1816.] New Publications, with Critical Remarks. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon at the primary Visitation in 1815. By the Rev. James Hook, LL.D. 4to. 5s. Exposition and Application of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians in a Course of Eight Sermons, including an Examination of the general nature and use of the Epistles of the New Testament; to which are subjoined Two Sermons, on parts of the Example of St. Paul. By Thomas Gisborne, M. A. 12mo. 5s. Lectures Expository and Practical on Seleet Portions of Scripture. By the Rev. Andrew Thompson, A. M. minister of St. George's, Edinburgh 2 vols. 14s. Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England. By the Rev. C. O'Donnoghue, A. M. of St. John's College, Cambridge. fc. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Hora Subsicivæ, or a Refutation of the Popular Opinion, as founded on Prophecy, that Peace will ultimately prevail over the whole world. By Jeremiah Jackson, M. A. Vicar of Swaffham. 8vo. 4s. A Sermon preached at Winchester, at the Assizes, March, 1816. By the Rev. Fred. Iremonger. The Duty of Watchfulness; a Sermon preached at Southampton, Feb. 11, in consequence of the accidental death of the late Charles Ward, esq. By the Rev. T. Mears. 341 in prose and poetry; calculated to assist the Teacher and improve the Pupil, in reading and recitation. By Thomas Ewing, Second, edition, 12mo. 5. It is very justly observed in the preface to this compilation, that "To speak properly our native language, to give it all that variety and harmony of which it is susceptible, ought surely to be considered as an essential part of a polite educa. tion."" Now though we are not of the opinion that oratory or public speaking, commonly so called, should be generally taught and cultivated in schools as an indispensable qualification, yet correct reading and recitation as a proper exercise for the taste, judgment, and memory, ought to be pri marily attended to in all seminaries. Many works of considerable ingenuity have appeared of late years, to ease the labours of instructors in this respect, as well as to improve the faculties of their pupils; but that now before us has very superior claims to recommendation, as well for the elegance of its examples, as for the admirable collection of moral and entertaining pieces from the best writers, which render the volume a portable library of valuable precepts and rational entertainment. A New Introduction to the French Language; being an Abridgment of the Grammar of M. de Levizac; comprising an Analysis of the Verbs, with a complete set of Introductory Exercises. By A. Picquot, 12mo. 2s. 6d. Though this is an abridgment of a large work, some useful changes have been introduced; and the compiler has framed the rules with cominendable perspicuity, and illustrated them by appro priate examples. By diminishing the number of French words under the English, the pupil is compelled to make frequent application to his dictionary, and to bring the exercises more under the form of translations. This is an improvement of importance, since it lays young persons under the necessity of labouring for themselves, in acquiring not only a familiar acquaintance with words, but with the idioms of the language and the rules of syntax. On the whole, we think this introduction admirably calculated for the use of schools and private students. Elémens de la Grammaire Françoise. A Grammar of the French Language, compiled from the best authorities, on a new plan: designed to prepare the learner for conversing in French; and calculated to abridge the time usually spent in acquiring that accomplishment. By Ph. Le Breton, M. A. 12mo. 2s. 6d. It is sufficiently obvious that the great utility of any living language depends upon the facility of speaking it with elegance and fluency. But this object is considerably retarded in the study of the French, by the necessity of applying English rules, and thus perplexing the mind with explications, which in many cases must be unintelligible. The present little work, by being written in French, avoids the confusion attendant on grammars composed in English; and it has the two-fold advan tage of promoting a knowledge of the radical principles of the language, by obliging the pupil to translate it as he goes on, and of rendering hi master of a correst and ready pronunciation, du An Easy, Natural, and Rational Mode of Teaching and acquiring the French Lan guage. By Wm. Henry Pybus, svo. $s. 3-12 New Publications, with Critical Remarks: Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry. By Olinthus Gregory, LL.D. 12mo. A Greek Testament, principally taken from the Text of Griesbach. By the Rev. E. Vaipy. 12mo. 5s. A Familiar History of England, by Question and Answer, with portraits of the sovereigus engraved on wood. 3s. 6d. Abridgment of Dr. Goldsmith's History of England, continued to the peace in 1815. 3s. 6d. The Elements of French Grammar. By M. Ch. de Bellicour. Svo 9s. Leçons de la Langue Italienne, ou Grammaire Complete, Par A. Anaya. 7s. A Table of the French Parts of Speech. By I.. S. de la Serre. 1s. 6d. Journal of the Battle of Waterloo, and of the Retreat to Paris. By an Eye-witness. 'Translated from the French. 12mo. Gs. Annals of the Reign of George III. to the Peace in 1815. By John Aikin, M. D. 2 vols. 11. 55. Historical Account of the Battle of WaterJos, comprehending a Circumstantial Narrative of the whole Events of the War of 1815. By William Mudford. esq. Part I. imp. 4:0. with six plates. 11. 11s. 6d. Histoire des Factions de la Revolution Française. Par J. Lavallée. 3 tom. 8vo. 11. 75. LAW. A Digested Index to the Crown Law, comprehending all the points relating to Criminal Matters contained in the Reports of blackstone, Burrow, Cowper, Douglas, Leach's Crown Law, Raymond, Salkeld, Strange, Wilson, and the Term Reports. By H. N. Tomlins, of the Inner Temple. SYO. 10s. 6d. A Treatise on the Law of Nisi Prius. By Anthony Hammond, esq. of the Inner Temple. Vol. I. roy, 8vo. 11. 1s. The Practice of the Exchequer of Fleas, with an Appendix of Forms in general use. By James Manning, esq. of Lincoln's Inu. Part I. roy. svo, 128. Reports argued and determined in the Court of Exchequer, Easter and Trinity Terms, and in the Sittings, after 1815. By George I'nce, esq. Larrister. Pan III. ss. MEDICINE. [May 1, The Annals of Medicine and Surgery; & Records of the occurring Improvements and Discoveries in Medicine and Surgery, and the immediately connected Arts and Sciences. No. 1. (to be continued quarterly), svo. 3s. A Narrative of a Journey to London in 1814; or a Parallel of the English and French Surgery, preceded by some Observations on the London Hospitals. Trans lated from the French by Philibert Joseph Roux. 8vo. 10s. MINERALOGY. An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy. By William Phillips. 12mo. 8s. 6d. MISCELLANEOUS. Amusements in Retirement; or, the Influence of Science, Literature, and the Libe ral Arts, on the Manners and Happiness of Private Life. By the Author of "The Philosophy of Nature." 8vo. 10s. 6d. In our last number we gave an account of the former work of this entertaining writer, and glad are we to renew our acquaintance with him so soon, and that in the participation of such a rich mental entertainment as the one which his capacious and well furnished mind has bere provided. The search after happiness has been in all ages and in every country the prevailing object of man. kind, and a theme of observation to the inquisitive and thoughtful. Disappointed expectations and frustrated pursuits give a sombre hue to the disquisitions of the moralist, while peculiar studie and associations render even the sentiments and decisions of theologians, if not gloomily disgust ing, yet frequently perplexing and austere. Without entering into abstract questions, or pursuing a trair of didactic precepts on the best means of improving present scenes for future benefit, the an thor of this volume very properly contents himself with shewing, by a variety of examples, what pleasures are derivable from the various sources of mental enjoyment, and then leaves the reader to the exercise of his own taste and judgment. After exhibiting the different opinions of the ancients on the subject of happiness, and pointing out by many striking instances the leading follies of mea in this respect, the right application of the affections, not the subjugation of them, is considered as the only spring of genuine pleasure. This leads to particular observations on the satisfaction produced by the liberal arts, as architecture, sculpture. painting, and music; but the powerful influence of literature and science, as contributing to the de light and elevating the dignity of man, by prometing his utility, is copiously and very beautifully represented in the concluding divisions of the work. We have noticed slight inaccuracies in many places, which probably have arisen from toe great haste in composition; but we were rather surprised that so well informed a writer should have made metaphysics plural instead of singular, and indeed the whole of the fourteenth section, under the head of Science, requires careful resi sion. In enumerating the names of those who have improved natural history, we could have wished that our English Pliny the industrious and immortal Ray, with his excellent friends Wi!loughby and Derham, had received a greater would have borne amplification; and it is one of share of notice. The subject of Literary Longevity considerable moment, as affecting the specific arga ment of the book; because if it can be shown that 916.] New Publications, with Critical Remarks. study is favourable to health and long life, this can of human happiness will in that case bear to be thoroughly investigated and enforced. Many mames might be added to the list, particulary the controversialists Bishops Hoadley and Sherlock, who died within a few months of each other, at above fourscore; Dr. Franklin, who died above eighty-four; that remarkable instance of activity and temperance John Wesley, who lived to be eighty-eight; with Charles Macklin and Fontenelle, who reached the period of one hundred years. Illustrations of Hogarth; i. e. Hogarth ilIustrated from passages in Authors he never read and could not understand. 8vo. 3s. In this curious tract, we think it is easy to trace the classic genius of an old friend, who has long been known to the world as a commentator of the first degree of eminence; and an original writer in various branches of literature. The present performance cannot but afford an exquisite treat to all the admirers of our great moral painter, who are capable of comparing the works of that master with the passages which are here selected from ancient authors in the elucidation of them. It is indeed extraordinary that so many coincidences should exist, and that a man who could scarcely write his mother tongue should have happily embodied and graphically expressed many of the neatest a. d some of the most whimsical descriptions in the Roman poets. These, with occasionally some slight variations, are here arranged in the order of the pictures, and now and then enlivened with the commentator's notes. Perhaps the geueral utility of the work, as a new illustration of Hogarth, would have been increased by literal versions of the quotations for the benefit of the mere English reader. In the Introduction, Dr. Farmer's Essay on the Learning of Shakspeare is aptly mentioned, and we shall add, that what is advanced in that elegant disquisition, might farwish a hint to the farther prosecution of this subject; since the painter, though he could not read the works here meationed in their original lan guage, might have been familiar enough with the translations of them. Prefixed to this agreeable pamphlet is a portrait of Hogarth, engraved after an original drawing on vellum, by Worlidge. Arguments and Facts demonstrating that the Letters of Junius were written by John Lewis de Lolme, LL.D. Advocate. Accompanied with Memoirs of that Illustrious Foreigner. By Thomas Busby, Mus. Doc. 8vo. 10s. 6d. We are heartily sick of so disgusting a subject as that of Junius: and if any thing can exceed the folly of those who gave popularity to the wretched ribaldry of that assassin, it is the miserable ambition which in the present day has set many on the scent to discover the author. The disquisition now before us has the merit at least of endeavouring to free this country from the disgrace of having given birth to the libeller; but though we are far enough from being satisfied with the proofs here brought forward to identify De Lome as Junius, we have been amused with the perusal of the book, and particularly with the anecdotes of that extraordinary, but certainly far from illustrious, fareigner. We also knew De Lolme, and our recol lection of his conversation and manners would alone convince us that, with the exception of the irascibility of his diposition, he was totally unequal to the production of the Letters in question. The parallelisms, hece hrought forward prove nothing; and the phrases adduced for the purpose of shew 343 ing that Junius must have been a foreigner, might The London Savings Bank: an Account Researches into the History of Playing The Quarterly Journal of Sciences and the A Postscript to the Claims of the British The Colonial Journal. No. 1. (to be con Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland, with an Account of the principal Proceedings of the Society from April, 1807, to January, 1815, drawn up by Henry Mackenzie, esq. Vol. IV. SVO. 15s. Encyclopædia Edinensis. By James Millar, M.D. Editor of the Fourth, and the greatest part of the Futh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Part I. (to be completed in 6 vols.) 4to. 8s. A Letter of Advice to his Grandchildren, By Sir Matthew Hale. Now first publishe ed. Fc. 8vo. Annual Gleanings of Wit and Humour, An Address to the Special Jurymen of A Complete List of all Agents licensed by NATURAL HISTORY. The Natural History of British Birds. By E. Donovan, F.L S. Vols. VI. and VII. 31. 12s. NOVELS. Collin St. Clyde. 3 vols. The favourable reception which Waverley and Guy Mannering met with, has induced several Scottish authors to adventure in the same road to fame, and the work now before us is not the least happy in execution. The tale is not so connected as its author might have made it, still it is full of bustle, character, incident, local manners, feudal customs, superstitious anecdote, sentiment, pious feeling, and resignation, The plot is of itself simple-a Highland laird obtains for his on a ment; this son is supposed to fall in battle, and commission in the renowned forty-second regihis father, the laird of St Clyde, as found drowned tains possession of the estate of St. Clyde. The in a lake, and his brother -law Villigueve, ob son-returns after some years abscuce; Villiguere 314 New Publications, with Critical Remarks. fes; the murderer of the laird is found, who proves to be his uncle, and the hero of the tale marries the object of his first love. This is the outline of the plot, but there are numerous circumstances connected with the division of it, developing the causes which led to Collin's entering into the army, the murder of his father, and the discovery of the perpetrator, which are well kept up, and never loose their interest. The circumstance of the author having placed his hero in the 42d regiment, affords him an extensive field for that irregularity of genius which he so ably displays. The descriptive scenery and local manners convince us that the author is a native of the place his plot is laid in, for the topographical allusions are true to the veriest village, glen, wood, and loch, and he takes his characters just as he finds them, observing however, always to make them support their several parts in the drama with all the national pride, superstition, cuuning, learning. perseverance, and clanish attachment for which the north is so notorious. The description of a highland farewell and welcome, are drawn with much pathos and feeling. The style of writing throughout is correct, and often elegant, and notwithstanding the Scottish words which we frequently meet with, and which in some measure retard the progress of the English reader, it may be fairly said to be a most amusing and instructive work of its kind. Jane of France. By Madame de Genlis. 2 vols. There is a peculiar kind of romance in which the French have always surpassed the writers of other countries, for with the exception of the "Recess," we have nothing of this description that deserves to be put in competition with the works of our neighbours. The present tale is one of the most beautiful and instructive works in this class of composition; and it is impossible to read it without feeling an awful respect for the exalted virtues of Jane, the daughter of Louis XI. of France, and the wife of the Duke of Orleans, who succeeded to the throne at the demise of his brother-in-law Charles Vill. On the story of that accomplished woman, Madame de Genlis has contrived to raise a delightful structure, enriched with some touching incidents, and characters that are strongly drawn, and admirably contrasted; but the prevailing ment of this historical novel is, that it exhibits the power of moral and religious principles in the subjugation and right direction of the passions. Julia of Ardenfield. 2 vols. 12mo. 10s. 6d. There is a touching simplicity in this tale, which cannot fail to please even those readers who have hardly any relish for natural characters and proba ble descriptions. The admirers of extravagant romance must feel an interest in the lovely orphan whose unassuming virtues and gentle disposition, In trying but not uncommon situations, constitute the basis of the story. But the levity of Lady Rellamour, ber fall, and repentance; with the exalted forbearance and sterling piety of her injured Lord; afford equally powerful lessons for the res faint of the passions and the conduct of life. The other personages introduced throughout the work are admirably sketched, and in every instance with a strictly moral tendency. The language is good, and the sentiments are altogether so excel. lent, that we can have no hesitation in saying, that the history of Julia of Ardenfield ought to be read in all families, and put into the hands of every young lady. Faith and Fiction, or Shining Lights in a Dark Generation. 5 vols. 11. 75. 6d. [May 1, By Elizabeth Bennett, The City of the Plague, and other Poems. By John Wilson, Author of the Isle of Palms. 8vo. 10s. 6d. This is genuine poetry, though rather of the mournful cast. The principal piece, which gives a title to the volume, is of the dramatic character, and exhibits a dreadful picture of the English metropolis during the latter part of the fatal plague year. Two young naval officers are described as entering the city together, amidst the awful scene of desolation; and nothing perhaps can be ima gined more truly affecting than the fond anxiety and fearful expectation of one of them during his inquiry after the fate of his mother. He arrives just time enough to weep at her funeral, and that of his little brother; but he finds his Magdalena moving among the living and the dying, as an angel of peace, exhorting the one to repentance, and consoling the others by her prayers. The picture of this wonderful female, and that of the pious clergyman, who also remained unshaken in the work of benevolence, surrounded by the horrors of pestilence, is wrought up with the glowing spirit of poetic and religious feeling. Nor should we pass over in silence the remarkable character of the astrologer, and the eagerness with which the distracted populace crowd around the impostor to learn their destiny and that of their friends. This description corresponds with what is related of the s'range infatuation of the times; and equally so does that of the shocking depravity which pre vailed among the people, notwithstanding the ad spectacles hourly presented to their view. Of the other poems which make up the volume, the "Canvictis perhaps the most impassioned and pathetic, but that of the " Children's Dance" is superior to it in pleasing imagery. From this last piece we shall extract the introductory lines, and then heartily recommend the entire collection to the perusal of our readers: "How calm and beautiful the frosty night light How sinks in softness every rugged steep! The old church-tower a solemn watch doth keep, O'er the sweet village she adorns so well; Faintly the freezing stream is heard to weep, Wild murm'ring far within its icy cell, And bark! across the lake, clear chimes the cha pel bell." Poems on his own Domestic Circumstances. By the Right Hon. Lord Byron. Svo. 1s. 6d. We have repeatedly been compelled, by the in dignant feelings of loyalty and virtue, to enter our strong protest against the pernicious tendency of Lord Byron's productions. His muse is not of ce lestial origin, but breathes all the spirit of Pandemonium; and at the close of life his lordship, if he has any sensibility at all, will be ngable in review his literary career with the satisfaction of 1816.] New Publications, with Critical Remarks. Thomson, who said that "he had not written a line which he would wish to blot." The two lead. ing pieces here reprinted from the daily papers are se disgraceful to the noble writer, that his most ardent admirers cannot but regret their publica. tion, and reprobate the composition. Hypocritical affectation is the characteristic of the first, and ve nomous malignity pervades the latter address to a degree unparalleled, we hope, in the history of literary depravity. That a man should mourn in rhyme at being separated from a wife who has been driven by his conduct to the necessity of seeking shelter under her paternal roof, would of itself entitle the poet to the contempt of every man of common discernment. But that in the same breath the author should turn from whining cant, to utter the most deadly curses and infamous epithets against another female, whose only misfortune, if it can be one, is that of having been lowly born, must excite detestation in all honourable minds. Lord Byron belongs to that school of modern philosophy in which the distinctions of society are little respected, and he has the merit, such as it is, of enrolling among his chosen associates those scribblers who have been long endeavouring to level all ranks, and to raise the vulgar herd to a complete equality with their betters. What, then, will be thought of his liberality in attacking a wo man with worse than Billingsgate scurrility for her "parchment-coloured skin," and above all the rest for having been "born in a garret and bred in a kitchen."!!! If personal blemishes, which arise in the common course of nature, are to be blazoned into a disgrace, would his Lordship's own figure be exempted from ridicule? And if the casualties of human birth are to be considered as a disgrace, we trow there are many noble persons, and some noble writers too, who would do well to learn a lesson of humility, by reading the history of their own families. A Year in Canada, and other Poems. Anne Cuthbert Knight. 5s. By The Aerial Isles, or the Visions of Malcolm. By J. Ingle, of the Northampton Militia. 8vo. 7s. 6d. The Relicks of a Saint. By Ferdinand Farquhar, esq. 12mo. 5s. Mont St. Jean. 8vo. 5s. Theodore and Laura. By J. S. Anna Liddiard. Leaves. 8vo. 9s. Euripides Alcestis Burlesqued: By Issachar Styrke, gent. 8vo. 5s. 6d. The Bonaparteid; or, a Serio-Comic Sketch of the Political Life and Adventures of the renowned Napoleon Bonaparte. 8vo. 48. The Dance of Death in England, containing 73 Designs by Rowlandson, with Metrical Illustrations by the Author of the Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque. 2 vols, royal 8vo. 31. 3s, POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. Idea of a New Law for the Civilized World recommended to the consideration of France, Great Britain, and the American States. By the Author of "A Letter from Athens," &c. 8vo. 39. Neither the praise of good writing por of good intentions can be denied to this author, and yet his plan is altogether so extravagant that it is impossiNEW MONTHLY MAG,No. 28. 345 ble to consider the details in a serious light. He entertains a very laudable abhorrence of war, and earnestly wishes to devise the means of preventing its recurrence; but when he proposes that the question of the expediency of hostilities in every case shall be left to the decision of the people, ac cording to their qualifications for voting on so momentous a subject, we are persuaded that he will find few readers, even in the Society of Friends, to approve of a measure which is liable to innumerable objections, and which in fact may very easily be converted into an engine of war by a corrupt government acting through the instrumentality of contractors and other interested agents. In an Appendix to this tract, the writer recommends a pational gallery for the fine arts, on a good principle, and lastly he finishes his patriotic suggestions by advising a substitution of the guillotine for the gallows! Supplementary Portraits, in this New Era: with Explanatory Notes, Historical and Biographical. By William Playfair. 8vo. 12s. We have heard of a sign painter who could never paint but one figure, which always served for the king, a general, or an admiral, and might very truly be said to represent either the one or the other. This collection of portraits forcibly brought to our recollection the ingenuity of that sagacious artist, for a more wretched groupe of daubings, under the appellation of political cha. racters, was never obtruded upon the public observation. But the reader should be informed, that he will find in this volume an uncommon treat under the head of the Duke of Wellington, being no less than eighty-three stanzas on the Battle of Waterloo, parodied from Chevy Chace. As this precious piece of poetry will no doubt be transmit. ted down to posterity with the same care that has preserved the ancient ballad on which it is founded, we shall only excite the public attention to it by an extract or two that would almost make Longinus wish himself on earth again to write comments on the whole in a new treatise concerning the sublime. Speaking of Duke Arthur, the author very finely thus apostrophizes: "Where was-where was he not that day? When wanted, every where.” Then comes an animated picture of the Marquis of Anglesea; but for fear the noble general should not see it in this place, the stanzas are given again under his own portrait: "Brave Paget saw the danger great, And keen, keen grew his looks; Now for the household troops.'"!!! 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