Unmov'd he view'd her amaranthine flow'rs, And Fortune's golden throne, and Pleasure's rofeate bow'rs. Where nightingales foft trill'd their plaintive tales, Thus, fam'd-Rinaldo pafs'd to Glory's field along. Through diftant times, the names of BAYNE and BLAIR, Among her fages, Kings, and warriors rife ! Where, o'er your breathing marble, sad she stands, That through the bright-ftain'd windows trembling fhines, Hear Angels, hov'ring o'er the hallow'd fhrines With filial rev'rence on a Parent's bier, One laurel branch with cypress twin'd to lay : That flam'd with radiance like the martial ftar, He won, to wave upon the British throne 'Midft countless trophies of triumphant war: Nor ceas'd the vet'ran's toils, 'till o'er his head, For ten long luftre's, Time, his hoary filver spread. Thrice honour'd Shade! Oh deign these rites to own; Her Genius chill'd by adverfe Fortune's frown, Nor clos'd, with pious care, thy life-forfaken eyes.' Though the poem before us contain no glaring improprieties, there are nevertheless, fome inaccuracies in it which ought not to be overlooked. For instance, Yet, though no daring flights the verfe may deck, That bore the Theban bard fublime to fame; Haply these strains may emulation wake,' &c. Not to dwell upon the imperfection of the rhymes, deck and wake, it A a 3 may may be asked, how can daring flights be faid to deck the verfe? There is a like incongruity of metaphor in the following paffage; in which alfo there is a nominative cafe unaccompanied by a verb. Speaking of Mr. Burke's cenfure of the St. Euftatia bufinefs, the Poet obferves, • He, from whofe lips fuch elocution flows, As peace to ftormy fenates can impart; Falls on the fenfe, then melts into the heart!' A man (for the man is in this paffage identically and unfiguratively fpoken of) falling on the fenfe, and then melting into the heart, is an expreflion which no conftruction of language can reconcile with propriety. Another inftance or two of a fimilar inadvertency might be pointed out; but as they are fuch as the ingenious Author cannot fail of remarking, fhould his poem undergo a revifal, it would be invidious to dwell upon them.. NOVEL S. Art. 25. Extract from the Life of Lieutenant Henry Foley, of bis Majefty's Regiment of Foot. 2s. 6d. fewed. Robinfon. One more added to the long-long lift of Sterne's imitators! This Author, however, is not fo unfortunate in his adventure, as most of his brethren who have gone before him in this wild goofe chafe-and are now, with their works, at an everlasting reft, in that "oblivious pool" where the "flashes" of their "it" vanished into night, and the "roar" they thought to raife by their infinite humour" (for so, alas! they fancied it to be) became " hub as death." 66 A vein of fprightly fentiment runs through this little work; and the features of tome characters are hit off very happily. Art. 26. Frailties of Fashion. 12mo. 2s. 6d. Lifter, 1782. This publication is equally remarkable for its ftupidity and obfrenity. The only circumstance in favour of fo wretched a performance, is its more than ordinary dulnefs and abfurdity; which may counteract its bad tendency, and make what was bad in its defign, abortive in its effect. Art. 27. The Fairy Ring, or Emmeline. A moral Tale, By a Lady. 12mo. 1s. 6d. Lane. 1783. This little trifle is diftinguished by that pleafing train of imagery, and thofe romantic fituations which ufually characterife this vifionary clafs of productions. Emmeline received at laft the reward of her vir tue and perfeverance. Her marriage is happy; and her pofterity profperous, for they reign over the hearts of a free people. May fuch ever be the lot of virtue and integrity! Thofe who poffefs fuch a treafere can scarcely form a wish beyond it. It is the folid foundation of a happy government to receive the homage of freedom, not as a task of contrained duty, but as the voluntary offering of gratitude and affection. It is a nation's best tribute: and it is a monarch's Art and highest honour. Art: 28. The Wedding Day; or Marriage delineated. With practical Rules for promoting conjugal Happinefs, particularly useful to the Fair S.x. 12mo. I S. Milne. A catch-penny compilation from variety of authors, good, bad, and indifferent. The best thing is the Bride-Cakę, a Dream," from the Connoiffeur,“ MISCELLANEOUS. Art. 29. The Flowers of Literature, or Treafury of Wit and We were fick of thefe beauties on a larger fcale: we are not quite fatisfied with them now they are reduced to a fmaller. They are now, it feems, fubtilized to essences! We shall foon expect to fee them fo fublimated, as to become quinteffences; and then they have only to evaporate into "air-into thin air; and like the bafelefs fabric of a vision leave not a wreck behind!” Art. 30. An Account of the Scots Society in Norwich, in Great Britain, founded in 1775. 8vo Pamphlet. [No Price.] Norwich.Chafe. 1783. It feems, from the account given by the humane Author of this publication, that, by the laws of England no provifion whatever is inade for any poor (be they foreigners, or even Scotsmen or Irishmen). but for fuch as are Englifhmen: fo that, if a native of Scotland, for instance, who has left his country, and has not met with encouragement here, falls fick; or if diftreffes befall an induftrious foreigner, who has spent his whole life in contributing to the advantage of this country, without gaining a fettlement: they have no legal claim to be relieved, and are actually in danger of starving; for, having no parish fettlement, nobody is obliged to relieve them. The laudable defign of this Society is to fupply this defect in the English law. Their benevolent intentions were at first, on account of the fmallness of their original fund, confined to fuch natives of Scotland only, as fhould want their affittance, in the city of Norwich, and county of Norfolk. It is curious to obferve, that the germ of this fund was only an overplus of 3 s. 6d. left after paying the reckoning, at an annual meeting of feveral Scotch gentlemen at Norwich, on St. Andrew's day 1774. The fund however having been increased ia 1779, by the liberality of the Earl of Rofeberry (their prefent Governor and others, to above 100.; the Society immediately refolved to extend its charity to the natives of all other nations refiding in England, who are proper objects of it. Since that time, branches have been established at London and elfewhere; with a view of co.. operating with the original Society, in adminiftering relief to thofe objects who have been overlooked in the framing of our poor laws. Too much cannot be faid in praife of this humane inftitution (especially fince the extenfion of their charitable plan), nor of the zeal and genuine philanthropy of their Prefident, who appears to be the Editor of this publication; which, befides the hiftorical account of the inftitution, contains the articles and regulations of the Society, the Prefident's annual addrefs, and inftructions for the agents; all which appear to be founded on the pureft principles of universal charity and benevolence. Art. 31. An Apology for fome of Mr. Hooke's Obfervations concerning the Roman Senate. With an Index to the Obfervations. By Mr. Bowyer. 4to. I S. Nichols. Those who are acquainted with the controverfy between Mr. Hooke and feveral of his cotemporaries, particularly Dr. Middleton, Dr. Chapman, A a 4 Chapman, and Mr. Spelman, concerning the Roman fenate, will think this apology for Mr. Hooke, in answer to Mr. Spelman's short view of Mr. Hooke's obfervations, together with the Index here fubjoined, a valuable addition to what has already been published on this subject. Art. 32. The Art of Pleafing; or Inftructions for Youth in the firft Stage of Life; in a Series of Letters, to the prefent Earl of Chesterfield, by the late Philip Earl of Chesterfield. Now first colle&ted. 12mo. 25. Kearsley. 1783. Now first collected!-Thefe letters, Reader, are copied, feriatim et verbatim, from the third volume of Lord Chesterfield's miscellaneous works, published in 4to, in the year 1778, to complete the edition of his Lordship's works begun by the late Dr. Maty. Art. 33. The Mentor: or Useful Infiructions for the Head and Heart. In Profe and Verfe. Suited to all who wish to become wife at a small Expence. 16mo, 6d. Milne, 'Tis very unreasonable for any one to expect more than fx-pennyworth of wisdom tor fix-pence: but the purchafer must be very poor in this commodity, who does not think this fix-penny medley a hard bargain, SCHOOL-BOOK S. Art. 34. A Claffical Vocabulary, French and English; to which is added a Collection of Letters, familiar and commercial, Bills of Exchange, Promiffory Notes, &c. in both Languages. By N. Wa noftrocht, Teacher of Languages, and Author of the Practical Grammar of the French Tongue. 12mo. 2 s. bound. Boofey. This ufeful vocabulary has confiderable merit, in the selection and arrangement of its materials. Vulgar and inelegant words are excluded; and care has been taken to admit only fuch as are of general ufe. The letters, &c. are proper models for imitation as far as refpects the French language; but the English verfion is frequently more literal than the idiom of our language will allow: for example, 'Give me leave to devote to you all the impulfes of a heart who owes to your pious examples,' &c.-' The Captain has had for me all the attention that can be imagined-Be affured I thall during my whole life have a real esteem for your perfon.' Art. 35. The Elements of the Latin Language; or an Introduction to the Latin Grammar, in a new, easy, and concife Method. limo. 2 5. Robinson. In confequence of the difficulties and inconveniencies attending the ufe of the common grammar, in which the rules are in Latin, Mr. Valpy, the author of the manual before us, was induced to try the experiment of compiling a fet of rules in English; and in which he endeavoured also to be as concife as poffible. The fuccefs of his experiment has, he tells us, answered his expectations; his fcholars making as great a progrefs in three months, as they ufually did before in fix. If the grammar in ufe before the introduction of these Elements was the old one of Lilly's, we are ready to give him credit for the affertion. Mr. V.'s Compendium is judiciously drawn up, and the Rules are expreffed with perfpicuity and concifenels. If any See Review, Vol. XIX. p. 310. objection objection lies against Mr. V.'s method, it is, perhaps, that of being fometimes too concise. MEDICA L. Art. 36. Obfervations on the Means of preferving and restoring Health in the Weft Indies. 12mo. 2 s. Dilly. 1783. The Author of this little work (Mr. Rollo) in a treatise published not long fince, on the diseases of St. Lucia †, gave fome general directions for the prefervation of health in the Weft Indies. These he has now enlarged and methodized, fo as to compofe a brief compendium of rules for diet, manner of living, &c. calculated for thofe climates; which we heartily recommend, as founded on the best authorities, and delivered in a very intelligible and agreeable method. They are more particularly adapted to the ufe of military men; but many of the rules may be applied by any European obliged to refide in those dangerous regions. Art. 37. A brief Hiftory of the late Expedition against Fort San Juan, fo far as it relates to the Difeafes of the Troops: together with fome Obfervations on Climate, Infection, and Contagion; and feveral of the Endemial Complaints of the West Indies. By Thomas Dancer, M. D. Phyfician to the Troops on that Service. 4to, 2s. 6d. Kingston, Jamaica. Murray, London. 1781. This short account of a very fatal military expedition, in one of the most unhealthy climates on the globe, may have a falutary effect in operating as an additional diffuafive against any future unadvised attempts of a fimilar kind. But, alas! the lives of men are a very fmall confideration, when opposed to the schemes of ambition or avarice. The medical reader must not expect any new information from this detail,—the Author of which was himself a fufferer under disease, in common with the rest who partook of the expedition. Art. 38. Obfervations on the Sulphur Water at Croft, near Darlington. By Robert Willan, M. D. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Johnfon, &c. 1782. The Croft water, though termed fulphureous, does not exhibit, according to this writer, any fulphur in a bodily form. Its fulphur principle is what Bergman calls bepatic gas, an elaftic fluid fimilar to that produced by decompofing liver of fulphur by an acid. The other ingredients of this water are a vitriolic falt with an earthy basis, like that of Epfom, and a fmall portion of fea-falt. Croft water has been famed for its medicinal qualities, both drank, and used as a bath; and it feems the chief defign of this writer to recal the attention of the Public to its virtues. He enumerates the various diseases in which it may be of fervice, and mentions the pleasantnefs of its fitua tion, and other circumstances which may induce invalids to refort to it. COMMERCIAL. Art. 39. Plan of the Chamber of Commerce (in the Building late the King's Arms Tavern, Cornhill), or Office for Confultation, Opinion, and Advice, Information, and Affiftance, in all Commercial Infurance, Maritime Affairs, and Matters of Trade in ge neral. 8vo. 6d. Richardfon and Urquhart, &c. + See Monthly Review for Feb. 1782. |