446 Critical Notices 



tlic Rhfitorica ad Ilermnium, of tlie 

 dale of the tliirtcenOi ceiitiirv, am! is of 

 Frciicli pcnmansiiip. — The Rhetorica 

 forms liic text, and is accompanied hy a 

 \ocabiilary of ihcfoi iral svr.osi) ms. I'lio 

 thiid is a finely exeeuted i\].S. copy of 

 Valciius Maximiis, and appeals to liavc 

 been written in Germany in the four- 

 teenth century. 



A clergyman of Iceland, named 

 Johnson, has recently Iraiislated tlic 

 Paradise Lost, of iMiUon, into Icelandic 

 verse. 



FRANCE. 



We had hopes tliat there was some 

 error in regard lo the wickt d Suppression 

 of the admirahle literary journals of 

 France — works which have eifceted so 

 much for literalnre, Mhile, hy their aide 

 management, tliey have done so nnuli 

 honoiiv to their editors and their conn- 

 Iry. 'v^ c are anxious to learn fiirilicr 

 prirtienlars, hut no lano;uage can ade- 

 quafely express our feelings on the bare 

 announcement of (he fact. 



A Frencli nierciianl of Eourdeanx 

 lias eqni]iped a vessel for fiie circum- 

 navigation of the ^lobe. It is descrilfod 

 as a strong swift-sailing vessel of 200 

 tons hurdpn, called the Coidelais, and 

 will be coitmiandcd by officers of the 

 IVcnch navy. 



A long oidonnance of Louis, on tlie 

 subject of general Education, says — Can- 

 tonal schools arc to be established under 

 the superinleudance of gratuitous com- 

 mittees, consisting of the local magis- 

 trate and clergyman; and the princijral 

 of the district college, if any, to be sub- 

 ject to the visitation of iiic superior 

 clergy and magistrates. The diildren 

 of tiiepoor are to be taught gratuitously. 

 The system of education is simple, and 

 graduated from the first elements of 

 rcMding, writing, and arithmetic, to those 

 attainments that may be useful in the 

 avocations of ordinary life, sncli as men- 

 suration, surveying, &c. Masters quali- 



of New Books. [Dec. 1, 



fied to give iuslrucljons according to this 

 system arc lo be euiploycd, at salaries 

 jjraportioned to thoir abiiitics, hi three 

 distinct classes. 



Wc are enabled to state, on the in- 

 formation of our corrcsi)ondeiit at Paris, 

 that the various school-books, according 

 to the original plan of the infen-ogative 

 s'jHem, and which are recogm'zed in the 

 volume called the Tutor's Kev, having 

 been formally submiited to the com- 

 ruiltec of Public Instruction at Paris, 

 arc in consequence ordered to be 

 translated into the French language, 

 and they arc henceforward, with a trans- 

 lation of the Tutor's Key, to be intro- 

 duced into the public schools of France. 

 'We learn also, that the systems of Bell , 

 and Lancaster are succeeding, and 

 that the systiMii of the latter for teaching 

 needle-work has been introduced into 

 several schools in Paris. 'l"he eastern 

 origin of thfsc systems has not, Iwwever, 

 cse.:j)ed the notice of the Paris editors, 

 who quot(! ancient books in the public 

 library, which fully descri!)e them. 



I'NITLD STATES. 



The pro|)rietnr of the Washington 

 IMuseum advertizes for p;d)lic view the 

 female mummy, recently discovered ia 

 the great salt-pefre cave. She appears 

 to have been about iive feet eight 

 inches high, ami of the most delicate and 

 elegant symmetry. The hair is still on 

 her head, some ot her teeth remain, and 

 the nails of her fingers and toes are 

 pcrfcxt. In all probability she is as 

 ancient as the immense mounds of the 

 western country, which have so much 

 astonished tlie world. 



Of the fiKj-seven jVIembers of Con- 

 gress who signed (he Dei.lai ation of In- 

 dependence on the 4tli of July, 1776, 

 it is slated that only five are now living, 

 viz. John A<lams, Wni. Ellery, Thos. 

 IM'Kcan, Charles Carrol, and Thomas 

 JclFcrsou. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS IN NOVEMBER, 

 With an Historical and Critical Prokmium. 



In that line of history which borders 

 upon dissertation, 3Jr. Hoylund's Histo- 

 rical Survey of the People called Gipsies, 

 is a usefid performance, as colleeling to- 

 gether (he various scattered notices rela- 

 tive to thejjaslor i)reseat slate of a race 

 whieh, ill its pecuiiarities, the existing 

 form of society is rapidly doing away. 

 It tends to prove, as niiglit be cxj)ccled, 

 tiiat, in Europe 5\t jf:vLs|, M'C^S.Wavkcd 



castes will not mucii longer be able to 

 keep themselves from sinking into the 

 general ukins of society. 



Uiulcr the head Politics we may 

 observe, that three or four jiamphlcts 

 have appeared on various sides of tlie 

 questieii, the merits of which, as they 

 will Lc estimated decidedly by (he pre- 

 dilections of the reader, we shall not 

 dwell upon here. That addressed tu 



Lord 



