"Rife, then, ye fons of Albion rise, Hear ye her deep endearing cries, "Around your throne fae lov'd be strong, God fave the King, fweet be your fong "1 fee you heroes of the deep, Daughters of Gaul, lang, lang ye'll weep The bloody hour." The whole is in a fimilar ftyle of patriotic ardour, and well deferves perufal, ART. 18. The Recall of Momus. A Bagatelle. By Benjamin Thomp fon, Efq. Tranflator of the German Theatre, and of the Stranger, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. 4to. 4s. 6d. Robinfons. 1804. Momus, having been banished from the affembly of the Gods, for the term of five hundred years, is folemnly recalled; he is received with a hearty welcome, and relates fome whimsical and facetious tales. Of these, we can give no detailed fpecimens, but they certainly poffefs á confiderable degree of humour; which, however, fometimes o'erfteps the bounds of modefty, ART. 19. Adverfity, or the Miferies of the Seduced. A Poem; interjperfed with Narratives. To which is fubjoined, a Military Tale, funded on a real Occurrence, called Henry and Eliza. Humbly infcribed to her Royal Highness the Duchefs of York. By W. H. Poulett 4to. 65. Longman and Rees. 1804. We readily commend the spirit which dictated the choice of this interefting and melancholy fubject; but, though fome good and harmonious lines may be found, a degree of languor pervades the whole. The conclufion affords as good an example of the author's powers as any we can felect. "And you, the pride of Britain's peerless ifle, Drive the bafe mifcreant from your arms, your heart, Unnumber'd victims from an early grave; ART. 20. An Ode in Celebration of the Emancipation of the Blacks in St. Domingo, November 29, 1803. By Thomas Clio Rickman, Auber of Poetical Scraps, Two Volumes; the Evening Walk; Letter to Mr. Pitt; to the Bishop of Llandaff, c. 4to. 25. Rickman. 1804 Mr. R. is one of thofe few Liberty- Boys who still adore the French Revolution, and afcribe all the atrocities of the French to the interference of England; which is about as wife as it would be to attribute the beheading of Charles I. to the peace of Weftphalia. Mr. Capell Lofft, who seems to be of the fame difpofition, writes an Introduction for his friend, in which he extols the subject, and trusthat the poem, in freedom, fpirit, and variety of numbers, in diction, and in fentiments, will appear not unworthy of it. He is mistaken as to the poetical powers of his friend; though we are not the perfons to deny, that his verfes are worthy of his politics. For example, the following couplet is the burden of almost every ftanza. "Then hail the day when BLACK-MEN fhout, "We're free!” Echo the tidings glad to every land and fea.” Now thefe are fuch lines as the Mules abhor; and fuch paffages as the following, though doubtlefs very instructive, are ftili lefs poetical. Long have you known the wrongs of man, Make then his rights alone your plan, The road of Virtue's plan. Be juft to all with whom you have to do, Open your ports to ships of every land; Defpotic meatures banish from your flate: Be honest and upright-you must be great. Mr. R. cannot conclude without a little abufe of Mr. Pitt, who doubtless values fuch a politician as much as he must admire fuch a poet ! DRAMATIC. DRAMATIC. ART. 21. The Sea-Side Hero. A Drama, in Three Acts. By John Carr, Efq. Author of the Stranger in France. Svo. 95 pp. 2s. 6d. Johnfon. 1804. There is fo much to intereft in this little Drama, on a perufal in the clofer, that we cannot but conceive, that it would make a better appearance on the ftage than many that have been advanced to that dif tinction. Very early in the piece, the author has introduced the anecdote of the patriotic fmuggler, Johnson, who, at the very beginning of the prefent content, indignantly refufed to receive his liberty, on the condition of piloting the enemy to the coaft. The name of the Sea-Side Hero is Paul; and he is made nobly inftrumental in defeating the enemy, who is fuppofed to have landed on a part of the coaft, and receives a public reward. Some other acts of heroifm and virtue are related of him; and the interest excited by them is increased by the following paffage, in a very fhort Preface. "The character of Paul is not the effufion of fancy. Tears follow my pen while it relates, that with an obvious exception to the incidents connected with the menaced Invafion, the portrait is drawn from the affecting hiftory, generous feelings, and heroic mind of a youth, never known to the world, and now no more." Some very beautiful fongs are introduced; and a spirited parody of "Ye Gentlemen of England", beginning, "No gentleman of England now fits at home at ease, The following Song we cannot withhold. "Nature's imperfect child, to whom The fondeft wishes of his heart. 2. "And he to whofe impervious ear The sweetest founds no charms difpenfe, Can bid his inmoft foul appear In clear though filent eloquence. 3. "But we, my Julia, not fo blest, Are doom'd a diff'rent fate to prove ; To feel each joy and hope fuppreft, That flow from pure but hidden love.". P. 53. * See Brit. Crit. vol. xxii. p. 129. Авт. ART. 22. A Tale of Myfry, a Melo-Drame; as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden. By Thomas Holcroft, Second Edition, with Etchings, after Defigns by Trebam. 8vo. 51 pp. 25. Phillips, 1802. The author properly fays, "I cannot forget the aid I received from the French Drama; from which the principal incidents, many of the thoughts, and much of the manner of telling the ftory, are derived. -I exerted myself to felect and unite matterly ketches, that were capable of forming an excellent picture, and the attempts has not failed. I can as little overlook the performers, the compofer of the mufic, the fcenery, and the dances; all which, in representation, have so effentially contributed to fuccefs." Independently of the mufic, &c. with which a reviewer in his clofet has no concern, this Tale is reasonably well told; is interefting and affecting; and could hardly fail to fix the attention, roufe the paffions, and hold the faculties in anxious and impatient fufpenfe". The etchings, though flight, have merit, particularly the fecond. We overlook a little extravagance in the Dedication, and the Advertisement. NOVELS. ART. 23. The Duchefs of La Valliere, an Hiftorical Romance. By Madame de Genlis. Tranflated from the French. Two Volumes. 12mo. 98. Murray. 1804. The beauty of this celebrated lady, and the partiality with which The infpired Louis XIV. are well known. The more particular circumstances of her life and character, and the various anecdotes of that gay and voluptuous court, are worked up in this performance into an agreeable narrative, with the well-known fki!! and vivacity of the author. ART. 24. This lady has before appeared as a writer of works of this defcription, and not altogether without fuccefs. The tale of Sherwood Foreft is related in a fprightly manner, and many of the northern anecdotes will be found to afford amufement. It appears that Sherwood Foreft was the place of the author's nativity, a fcene well calculated to allure a warm imagination to indulge itself in the foothing dreams of Poetry and Romance. ART. 25. Fate; or, Spong Cafle. By Maria Venze. Svo. 231 pp. 45. Parfons. 1803. To allow, as we do, of this Novel, that it is harmless, is no inconfider able praise of a tale faid to be written in modern Germany. It may be praised on another account, for extending to one volume only. MEDICINE. MEDICINE. ART. 26. Chirurgical Inftitutes, drawn from Practice, on the KnowLedge and Treatment of Gunbot Wounds. Illuftrated with fome fingu lar Cafes and Cures of gallant Warriors. By H. St. John Neale, Efq. formerly of his Majefty's 5th Regiment of Infantry, and 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons, &c. 295 PP. 6s. Egerton. 1804. 8vo. This author had frequent occafion to witness the effects, and make obfervations on the treatment, of gunshot wounds, in his fituation as furgeon, at different times, to the two regiments above-mentioned, which were fent to America during our campaigns in that quarter of the world. In the volume before us, he has given the refult of his experience in these cases; and we are ready to confefs, that the work contains many practical remarks which may prove useful to army-furgeons; but we have great fault to find with the author's style", and are furprised at the vague and obfolete ideas he entertains in matters of pathology. Thus, at p. 119, he mentions as the cause of shiverings, fever, &c. fluids abforbed from the wound fermenting in the mass of blood. Again, at p. 122, "if thefe (the fluids) have been vitiated by pain, lofs of fleep", &c. Moreover, after the light which the late Mr. John Hunter threw on the nature and formation of pus, we fhould not have expected that this author would, in the concluding part of his book, have filled fo many pages fo little to the purpose, on this particular fubject. But notwithstanding the improprieties of ftyle, and the objections in regard to the pathological views of the author, his obfervations (for obfervations we think a more appofite title than inftitutes) contain many ufeful hints, and feveral interefting cafes; from among which, we shall particularly refer to that of Capt. fince Gen. Harris (p. 140). in illuftration of the doctrine that "every contufion of the skull requires the trepan, because it must be attended, fooner or later, with a diforder of the dura mater"; a cafe not only of medical, but of public intereft, on account of the fignal services the General has fince rendered to the British empire. For inftance: "the blood meeting with greater obftacles in returning by the veins towards the center, than in marching out along the arteries"; p. 116. The fcarf skin is termed "a fine carneous cover"The ing", p. 110, whereas the scarf skin is merely membranous. blood deprived of its ferum and mucilage"; p. 274. Again," the mucilaginous parts of the blood", p. 291; the circulatory fibres of the blood-veffels", p. 281 ; &c. &c. ART. |