1306.] 



Mr. Grant on Engliih Diclionaries. 



219 



tion, unmcly, — Poetry, rcprofcntert by 

 Sappho, celebrated for her poetic genius, 

 and her paflion for Phaon ; — Painting, 

 by Alexander procuring a picture of his 

 beloved, by the liaud of the fiimous 

 Apelles ; — Sculpture, by Pygmalion in 

 love with the Itatue of a female executed 

 by hiiidelf : Venus at his earnelt intrcaty 

 animates the ftatue, and you fee the 

 head juft beginning to ali'unie the colours 

 of lile ; — Architecture, by Laonicdoii, 

 the fon of II us, King of Phrygia, refu- 

 fing, dilhoneflly ciiough, to pay Nep- 

 tune and Apollo the fuin he had promifed 

 thein for rebuilding the walls of Troy ; — 

 and Mulic, by Euterpe. Portraits of ce- 

 lebrated men who have dillinL'ui/lied 

 thcnifclvcs in thefe arts are exhibited in 

 medallions o\er the refpeCtivc pictures. 



The great Concert and Ball Room is 

 fixty-four feet Ions, forty-two broad, and 

 thirty high. Eighteen light, ornamental, 

 marble columns, of the compolite order, 

 fupport a gallery, the accefs to which is 

 by the great-llaircafe. This hall is en- 

 riched with productions of painting 

 and fculpture. Among the reft, at the 

 farthelt extremity of the hall, there is a 

 maiter-piece of the celebrated Le Sueur, 

 ^-Apollo ahghting from his car upon 

 clouds, with his lyre in his left-hand, and 

 a wreath in his right. The ceiling of 

 this hall reprefcnts the fiiTnament lUulded 

 with flars : in the centre, Aurora, Hand- 

 ing erect upon clouds, is dilperling the 

 fliades of night, with the Hours by her 

 lide. The name of this hall denotes the 

 purpofos for which it is defigned ; but on 

 particular occaiions it may be ufed either 

 K,r bulinels or difterent kinds of amufe- 

 nients. 



The Arabic Saloon is richly decorated 

 after the manner of that ancient and ce- 

 lebrated people. It contains tc»i co- 

 lumns of mahogany with gilded capitals, 

 and the intervals are occupied by lis di- 

 vans. 



The Turkifli Tent appears ii; the inllde 

 in the forni of a tent. 



The Grecian Saloon, in the pure Gre- 

 cian llyle, with Caryatides ; the inter- 

 itices between which are to be confulercd 

 ii* open, and reprefent the Ruins of 

 Athens, with the adjacent country. 



The fubfcribcrs have the liberty of 

 uftng thefe three rooms as they may find 

 occafion, for conferences, meetings of 

 fjnall parties, Ike. 



Two fpaeious Dining-Rooms, fo con» 

 Oructcd, that, if neceflary, the whole 

 iVi»>' be thromj iato one. They are de- 



corated with haffo relievos in plafter of 

 Paris 



On the third floor arc the Saloon of the 

 Mufes and the Mulical Saloon. The for- 

 mer is appropriated to the meetings ot 

 litarary m«n ; and the latter i= provided 

 with mufic and mufical inilruinents, 

 which are always kept in the moll com- 

 plete order. 



Beiides thefe, there is a large room 

 in the form of a Rotunda, which re- 

 ceives light from above, aiul around 

 which are placed ftntues after antiques. 

 Its principal ornament is a beautiful,^ 

 and Hill very rare, call of the Apollo of 

 the \'atican. Tins apartment may be 

 onhdcved as an academy of the imita* 

 tivc arts. 



There are various other apartments, 

 which as yet are not deltined for any 

 particular purpofe. 



For the advantage and convenience of 

 this inltitution, a complete apparatus for 

 expeditious printing has been attached to 

 it. This cfiabliihment, as may be fu[)- 

 pofed, can be employed by the fubfcri- 

 bcrs in various ways, and is under the 

 direction of Mr. Conrad MuUer, a ce- 

 lebrated printer of this city. This ac- 

 tive citizen will pay particular attcntioa 

 to procure inercantile trcatifes of every 

 kind, and hkewife tranllations, from 

 whatever languj^e they may be, with all 

 poHible difpatch and punctuality. 



On the grouud-Hoor of the Exchange- 

 Hall are ap'artmcnts for taking breakfalt, 

 or any other kind of refreihmcnt. 



It IS fcarcely neceflary to remark, that 

 the whole is fiirniflied with talle and ele- 

 gance, and that the fuperintendance of 

 the cllablifliment is confided to a man 

 e\ery way qualified for the fituation. 



To the Ediior of the Monthli/ Magazine. 



SIR, 



IN Number 141, page SCJJ, of your 

 jMagazine, there is a communication 

 concerning an improved edition of John- 

 fon's Dictionary; and in No. l-JS, page 

 385, an intimation from jMr. Pytchos of 

 an intended new work of this kind by 

 him ; in reference to both which, the fbl- 

 lo«ing curfory remarks will not, I hope, 

 be deemed irrelevant. 



Your former Correfpondcnt fpecifies 

 Johnfon's imperfections in derivation, 

 which are indeed notorious. Two other 

 prorninent opprohria of that work confift 

 in want of precilion in the chilfification 

 of words according to their lefpcCtive 

 parts of fpeech, and in jucorreciuefs of 

 X e 4 dclinitioni 



