RetrofpeSi of Dcmejlic Literature. — Education* 



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tenAered It neceffary they fliould not re- 

 ceive tlmt high polifh which marks the 

 *' Tiiuniphs of Mufic." The fourih 

 ballad, on the Stag, however, is beauti- 

 lul, and may be (aid, without exaggera- 

 ti n, Jo be well worthy Mr. Hayiey'» 

 Mme, 



The new edition of " Drunken Barna- 

 bys Four Journies to the North of En- 

 gland,'" in Cnirt doggrel rhymes of Latin 

 and Englifh, are both cuarfe and cft':nfive, 

 bet'er fuitcd to the tafie of tlie reign of 

 Chirle5 n. than of George IH. The 

 J"urnal, however, has wit, and is laugh- 

 able, and will no doiht find rea 'ers. 



Among the poetry of a (fill mire face- 

 tious clafs may be ranked '« The Brit'ijh 

 Martial,'''' an Anthology of E'lglilli epi- 

 grams. It forms the largelt coUciUon 

 that has ever been piiblifhed in the lan- 

 guage ; and th ugh every epigram may 

 not fini(h in a point of equal entertain- 

 Dcnt with its neighbour, we readily pro- 

 nounce it the beft afTortment we have ever 

 feen. 



As a frannatinn we recommend Mr. 

 BoYd's " Penance of Hugo,'" in the man- 

 ner of Dante. It is dole, poetical, and 

 ipirited. 



Mil's Savory's " InfpiratioJi"' is re- 

 fpeftahle. 



And of Mrs. Serres's " Flight! of 

 Fancy'''' we (ball obf rve, with our bri>- 

 tber-critics, thit from the portrait pre- 

 fixed we judae more favourably of lier 

 perlon than her poetry. 



Aniong the poems of an in'erior clafs 

 we lark the " Suicide Profifttte,"' *' Mo- 



dern Paris,"' Mr. BrR KSFORD'S " SOKg 



oj the Sun," and Mr. WALKEtt's " Ra- 

 fhael, or the Pupil of Nature j" though 

 the latter occupies no Jeli> ihan iwo fmall 

 volumes. 



1 lie lal^ piece which we fiiall mention is 

 "The Bat(U of Trafalgar,'" (tanzas by 

 the Rev. J,\Mts Berlsforo, in which 

 thr au;hor difplays more zeal tlian abi'ity. 

 He fomctimes(!i,Hguics wlut mght other- 

 wile be good poeny with mean ideas. 



tDUCAT/ON. 



" Hints totvards Jnrming thi CharaEler 

 of a I'vung I'rincefs,'"'' 'z vols. 8vo. The 

 e(iiication of a Pi incefs eventually Heltln- 

 id to wrar the crown of Great B'itam, is 

 a nutier if tlve liifjlielt national concern; 

 aii'l nowfjik.-, peilnp*, d:frve more fe 

 duloiis :Uteniioii frr.m the critic tSiaii fuch 

 a> cither lay down a geiier.il (yftem, or 

 propofe even hints for the formation of the 

 clruai'ttrr. To enter heie into a paiticu- 

 lar examination rither vf tht- mfnti or the 

 •ileiucritk ut the work would be impoflible } 



to us it feems executed with various fuc- 

 cefs. The importance of knowledge ia 

 general, mere efpecially as the duties of a 

 lovereign are concerned j the advantages of 

 ftudying ancient hiftory, with the m9re 

 important jeras in that of our own cotin- 

 try i the neccffiy of religion, and the ad- 

 herence 10 integrity in all political engage- 

 ments, form the principal topics ot dil- 

 ciifTion in the firlf volume : while in the 

 fccond the mannrrs and habits of a fove- 

 leign, both in public and private life ; t!i« 

 neccffiiy of forming a julf eftimaie ot pei- 

 foins and things -, the choice ot books j and 

 the Church of England ; are the leading 

 fjbjeifs comprehended. In what relates, 

 to the hiltory o( our own country, in the 

 firit volume, the peculiar excellencies and, 

 def'-6ls of Huiiie's Hilfory are ably no- 

 ticed, and one chaptfr isdevoted tothecan- 

 fideration of the charafter of Qneen Eli- 

 zabeth, It is almoit umieceflary, perhaps, 

 to inform our readers, that the authorcfs 

 of the work we are now mentioning is 

 Md's Hannah More. In many cafes 

 her obfervations are excellent and priinted, 

 but others occur which are not only erro- 

 neous, but prejudiced ; and (he has occa- 

 fionally tdichir'd upon matters for which 

 both her infonriittion and her judgment 

 were incompetent. Whatever may oe the 

 utility of the " Hints" (lie his luggeded, 

 the afFei5ied terms <.{ language which are 

 loinetimes iniroriuced, are no models either 

 for a I'rii cefs or her preceptor. 



With books of Education, fuch as have 

 been written for juvenile inrtruilion may' 

 be very fairly clalLd. Ntvtr wis theie 

 an age when greater pains were taken to 

 facilitate the enirance of youth to know- 

 ledge than in the pivfent. Amorg theli-, 

 " The Booh oj tbs Ranks amt Divn-lies of 

 Br'n'ijh Society," sml the " KcnJers of 

 the Microfcope," claim particular n-itict. 

 Tne former is dedtcaiecf, by permifllon, 

 to her JRoyal Hiihiiefs the Princefs Elizi- 

 beth ; and giveN the hiftory of every rank 

 from I he molf authentic lourcts, clofnig 

 with Tables of Precedency in England, 

 both of men and \vomcn. 



'f he fiiccels of the latter puHlicnticn 

 gave rile to the " Wonders of the Tele, 

 fcope,"' by the lame author: and he cer- 

 tainly has the credit of introHucino; y:iunor 

 readris, m a plcafing and popular man- 

 ner, to the eiijoyiiitn! '>f c ■niemplaiion* 

 wlii<h cannot fail to make them wilcrand 

 better. Books of A(tron'>my, he fays, 

 have hitherto deterred the inquifrive and 

 young from ptruling iliein. In' their tech. 

 iiital languige, or l>y the w.mt o* tholis 

 illultcative plate* ot which this w ik 



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