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forms are published, but fuch as appear to the Compiler to be accu rate." His motive, no doubt, was good; but we can by no means approve of his plan of execution: fince it is manifeftly notorious, that the far greater part of the precedents in these volumes are copied from burn's Juftice, without any acknowlegement whatever.

Mr. Cunningham is to learn, that there is fome difference between a Compiler and a Plagiary.

Art. 2. Dialogues of the Living. 12mo. 2 s. fewed. Cook.

Dialogues of the living! Palpably falfe and abfurd! No men alive ever talked like thefe men-Ah! Mr. Cook, you have here cook'd up a miferable hash indeed!

Art. 3. A Defcription of Ranelagh Rotundo and Gardens. Being a proper Companion for thefe who vifit that Place, as it explains every Beauty and Curiofity therein to be found. 12mo. 6 d. Hooper.

Art. 4. A Defcription of Vaux-Hall Gardens. Being a proper. Companion and Guide for all who vifit that Place. 12mo. 6 d. Hooper.

Thefe Defcriptions are embellished with copper plates; and they are, as the Author intimates, no improper Companion for these who visit thefe elegant fcenes of public amusement. Such as have never feen Vaux hall and Ranelagh, will alto find their curiofity excited by a perufal of thefe little tracts.

Art. 5. Youth's Intrudor; or an Introduction to Arithmetic,
Vulgar and Decimal. By John Sharpe, Schoolmaster at
Coggeshall in Effex.
12mo. 2s. 6d. Owen.

This differs only from other modern treat fes of Ari hmetic, by the Socratic form of queftion and anfver, in which the Author has thought proper to convey his inftructions.

Art. 6. Proceedings of a general Court Martial upon the Trial of Lieut. Col. Glover, of the South Battalion of the Lincolnshire Militia. 8vo. I s. 6d. Wilfon.

Relates to fome exceptionable expreffions that paffed between CoJonel Glover and Captain Gardiner, in the warmth of a difpute concerning a Deferter.

Art. 7. Political Annals.

By the late celebrated M. Charles Irenée Caftel, Abbot of St. Pierre, and Member of the French Academy. Tranflated from the laft correct and enlarged Edition of the French. 8vo. 2 vols. bound. Woodgate.

10 s.

Thefe

Thefe Annals were fufficiently noticed at their first publication in the original French, in the XVIIIth volume of our Review, page 391; where the Author and his work were briefly characterised. It will be the less neceffary therefore to speak now to the merit of a performance which will not fail to gratify the judicious Po itician: the Author being a very accurate Obierver of the tranfactions of Europe. The Introduction contains many fhrewd obfervations, and notable hints, which fufficiently fhew the abilities of the Abbot for the task he has compleated. The tranflation is tolerable.

Art. 8. A genuine Letter from Paul Gilchrift, Efq; Merchant at Petersburgh, to Mr. Saunders in London. Giving a particular Account of the great Revolution in Ruffia, and the Death of Peter III. the late Emperor. In which that very extraordinary Affair is fet in a true Light. To which is added, a Short Account of the Government, Religion, Laws, and Inhabitants of that Nation. 8vo. 1 s. Williams.

Either Mr. Saunders has already furnished us with all the accounts of this memorable Revolution which have appeared in the Newspapers by previously re ailing his friend letter in them; or, the feveral paragraphs contained in the faid papers, have been connected, with a few exple ives, to compofe Mr. Gilchrift's letter. 1 he Reader is left to determine which of these methods is most probable. Some of the books of Geography have furnished a few paragraphs to which the latter part of the title alludes.

Art. 9. Il Taff, a Dialogue; the Speakers John Milton, and Torquato Taffo. In which new Light is thrown on their poetical and moral Characters. 8vo. 6d. Baldwin.

No new light at all have we been able to difcover: fo, gentle Author, in your own words, our "Valediction attends you'

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Art. 10. A Review of the Evils that have prevailed in the Linen Manufacture of Ireland. Arifing from a Neglect of the original Laws. Part I. alfo Part II. Being a Narrative of what has been done, or attempted, to enforce the Laws, and to bring about a general Reformation. With an attempt to point out the Caufes of the Oppofition that is ftill kept up; and the proper Means to be used, for carrying the Laws fully into Exécution. 8vo. Printed at Dublin and at Belfast.

The ingenuous and public-spirited Author of the pamphlets before us, hath here traced t› their fource, and expofed, the various frauds, which have of late years prevailed in the Linen-manufactures of Ireland: frauds fo notorious, and fo deftructive to the very existence of that important branch of trade; that it is with the greatest astonishment we hear, there are any perfons, except the Offenders, so wick

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ed, or infatuated, as to oppofe the application of thofe remedies which the Legislature hath provided against fuch capital evils. We could with our plan would permit us to give a particular account of the various matters relative to this interefting fubject; but we are afraid left any abstract, fo confined as we should be under a neceffity of making it, fhould in any respect mislead the Reader. We must content ourselves, therefore, with recommending the perufal of thefe tracts to every one who is a friend to trade, and a lover of his Country; not doubting, that every difinterested perfon will be fully convinced of the juftice of the measures now taking by the LinenBoard, and other friends to this manufacture, to effect so neceffary a reformation. At the fame time it is to be hoped, that every Magiftrate in that part of the British dominions, will be ready, on every occafion, to fhew his zeal for the good of the community, by actively exerting himself to fupprefs thofe tumults which, we hear, are formed, in order to prevent the moft falutary laws from being carried into execution. Our friends in Ireland have, on fome occafions, fufpected their national interests to have fuffered from the cabals of their fecret enemies on this fide the water; it is to be hoped, therefore, they will not, on the prefent, be fuch open and declared enemies to themselves, as to perfift, to their own ruin, in the deftruction of a manufacture to which England has given fo much encouragement.

POLITICAL.

Art. 11. Gifbal, an Hyperborean Tale: Tranflated from the Fragments of Offian, the Son of Fingal. 8vo. 1s. Pridden.

This Hyperborean Tale, as it is called, confifts chiefly of scanda lous inuendoes, and impudent abufe; which are here very indecently thrown out against the moft refpectable perfonages, and are conveyed to us in a wretched imitation of the fcripture flyle.

Art. 12. Letters to two great Men. The first to the Earl of Et: The fecond to the Earl of B-e. In which is a beautiful Anecdote concerning his Majesty King George III. 8vo. 1s. A. Henderfon.

Two rambling, incoherent letters, about the war and the peace, and the Portuguese, and the Spaniards, and the French, cum multis aliis, &c. Never furely did irony appear fo barefaced, or panegyric fo grofs, as in the encomiums lavished on the latter of the noble Peers addreffed in this publication: whether fatire or eulogy be intended, is best known to the Writer.

POETICA L.

Art. 13. An Epistle to his Grace the Duke of Ne, on his Refignation. By an Independent Whig. 4to. 6d. Corbet.

This Epiftle is a compliment to the Duke of Newcastle. Panegyric, however, is not the only bufinefs of it; the Writer, while he praises his Patron, for his exemplary merit in office, and difinterested refignation, aiming fome very fevere ftrokes at his Grace's fucceffor, as well as at another popular Patriot, who, he conceives, did not retire from public employment with the fame dignity and fpirit. Of the merit of the Poet, and the delicacy and fincerity of the Panegyrift, the Reader may form a judgment from the following lines that clofe the piece.

Through each great scene, your firmer mind pursued,
Your Monarch's glory, and your country's good.
No little paffion lured your foul aftray
To other paths than Honour's public way:
No little complaifance to party rage,

No buffling with the humours of the age,
Fix'd at the helm full forty years, your place,
'Twas worn by worth, and rais'd on Virtue's base.
If ought was deem'd ftill wanting to compleat
Your race of glory, 'twas your late retreat:
No Penfion's purchase, but the Patriot's choice,
'Twas Reafon's dictates, and 'twas Honour's voice,
This COURSE, this END, thus firmly to pursue,
Is worthy BRITISH VIRTUE, Worthy You,

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Art. 14. The Battle of Lora, a Poem: With fome Fragments written in the Erfe or Irish Language, by Offian the Son of Fingal. Tranflated into English Verse by Mr. Derrick. 4to. 18. 6d. Dodfley.

The Battle of Lora is an excellent fubject for a poem. There is fomething very magnificent and interefting in all its circumstances. "Fingal, King of Morven, returning home victorious from the expedition in Ireland, which is celebrated in the epic poem bearing his name, made a feast to which all his Chiefs, Maronnan and Aldo excepted, were invited. The neglect feems to have been accidental; however they refented it fo ftrongly, as to abandon their native country, and enter into the fervice of Erragon King of Sora, a name given to fome part of Scandinavia. In this country

Brave Aldo once, returning from the fight,
Was feen by Lorma, Erragon's delight,
His beauteous wife,-and then in luckless hour,
She first acknowleg'd Love's imperious power,
Aldo fhe faw, but like an evening fun
Glancing an upward beam, his race now run ;
Her head the lean'd on her right arm reclin'd;
Her dark-brown locks loafe-floated in the wind;
Still as fhe look'd, high heav'd her breasts of fnow,
Quick throbb'd her heart, and tears unbidden flow.

It was not long, however, before Aldo, like another Paris, carried her off, into his own country.

When lo! in wrath the King of Morven rose,
And said, shall I defend thee from thy fors?
Hence, youth of feeble hand, avoid the brave!
Thy guilt conceal in fome deferted cave.

In the mean time Erragon, in pursuit of Aldo, invades Morven, and demands the combat of Fingal. The aged Chief prudently fends his daughter Boimina to the enraged Invader, to invite him to a teaft, and offer him, as a recompence for the injury he had receiv ed, the wealth of Aldo.

Thus, mildly blushing, fhe began to speak,
"Thy royal prefence we in Selma feek;

"For thee the fealt is fpread by Morven's King;
"I'll be thy guide, provided peace you bring.
"The wealth of Kings we offer, if you
chufe,
"Nor you to hear what Aldo fays refuse.
"An hundred fteeds he gives that own the rein,
"Never a swifter race devour'd the plain.
"An hundred maids from diftant lands he gives,
"Beneath the fky not brighter beauty lives:
"An hundred hawks, all well inur'd to game,
"Of which none haggar'd ever miss'd their aim.
An hundred girdles alfo fhall be thine,

"Such, when they round high-bofom' women twine,
"Gives sudden eafe to travail's fierceft throws,
"And their vaft virtue every matron knows.
"Ten fhells with gems inlaid, which ours we call,
"Shall luftre beam thro' Sora's lofty hall.

All this, and even the offer of Lorma was infufficient. Erragon would not be appeafed, unlefs Fingal fhould do him homage, and deliver up his trophies of war.

Never fo low fhall Morven's Monarch fall," faid the noble Vir gin. Both fides now prepare for the war. The battle begins, and Aldo falls by the fingle hand of Erragon..

After this the forrows of Lorma are described, who dies of grief for the death of Aldo." But we shall not trouble our Readers with farther quotations, as the verfion is in many places very indifferent.

Art. 15. An Address to his most gracious, Majesty King George III. on the most happy Arrival, at London, of her Serene Highness Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, who was that Day made our most gracious Queen. By George Pooke. 8vo. 6d. Keith.

Our Readers have already had a fufficient fpecimen of Mr Pooke's rare talents for poetical compofition, in the short account we gave of his Oes: fee Review, vol. XVII. page 281. We were in hopes

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