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more favourable than has yet been publicly expressed; but we regret that he should spend his strength in beating the air from Lisbon to Moscow, and from Moscow to Amsterdam, instead of displaying his admirable powers to the highest advantage in a narrower compass. When we see a poem, equally long and excursive, accomplishing all that has been unreasonably expected of Mr. Southey, we will judge him by that as a standard. Filicaja's two Odes, on the siege of Vienna, and that addressed to Sobiesky, King of Poland, rank among the noblest lyrics of any age or country; but there is an undistracted interest, a perfect unity in the subject of the former two, while the latter is a crown of glory to both. Filicaja himself attempted to sketch in rhyme the history of Europe for only twelve months, he would not have succeeded better than our countryman has done in his poetical retrospect of five years.

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Of all the forms of verse which Mr. Southey has attempted, we think he shines least in the Ode. His measures are frequently slow, interrupted, or inharmonious. In the work before us, abounding with vigorous, manly, and patriotic sentiments, the diction, the pauses, the turns, and the whole strain of argument, are rather those of eloquence than of poetry. The following lines will illustrate our meaning, and also discover the politics of the piece: the latter, however, we shall not presume to criticise.

'O virtue, which above all former fame,

Exalts her venerable name!

O joy of joys for every British breast!
That with that mighty peril full in view,
The Queen of Ocean to herself was true!
That no weak heart, no abject mind possess'd
Her counsels, to abase her lofty crest,-
Then had she sunk in everlasting shame,-
But ready still to succour the oppress'd,
Her Red-Cross floated on the waves unfurl'd,
Offering redemption to the groaning world.
First from his trance the heroic Spaniard woke ;
His chains he broke,

"And casting off his neck the treacherous yoke,
He call'd on England, on his generous foe :
For well he knew that wheresoe'er
Wise policy prevailed, or brave despair,
Thither would Britain's succours flow,
Her arm be present there.
Then too regenerate Portugal display'd
Her ancient virtue, dormant all-too-long.
Rising against intolerable wrong,

On England, on her old ally for aid
The faithful nation call'd in her distress:
And well that old ally the call obey'd,

Well was her faithful friendship then repaid.' pp. 7, 8.

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The following is incomparably the grandest stanza in the

poem.

From Spain the living spark went forth;
The flame hath caught, the flame is spread!
It warms, it fires the farthest North.
Behold! the awaken'd Moscovite
Meets the Tyrant in his might;
The Brandenberg, at Freedom's call,
Rises more glorious from his fall;
And Frederic, best and greatest of the name,
Treads in the path of duty and of fame.
See Austria from her painful trance awake!
The breath of God goes forth,-the dry bones shake!
Up Germany!-with all thy nations rise!
Land of the virtuous and the wise,

No longer let that free, that mighty mind,
Endure its shame! She rose as from the dead,
She broke her chains upon the oppressor's head-

Glory to God! Deliverance for Mankind!' pp. 16, 17.

Though the march of the numbers in this magnificent stanza is at first heavy, there is a rising gradation of thought, language, harmony, interest, and emotion, amidst the changes of scene, subject, and imagery, to the very last line, when

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Glory to God! Deliverance for Mankind!"

is sounded forth with a voice of music and of power, that might "create a soul under the ribs of death." Three such stanzas would have constituted a finer New Year's Ode than we have ever met with from a Poet Laureat's pen, Further criticism and quotation are equally unnecessary, the Poem itself having been made universally public by the periodical press.

ART. XI. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION.

Gentlemen and Publishers who have works in the press, will oblige the Conductors of the ECLECTIC REVIEW, by sending Information (post paid) of the subject, extent, and probable price of such works; which they may depend upon being communicated to the public, if consistent with its plan.

Dr. Henry Herbert Southey has nearly ready for publication, Observations on Pulmonary Consumption. In 1 vol. 8vo.

Mr. Saurey is preparing for publication, the Morbid Anatomy of the Brain in Mania and Hydrophobia; with the Pathology of the two Diseases, and experiments to ascertain the presence of water in the Ventricles and Pericardium; collected from the papers of the late Dr. Andrew Marshall, Lecturer on AnaBiographical tomy in London; with aSketch of his Life.,

In the course of April will be published, Part I. of Archaica. Containing a Reprint of scarce old English Tracts, with Prefaces and Notes, Critical and Biographical. The Archaica will be handsomely printed in quarto.

Also in the press, and speedily will be published, Part I. of Heliconia. Containing a Reprint of the most scarce and curious Collections of our old English Poetry, first published in the reign. of Queen Elizabeth; with Notes, Biographical and Illustrative. By Thomas Park, F.S.A. and other Gentlemen most conversant in that branch of Literature. The Heliconia will be handsomely printed in quarto, These two collections of the Archaica and Heliconia will mutually illustrate each other; and according to the plan proposed for editing them, will form a singularly interesting body of As the imOld English Literature.

pression of the Archaica and Heliconia
will be limited to two hundred copies;
gentlemen who wish to possess these
works, are requested to lose no time in
communicating their names to the pub-
lishers, otherwise it will be impossible
to insure them copies.

Lord Lauderdale is preparing a pam-
phlet on the Corn Laws.

The Third number of Daniell's Voyage round Great Britain, illustrated

with coloured prints, will be ready for
publication on the 2d of April.

Matthew Montagu, esq. is preparing
a third portion, or volumes V. and VI.
of Letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu,
and some of her correspondents.

Lord Thurlow is preparing for publication, the Doge's Daughter, a poem, with several translations from Anacreon and Horace.

Dr. Adams bas put to the press, his long projected work on the erroneous opinions and consequent terrors usually entertained concerning Hereditary Dis

eases.

Mr. John Craig will soon publish, Elements of Political Science, in three octavo volumes.

Viscount Dillon has in the press, in a quarto volume, Tactica; being the System of War of the Grecians, according to Elian, with the notes of commentators, explanatory plates, and a preliminary discourse.

Mr. Nichols's Continuation of the Literary Anecdotes to the year 1800, from the numerous additions with which he has been favoured, will extend to two volumes, one of which may be expected early in May.

Dr. Benjamin Heyne, who has been for several years in the confidential service of the East-India Company, is preparing to publish, Tracts, Statistical and Historical, on India.

The Rev. Henry Kett has in the press, in two small volumes, the Flowers of Wit, or a select collection of Bon Mots, with biographical and critical remarks; to which are added, some gasconades, puns, and bulls,

Dr. Burnett, late physician to the Mediterranean fleet, has in the press, a practical Account of the Mediterranean Fever; also the History of Fever

during 1810 to 1813, and of the Gibraltar and Carthageua Fevers.

Dr. Badham, physician to the Duke of Sussex, has in the press, an Essay on those Diseases of the Chest which have their seat in the Mucus Meinbrane, Larynx, or Bronchæ.

A selection of Old Plays, in fifteen octavo volumes, with biographical notices, and critical and explanatory notes, by Mr. Octavius Gilchrist, founded on Dodsley's Old Plays, and edited by Mr. Isaac Reed, is preparing for publication.

Dr. Lloyd is engaged on a complete translation of Valerius Maximus, which he purposes to print in a quarto volume.

Mr. Charles Pope has nearly ready for publication, an entirely new edition, greatly improved, of his Practical Abridgement of the Custom and Excise Laws.

A new edition of Fitzosborne's Letters on several Subjects, written by Wm. Melmoth, esq. is printing in an octavo volume.

A second edition of Mr. Baker's Translation of Livy, in six volumes octavc, is in the press.

The Rev. Robert Stevens, of the Asylum and Magdalen, has nearly ready for the press, a volume of Sermons, caleulated for general reading.

Mr. John Pinkerton has nearly completed his General Collection of Voyages and Travels; forming a complete His

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tory of the Origin and Progress of Discovery, by Sea and Land, from the earliest Ages to the present Time. Embel lished with 200 Engravings, in 17 Vols. 4to.

On the 2d of April will appear, His torical Sketches of Politics and Public Men, for the Year 1813-14. (To be continued Annually.) In One Volume, Svo.

Mr. John Dunlop has completed the History of Fiction; being a Critical Account of the most celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the present Age, in Three Volumes, post 8vo.

Mr. Arthur Clifford, Editor of the Sadler's State Papers, and of the Tixall Poetry, has in the Press a New Work, entitled Tixall Letters, or the Correspondence of the Aston Family and their Friends during the Seventeenth Century, This Work, which will consist of 2 Vols. 12mo. will appear early in June.

In the press, The Rape of Proserpine, and other Poems, translated from the Latin of Claudian: with a Prefatory Discourse and Occasional Notes. By Jacob George Strutt, Esq. Elegantly printed in 8vo.

The 4th Volume of Wilson's History of Dissenting Churches may be expected in the course of the present Month.

A Rural Poem, entitled "A Sketch from Nature," is in the press, and will shortly appear.

Art. XII. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

BIOGRAPHY.

An Historial and Critical account of the Lives and Writings of James I, Charles I, and of the Lives of Oliver Cromwell and Charles II, after the manner of Bayle, from original writers and state papers. By William Harris, D.D. To which is now added, (to complete the collection of Dr. Harris's works) the Life of Hugh Peters, 5 vols. 8vo. 31. bds.

General Biography, by Dr. Aikin and Mr. Johnston, Vol. 9. 4to. 21. 2s. Chalmers's Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 14. 8vo. 12s.

EDUCATION.

P. Virgilii Maronis Opera, in fidem optimorum Exemplarium castigata. J8mo. 4s.

Sermons, adapted to the use and perusal of Schools, for every Sunday in the year, by the Rev. S. Barrow, 12mo. 7s.

The Arithmetical Preceptor, in 5 parts, by Joseph Youle, 12mo, 5s. bds.

LAW.

A Narrative respecting the various Bills which have been framed for regulating the Law of Bankruptcy in Scot land, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Law of Auctions, or the Auctioneer's Practical Guide; by T. Williams, Esq. 12mo. 4s. 6d.

The Pocket Companion to the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, checks, drafts, &c. &c. To which are added, Tables of the Stamp Duties, &c. By the editor of the Legal and Literary Journal, 2s. 6d.

MEDICINE AND CHIRURGERY.

A Treatise on Hydrencephalus, or Dropsy of the Brain. By James Carmichael Smith, M.D. &c. 8vo. 63.

Lectures on Comparative Anatomy ; in which are explained the Preparations in the Hunterian Collection. By Sir Everard Home. Bart. F. R.S. Serjeant Surgeon to the King, Senior Surgeon to St. George's Hospital, and Honorary Professor to the Royal College of Surgeons. Illustrated by 132 Engravings by Basire, after Drawings by Mr. Clift. 2 vol. 4to. 71. 7s. bds.

MILITARY.

A Treatise on the Defence of Fortified Places; by Mr. Carnot. Translated from the French, by Lient. Col. Baron de Montalembert, 8vo. 8s.

MISCELLANEOUS.

An Abridgement of Brady's Clavis Calendaria; on a complete analysis of the Calendar, Illustrated by Ecclesiastica', Historical, and Classical Anecdotes. 12mo. 10s. 6d. bds.

The First Nine Reports of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1805 to 1813 inclusive; uniformly printed in two thick volumes, 8vo. Price of Vol. I. 3s. d. Vol. II. 4s. 6d. extra boards.

Select Extracts of Correspondence since the Publication of the Ninth Annual Report. Price 8d.

An Address, explanatory of the Principles, Views, and Exertions of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Extracted from the First Report of the Auxiliary Bible Society of Stirlingshire and its vicinity. Price 8d.

A New Dutch Grammar, with Practical Exercises; containing also a Vosabulary, Dialogues, Idioms, Letters, &c. By J. B. D'Hassendonck, M. A. Price 6s,

Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra; a Narrative founded on History. By the Author of Patriarchal Times. 2 Volumes duodecimo. Price 12s. in bds.

A New Analysis of Chronology, in which an attempt is made to explain the History and Antiquities of the Primitive Nations of the World, and the Prophecies relating to them, on Principles tending to remove the Imperfection and Discordance of preceding Systems. By the Rev. William Hales, D. D. Rector of Killesandra, in Ireland. 4 vols. 4to, 31, 89. bds.

An Abstract of the Annual Reports and Correspondence of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, from the Commencement of its Connection with the East India Missions, A.D. 1709, to the present day; together with the Charges delivered to the Missionaries, at different periods, on their departure for their several Missions. 8vo. 13s. boards.

POETRY.

Orlando in Roncesvalles, a Poem in 5 Cantos. By I. H. Merrivale, Esq. crown 8vo. 8s. 6d.

The Legend of Iona, with other Poems. By Walter Paterson. 8vo. 12s.

Sortes Horatianæ, a Poetical Review of Poetical Talent, &c. with notes, 12mo. 65. 6d.

Pleasures of Pity, and other Poems. By Ferdinand Fullerton Western, Esq. 4to. 11. 11s. 6d.

POLITICAL.

Napoleon's Conduct towards Prussia since the Peace of Tilsit, from the origiual Documents published by Order of the Prussian Government. Translated from the German, with an Appendix and Anecdotes by the Editor.

Russia or the Crisis of Europe; with an Account of the Russian Campaign, 6s. Greenfell's Observations on the Expediency and Facilty of a Copper Coinage. of Uniform Weight and a Standard Value, 1s.

A Letter to Matthew Gregson, Esq. treasurer of the Blue Coat School, Liverpool; by the Rev. R. Blacow, B. A. 1s.

THEOLOGY AND SACRED LITERATURE.

Part I. of a Hebrew, Latin and English Dictionary: containing all the Hebrew and Chaldee words used in the Old Testament, arranged under one alphabet, &c. By Joseph Samuel C. F. Frey. Royal Svo. 12s.

The Prophecy of Ezekiel concerning Gogue, the last Tyrant of the Church, his Invasion of Ros, his discomfiture, and final fall; examined, and in part illustrated. By Granville Penn, Esq. fcp. 8vo. 6s.

Lawrence's Remarks upon the Systematical Classification of Manuscripts, adopted by Griesbach, in his Edition of the Greek Testament. 8vo. Price 5s.

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