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The Invalid, being an Illuftration of the obvious Means of enjoying Health and long Life, by a Nonagenarian. 12mo. 4s. T. Wetherby's attempt to remove Prejudices concerning the Jews. 10s. 6d. * Letters written by the late Earl of Chatham to his Nephew, Thomas Pitt, (afterwards Lord Camelford). 12mo. 3s. 6d. Frend's Patriotifm; or, the Love of our Country illuftrated by Examples from Ancient and Modern Hif tory. 75.

Polycephalus

Galvanist,

a

new periodical Paper, publifhed at Cambridge, 8vo.

28.

Nathan Drake's Literary

Hours, Vol. VIII. 8vo. 9s. Edmund Burke's Maxims and Opinions, Moral, Political, and Economical, felected from his Works. 2 vols. 8vo. IOS.

Chriftian's Fashionable World displayed. 2s. 6d. The Hibernian Jefter; Anecdotes never before printed. 6d. Buonaparteana; or, an Inquiry into the Virtues of the Budnaparte Family. Project and Type's Tour through the fouthern Coun ties of England. 4s. Official Defence of General Moreau, before the Tribunal at Paris.

Turner's Inquiry into the Properties of Nature.

Dr. Scott's Differtations, Effays, and Parallels.

The Triad: addreffed to the People of the United Empire, in a Storm,

TO THE

FLOWERS OF LITERATURE;

FOR

1804.

ADDRESS, Poetical, to the fhade of Guttemburg, of Mentz,
page 1. Poetical and admonitory to London, 22. Poetical
one of Shakespeare to an apparation, Motto, 26. Of Virgil
to a barbarian, Motto, 41.

Affection, Conjugal, a remarkable inftance of it in a German
countefs, 175..

Agenis, written by Barclay, praised by Cowper, 37.

Albert, Sir, his adventures related in a ballad, 291.
Alphabet, Combat of the, 91.

Alps, fuperior, their wonders have been disclosed only in our
age, 72. Defcribed by Pope, Motto, ibid.

Amour, le Tems et l', French Ode, 124.

Anecdote, Modern, of two Frenchmen cheating a Dutch Jew,
6. Humorous, of a mifchance of French gallantry, 24.
Of a French antiquarian vifiting the Egyptian catacombs,
24. Melancholic, of maternal despair, poetically related, 30.
Anniversary, Defcription of the, of the Chinefe Emperor's
birth-day, 276.

Animals, their gentleness in England, Note, 216.

Antiquarian, A French, vifiting the Egyptian Catacombs, 26.
Aphorifms, thofe of Lavater, judged by Cowper, 38.
Augereau, an inftance of his ferocity, 68.

Aulugellius, thought on fuperftition and religion, Motto, 137.
Authors, thofe who introduce into scientific productions vi-
fionary political dogmas, cenfured, 91. Conversation of
one with a book feller, on libels, 171.

Defence of the li-

terary character, by one of them, 173. A virtuous one
refufing to write fcandal, 174.

Authorship, Mifchance in, attributed by Cowper more to want
of pains-taking than to want of ability, 40.

Babylon, fragment of a poem on its destruction, 22.

Bageffen, a German poet, 341. Anecdote of his romantic
marriage, 342.

Barclay, his Agenis an energetic and amufing performance, 37.
Barrow's, Dr. Exhortation to British Loyal Volunteers, 229.
Bard, the affumption of that character is attended at present
with danger and difficulty, 36.

Batchelor's poetical Definition of a benevolent man, 230.
Baudé, a Peafant's hut in Silefia, 316. Its defcription, Note,
ibid.

Benevolence renders men like gods, according to Tullius, 306.
Bess, a Chriftian Name, which gave the idea of washing tubs
and scouring kettles, 208.

Bettinelly, an accomplished Monk of Italy, vifits Voltaire, 239.
Bieder, an honeft servant, 265. Some account of him, 266.
Biographers, thofe of Johnfon have ill-treated him, Note, 34.
Biography fhould be written only by writers of tenderness,
delicacy, and truth, 34.

Blackmore, Sir Richard, defcribing a female heroine, Note
162. Characterising a tyrant, Motto, 384.

Blind woman, lamentable account of one, 369.

Bookmakers should be, in the opinion of Cowper, merciful to-
wards one another, 39.

Bookfeller, according to Dr. Johnson, the only Mecenas, 40.
Its profeffion entitled to the gratitude of society, 174.
Bofwell a coxcomb, in the opinion of Cowper, 39.
Bourrit, a citizen of Geneva, defcriber of the Alps, 73.
Brighton, Defcription of, 58. Its firft patron was Dr. Ruffel,
ibid. Where built, 59. Its inhabitants enemies of im-
provement, ibid. Its vifitors occupied without_employ-
ment, 60. Venus reigns too much there, 61. Its scenes
are very diverfified, 62. Its salt-waters dangerous to the
fair, 65. The account given of it in the London newf-
papers amusing by their falfity, ibid. The prefence of the
prince has embellished it, 66.

Britain, its praifes poetically fung, 190. Bleft with a fruit-
ful soil, ibid. Enriched by a peaceful industry, 191. Sup-
plied with abundant flocks, 192. Happy in a benignant
climate, 193.

Burns has had an affectionate biographer in Dr. Currie, Note,
35. Loses much of his deferved praife, and for what
reafon, 37.

Cambridge Scholar, humourous anecdote of a, 100.

Car has a triumphant found, and is not to be applied to vehi-
cles carrying corpfes, Note, 30.

Catacombs, Egyptian, vifited by a French antiquarian, 26.
Often plundered by the Moors, 27.

Ceremonies, Religious, of the Indians, described, 133.
Character of the Malay flaves defcribed, 41.

Children, Circassian, intrusted to the care of a nobleman, 12.
Christian names, a differtation on, 208. Some have been pu-
rified, 209. Some give the idea of washing tubs and four-
ing kettles, 210. Some are configned to the moft menial of-
fices, 212. Lift of the most setimental, 212.

Cibber, his Character delineated by Richardson, 352. Ac-
count of one of his works, 353.

Circaffians, their manners described, 10. Hofpitality and re-
venge, facred among them, 11. Their education calcula-
Females trained to

ted to fupprefs the love of relations, 12.

all ornamental work, ibid. Slaves fold, 13. Women, proud
of the valour of their husbands, 14.

the fame huts with husbands, 15

Wives do not live in

City, Batchelor's exhortation to avoid cities, Motto, 268.
Circulating library, scene in a, 384.

Cleone, her maternal misfortune described, 30.

Cock-fighter, ftrongly reprobated, Note, 251.

Confanguinity, Feelings of, fuppreffed in the Circaffians by
their education, 12.

Coffack foldiers, their manner of fighting described, 304. In-
terrogate the birds, and are very formidable, 306.

Cowper, defcribing London, 22. Various literary obfervations
of him, 34. His opinion of the profeffion of the law, 35.
Explains the danger of stepping into the world as a bard,
36.
His thoughts of criticifms, ibid. His eulogy of Ho-
mer, on account of his plainnefs, ibid. Wishes that Burns
would write in English, 37. Praifes Barclay's Agenis, ib.
Describes a Leech as a barometer, ibid. Defines Genius,
38. Pronounces a verdict on Lavater's aphorisms, ibid.
Defcribes a kind of Memoria Technica, ibid. Praifes Sir
John Hawkin's book, 39. Calls Bofwell a coxcomb, ibid.
Wonders at Pope calling for mercy, ibid. Praises perspi
cuity in writing, 40. Attributes mifcarriages in author
fhip to want of pains taking, ibid. Eulogifes his book feller,
ibid. Thinks that genius always betrays itself, ibid.
Criticisms, their futility and contradiction perplex an author,
36.

Cruelty, French, anecdote of, 68. Ovid's deprecation againk
it, Motto, ibid.

Cupid and Time, tranflation of a French ode on, 125.
Cynthia, ode to, translated from the French, 148.

Dale, Mr. a benevolent Scotch manufacturer, 306. His hu-

manity to Highlanders emigrating to America, 310. Dif
penfes to children pure air, wholefome food, and rational in-
ttruction, 309.

Death is, according to Shakespeare, an object of extreme fear,
Motto, 220.

Defpondency is a link which unites the whole creation, 99.
It is a benevolent system, 100.

Defauffure, a citizen of Geneva, has explored the Alps as a na-
turalift, Note, 13.

Defpair, Maternal, exemplified in an event which took place
during the laft great plague in London, 30.
Dialect, origin of the provincial, 91.

Diamond, account of the celebrated large one, 298. It belongs
to Shah Nadir, 299. Bought by Shaffras, the Armenian, ib.
Sold to the Ruffian emperor, 301.

Dives, a father rendered unhappy by his exceffive covetousness,

137.

Divers, for pearls characterised, 254. Their exertions, 255.
Their danger and their fears, 256.

Dream, a poetical one of a soldier, 357.

Dryden, his description of the melancholy effects of the plague,
Motto, 46. His obfervations on the the errors of education,
Motto, 88. His thoughts on the advantages of wedded love,
Motto, 131. Compares love to fire, Motto, 159. Poetical
addrefs to fhips, Motto, 181. His idea of a truly-good man,
Motto, 183. He defines the nature of royalty, Motto, 239.
He praises the courage of sailors, Motto, 261. He thinks an
honeft servant rare, Motto, 265. He describes love as vary-
ing according to the temper, Motto, 275. His account of
the ancient fairies, Motto, 291. His address to a diamond,
Motto, 298. Praises a fun-burnt foldier, Motto, 305.
Duellifts characterised, by Virgil, Motto, 372.
Duelling, reflections on, 372. How to avoid it, 373.

Eden, Pope's thoughts on its grove, Motto, 358.
Education fometimes mifleads, according to Dryden, Motto,
88. Its power and charms exemplified in two modern French
families, 128. Its advantages afferted, by Waller, Motto,
ibid. Advices on that of a prince, written by Louis XVI.
183.

Egyptian Catacombs vifited by a French antiquary, 26.
Ellen, Fair, a poetical tale of her misfortune and infanity,346.
Elbe, its fource investigated, 319.

Elegy, written by a British fair, doomed to live far from her
native land, 214.

Emigrant, his unhappy fate, defcribed in an ode, 259. Anec-
dote of one, ibid.

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