RetroffsSf of Dome/Ik Liierature,'*-Po:try. 



In the library, befide a capital p'flure hy 

 Titian, rtrpicfenting the Pilgrims at Eiii- 

 maiis ; St. John watching the Infant 

 Chrift, by Guido ; and a hrad by Raphael ; 

 are (bine old Englift) portiait^, the prin- 

 cipal of which are, Henry VI II. ard E !- 

 tvard VI , by Holbein ; the former pre- 

 fented to Sir James Worfley by Henry 

 himteU'i H'b' es of Malniibury, hy Van- 

 dyke ; and Rrindon Duke of Sr.fFcilk (in 

 the time of Henry VIII.) and his wife the 

 Qucen-D.Avager of Fia: ce. by Mabeiife. 

 And in the ftiidy, in a mahogany calV, a 

 beautiful pi8ure of Jupiter and Anticpe, 

 by Aiinibal Caricci ; the Alciymii^, by 

 Oliade 5 and a very fine landlcape by 

 Claude. Excliifive of thefe, the i.lftiires 

 by inferior msfttrs, the portraits, copits, 

 and drawings, are extremely numerous ; 

 v.'i.h a very iar;'ecolie£tion of bronzes ar.d 

 intrigl'os To which the Adf^eiula adds a 

 very fine acp.derr.ic?,! lijii'e of S'. John in 

 the W^iideineft, by A-nibale Caracci j a 

 portrait of the old DucheCs of Lorraine, 

 by Rembrandt; and t^o moil beautiful 

 cahinet-piftiires ; one of Jelus in the 

 Cradle, wih the Holy Famiiv, by P.ir- 

 me?,iano ; the other of t^n Angel rtien'i^ig 

 the Tomb to (he three Marv's, by Alba- 

 no. Altogether, a inore curious colled) ion 

 has been rarely found in the hands of an 

 individual. Many of the bcft (pecimens 

 which compofe it were obiained by Sir 

 Richird h'lTi'eif while tyl histravrls ; and 

 others were purcinltd at a very ^leat ex- 

 pence. Tiie Catalogue is in fi lio, and ifl 

 iued from the prefs of Mr. Bujmer. It 

 is ornamented with a ne't View, by Fi't;- 

 ler, of ADpiildurcombe-Houfe. 



" jlufhentu Memoirs of the late George 

 Morland, ivith Remarks on his Abilities 

 and Progrcfs as an Artifl ;"' i.t which are 

 i. terfpt-rird a Variety of Anec^'otes never 

 before pub iihed ; t gethtr wiih a Fac- 

 firriile of his Wri ir>g, Siecimins of his 

 Hieroglyphical Ske'ches, &c., he. The 

 vvhole collcffed from numeroui Manu- 

 fcript Commur.icafions ; by Francis 

 William Blagdon, Efq. TLere is 

 one fentence towards the clofe of tlitfe 

 Memoirs which we fliall tranfctihe : " It 

 may be faid, tnat months, ar.d even 

 ypar?, of Morland's life elapfed wiihoiit 

 aff rd-.ng a finole anecdote that could af- 

 ford grat.fiotion t.> jeadeis of rtfine- 

 ment." And we will vcrwme to aik the 

 writer of (he Memoirs, what pratifuation 

 resilcre of rdintirlent can poflibly deiive 

 from any one anecdote he \\.\i icl let ; 

 (with the exception of a fingic hal' guiii'-a. 

 worth of charity) jr.il'appiieil taltllts, 

 <olly, dnink>,-nn(.fii, and roJIchiBVOus 



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amuremcnfs, f;em ti have been the chief 

 charaileiiMics of Morland's !ife. Tlie 

 plates which accompany ihefe Memoirs 

 affcrd good fpecimens of the priinter's ta- 

 lents ; ihey are twenty-two in nunher, 

 and exhibit, firii, his meih)d of fketchi .g 

 from nature ; ncxr, his colouied fketches 

 and humourous defigns ; and, laltjv, the 

 effect: o'i his fir'ifhed pieces. The heft ex- 

 ecu'ed is i-erhaps the poitrait of hinifelf. 

 Mifs G ARTS IDE's " F.jja'i on Lis;ht 

 and Shade, on Colours, and on ComMji- 

 lion in t^cneral,'"' contains a great variety 

 of til'cful precepts. Her remarks on the 

 importance of perfpedtive dtferve the 

 doled a'teiitiori from th.oe ^'ho may read 

 her work with a vie v to bencfi: j ajid (he 

 has handled her ful je£t wi.h conlidcrablc 



Mr. Douglass's " Art of Draiving 

 in Ptrfpeili've from Mathematical Pria- 

 cipUs," ihultraie'.l by more than fiity m- 

 gr.ivings, IS a va'uable and wed-wntteH 

 volume. 



A new edition of the En-jllfli tranflatiou 

 of " Ofjlan's Poems'^ may at fiifi tight 

 peihaps have but fn>al! title to thenadii's 

 notice J but Mr. Lai ng's edition is aciom- 

 panied by copious illuftrat ons, and a com- 

 iwentary, 'A-hirh muii be highly :ccei table 

 toiholc^ho ftil! deem the VVor.k-s cf Ofilan 

 a forgery. To us, however, he I'eems toa 

 minute. Imitations and coincidences, at 

 whatever diHance, are deemed bold pla. 

 giarits ; and he ibmetimes trifles like a 

 commentator upon Shaketpeare. 



For the tender and pa hetic we have net 

 a belter Vi lutre to recommend than that 

 which contains tl.e fele^lion ot the late 

 Ml. Logan's " Poems.^^ His odes and 

 lyri.-s deferve the higheft fliare of praife j 

 an', though the tragedy of Riiniiamede'is 

 not enM;led to uuesoepiimable coinmeti- 

 dation, it has m:iny beauties. 



Among the more elegant works in the 

 lighter clafs, we notice ^' The Sports of 

 the Genii," by Mis. Hunter. The 

 The Genii, however, are not thofe of 

 Arabinii fi.^ion. They confift of litle 

 groupes o! Cupids, Itlcffed tioni t!ie pe|-r- 

 folio of Mils Su(;;n Macd naiti, the lac 

 amiable d:;ughter (if ih;; Lord Chief B". 

 ron, A'ter oblcrving generally ili.u the 

 talfe of the etchings is rivalled hy the po- 

 etiy, we flull prefeiit our lejdtrf with the 

 Epilogue : 



•' Critics (h.irp, with brow fuverc, 

 Our fm.\ll volume co.Tie not ncir : 

 Authors grave, and lean.'d, iiij wif;, 

 N(;7cr this Wjiy liun your eyis. 



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