received as a convenient book of reference, for common purposes, when these charges are the subject of difcourfe or recollection. For any more important purpose it could not certainly be used, any more than the portraits inferted could be received as correct representations of the perfons whofe names they bear. A few of them have a fort of general resemblance, taken from well-known prints; but others are, to our knowledge, fo perfectly unlike, (as for inftance, that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer) that the names of any of Bonaparte's fenators might probably be affixed to them with equal propriety.

ART. 32. A Manual of Essays felected from various Autho two Volumes. 12mo. gs. Rivingtons. 1809.

In

Both the plan and execution of these volumes appear to deferve commendation. The object of the collector has been, he fays, "to place in the hands of the general reader fome of those detached but valuable writings, which are buried in bulky volumes, or loft in the mafs of our fagitive pieces: to feparate from fyftematic treatifes fome of thofe portions which are peculiarly appli cable to the purposes of common life, and to select useful and practical Effays from thofe writers whofe entire works cannot fafely be trufted in the hands of inexperienced youth." We are fatisfied on examination, that this has been performed with judgment: and, in purfuance of this plan, we fee fome ufeful Effays extracted even from Shaftsbury and Hume. The editor apprifes us that we shall not find here any of the papers published in the great felection of British Effayifts: and that they are not attempted to be arranged in chronological order. When he adds that they are not always in the exact words of the refpective writers," we feel rather startled at a liberty which, carried to any great length, would be unwarrantable; but we are inclined to think that the alterations made are no other than what appeared unavoidable, in the process of making into a detached Effay what appeared originally as a part of a connected treatise *.

We are thus furnished with a convenient and elegant manual of Effays, from fome authors of great fame, and others whose works are little known, but who deferve, thus far at leaft, to be recommended to the notice of the general reader.

ART. 33. Altree's Topography of Brighton, and Picture of the Roads from thence to the Metropolis. I 2mo. 3s. 6d. Longman and Co.

1809.

This is a very cheap and ufeful little volume. It contains a neat map of the roads between London and Brighton, and a very

Or as the editor fays, " to correct or alter expreffions which were either obfolete, vulgar, or incorrect,"

well

well executed plan of the town. There is also a more detailed and more fatisfactory defcription of the town itfelf than usually accompanies fuch publications, and the whole muft have coft the compiler confiderable pains and labour. As few, however, will vifit the celebrated watering place without purchafing this manual, it is to be prefumed that their pains will be effectually repaid.

ART. 34. A Dane's Excurfion in Britain. By J. A. Anderson, Author of a Tour in Zealand. 2 Vols. 12mo. 5s. 1809.

These two little volumes contain fome lively and entertaining remarks, the confequence of different excurfions in England and Scotland by a foreigner, whofe work of a fimilar kind on Zealand we have had occafion to notice with respect. The writer candidly puts his name to his work, which, indeed, on a curfory perufal, it is our opinion that he will have no occafion to repent. He feems exceedingly well acquainted with English manners, our language, and with our beft claffical authors. He has communicated fome entertaining anecdotes, and the narrative is far better worth perufal than the numberlefs ephemeral produc tions, which, in fpite of the enormous price of paper, we con template with terror in heaps upon our tables.

ART. 35. The Epiftolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele, including his Familar Letters to his Wife and Daughters; to which are prefixed Fragments of three Plays, two of them undoubtedly Steele's, the third fuppofed to be Addijon's. Faithfully printed from the Originals, and illuftrated with Literary and Hiftorical Anecdotes. By John Nichols, F.S. A. E. A. P. Vols. 8vo. 145. Nichols. 1809.

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Mr. Nichols, whose zeal in the cause of literature appears to increase with his increafing years, formerly gave the Epiftolary Correfpondence of Sir Richard Steele in two fmaller volumes. Confcious, however, of the defire of the public to become ac quainted with every production of this favourite pen; he has now increased them by the addition of three Dramatic Fragments, and a confiderable number of Letters. This he has been enabled to do from the liberal communication of Mrs. Scurlock, the defcendant of Sir Richard, and the relict of the Rev. David Scurlock. As the Letters and Fragments are unquestionably original, they require not our commendation. They are more or less connected with the writers and the fubjects of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, and therefore cannot fail to be highly acceptable. Some, perhaps, will be confidered as too trifling for publication, and it must be confessed that the Fragment of Tragedy imputed to Addifon, bears but inconfider. able marks of the dignity and energy of compofition which might be expected from the Author of Cato,

ART.

ART. 36. Letters from an Irish Student in England, to his Father in Ireland. 2 Vols. 8vo. Cradock and Joy. 1809.

There are, at fome period of every man's life, moments when he is anxious to diffipate the melancholy under which he labours; but whether this is done by the converfation of his friends, or: by amusing himself with literary trifles, is of little importance. To any perfon in this mood, or indeed to all whofe only difpofition is to while away the time, we may with great fincerity re-, commend the prefent volumes, in which they are likely to find, as far as our knowledge extends, a faithful delineation of the fcenes defcribed. The author's being a student is of course entirely fuppofition, for were we obliged to detail our opinion of his character, it would be, that he was an obfervant and ac. complished lounger. This we are induced to fay, from many. reafons, particularly from the great attention beftowed on the Theatre. The author certainly advances many good reasons on the folly of fuppofing pugiliftic combats (Letter 29) to be at all ufeful or advantageous.

ART. 37. The Ecclefiaftical and University Annual Register, fors the Year 1808, with an Appendix, containing an Index, to the English Rectories, Vicarages, Curacies, and Donatives, with the Valuations in the King's Books, the Names of the Patrons, and the Number of Parishioners in each Parish. 8vo. 16s. Baldwin. 18c9.

This feems an undertaking of very difficult execution; but, as far as a curfory furvey of its various and multiplied contents has enabled us to judge, it appears to deferve commendation and encouragement. Its contents are the proceedings in parlia ment relative to ecclefiaftical affairs-proceedings in the different bishopricks-proceedings in the universities, collegesan account of clerical inftitutions, fuch as the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy, Society for promoting Chriftian Knowledge, Bible Society, &c. &c. There is alfo an account of Irith bishops, deans, &c. and the proceedings in the diocefes and univerfities of Scotland. To this is fubjoined, what is termed an,hiftorical department, conûfting of an hiftorical account of the progrefs of the Gofpel in different nations fince its first promul gation. This appears rather out of place. It is intended alfo to introduce articles of ecclefiaftical biography, and we have, accordingly in this volume, the Life of the late Eifhop of Worcester. The next article is an account of ecclefiaftical books and theological publications of the year-a clerical obituary and marriages, and the index defcribed in the title. That many crrors muft infinuate themfelves into fo diverfified a work can hardly he doubted, we would therefore in a friendly manner caution the editors not to undertake too much. Abitract, di

antic differtations might well be fpared: and the introduction of biographical articles, and critical obfervations on books deferve more confideration than can in fuch a work as this be confiftently, allowed them. The index of rectories, &c., we fear, is fervilely copied from Bacon's Liber Valorum. We have feen names fixed to livings, as patrons, whofe families have long ceafed to exift. We have looked for fome places without finding: them. The editors, however, very candidly folicit the correc, tion of error, and we are of opinion, that a judicious modification of their plan cannot fail of being acceptable to thofe forwhofe more immediate ufe their publication is intended.

ART. 38. An Addrefs to Chriftians of every Denomination, par ticularly to the Society of Friends; on the Duty of promoting the Education of the Poor. By a Chriftian Friend. 8vo. 35 PP. Black, &c. 1809.

15.

In reading the first half of this book, we turned back fre. quently to the title page, having met with nothing that relates to the Education of the Poor. In the rest of the book, we have found much strong and ufeful admonition to the public in general, and to the Society of Friends (as they call themfelves) in particular.

The Expofition of the Creed. By John Pearfon, D.D.. Bishop of Chefter. Abridged for the Ufe of young Perfons of both Sexes. By the Rev. C. Burney (of Greenwich), L.L.D. F.R.S. 8s.

An Inquiry into the Moral Tendency of Methodifm and Evangelical Preaching, including fome Remarks on the Hints of a Barrister. By William Burns.

49.

The Subftance of a Sermon preached at the Bleffing of the Catholic Chapel of St. Chad, in the town of Birmingham, on Sunday, Dec. 17, 1809. By the Right Rev. Dr. Milner.

A Charge delivered previously to an Ordination. By G. J., Huntingford, D. D. Bilhop of Gloucefter, and Warden of Winchefter College. 2s. 6d.

The Fountain of Living Waters: a Sermon preached before the University of Cambridge, on Sunday, May 14, 1809. By the Rev. Charles Simeon, M. A. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. 18.

The

The Chriftian laid forth, in his whole Difpofition and Carriage. By Jofeph Hall, D. D. and Bishop of Norwich. Revifed, and addreffed to thofe committed to his Minifterial Charge. By Henry Budd, M. A. Chaplain of Bridewell Hospital, and Minifter of Bridewell Precinct.

15.

The virtuous Claims of Humanity, a Sermon preached in the Chapel at Mill-Hill, on Sunday, Nov. 19, 1809, for the Benefit of the General Infirmary, Leeds. By Thomas Jervis. 1s. 6d. HISTORY, TRAVELS, &C.

Herculanenfia, or Archeological and Philological Differtations, containing a Manufcript found among the Ruins of Herculaneum. 4to. 11. 11s. 6d.

A View of the Ancient and Prefent State of the Zetland Iflands, including their Civil, Political, and Natural History, Antiquities, &c. By Arthur Edmondftone, M. D. 2 Vols. 8vo. 18s.

The Journal of a Regimental Officer, during the recent Campaign in Portugal and Spain, under Lord Vifcount Wellington. 4s. 6d.

The Hindo Pantheon. By Edward Moore, F.R.S. 4to. 51. 58.

The Topography of London. By John Lockie. 8s.
A Defcription of the Feroe Islands. By the Rev. G. Landt,

125.

Perambulations in London and its Environs, by Prifcilla Wakefield. 6s. 6d.

The Hiftory and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan, exhibiting the Political, Military, and Ecclefiaftical History, &c. By Samuel Rush Meyrick, A. B. of Queen's College, Oxford. 4to. 41. 4s.

An Effay on the Study of the Hiftory of England. By Major Samuel Dales. 7s. 6d.

BIOGRAPHY.

A Hiftory of the Political Life of the Right Hon. Wm. Pitt; including fome Account of the Times in which he lived. By John Gifford, Efq. 3 Vols. 4to. 4to. 81. 8s.

The Life of Apollonius of Tyana. Tranflated from the Greek of Philoftratus, with Notes and Illuftrations. By the Rev. Ed.

ward Berwick, Vicar of Leixlip, Ireland. 8vo. 125.

The genuine Works and Life of William Hogarth. By John Nichols, F. S. A. Edin. and Perth, and the late George Stevens, Efq. F.R.S. and S. A. 2 Vols. 4to. 1ol. 10s.

TYPOGRAPHY.

Typographical Antiquities, or the Hiftory of Printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland; containing Memoirs of our ancient Printers, and a Register of the Books printed by them. Begun by the late Jofeph Ames, F. R. and A. SS, confiderably

augmented