for any defects that may attend fuch an attempt. His peculiar turns of expreflion, the rapidity of his tranfitions, his metaphors, and his frequent allufions to mythology, create no fmall difficulty to the generality of readers, even to thofe who have a tolerable acquaintance with the writings of the Auguftan age.
M. De Longchamps appears to have studied his author with great care, and, in his notes, which are fubjoined to each book of the Elegies, has very happily illuftrated many difficult paffages. The tranflation, which is in profe, and accompanies the text, is not a cold, literal tranflation; but, if proper allowances are made for the different genius of the Latin and French languages, has much of the force and spirit of the original.
In a very ingenious preliminary difcourfe, the Tranflator compares the characters of Ovid, Tibullus, and Propertius, and gives the preference to Propertius. What he fays upon this fubject will afford pleafure to every reader who is converfant with the Roman poets, and fhews him to be a man of tafte and judgment.
Hiftoire de la Literature Françoise depuis les Tems les plus reculē” jusqu' à nos jours, avec un Tableau du Progrés des Arts dans la Monarchie. The History of French Literature from the earliest Times, &c. By Meffrs. De la Baftide-Senior and D'Uffieux. 12mo. 2 Vols. Paris. 1772.
HE Authors of this Hiftory appear to be men of tafte, judgment, and learning, and well qualified for the laborious task they have undertaken. In the two volumes now before us, the hiftory of French literature is carried down, from the earliest times of which we have any accounts that can be depended upon, till the death of the Emperor Honorius, and we fhall be extremely glad to fee the work continued. The plan of it seems much better adapted to give the reader a clear and diftinct view of the progrefs of literature and the fine arts, and likewife of the caufes that influenced this progrefs, than the plan which is followed by the learned Benedictins in their Literary Hiflory of France.
As the progrefs of letters is always connected with civil policy, and as letters have their revolutions as well as empires, our Authors, in the arrangement and diftribution of their materials, follow the natural and progreffive order of hiftorical events, and while they trace the progrefs of the human mind in literature, arts, and fciences, they carefully mark thofe civil revolutions which precede or follow this progrefs. Accordingly, their work is not divided into fixed and regular periods, like that of the Benedictins, nor into distinct and feparate articles; but they obferve the natural order and progression of
The Articles of CORRESPONDENCE which we proposed to infert in this Appendix, are transferred to the Review for Jan. 1774. +++ The Memoirs of the Foreign Academies, printed in the year 1773, arrived too late for any account of them to be given in this Appendix, but they will certainly appear in our next.
N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the
Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.
For the remarkable Paffages in the Foreign Articles, fee the
Second Alphabet of this Index, in the latter Part of the Sheet.
DELPHI, buildings, defcribed,
TNA, Mount, Capt. Brydone's jour-
ney up, and curious defcription of, 27.
...Inhabitants of, 31. Farther account
of the journey to the top, 115. Won-
derful profpect from thence, 117.
AGUES, quotidian, remedies for, 134.
AIR, fixed, enquiry into its medicinal
ufes, &c. 288.
ALFRED. See MILLS.
AMADEUS, Victor, curious anecdotes re-
lating to, 82.
AMERICA, North, fome account of, 20.
AMERICUS Vespucius, his discovery of
favage people, 329.
ANTIMONIALS, obf. on the medical
ufe of, 176.
ANTIQUARY, ftudies and pursuits of,
commended, 178.
APPLICATION, allegorically perfonified,
BARILLON, Monf. his letters to Louis
the 14th concerning his negociations in
England, 1. His conduct fufpicious,
BARRINGTON, Hon. Daines, his two
letters on Cæfar's, invafion of Britain,
256
BARROWS, amazing ones difcovered by
the Ruffians, in a defart, 258.
BEATTIE, Dr. his Eflay on Truth at-
tacked, 49.
BEAVER, refemblance of that animal to
man, in his fecial capacity, 323.
BIRDS, Ray's Syftem of the Genera of,
preferred, 61. Mr. Pennant's Syftem
explained, ib.
BISHOPS, their Oppofition to the Diffen-
ters' Bill cenfured, 89.
BLEEDING, obf. on, 126. The lancet
more fatal to Englishmen than the
fword, ib.
BOHEMIA, general tafte for mufic in that
country, 213. The lowest of the peo-
ple there instructed in this fcience, 214.
BRADDOCK, General, apology for his
conduct in America, 372.
BREAD, importance of having it pure,
BYRON, Commodore, his voyage round
the world, in the hip Dolphin, 140.
His description of the island of Tinian,
very different from Anfon's, 143. His
return to England, 145.
Cof, by the English, 374-
ANADA, importance of the conqueft
CARTERET, Capt. fails in the Swallow,
to the South Seas, in company with
Capt. Wallis, 355. Miferably fitted
out, ib. Parts company with the Dol-
phin, and experiences the most severe
hardships, 359. Capt. C.'s refolute and
fpirited behaviour at Macaflar, 366.
Arrives at Batavia, 368. Returns to
England, 369.
CATO, Cicero's work fo entitled, cha-
racter of, 109. Elegantly tranflated,
ib.
CHARCOAL, obf, on the noxious vapours
of, 288.
CHARLES II. his ridiculous proclamation
against the coffeehouses, 101.
CHEROKEE Indians characterized, 376.
CHESHIRE. See GowER.
-CICERO, his effay on old age, encomium
Dorsen Dr. Kistefay of the maxious
vapours of burning charcoal, 1887
DOLPHIN, hip, her voyages to the South
Sea; &c. 137, 289.
DOOMSDAY-BOox, fome account of, 379.
Where kept, ib. Project for printing,
by what means defeated, 380
DRESDEN, prefent ruinous ftate of that
capital, 215.1
DROWNING, account of means used in
Holland to recover perfons fuppofed to
be drowned, 309.
DUTCH, at the inland of Celebes, their
inhofpitable and cruel, behaviour? ta
Capt. Carteret, 366.
tion of by Melmoth, ib. His fine re-
flections on the happiness of a future
ftate, 110.
COLEBROOKE, Mr. his account of Ket's
Coity houfe, 255.
COLUMBO root, enquiry into the medi-
cal properties of this drug, 287.
Cook, Capt. his voyage to the fouthern
hemifphere, 479. Arrives at Otaheite,
483. Curious account of that island
dud its inhabitants, ib.490.
difcoveries at New Zealand, 491. At
New South Wales, 494. His diftrefs
at Batavia, 496. Returns to England,
497.
tween the fize of, and the prices of
provifions, 151.
.di to
FERDUSI, the celebrated Perfian poet,
account of, 283. His wonderful epic
poems, 284. ༈ *
tо пут
FERGUSON, James, his atrount of his
own life and ftudies, 459. xay!
FEVERS; obf. on; 125. Of cordials in,
126. Of bathing in, ibo Intermit-
ting, remedies for, 133.Remitting,
cure of, 1741 Miliary for child bed)
remarks on, 391. Puerperaly fb.Com-
mon fevers, divided and claffed, 433-
Malignant, distinguished as factitious
and native, 436: 235
FITZWILLIAM, Dr. his letter to Lady
Ruffel, 59
FORSTER, Mr. his obfervations on fome
very curious tumuli difcovered in Tar-
tary, 258.m
FOTHERGILL, Dr. account of the law.
fuito between him and the date Dr.
Leeds, 320, 1985 LÀ LỜI Đ
TARBORD, Mr, accused of intriguing
with the agent of France, 7.
HARE, in fome countries a folitary ani-
mal, in others gregarious, 323---
HAVANNA, retrofpective view of the
conqueft of, $75. Hardships, endured
by the English in the fiege, ib.
HENRY II. forms the defign of conquer-
1975 ing Ireland, 210. His intrigues with
the Pope, to that end, ib. Arrival in
to that kingdom, and great fuccefs in
eftablishing his dominion there, 341.
UлHIMA Vile his measures for reforming
ftate of that kingdom, 464.
thel, reformation of religion in
to his reign carried into Ireland, 468.
HENNUYER, Bishop of Lizieux, his life,
43. Voltaire's tragedy of, 44.
HIGHWAYS, general act for the amend-
od cement of, digefted, 498]
HORSE, à social animal, 323. Inftance
of, ib.
**ng nail gady sĮade
gEws,ohow punished at Oxford, in the
reign of Henry III. for the folly of
end one of their brethren, 185-**
INDEPENDENCE, finely perfonified, soo.
INDRANION. American, fate of, at the
wstime of our first fettlements there, 19.
Crime - Iroquois, fome account of, 21.
Bed Cherokees characterized, 376. Re-
nations on the moral character of the
Indians in general, 377
INDIES Eaft, difeafés peculiar to, 174.
Remedies for, 175 Account of the
5J mutiny of the officers in that part of
the world, 314.
INDUSTRY recommended from the pul
T pit, 413.
« Jere
JONES, Mr. the learned Orientalift, his
account of his own ftudies, 286,
JonTIN, Dr. curious anecdotes, from
AGISTRACY, frequent imbecil-
his remarks on ecclefiaftical. hiftory, Mlity of, 103. Shamefully abufed
189.
IRELAND, remarks on the antiquity of
nother history, &c. 194. High encomium
on, 197. Converfion of the Irish to
Chriftianity, a ftriking period, 207.
Confequences of, ib. Their custom of
fofterage, 208, Introduction of the
English, 211. Their military achieve
ments, 340. King Henry's arrival,
and fuccefs, 342. His dominion there,
under the fpecious name of mercy, ib.
MAGNESIA, examination of feveral forts
of, 334
MAN, confidered in a favage ftate, 324.
Various fpecies of, 325-330.
MANSFIELD, Lord. See LIBERTY.
MASERES, Mr. his view of the ancient
conftitution of the English parliament,
MELMOTH, Mr. his tranflation of Tul-
ly's CATO commended, 109. His
philofophical estimate of human life,
MICHAELIS, his expofition of Daniel's
70 weeks, 263.
MILLS, Dr. his difquifition on the pre-
fent fent by King Alfred to fome ca-
thedrals,
MIN, the powers of, not enlightened Pempt the cropet pelops to as
in those climates that are moft exposed
to the action of the fun, 457.
MIRACLES, the credibility of, defended
against Hume, 387.
MIRZA Mahadi, his Hiftory of Nader
Shah, tranflated, 280. Account of
this writer, 281.
MONK, General, his conduct at the re-
ftoration cenfured, 100.
MOORE, Mifs, her poetry commended, 2c2.
MOUNTERS, explanation of that Old-
Bailey term, 313.
MUSEUM, British, account of the rari-
ties, &c. depofited there, 105.
APLES, air of, inconftant and un-
healthy, 23. Natives of, their
manners, 24. Beautiful bay of, de-
fcribed, 26.
NATURAL Hiftory, its late great pro-
grefs in this country, 224. Little at-
tention paid to it among our country-
men refiding in diftant climates, 225.
New England, account of the farms and
plantations there, 20.
New Zealand, Capt. Cook's difcoveries
relative to, 491–494.
at New South Wales, ib.
NICHOLLS, Dr. his theory of the Soul,
384. Of the circulation through the
heart, ib.
NONJUROR, reafons given by one, for
not taking the oath to King William,
59.
BIREA, Queen of Otaheite, defcrip
tion of her perfon, &c. 298. Her
attention to the English, 299. Mu-
tual civilities between her and Capt.
Wallis, 300. Her grief at the Depar-
ture of the Dolphin, 301. Equally at-
tentive to Capt. Cook, Mr. Banks, &c.
484. Farther particulars relative to
this lady, 485-488. Feigned poetical
epistle from, to Mr. Banks, 503.
ORANGE, Princefs of, her letter to Lady
Ruffel, 58.
ORDER, poetical encomium on the love
of, 121. The unmeaning want of or-
der in gardening, exploded, 123. De-
viations from, in the human mind, ac-
counted for, and described, ib.
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PATAGONIANS, collective accounts of
our late voyagers, relative to them,
290.
PEGGE, Mr. his difquifition on the
Saxon word Acfiel, or Stylus, 181.
His acount of the bull-running at Tut-
bury, 183. His obf. on Dr. Percy's
account of minstrels among the Saxons,
255. His account of the crane, as a
dish ferved up at great tables, 256. Of
the battle of Chesterfield, 262.
PETTINGAL, Dr. his account of the
Gule of August, 179. His obf. on an
altar with a Greek infcription, found at
Corbridge, 183..
PHYSIC, the great inftruments of, what,
125.
PLATO, his fame virulently attacked,
438....
POWNAL, Governor, his defeription of
a curious fepulchral monument in Ire
land, 261.
PREACHING, new way of, in the time
of King John, 185. Changes that
have happened in the modes of, fince
the time of Elizabeth, 425 acre
PROVISIONS, caufes of the rife of, in-
veftigated, 15.
PRUSSIA, King of, his tafte in mufic,
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