I know it will be like the sun-ray of April, chilled by a tear, would to heaven you were near enough, for me to see it start to feel it drop-even though it should fall upon the hand of welcome, which my heart would outstretch to receive you! We are citizens of the world, and we would alternately rejoice and grieve together. But, alas! swords and cannon, and all the engines of human desolation, which are perhaps again destined to make the

'Green one red,'

draw the rubric line between us.

"But it must be so.

The headlong ambition of one man has sanctioned

other edicts of blood, and has again

Let slip the dogs of war';'

to make way for whose havoc, courage, enterprize, and every other great and daring quality, which once seemed almost proud of their allegiance to this man, and might have been all retained in his service, are to be forfeited. Every generous foe will lament, while he raises his arm to chastise his disdain of all reason and discretion, this lust of dominion. What may be the result of the contest, the Ruler of a jarring world alone can tell. Invasion to any effect is to be reckoned almost among the physical impossibilities; for various reasons, besides the one which is twisted with the fibres of every Englishinan's heart !"

On the subject of the charities of London, Mr. P. descants largely. But on this, as well as on other topics connected with national happiness, he reserves himself for a fuller display in a separate publication, which he promises in the course of next year.

"I shall give the reserves," says he, "which are still in the granary, or which may from time to time accumulate, another form and fashion, so that there will be no farther necessary intercourse between thee and the gleaner, in which character he now cordially bids thee

"

FAREWELL."

What have we to fight for? An Address to the Freeholders of Middlesex, who met at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on July 29, 1803, to celebrate the last Election of Members of Parliament for that County, on their Duty as Britons at the present important Crisis. pp. 37. 1s. Hatchard.

THIS pamphlet is, we are informed, the production of Mr. Brownley, a gentleman whose rare and enviable powers of oratory, have frequently delighted and instructed an assembly of men,* whose applause is by so much the more desirable, as it is seldom bestowed without judgment and discrimination. The work at present before us, is equal to the reputation which Mr. Brownley has already acquired by his eloquence; for whether we consider the excellent motive that occasioned it, which does so nuch honour to the patriotic feelings of the man, or whether we

look to its execution, its animation, and effect, which yield such abundant credit to the writer, we are alike compelled to be no niggards of our praise, but to own that nothing so appropriate or well-timed has issued from the press on the important subject now agitating the breast of every inhabitant of the realm. The more extensive its circulation, the greater and more ardent will be the spirit of the land, for it has, in these days, this christian quality, that it will "go about doing good."

The brilliant fancy, the lively wit, and the acute and penetrating genius of Mr. B. with his thorough knowledge of the world, and the characters of men, added to the powerful fascination of his choice and splendid diction, would, we are convinced, if exercised on works of imagination, afford him a lasting fame, and we warmly recommend this province of literature to his attentive consideration. The Works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu,

including her Correspondence, Poems, and Essays. Published by Permission from her genuine Papers. In 5 volumes. Small 800. Phillips.

THE public rage for the remains of celebrated wits of past periods, has engendered so many spurious publications, that we feel pleased, where men of respectability, like Mr. Dallaway, undertake to gratify popular curiosity, by introducing them to general notice,

The works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, in their present, form, are peculiarly acceptable; since, strange. though it may appear, their editor with truth remarks," that not a single production, in verse or prose, hitherto printed and attributed to her, had ever received the sanction of herself, or her representatives;" and at the same time removes all doubt of the authenticity of the present collection, by asserting, "that no letter, essay, or poem, has found place in it, the original manuscript of which is not at this time extant, in the possession of her grandson, the Marquis of Bute."

In the interesting memoirs of her life, which occupy a considerable portion of the first volume of the work before us, Mr. Dallaway informs us, Lady Mary was the eldest daughter of Evelyn (Pierrepont) Duke of Kingston, and born at Thoresby, in Nottinghamshire, about the year 1690. Her father being resolved to cultivate the advantages of nature by a classical education; under the same preceptors as Viscount Newark, her brother, she studied the Greek and Latin languages with the greatest success. Of this, her *translation of the Enchiridion of Epictetus, when scarcely twenty years old, was an eminent proof.

* Printed in vol. 1, p. 264.

The early part of her ladyship's life was principally spent at Thoresby and Acton, near London; and her society confined to a few friends, among whom, the most confidential appears to have been Mrs. Ann Wortley, wife of the Honourable Sidney Montagu, second son of the heroic Lord Sandwich, who died, in the arms of victory, during the memorable battle of Solebay, in the reign of Charles the second.

In this intimacy originated her connection with Edward Wortley Montagu, Esq. eldest son of the lady above mentioned, to whom, after a correspondence of about two years, she was privately married in 1712. For more than three years after this marriage, their establishment being limited, Lady Mary chiefly resided at Warncliffe Lodge, near Sheffield, where her son Edward Wortley Montagu was born; whilst his father was principally engaged in London, in his attendance upon his parliamentary duties, and political friends.

Upon the death of Queen Anne, in 1714, Mr. Wortley having, through the interest of Lord Halifax, obtained an official appointment, Lady Mary left Warncliffe, and made her first appearance at St James's. During this period of her life, she commenced her intimacy with Addison and Pope, and was every where received with that universal admiration, which beauty, enlivened by wit, incontestibly claims.

Early in the month of August, 1716, Mr. Wortley having been appointed ambassador to the Porte, commenced his journey over the continent of Europe to Constantinople, accompanied by Lady Mary, whose conjugal affection reconciled her to the dangers unavoidably to be encountered in so arduous an undertaking. Pope, in his letter, written after she had left England, exclaims, "May that person, for whom you have left all the world, be so just as to prefer you to all the world! I believe his good understanding has engaged him to do so hitherto, and I think his gratitude must for the future."

During her journey to, and residence in, the Levant, her ladyship penned those interesting narratives, which contain so lively a picture of Turkish customs and manners*, chiefly directed to her sister, the Countess of Mar, Lady Rich, Mrs. Thistlethwaite, and Mr. Pope.

* These Letters were attacked by the Baron de Tott, who resided many years at Constantinople, and defended by M. Guiss who published a valuable work on Turkey. Rev.

Of the publication of the letters alluded to, Mr. Dallaway gives as the following account :—

“In the later periods of Lady Mary's life, she employed her leisure in collecting the copies of the letters she had written during Mr. Wortley's embassy, and had transcribed them herself in two small volumes in quarto. They were without doubt sometimes shewn to literary friends. Upon her return to England for the last time in 1761, she gave these books to Mr. Sowden, a clergyman at Rotterdam, and wrote the subjoined memorandum on the cover of one of them.--"These two volumes are given to the Reverend Benjamin Sowden, minister at Rotterdam, to be disposed of as he thinks proper. This is the will and design of M. Wortley Montagu, December 11, 1761.'

"After her death, the late Earl of Bute commissioned a gentleman to procure them, and to offer Mr. Sowden a considerable remuneration, which he accepted. Much to the surprise of that nobleman, and Lady Bute, the manuscripts were scarcely safe in England, when three volumes of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's letters were published by Beckett, of which it since appears Mr. Cleland was the editor. The same gentleman who had negotiated before, was again dispatched to Holland, and could gain no further intelligence from Mr. Sowden, than, that a short time before he parted with the MSS. two English gentlemen called on him to see the letters, and obtained their request. They had previously contrived thar Mr. Sowden should be called away during their perusal, and he found, on his return, that they had disappeared with the books. Their residence was unknown to him, but, on the next day, they brought back the precious deposit, with many apologies. It may be mirly presumed, the intervening night was consumed in copying these letters by seveveral amanuenses.”*

From Turkey likewise her ladyship introduced the art of inoculating for the small-pox; an art, by which alone (says Steelef) the memory of its illustrious foundress will be rendered sacred to future ages.

In 1717 Mr. Wortley having received orders of recal, turned his attention to revisiting England. During his residence at Constantinople, he had collected some very curious oriental MSS. (particularly six volumes in 4to of Arabian Tales)‡ and investigating the classical shores of the Hellespont, he procured an inscribed mar ble, which he presented, on his arrival, to Trinity College Cambridge.

A statement in which no mention is made of the MS. ever having been borrowed, is given by a correspondent, who asserts that he received it from Mr. Sowden himself, in the Gentleman's Magazine for March 1794, which statement is likewise corroborated by a letter from another correspondent, signed A. K. (probably Andrew Kippis) in the Magazine for the following month. Rev.

+ Plain Dealer, No. 30, July 3d, 1724.

These volumes were purchased at Mr. Montagu's sale of Oriental MSS. in 1787, by Dr. White: transferred to Mr. Scott, as mentioned by him at the end of his volume of translations, in 1800, and will speedily be deposited in the Bodleian." Vide preface to the new translation of the Arabian Nights, by Foster. Rev.

In a short time after their return to England, Lady Mary, at the earnest entreaties of Pope, fixed her summer residence at Twickenham. Here, from whatever cause, their intimacy gradually decayed, and, on the publication of his imitation of the first Epistle of 'the second Book of Horace, some lines of which were thought to glance at her ladyship, and her most intimate friend, Lord John Hervey, an open rupture ensued.

1 In this quarrel Pope has generally been thought the aggressor. Both Warton and Johnsont concur in condemning him; and Warburton himself confessed, that there were allegations against him "which he was not quite clear of." In fact, his attack on Lady Mary surely was illiberal and unmanly, but on Lord John Hervey, from the sketch of his life and specimen of his correspondence Mr. Dallaway has thought proper to present us with, we by no means think his satire misapplied.

From this period nothing occurred materially worthy of biogra phical notice, till the year 1739, when, her health declining, she took the resolution of passing the remainder of her days on the continent. Having obtained Mr. Wortley's consent, she left England in July; and, after residing in various parts of Italy, finally settled at Venice in 1758. Here she remained till the death of Mr. Wortley, in 1761, when, yielding to the solicitations of her daughter, the late countess of Bute, and after an absence of twenty-two years, she began her journey to England, where she arrived in October. But her health had suffered much; and a gradual decline terminated in death, on the 21st of August, 1762, in the seventythird year of her age. In the cathedral church, at Litchfield, a cenotaph is erected to her memory.

"Lady Mary Wortley Montagu now (says Mr. Dallaway) appears as an author more fully before the public. How her letters from the Levant became known, has already been detailed;' and of their reception, even in that questionable shape,' the opinion of Dr. Smollett, who had established and then conducted the Critical Review, bears an honourable testimony:--- The publication of these letters will be an immortal monument to the memory of Lady M. W. M. and will shew, as long as the English language endures, the sprightliness of her wit, the solidity of her judgment, the elegance of her taste, and the excellence of her real character. These letters are so bewitchingly entertaining, that we defy the most phlegmatic man on earth to read one without going through with them; or after finishing the third volume, not to wish there were twenty more.' "The late Earl of Orford had been shewn, in manuscript, her letters to

* Essay on Pope, vol. 2, p, 258.

↑ Lives of the Poets, vol. 4, p. 159.

Life of Pope. Biographia Britannica, vol. v. p. 3413.

§ Critical Review, 1763.

Reminiscences.