It is true, indeed, as the editor remarks, that this fermon was written and preached upwards of thirty years ago. But every thing he then said is equally applicable to the prefent fituation of this country. The change was in the doctor, not in his country; and we can only fay, in the language of the wife man, • Meddle not with them that are given to change.' Prov. xxiv. 21.

POLITICAL AND CONTROVERSIAL. Strictures on the new Political Tenets of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, illuftrated by Analogy between his different Sentiments on the American and French Revolutions; together with Obfervations on particular Parts of his laft Letter to a Member of the National Affembly, and an Appeal from the Old to the New Whigs. By Charles Pigott, Efq. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Ridgway. 1791.

Mr. Pigott attacks Mr. Burke with great force and ability but while we commend him for thefe merits we cannot approve of the temper with which the Strictures before us have been dictated, of the political tenets of the author, nor of many of his obfervations. Mr. Burke, in his Appeal, has obviated many of these inconfiftencies, particularly in what refpect ed the American revolution; nor does Mr. Pigott, in his Rejoinder, take away from the force of the reply. Another advantage which our author has, is writing at the prefent æra, when the ap pearances in France are fo much altered: he must have been a very incurious obferver not to have noticed the change in the conduct of the affembly fubfequent to the king's escape. We have had occafion to mention it with commendation, and have been charged with versatility by those who will not allow that a change of circumstances is a fufficient foundation for a change of opinion. Some of our author's reflections, if noticed, might draw from us remarks which we should regret employing; and some of his com mendations feem to fhow that his political bias has thut his eyes, or given a fofter hue to the most offenfive representations. The verum atque decens' have been too little regarded by fome of the combatants in this caufe; and thefe feem to be the favourite champions of Mr. Pigott.

A Letter addreffed to the Inhabitants of Warwick, in Answer to feveral Charges of a very extraordinary Kind, advanced against the Diffenters affembling at the Chapel in High fireet; by the Rev. Mr. Miller. By William Field. Second Edition. Svo. 6d. Johnfon. 1791.

The Diffenters have often been accused of making charity subfervient to the increase of their different fects; and indeed the conduct of fome has been fo equivocal, as to fuggeft and counte rance the fufpicion. But fuch an idea we must reject with indigna

tion: to entertain it for a moment is repugnant to the fpirit of the Gospel; and we truft that the conduct of the Diffenters (we allude not to the facts in the prefent pamphlet) will no longer be of the equivocal kind to juftify fufpicion. In the prefent inftance, Mr. Field complains feemingly with reafon: we hope, however, that refentment or difappointment has exaggerated the reprefentation, though we are not fo bigotted to churchmen as to believe them always right. Grown old in the schools of conteft, we cannot decide without hearing the other party; though we ought to add that Mr. Field writes with temper and moderation: if really fo much oppreffed as he fuppofes, his moderation and candor, except probably in a fingle inftance, are highly commendable.

A Correspondence between the Rev. Robert Wells, M. A. Chaplain to the Earl of Dunmore, and a Gentleman, under the Signature of Publicola, relative to the Riots at Birmingham, and the Commemoration of the French Revolution. 8vo. 6d. Johnfon. 1791. This correfpondence does not elucidate the fubject of debate, the propriety of the French Revolution, or the commemoration of it in England. Indeed the whole was well adapted to its first vehicle, a news-paper; and we fee no reason for giving it a more permanent form. Publicola is by much the acutest reasoner and the beft writer.

A ready and eafy Way to establish a free Commonwealth. The Author John Milton. 8vo. Is. 15. Ridgway. 1791.

Milton raised from the dead to combat Edmund Burke! What no mortal can effect we will allow may be fairly attempted by fomething fupernatural. We hope the fabricators of caricatures will not catch the hint, and introduce the devil as an umpire, or in the humbler station of bottle-holder.

MEDICAL.

Differtation on Gonorrhea, and fome other Effects of the Venereal Virus. By Edward Collis, F. A. S. S. 8vo. 15. Miller.

1791.

A common account of à common complaint: we are at a loss to guess even remotely at the author's inducements to publifh fuch a compilation of trite obfervations.

Obfervations on the Small Pox and Inoculation; to which is prefixed a Criticifm upon Dr. Robert Walker's late Publication on the Subject. By Alexander Aberdour. 8vo. 25. Miller. 1791.

It is a critical axiom, that thofe only can judge with propriety who can themselves write with fkill. Our author's Criticifm is

trifling

trifling and fuperficial; and his obfervations deferve not a better character. We find not a fingle new idea or one unknown fact; but many trifling, and fome erroneous remarks.

The Apothecary's Mirror; or, the prefent State of Pharmacy exploded. In a Letter to J. H. Sequeira, M. D. By Difcriminator. 8vo. Is. 6d. Miller. 1790.

The physician laughs at the apothecary's want of fcience, and the apothecary, in his turn, fneers at the young doctor's deficiency in experience. Both are right; and the men, not the characters, are in fault. If fuch apothecaries there are, as our author has defcribed, so ought they to be treated.

A Treatise on the Hydrocele: containing an Examination of all the ufual Methods of obtaining Relief in that Difeafe. The radical Cure by Injection is particularly defcribed, and illuftrated with Cafes. By James Earle, Efq. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Johnson. 1791.

We have already noticed the substance of this tract in our review of Mr. Pott's works. It is now published separately, with fome additional cafes and farther explanations.

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POETICAL.

An irregular Ode to Peter Pindar, Efq. on his Odes to Mr. Paine.

4to. 6d. Robinsons. 1791.

It is an impromptu by a young lady, and no unpromising one for a young poet. The faults are thofe of inexperience only.Chearly, damfel!-çà ira!

The Beauties of Mrs. Robinson. Selected and arranged from her Poetical Works. 8vo. 1. Symonds. 1791.

Sic vos non vobis should be the motto to this and such pilfering publications. If the precious productions of the brain were guarded in this country with half the care that is bestowed on the fordid property of the pocket, a literary Tyburn would foon be established, on which we should fee many of thefe ingenious felectors dangle. It is fortunate, in the mean time, that their lack of judgment is proportionate to their want of honefty; and therefore we wonder not that, in the prefent inftance, the original fhould be rifled of its leaft brilliant contents. The selection is introduced by a SONNET of the Editor's own, incomparably nonfenfical. Poetic Laurels for Characters of diftinguished Merit; interspersed with Poems, moral and entertaining: dedicated to his Royal Highnefs George Prince of Wales. By Maria and Harriet Falconar. 4to. 5. Walter. 1791.

The publications of this pretty pair have already been noticed in our Review *. They here tell us they commenced authors

See vol. lxv. p. 513, and vol. lxvi. p. 521.

CRIT. REV. N. AR. (III.) Nov. 1791.

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at the early ages of 17 and 14, and that the enfuing work is much more correct, and lefs juvenile in its composition,' than those which preceded it. As they themselves are older, we will not controvert the laft affertion; yet, on the whole, we cannot perceive any very decided marks of fuperiority, which these poems afford, over those we have already examined. The prefatory epiftle is not the worft fpecimen and we truft we fhall offend neither of the fifters by selecting it, as no name is annexed, and we confequently give no invidious preference to one before the other.

Stay, gentle child of taste! whoe'er thou art,
Liften, for mercy's fake, and take our part;
See where the critics, poring o'er our book,
Threat with each motion, kill with ev'ry look,
Growl o'er the title page-What's here, Mifs Flirt !
You'd better make a pudding-or a shirt;
Poetic Laurels! there's a pretty puff!

Poor filly wenches, what a ftring of stuff!
Sure madness rages now with ev'ry woman,

And when one fav'rite fcheme is grown too common,
With matchless art she strikes fome novel's plan,
To footh her pride, and tyrannize o'er man;
Tells an affected fentimental flory,

Or prates in fenfeless rhymes of fame and glory.
These modern Sapphos are conceited creatures,

They sport their thoughts as others do their features;
Thefe but coquette it with a different part,

And feize the head, while others charm the heart..
"Twere beft would each young woman mend her life,
And learn to be a decent, careful wife.

There goes my work-I'll find fome fair pretence
To face the board, and make my own defence;
May't please ye, reverend firs, we own the crime,
So long to trespass on your precious time;
And fince you feem to think domeftic fetters.
Become us better than the love of letters,
Aflift us, dear Meffieurs--have you no friend,
Your fons, perhaps yourfelves, to recommend
Myfelf or fifter, bleft with fuch a mate,
Will quit ambition and the tuneful state;
Conform ourfelves to be whate'er ye chufe,

And ceafe to plague you with the jabb'ring Mufe:

Nay, the last gleam of our poetic rays

Shall thine an ode in quarto to your praise.

Verbum fat! We shall pay proper attention to the kind hint

with which thefe Ladies have fo obligingly favoured us and if a

true

true representation is given of them in the pretty frontispiece, where they fit fo amicably cheek by cheek together-give us the fair authors, and a fig for their odes in quarto!

DR AMATIC.

The Irishman in Spain. A Farce in one A&t. Taken from the Spanish. By C. Stuart. 8.v0. 1s. Ridgway. 1791.

The difguifes feem to be put on without defign, and thrown off without having answered any purpofe; but it is as unfair to cenfure rigidly a piece profeffedly mutilated, as it is to bring a domeftic imprudence on the ftage, and add to the ftings with which the mind is probably already goaded.

Love's Vagaries; or, the Whim of the Moment. A Dramatic Piece in two Acts. By T. Vaughan, Efq. 8vo. 15. Bell. 1791.

This little piece was first performed in 1776; and fince that time it has been rejected both by Mr. Kemble and the younger Colman. The idea of the master and man, as well as the miftrefs and the maid, exchanging characters, a plan adopted by each without the knowledge of the other, to form a more accurate judgment of their different difpofitions, is at present so trite and hackneyed in the eyes of men,' that the fuccefs must have been doubtful. Mr. Vaughan has conducted thefe equivocal fituations very well; but no skill will compenfate for a total want of novelty.

The Fugitives, a Comedy. By William Roberts, Barrister at Law. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Stockdale. 1791.

This comedy feems never to have been offered to the managers, and perhaps without the touches of a hand more experienced in ftage effect, its fuccefs might be precarious. It poffeffes, howeyer, no inconfiderable merit. The humour is chafte, correct; and, though at times approaching to farce, if we except only the petticoats, ftrictly correct. Sudden' is a new edition of the Pofitive Man, and infifts on every abfurdity being complied with, if he swears it fhall be fo: this is the fource of many pleasant fcenes, particularly one, where Lucrece feems to comply with his defires, for fear he should swear. Her contrivance to drefs

up her lover Tobias to perfonate herself in this affignation, with the fubfequent events, is truly humourous. The mistake of the lovers in the more pathetic part is well conducted; but, on the whole, we think thofe ferious fcenes want intereft. As we have already obferved, with fome alterations, we have little doubt of the comedy fucceeding on the ftage.