OF THE

Principal Publications

FROM WHICH

THE PRESENT VOLUME HAS BEEN COMPOSED:

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

A FEW

BRIEF CRITICISMS

ON THEIR RESPECTIVE MERITS*.

A.

Account (An accurate) of the Fall of the Republic of Venice, and of the Circumstances attending that Event; in which the French Syftem of undermining and revolutionifing States is expofed, &c. Tranflated from the Italian, by J. Hinckley, Esq. F.S.A. 8vo. pp. 300. 5s. Hatchard. 1804.

This is a very interefting publication, and has ftrong claims to particular notice. It is tolerably well tranflated.

Account of the native Africans in the Neighbourhood

of Sierra Leone. By T. Winterbottom, M. D. 2 vols. 15s. Hatchard.

This work contains a good and interefting defcription of the country and its inhabitants; but we find little novelty in it, after having perufed the excellent work of M. Golberry, of which it appears not unlike a copy.

*As several of the notices which should have entered into this list have been unavoidably omitted, for want of room, we must request our readers to peruse the Introductory View, where they will observe our opinion of many new works, besides those which are specified alphabetically.

Account of the Cape of Good Hope, containing an hiftorical View of its original Settlement by the Dutch, its Capture by the British in 1795, &c. By Captain R. Percival.

Baldwin. 1804.

4to. pp. 340. £1.

This work, like the former production of Capt. P. noticed in our laft volume, prefents fuch a rapid fucceffion of facts, and such a variety of new information, that the reader who could difapprove of it must possess a very vitiated taste.

Alfred's Letters, an Effay on the Conftitution of England, and an Appeal to the People; with fix Letters on the Subject of Invafion. 8vo. pp. 36. 1s. 6d. Wellington, Hailfton. 1804.

These letters are very well written; they expatiate with equal energy, wisdom, and truth on the subject of invafion; and give excellent admonitions to the British volunteers.

Animal Biography; or, authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy of the Animal Creation; arranged according to the Syftem of Linnæus. By the Rev. W. Bingley, A.M. Second Edition, with confiderable Additions. 8vo. 3 vols. about 500 pages each. Phillips. 1804.

Not having feen the first edition of this work, though we obferved the high encomiums paffed upon it in the different Reviews, we cannot fay what additions may have been made in the prefent; but we have no doubt that they are confiderable. The author tells us, his book "has no claim whatever to attention, except on the fcore of utility:" we fhall in justice add, that it is not only the most useful, but the most entertaining work of the kind which modern times have produced. The lift of books at the end of the preface affords a good idea of the labour the author must have experienced in the production of this uncommon biography.

Annals of George III. from his Majefty's Accef

fion to the Peace of 1801. By W. Green, A.B. Author of 'The Art of Living in London, &c. &c.* Hatchard. 1804.

This is a very neat and cheap publication of hiftorical matter, of the greatest interest to every description of readers.

It is collected with fidelity, and written with found principles. It appears to be at prefent publishing in numbers, and will make two volumes in 12mo.

Art of Living in London: a Poem. By the Author of 'The Annals of George III.' and 'The Picture of England.' 38 pp. Price 1s. 6d. boards. Hatchard. 1804.

The subject of this poem becomes daily more interefting: we hope the work will enjoy an extenfive circulation. The verfification is far above mediocrity.

Auguftus and Mary; or, the Maid of Buttermere: a Tale. By W. Mudford.

1804.

1 vol. pp. 188. Jones.

A true and interesting story is here ridiculously mutilated, for the purpofe of fwelling the volume, by the introduction of fictitious and irrelevant trash; and poor dame Virtue, whofe advocate the author profeffes to be, certainly never had a more miferable defender. Some attacks are made, in this wretched publication, upon feveral literary characters of eminence, which must, of course, give the reader a very high opinion of the author's judgment.

B.

Buonaparte, and the French People under his Confulate. From the German. 8vo. pp. 380. 7s. Tipper

The facts contained in this publication were of fuch a galling nature, that, foon after its appearance on the Continent, the tyrant caufed it to be fuppreffed.

C.

Calvary; or, the Death of Chrift: a Poem, in eight Books. By Richard Cumberland, Efq. A new Edition, in 2 vols. with Plates, fmall 8vo. Lackington and Co.

If Mr. Cumberland's fame were not fufficiently eftablished, this work would raife it to the highest pinnacle of eminence. We most decidedly declare, that, in OUR opinion, nothing equal to it has iffued from the prefs fince the time of Milton

Clifton Grove: with other Poems. By H. K. White, of Nottingham. 1 vol. fmall 8vo. Price 3s. 6d.

Vernor and Hood.

These poems, it appears, are the production of a young gentleman not more than feventeen years of age!We can fcarcely give credit to the affertior. Some of the Odes are excellent, and the whole is very far above mediocrity.

Companion and ufeful Guide to the Beauties in the Weftern Highlands of Scotland, and in the Hebrides. By the Hon. Mrs. Murray, of Kenfington. 8vo. pp. 440. 7s. 6d. boards. Nicol.

1803.

A defcriptive work, replete with amufing anecdotes, and highly creditable to the talents of the fair author.

Correfpondence (The original) of J. J. Rouffeau with Madame de Franqueville and M. du Peyron. 3 vols. 10s. 6d. Dulau. 1804.

This correfpondence is indifputably original; but it does not contain much information or amusement.

Correfpondence of Samuel Richardfon, Author of Pamela, &c. &c. Selected from original Manufcripts, with his Life, and Obfervations on his Writings. By Mrs. Barbauld. 6 vols. 2. 5s. Phillips.

1804.

It appears, from Mrs. B's introduction, that it was the favourite employment of Richardfon's declining years, to felect and arrange thefe letters. They have been purchased at a liberal price, and the curiosity of the public will doubtless be gratified by their perufal; though, it must be admitted, that some of them are infipid, and might have been paffed over without detriment.

Correfpondence (The Political and Confidential) of Louis XVI. By H. M. Williams. 3 vols. 8vo. 1. 1s. Robinsons. 1803.

We have no reafon to believe in the authenticity of thefe letters, which refts upon the mere ipfe dixit of a self-sufficient editor, whofe impertinence is difguiting.

Coftume of Hindoftan.

1 vol. royal quarto. Price eight Guineas. Edward Orme, his Majefty's Printfeller.

1804.

This is a fplendid work, which exhibits all the figures of the different tribes, cafts, and occupations of the natives of India, taken from life, and coloured to reprefent the original drawings. Each plate is accompanied by defcriptions in English and French.

D.

Decameron (The); or Ten Days Entertainment, of Boccacio. Tranflated from the Italian. In 2 vols. The fecond Edition improved, with Remarks on the Life and Writings of Boccacio. By the Author of 'Old Nick,' A Piece of Family Biography,' &c. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. 782. 16s. Vernor and Hood. 1804.

The translator has carefully improved the language of the former edition of tales; he has expunged many of the paffages that were offenfive, and furnished the best life extant of the original author, whofe engraved head, from Titian, prefixed, is very well executed.

Dictionary of the celebrated Women of every Age and Country. By Matilda Betham. 1 vol.

852

pp. Price only 7s. or on royal Paper, 12s. boards. Crosby. 1804.

This is a work which no enlightened female fhould be without; and which every mother of a family fhould put into the hands of her daughters, as an incentive to great and virtuous actions. Its execution confers the higheft credit upon its industrious editor.

E.

Effays on Subjects of Miscellaneous Literature. By W. H. Turner, A.B. T.C.D. M.D. 12mo. pp. 166. 3s. 6d. Debrett. 1803.

Thefe effays are founded on the interefting fubjects of luxury, medical education, novel writing, empiricism, and the stage. They possess much of originality, though the au

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