineteen lines, and another within it; to the copious and numerous mottos; and to the repetition of favourite epithets and phrases, before they have ceased to vibrate on the ear. The full blue eyes, and full blue orbs of his heroine, would probably not have been forgotten, if the reader had been less frequently reminded of them.-Finally, we have to observe that The lofty tone Miltonic sudden sinks, And Bathos true becomes, at sounds familiar FARRIERY. Art. 37. Observations on the Formation and Uses of the natural Frog of the Horse; with a Description of a Patent artificial Frog, to prevent and cure contracted Hoofs, Thrushes, Cankers, and SandCracks. By Edward Coleman, Professor of the Veterinary College, &c. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Johnson. 1800. We have had occasion to mention Mr. Coleman's opinions respecting the natural structure and use of the frog, in our review of his work on shoeing horses *. His artificial frog is calculated, on the principles laid down in that work, to prevent the mischiefs arising from contracted hoofs, sand cracks, &c. We shall make no extract from a pamphlet which ought to be perused entire. Art. 38. The Principles of English Farriery vindicated; containing Strictures on the erroneous and long-exploded System, lately revived at the Veterinary College; interspersed with cursory Remarks on the Systems of Solleysell, De Saunier, De la Fosse, &c. in which is fully displayed, the Superiority of English Farriery over that of foreign Nations. By John Lane, A. V. P. late of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards. 8vo. pp. 97. 4s. Egerton, &c. 1800. We have here a warm attack on Mr. Coleman's Veterinary publications, and particularly on his method of shoeing. Mr. Lane is not the most polished antagonist, but he shews considerable acquaintance with the state of farriery, both in this country and in France; and with the principal authors who have treated of it. He particularly asserts the superiority of English farriers, in point of manual dexterity; to which purpose he has quoted some strong passages from La Fosse. Mr. Lane has undoubtedly shewn that he can wield the pen as well as the hammer: but, respecting the general merits of the question, we must say, Non nostrum tantas componere lites. Art- 39. Cursory Account of the various Methods of shoeing Horses, hitherto practised; with incidental Observations. By William Moorcroft. 8vo. 28. Nicol. 1800. * See M. Rev. N. S. vol. xxix. p. 383. This is an ingenious pamphlet; and the author's descriptions of different methods of shoeing are illustrated by neat wooden cuts. Mr. Moorcroft recommends the parallel shoes, for preserving an even tread, and for permitting the frog to come equally in contact with the ground; and, as he manufactures the shoes by means of machinery, he is enabled to sell them at a price which may bring them into general use. Art. 40. A Manual for the Use of Coachmen, Grooms, Ostlers, and all Persons concerned in the Care and Management of Horses; being a Selection of near Three Hundred Receipts for the several Disorders to which that noble Animal is subject. Together with some general Observations, and an Index. 12mo. 2s. Boards. Lee and Hurst. This is an useful collection of receipts, and a safe guide for the persons whom it is intended to serve. The analogy between the diseases of the human subject and the horse is very considerable; and there has been a corresponding resemblance in the mistaken treatment applied to them. Both parties, we hope, are now likely to be better managed. AGRICULTURE. Art. 41. A Letter addressed to the Right Hon. Lord Carrington, President of the Board of Agriculture. By Colonel Fullarton, of Ful larton, M. P. F. R. S. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Debrett. 1801. This letter manifests that Col. Fullarton is not only a good practical agriculturist, but also a good political economist. His remarks on the mode of treating different kinds of soils, with the view of promoting the intention of the Board of Agriculture, as expressed in their subject proposed for a prize essay, are extremely judicious; and we should hope that they have not been unnoticed by those far whose benefit they were chiefly intended. His notions respecting the poor, and the provisions which ought to be made for them, harmonize very much with our own; and we warmly recommend them to the serious consideration of the British public. He is of opinion that the poor, and the small holders of common rights, are not justly nor judiciously treated in the usual mode of appropriating and inclosing wastes; and that these measures should undergo some important regulations. With the allotment of small portions of the common, or waste, means should be furnished for enabling poor families to be well lodged and completely subsisted; and then, by the aid of such allotments, the increase of them would afford the greatest benefit to the community: but otherwise these assignments to the poor will be soon purchased by the rich, and the cottagers will be thrown on the parish, to be kept out of the rates, instead of supporting themselves by their own industry. The author gives the following pleasing picture of a cottager and his family : Having occasion for a drainer, I established an industrious man, of that profession, in a cottage, having a garden, and near four acres of sandy ground, adjoining to a rabbit warren. The ground not worth more than 10s. per acre; the house and garden worth 40s. more; altogether 41. per annum. The man was bound, by contract, to H3 clear clear a main drain through a peat-bog, annually, at the rate of 7.; the remainder of the year, when not employed on his own four acres, he had work, at the rate of 18. per day. He cropped above half an acre of sandy garden ground, with pease,, beans, carrots, turnips, kail, cabbage, and potatoes; the last, in larger quantities than all the rest. He ploughed, manured, and sowed near two acres, with oats, barley, and wheat, for his own consumption. On the remainder, being sown grass, with the aid of fodder from his crop, he fed a cow, which yielded milk for the family. He brought up a calf, kept some pigs, and a stock of poultry. He raised always a portion of flax, which was steeped, and dressed at a flax mill, worked, and spun into yarn, by his wife and daughters. They afterwards bleached the yarn, and sent it to the weaver, by whom it was wove into linen for the family use. In addition, they procured, every year, a few fleeces of fine wool, which were manufactured into woollen drapery, and clothed the family. Part of the worsted was knitted, into stockings. Of course, he was little at the mercy of high prices, or of fluctuating markets. In this manner, and on these means, without any other assistance, he brought up a family, of four sons, and three daughters, gave them all complete education, fitted to their station, such as reading, writing, arithmetic, and book-keeping. Every one of the sons has gone into respectable employments. Each of them could purchase the fee-simple of the property on which he was bred.' This is the description of poor which we wish to see increased in the kingdom-men who, though in humble situations, have yet a stake in the country, and are not secluded from the rest of their fellow-subjects by being immured in monastic receptacles for poverty, RELIGIOUS. Art. 42. Advice to a Minister of the Gospel, in the United Church of England and Ireland. Being a Continuation of Advice to a Student in the University. To which is added a Sermon on the Pastoral Care By John Napleton, D. D. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Sael and Co. 1801. The terms of commendation, in which we noticed Dr. Napleton's Advice to a Student, (see M. R. vol. xxi. p. 214), are equally due to this professed continuation of that work; which we recommend to the serious perusal of every clergyman of the established church in the united kingdom. Learning, experience, good sense, a knowlege of the world, a concern for the honour and usefulness of the clerical character, and for the general interests of religion and good government, unite in the advice which he here gives to Incumbents, on their proper duties and studies, and to Archdeacons, Deans, Chancellors of Dioceses, and even to Bishops, on the conduct required of them in their respective offices. The whole is managed with so much ability, that, even where we do not yield a full assent to the author's opinions, we admire his genius and his power of argument. No one has more neatly explained the clerical system, and the duties appertaining to it. Having been an examining chaplain, he has had opportunities of witnessing the frequent incompetency of those who present themselves as candidates for holy orders; and his recommendation of learning learning, as an essential qualification of a clergyman, is so truly excellent, that we must find space for its insertion. I have one particular caution to offer to my successors in this office (examining chaplain): namely, to resist all solicitation to recommend to the Bishop an imperfect candidate for deacon's orders, in the hope of finding him, by promised intervening diligence, better qualified at his examination for priest's. Generally, the same causes will continue to operate. If they do not, the candidate will be sub. stantially benefited by being postponed to a future ordination: as he will then be ordained a deacon with satisfaction and honour. If they do, the examiner will have escaped a very painful dilemma; of being driven by one error to commit a second; or of advising to leave the candidate a deacon, excluded from secular employments, in a situation neither beneficial to himself, nor useful to the church. Literature, and sacred literature in particular, is requisite to a clergyman, not only as it is necessary to the edifying discharge of his pastoral duties, but as it forms, and shews, the turn of his mind; influences, and implies, his habit of life; fills up his time; makes him happy at home; detains him from pursuits improper in kind, or excessive in degree; keeps his mind in a due tone for every work of his ministry. In every view, it is a vital part of his character. If parents will persist in destining a child to this profession, whether qualified or not by nature and industry, and finally offer him in vain, the disappointment is severe, but might have been foreseen: and if a young man, with the advantage of an expensive education at the university, will not, from the dawning reason of sixteen to the more enlightening age of three and twenty, under the assistance and warnings of his tutors and governours, look forward, and qualify himself, the disappointment is alike severe; but he is less to be pitied than his partial, and frequently ill-advised parents: and I trust that I do not exceed the bounds of candour and humanity, if, for the discouragement of dissipation and idleness, I wish you hereafter to say to such a one, in the language (nearly) of the Roman Consul: "Adolescentes corrupti desidiâ ita ætatem agunt, quasi honores nostros contemnant: ita hos petunt, quasi honesté vixerint. Næ illi falsi sunt, qui diversissumas res pariter expectant, ignaviæ voluptatem, et præmia virtutis."* A sermon on the pastoral care, from John, xxi. 17. is subjoined, preached at Lambeth chapel at the consecration of Dr. Buckner, Bishop of Chichester. It is ingenious, and suited to the occasion. Art. 43. The Millenium: or chearful Prospects of the Reign of Truth, Peace, and Righteousness; and serious Reflections on the Commencement of the New Century: Two Discourses, preached, the first on Nov. 5, 1800, and the second on Jan. 4, 1801, in the New Chapel, Bridport, with Notes. By Thomas Howe. 8vo. 18. 6d. Long man and Rees. ་ The Apocalypse is dangerous ground for divines; yet they love to venture on it, and often build lofty doctrines on the precarious interpretation of its mysterious passages. Though Sir Isaac Newton * Sallust. Bell. Jugurth.' amused |